July 2014 NewsCenter Archive

University at Albany men’s lacrosse phenoms Lyle, Miles and Ty Thompson are once again making global headlines. Lyle is nominated for ESPN’s Best Male College Athlete ESPY (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award), while the trio has been selected to the roster for the Iroquois Nationals.

Mary Gallant, associate professor and School of Public Health associate dean, has been named a fellow in the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program, a year-long part-time fellowship for female faculty in schools of medicine, dentistry and public health.

UAlbany professors from the School of Education and Department of Sociology collaborate to develop a literacy course “Arguing Like a Lawyer,” geared toward high school freshmen at risk of dropping out. Margaret Sheehy of Literacy Teaching and Learning is PI on the three-year project, awarded $1.4 million from the U.S. Department of Education.

UAlbany chemistry professor Eric Block has been selected as a member of the 2014 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific society. The 2014 ACS Fellows, which were announced in today’s issue of Chemical and Engineering News, will be honored on Aug. 1.

Whether working to develop new therapy approaches for difficult-to-treat cancers or serving as a tax advisor for clients of PricewaterhouseCoopers, University at Albany students are gaining practical and professional experience through a variety of on- and off-site internship opportunities.

UAlbany’s Miles Thompson and Lyle Thompson have led the Iroquois Nationals to a third place finish in the 2014 World Lacrosse Championships, the highest placement ever for the team. The Iroquois Nationals secured the bronze medal on Saturday by defeating Australia 16-5.

Janell Hobson, associate professor of women’s, gender and sexuality studies at UAlbany, wrote the cover story “Storyteller” for the Summer 2014 issue of Ms. magazine, the national feminist publication. The story details a conversation with Nigerian-born author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Like each of UAlbany’s 20 orientation assistants, sophomore Brittanliz Echezarria aids the transition being made by incoming Class of 2018 freshmen. In a two-day session, she helps them meet new classmates, map academic paths, become acclimated to campus living and, most importantly, learn what it takes to be a successful Great Dane.

Six University at Albany researchers are members of teams that won funding through the State University of New York Health Network of Excellence. The health-related research projects span antibiotic development, big data, and 3D printing technology initiatives.

UAlbany School of Criminal Justice Associate Professor Allison Redlich has been awarded a $99,371 NARSAD grant from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation to examine the mediating role of mental health courts in the treatment of individuals with serious mental health problems.