April 2012 NewsCenter Archive
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Help Beat Cancer - Join a Team or Support One in UAlbany's Relay for Life
UAlbany students are seeking support for their 2012 Relay for Life efforts on April 14-15 at the SEFCU Arena. More than 1,300 people comprising 127 teams have signed up but they need help reaching their goal of raising $100,000 to fight cancer.
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Health Sector Employment Expected to Grow at Twice the Rate as General Economy by 2020
The U.S. health care sector is projected to add 4.2 million jobs by 2020, growing at twice the rate as the general economy, according to a new study by the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University at Albany. -
Students' Choice: Jeffrey Berman Chosen One of America's Best Professors
Jeffrey Berman, a Distinguished Teaching Professor of English literature who believes he's learned more from his students in his 39 years at the University than they ever could have learned from him, has been chosen one of the 300 best professors of undergraduate students in America. -
Q&A: UAlbany Professor Skeptical National Gas Prices Will Reach $5
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The price of gasoline continues to rise dramatically, raising concerns that U.S. economic recovery will be derailed. UAlbany Distinguished Professor of Economics Kajal Lahiri discusses why the price of gasoline has spiked and when American drivers may expect some relief. -
University at Albany, SEFCU, Small Business Development Center, and Empire State Development’s Small Enterprise Economic Development Program Receives 2012 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award
The Small Enterprise Economic Development program (SEED), a partnership among the University at Albany, SEFCU, the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and Empire State Development (ESD), has been named a 2012 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award recipient. -
UAlbany Signs United Nations Sustainability Declaration
The University at Albany strengthens its commitment as a world leader in environmental sustainability by signing the U.N. Sustainability Declaration at its annual Earth & Wellness Day, April 19. It pledges to teach sustainable concepts, research environmental development issues and green the campus. -
UAlbany Team's Language Analysis Program Key to Intelligence Efforts
A University at Albany multidisciplinary research team will develop a computer-based automated program to identify and interpret language metaphors as a means of understanding culture. -
UAlbany’s National Death Penalty Archive Adds Papers of Race-and-the-Law Research Pioneer David C. Baldus
The working papers of the late David Baldus, a legal pioneer on racial equality and the death penalty, will become part of the permanent collection of UAlbany’s National Death Penalty Archive (NDPA), a national repository of archival material devoted solely to the death penalty. -
University Breaks Ground for New Multi-Sports Complex, Launches $1 Million Challenge for Bob Ford Field
President Philip, a host of public officials, UAlbany student-athletes, coaches, and alumni broke ground April 17 for a new multi-sports complex. Dan Nolan ’73 also announced a $1 million challenge as part of a $2 million campaign to name the new football field for football Head Coach Bob Ford.
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The University at Albany CSTEP Celebrates its 25th Anniversary
UAlbany’s Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program has tripled its number of underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students enrolled in science, technology, engineering and math, with 80% of its grads going on to careers in these fields and licensed professions. UAlbany celebrates CSTEP's 25th anniversary April 21. -
Online, Interactive Tools Support Veterans and Entrepreneurs in Today's Job Market
The Office of Entrepreneurial Education (oe2) of the New York State Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has released two new online tools to assist entrepreneurs in business plan building. One tool is specifically aimed at veterans. -
UAlbany Conference Spotlights Role of Mobile Technology to Identify Location and Rates of Disease, Yield Access-to-Care Improvements
The use of Public Participatory Geographic Information Science (PPGIS) to identify location and rates of disease as a means to improve access-to-care in our region is the focus of the University at Albany School of Public Health’s 8th Annual GIS Day: Public Participatory GIS on April 24.
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Judge Judy Sheindlin to Receive Honorary Degree from the University at Albany-SUNY
Judge Judith Sheindlin, the presiding judge on the television program, “Judge Judy,” will be awarded the Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University at Albany-State University of New York at the University’s undergraduate commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 20, at 10 a.m. on the campus's Grand Entry Plaza. -
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Center for Technology in Government and NYS Office of Cyber Security Partner to Identify Broadband Access at Community Anchor Institutions
The Center for Technology in Government (CTG) at UAlbany is partnering with the NYS Office of Cyber Security (OCS), Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services, to map broadband Internet availability across the state. The project is part of a federally funded five-year national broadband data gathering and mapping program.
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Albany to be Host City for Global Conference on Technology and Government Innovation
Leaders at the Center for Technology in Government at the University at Albany have announced they will be hosting the 6th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV) in Albany, from October 22nd - 25th, 2012. -
UAlbany Research Finds Wind Farms May Impact Local Temperature
Large wind farms in certain areas of the United States appear to affect local land surface temperature, according to a paper published April 29 in Nature Climate Change. The study, led by UAlbany Associate Professor Liming Zhou, provides critical insight about the possible impacts of wind farms on regional climate. -
Tribeca Film Fest Co-Founder Speaks at UAlbany Town Hall Meeting on Expanding Film Production in the Capital Region
The powerful impact of film production as a sustainable economic driver on the Capital Region economy will be the focus of a public town hall panel discussion and TED-like talk featuring Tribeca Film Festival co-founder and Albany native, Craig Hatkoff on Thursday, May 3, at 10 a.m. in the Performing Arts Center.
