Different Paths, One Honor: UAlbany Students Earn Chancellor’s Award
The Chancellor’s Award recognizes students for academic achievement, leadership, campus involvement and community service. This year’s recipients reflect that range and the different ways a UAlbany experience can take shape.
Shine Bright Like a Nanoparticle: Chemistry Senior Talks Rapid Pathogen Detection
UAlbany's Emmett Hanson spent the past several years developing innovative biosensing technologies in the Yigit Lab at the RNA Institute. His work on rapid pathogen detection resulted in two peer-reviewed publications and landed him a PhD position at Stanford. Learn more about his work at Showcase Day on April 30, where he'll be presenting alongside nearly 300 other students from Chemistry, Biology, the RNA Institute and the College of Integrated Health Sciences.
U.S. News & World Report 2026 Rankings Highlight UAlbany Graduate Programs
The newly released 2026 Best Graduate School rankings by U.S. News & World Report continue to highlight the University at Albany’s strength across a range of disciplines, reflecting the University’s commitment to academic excellence, research and student success.
Nobel Laureate and Alum Omar Yaghi Returns to Capital Region, Inspires Next Generation of Scientists
Nobel Prize-winning chemist Dr. Omar M. Yaghi returned to New York’s Capital Region today, revisiting the institutions that helped shape his career — Hudson Valley Community College and the University at Albany.
Nobel Laureate Omar Yaghi ‘85 Comes Home to UAlbany on April 2
Nobel Prize-winning chemist and University at Albany alum Omar M. Yaghi will return to the Capital Region on April 2, visiting both Hudson Valley Community College and UAlbany.
UAlbany Researchers Develop New Laser Technique to Test mRNA-Based Therapeutics
Their method relies on Raman spectroscopy, a non-destructive laser technique that analyzes the chemical composition of materials.
Graduate Pathway for Scholars Program Welcomes 2026 Cohort
Early-career STEM researchers shared their work as part of the Graduate Pathway for Scholars program at a presentation and awards ceremony held last week. The growing program aims to encourage students who receive their PhDs in STEM fields at UAlbany to return as faculty members later in their careers.
Engineering, Life Sciences Lead R&D Growth at UAlbany
UAlbany’s nearly $472M in 2024 R&D more than doubled the number the University reported in the NSF Higher Education Research and Development survey in 2023, driven largely by the return of the Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering and its semiconductor industry R&D partnerships at the NY Creates Albany NanoTech Complex.