October 2014 NewsCenter Archive

UAlbany announces a partnership with the New York Office of Indigent Legal Services to research the state of legal counsel available for the poor and underserved. The two-year study seeks to determine if the indigent have the appropriate resources available to them at the right time.

The University at Albany will welcome the local and UAlbany communities to campus for its annual Homecoming Family and Reunion Weekend, Oct. 10-12. Featuring a variety of activities for all ages, homecoming celebrates the University and its network of 165,000 alumni through knowledge, culture, sports and entertainment.

Everette Joseph, director of the University at Albany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC) and a SUNY Empire Innovation Professor, has been named a member of the prestigious National Research Council Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate.

UAlbany is creating new online courses in healthcare for students and professionals through New York State “Open SUNY” grants designed to aid the state’s economy in key industries and provide new training opportunities for the state's workforce.

Faculty experts at the University at Albany are available to discuss the threat Ebola poses to the U.S., how it compares to the flu virus, and how RNA technologies similar to the ones being developed at UAlbany’s RNA Institute, may impact the treatment and course of the disease.

University at Albany associate professor and sociologist Samantha Friedman is in Turkey on a Fulbright Scholarship this academic year, examining residential segregation by socioeconomic status (SES) across the country’s provinces and districts and comparing it to such segregation in the United States.

The University at Albany community will honor the life and legacy of Dr. Carson Carr Jr., who led UAlbany’s Educational Opportunity Program from 1985 to 2008, at a memorial on Friday, October 24, from 3-5 p.m. in the Main Theatre of the Performing Arts Center. Dr. Carr passed away Friday, October 3, in Virginia Beach, Va.

UAlbany announces a collaborative grant between its RNA Institute and area-based Athghin Biotechnology Inc., to fund research into how marijuana and tobacco exposure impact brain function. The project is supported by a $225,000 small business technology transfer (STTR) grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Looking at Lemon: Transforming Life through Literature, a series of events focusing on the life and work of Lemon Andersen, a writer, performance artist and Tony Award-winning poet, begins Oct. 24 at UAlbany. The series celebrates Lemon's ability to find meaning in life, discover healing in creative work and transform pain into art.

UAlbany announces a START-UP NY partnership with ClassBook.com, a Castleton, N.Y.-based provider of outsourced curriculum management and digital content for K-12 educational institutions. The E-commerce company will expand into one of UAlbany’s START-UP NY tax-free areas in downtown Albany, providing new local employment.

The New York Capital Region Research Alliance showcases leading-edge biomedical research resulting from the unprecedented regional collaboration among Albany Medical Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University at Albany.

More than $3.3 million in new federal aid is awarded to Paul Agris, director of UAlbany's RNA Institute, for continued collaborative research on RNA-based antibiotics targeted at drug-resistant bacteria and the molecular engineering of cancer therapies.

Distinguished Librarian Trudi Jacobson and Yvonne Harrison of Public Administration & Policy are 2014 SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Grant winners for new massive open online courses (MOOCs). Jacobson’s project promotes student metaliteracy; Harrison’s increases management and leadership training for the nonprofit sector.

The Foundation honors the former president of Siena College, Father Mullen; Dan Nolan '74, president and CEO of Hugh Johnson Advisors LLC; and Capital District volunteer Phoebe Bender at its 35th Anniversary Citizen Laureate Awards Dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m. in UAlbany’s SEFCU Arena.

Whether it's working to bring healthy eating options in the dining halls or increasing locally sourced foods on campus, University at Albany students have taken the lead on bringing the concepts of sustainable farming and food production to the campus community.

An array of recent awards, ranging from one to four years, will support researchers and their teams from UAlbany's Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences and Atmospheric Sciences Research Center. The two entities comprise one of the largest university-based concentrations of weather and climate science in the country.