January 2015 NewsCenter Archive

The University in partnership with local municipalities, colleges, and private research labs is awarded $2.7 million Capital Region Economic Development Council funding for innovative projects that promote area entrepreneurial growth, combat urban blight, enhance weather detection, and increase research grants for NYCAP institutions.

Governor Mario Cuomo was a driving force behind the unique endeavor that is the New York State Writers Institute, when he signed the legislation in 1984 inaugurating the Institute at the University at Albany.

A new report from the Center for Technology in Government addresses growing questions about how “open government” is influencing, and possibly transforming, the role of public libraries in their communities.

An appearance by Laverne Cox, star of the Netflix blockbuster, Orange is the New Black, will kick off Sexuality Week at UAlbany on February 3 at 8 p.m. The event will be held in the Performing Arts Center on the uptown campus. A full slate of Sexuality Week programs is scheduled at the University from February 2 to February 18.

A $100,000 grant from the New York Community Trust will fund the UAlbany's efforts to launch a National Homelessness Social Work Initiative, make homelessness a professional priority among schools of social work.

CTG Director Theresa A. Pardo is appointed to a two-year term as a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Advisory Committee, which advises EPA's representative to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation on policy related to the implementation of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced plans for a College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity to be located at the University at Albany. The governor committed $15 million to establish the first-in-the-nation security college

The University at Albany’s Department of Music and Theatre will host a symphony of composers and performers from across the SUNY system during the New Music and Culture symposium, January 29-31 at the Performing Arts Center on the uptown campus.

The University at Albany has formally established transfer articulation agreements with five State University of New York (SUNY) community colleges to provide preparation for and ready access to the new digital forensics bachelor’s degree program at the School of Business.

Faculty experts at the University at Albany can provide insight on the technology behind the state-of-the-art early warning detection network, the NYS Mesonet, and how it can further support forecasting and first responder efforts.

The 2015 Fellows on Women & Public Policy are women from diverse backgrounds, interests, disciplines and countries who come to the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society with one goal in mind: to become public service leaders able to take on the toughest challenges of the 21st Century.

Two University at Albany doctoral students have taken on the task of combating childhood maltreatment through their dissertation studies. For their efforts, Tana James of Brooklyn and Mi Jin Choi of South Korea have been awarded nationally competitive fellowships to complete their studies.

A University at Albany MBA student from Schenevus, N.Y., who saved a family of four as their house burned down on January 8, has been called a hero. He would rather refocus the attention from himself to raise money to help replace the family’s belongings.

UAlbany’s Center for Technology in Government collaborates with Microsoft Corp. to deliver executive level training to African government leaders to build their nations' capacities to formulate and implement information and technology related policies and programs, and ultimately improve Africa’s global competitiveness.

A new UAlbany-led study has found that revascularization rates for patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery for isolated proximal left anterior descending coronary artery disease was significantly lower than patients who underwent percutaneous coronary interventions in the era of drug-eluting stents.