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Assistant Professor Weilan Zhang holds up a crop used for research in his lab.
Dozens of UAlbany Researchers Among World’s Top 2% of Scientists
The annual Stanford University report, published through Elsevier, creates a public database of top-cited researchers.
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UAlbany Receives Major Gift to Advance Scientific Research on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
The University at Albany has received a transformational endowment gift from longtime businessman Tony Gorman to support cutting-edge physics research on unidentified aerial phenomena.
Candidate Higgs boson event decaying to two muons, recorded by ATLAS in 2024 at 13.6 TeV
UAlbany Physicists Recognized in ATLAS Collaboration's 2025 Breakthrough Prize Win
The ATLAS Collaboration at CERN has been awarded the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for discovering he Higgs boson.
A girl with dark hair and a longsleeve shirt stands in front of a whiteboard with equations while a Raman spectroscopy laser is pointed at the wall behind her.
UAlbany, Girls Inc. Highlight STEM Through Eureka! Program
UAlbany once again served as hosts for the Girls Inc. Eureka! Program, a free, five-year college readiness program that provides girls with an introduction to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
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UAlbany Physicists Test Scientific Approach to UAP Research
A team of physicists from UAlbany has proposed scientifically rigorous methods for documenting and analyzing Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, building upon the work of numerous past and present researchers in the field. The team tested their methods in the field for the first time and reported their findings as part of a special edition of the high-impact peer-reviewed journal Progress in Aerospace Sciences.
A researcher collects a sample from a test tube at The RNA Institute.
UAlbany Researchers Make Top 2% Worldwide List
More than 40 researchers from the University at Albany have been ranked among the world’s top researchers, according to a Stanford University study published annually through Elsevier.
Graphic with headshots of UAlbany researchers featured on the Academic Minute.
‘University at Albany Week’ Airs on WAMC’s The Academic Minute
Albany’s WAMC Northeast Public Radio aired five segments from UAlbany faculty members last week during “University at Albany Week” on The Academic Minute.
Sophie Whiteman, MPH graduate student, interned this summer at Engeye Health Clinic in Ddegeya Village, Uganda.
How Students Spent Their UAlbany Summer 2024
Even when classes are not in session, UAlbany students find ways to gain valuable experience through a variety of summer internships, research, volunteer, and other applied learning opportunities.