September 2014 NewsCenter Archive

A team of scholars led by UAlbany researcher Jianwei Zhang has received $1.34 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a multi-layer cyberlearning platform that will cultivate collaborative inquiry-based practices across classroom communities in America and internationally.

Two University at Albany students and three faculty researchers were among the first class of the SUNY Research Foundation’s Brain Summer Scholars Program, an initiative of the SUNY Brain Network of Excellence.

With a new car-sharing program, a complimentary filtered water station and a renewed commitment to conserving energy, the University at Albany has a host of sustainable initiatives underway for the 2014 fall semester.

This fall, a new H2O Zone located in the Campus Center is providing free filtered and seltzer water to all University students, faculty and staff. The complimentary hydration station is a result of the efforts of Karan Verma, '16, who has made curbing the number disposable water bottles consumed at UAlbany a priority.

University at Albany students, parents, faculty and staff, as well as the community-at-large can now access campus-wide information in the palm of their hand. UAlbany recently unveiled its first official mobile application under the leadership of two computer science majors – Shivam Parikh and Matthew Gilliland.

Students and alumni of the Interdisciplinary Studies concentration in Financial Market Regulation (FMR) at UAlbany are  well poised to reap the benefits from the growing competition for qualified compliance officers. Compliance officer is one of the hottest jobs in America because of new rules enacted after the 2008 financial crisis.

University at Albany junior Maribell Guerrero was one of 11 college students to be recently honored by the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA) for overcoming personal adversity. The FPWA network nominated Guerrero for maintaining a strong academic record despite her mother’s battle against severe arthritis.

Edward H. Fitzgerald, a University at Albany School of Public Health researcher, has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to study if exposure to organic pollutants (POPs) impacts neuropsychological function in older men and women.

More than 200 University at Albany students volunteered at the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York on Saturday, Sept. 13, as part of an on-going effort to display the University’s commitment to the local community.

University at Albany Associate Professor of History Richard Fogarty is an expert on Europe, imperialism, national identity and the impact of World War I. He discusses how the impact of 'the Great War' is still felt in the 21st Century.