UAlbany Awarded $2.5M Grant to Pioneer STEM Success Programs
The prestigious five-year grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Driving Change program will strengthen academic supports and focus on developing more inclusive approaches to teaching in STEM disciplines, efforts that have been shown to disproportionately benefit students from underrepresented backgrounds.
UAlbany Awards First Esports Scholarships: A Q&A with Dylan Tarace and Jesenia Mathew
We caught up with them to learn about their interest in competitive video gaming and joining UAlbany’s national championship-winning team.
UAlbany Will Celebrate First-Generation Students With Week of Events
The University at Albany will celebrate students and graduates who were the first in their family to go to college during National FIRST GEN Celebration Week, set for Nov. 7 to Nov. 11.
As Midterms Near, Faculty, Students Weigh in on Issues
In advance of the 2022 midterms, UAlbany is hosting viewing parties and panel discussions, while students, faculty and staff are contributing to the discussion through contributed research, commentary and policy briefs on election-related issues.
Great Danes Take Court Focused on Renewed Success
The college basketball season starts in November with the UAlbany men's and women's basketball teams looking to renew their success on the court.
NYS Mesonet Study Tracks the Impacts of Western Wildfires on New York Air Quality
The study monitored transported wildfire smoke and its impact on air pollution across New York in July 2021 using the network's data.
Project Aims to Overcome Signal Interference in Radio Astronomy
A new project led by researchers Dola Saha and Aveek Dutta at the University at Albany aims to address the challenges created by the growing congestion of radio interference from airborne transmitters in order to improve astronomical observations of radio telescopes.