September 2017 NewsCenter Archive
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More Bang for the Buck
Once again, the University at Albany is being praised for shaping a bright economic future for low-income students.
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The Targets of Terror: Can Prevention Strategies Backfire?
How do nations protect their citizens from deadly attacks, and is it possible that terrorism prevention strategies can actually increase the risk? These are the central questions posed by criminologists at University of Houston–Clear Lake, and the University at Albany.
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TAU Rests from Its Labors Monday
Due to the commemoration of Labor Day on Monday, there will be no Today at UAlbany published. We wish the UAlbany community a wonderful holiday.
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The Intern Experience: Getting Started
How is UAlbany helping students get internships that fit their needs?
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Experts Advisory: Hurricane Harvey
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, UAlbany has several experts available to discuss the weather situation along the Gulf coast of Texas and Louisiana, the role social media played in the rescue efforts and the critical need to be prepared for the next severe weather event.
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Chancellor's Welcome to SUNY
As she begins her tenure, new Chancellor Kristina Johnson offers her welcome address to the students, faculty and staff through out the campuses and communities that make up SUNY.
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Safety Remains a Top Concern 16 Years After 9/11
At the University at Albany, faculty experts are available to discuss the impact of 9/11 on the U.S. and the world.
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5 Questions with Faculty: Yelin Kim
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Keep the Dream Alive
SUNY, UAlbany leaders react to plan to repeal DACA. -
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Ethnic Identity and Politics
Professor José Cruz has released a new book that reviewers are calling “thoughtful and provocative” in its portrayal of Puerto Rican political elites in New York City.
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The Intern Experience: Making It Easier Being Green
A UAlbany intern promotes greater eco-friendliness.
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Connecting Unhealthy Habits
School of Public Health researchers have found an association between smoking and poor nutrition.
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Politically Engaged
More than 50 students attended an invite-only Albany Mayoral Debate on campus yesterday.
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The Intern Experience: The Power of Being There
An internship in social work confirms a career path.
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Celebrating Poetry
Where else but UAlbany do students have the chance to perform with a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet like Tyehimba Jess?
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Psychologist Makes Headlines
Julia Hormes is reaching millions of readers through her new study on menstrual chocolate cravings.
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Adding Sound to the Ancient Past
UAlbany Doctoral Student Kristy Primeau is a pioneer in acoustic archaeology, the study of how sounds would have been heard by people moving through their landscape in ancient times.
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A Thousand Years of Weather
$5M grant offers chance to look at climate change before human intervention. -
Hurricane Expertise
UAlbany’s atmospheric scientists were on the national stage as Irma made landfall in Florida.
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UCAN — and Alums Will Lend a Hand
An online database provides the personal touch that can make all the difference for career-seeking students.
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Advisement from the Top
A willing corporate executive provides valuable counsel to a business major through UCAN.
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5 Questions with Faculty: William Riccardi
International auditing and French historical novels. -
Finding the Research You Love
How wise mentors and a little bit of luck created a remarkable undergraduate research experience for Molly MacIsaac.
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Throwback Thursday: Tough Lady On Stage
Ill-fated rock icon Janis Joplin made UAlbany a 1969 performance stop.
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Welcome, President Rodríguez
Writing — together — the next few chapters of the University’s history. -
Constitution in Crisis
A Monday roundtable looks at how the venerated old document is doing in the age of Trump and his adversaries.
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Some Artists, Some Scientists – All Teachers
CAS welcomes 17 new faculty members this semester. -
Malicious Online Content? Computer Science Can Beat It
‘The Father of Digital Forensics,’ UAlbany alum Hany Farid, delivers good news at Thursday’s Massry Lecture.
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Study: More stringent rape laws reduce chances a country will face civil war
Countries that have longer punitive sentences for rape crimes are re associated with a significantly lower probability of intrastate conflict, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Kansas and the University at Albany.
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Colonial Comfort
From study spaces to laundry, Herkimer Hall rehab gives students what they need. -
Weekend of Service
Were you seen volunteering with our Living-Learning Communities on Saturday and Sunday?
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Science on Tap
An anthropologist crafts a local brew of intoxicating (only slightly) talk on heady topics.
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Committed Scholar
David Dai honored for his work in educating the gifted. -
5 Questions With Faculty: Loretta Pyles
Mindfulness and a big pot of kitchari. -
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UAlbany Students: Save Perkins Now
Shantell Hidalgo, a junior social welfare major from the Bronx, is worried about paying rent for her off-campus apartment should the federal Perkins loan program expire at the end of the month.
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It's an Honor
University at Albany President Havidán Rodríguez is being honored today by the National Diversity Council (NDC) after being named to its list of the top 15 Latino leaders in the country.
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To Tell the Truth
Writers Institute takes four-week dive into era of “alternative facts.” -
Throwback Thursday: Heroine of Conservation
‘Meg’ Stewart forged UAlbany’s leadership in ecological study.
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To Our Health
How well are UAlbany faculty increasing discovery and knowledge in the health sciences? The 2017 research report reveals a hale and hearty outlook.
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Extending a Legacy
A new lecture series in honor of Katharine Briar-Lawson, professor of social welfare and dean emerita of the School of Social Welfare, will begin Sept. 28.
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What is America’s Past?
The age of Trump and new social unrest inspire a critical conversation this Thursday with five UAlbany scholars.
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Talking it Through
‘Dialogue in Action’ series aims to advance inclusiveness through conversation. -
Bringing poetry and hope into prison
Writers Institute takes its show on the road. -
Brain Rehabilitation
A new Center for Neurotechnology is opening on the Health Sciences Campus through START-UP NY.
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5 Questions with Faculty: Tolga Soyata
The thrill of starting a new college. -
Heart to Heart at Home
An SSW study finds family support worker encouragement increases mothers’ beneficial breastfeeding of infants.
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It takes a Grant (to Build a Village)
UAlbany to join nine SUNY campuses to build a sustainable village in Haiti -
Injecting Women’s Rights
A visiting speaker will describe her fight to combine peace for all with justice for women in Syria.
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Lethal Frogs
Biologist Sho-Ya Wang has discovered how the deadliest amphibians on earth avoid poisoning themselves.
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Throwback Thursday: In the Beginning . . .
. . . There was an ideal of teacher education, and there was David Page.
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Study Links High Manganese Levels with IQ Scores in Children
Can a chemical element critical for brain growth and development cause lower IQ and memory problems when found in excessive amounts? That appears to be the case according to a new study involving researchers from UAlbany's School of Public Health.
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$500k Gift Provides Scholarships for Military Veterans
A $500,000 alumni gift will assist veterans academically as they return from deployment.
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A Career to Celebrate
A new book of scholarship pays homage to Istvan Kecskes, innovator in linguistics.
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Collections, Donations and More
UAlbany community finds ways to help those affected by recent hurricanes and earthquake. -
Can the President Do That?
The first of three Conversations at Standish looks at when the U.S. chief executive's action are constitutional, and when they’re not.
