UAlbany Students Return to "Smarter" Classrooms

Contact: Karl Luntta or Heidi Weber (518) 437-4980

What: President Hitchcock to lead media tour of newly refurbished lecture centers and classrooms, including technologically
advanced "smart" rooms

UAlbany has invested $1 million this year in classroom innovation and refurbishment, part of a multiyear plan to upgrade campus facilities to enhance the learning environment.

Who: President Karen R. Hitchcock
Vice President of Business and Finance Kathryn Lowery
School of Arts and Sciences Dean Joan Wick-Pelletier

When: Tuesday, Sept. 2, 11 a.m.

Where: University at Albany Humanities Building, Washington Avenue campus

Parking available at the loading docks lot, west end of the Humanities Building

Established in 1844 and designated a center of the State University of New York in 1962, the University at Albany's broad mission of excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, research and public service engages 17,000 diverse students in eight degree-granting schools and colleges. The University is engaged in a $500 million fundraising campaign, the most ambitious in its history, with the goal of placing it among the nation's top 30 public research universities by the end of the decade. For more information about this nationally ranked University, visit www.albany.edu