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Students review a Dracula presentation slide in a UAlbany Honors College course.
UAlbany Course Sinks Its Teeth Into Vampire Lore
If you’re part of UAlbany’s Honors College, you might come across a course on something even more frightening than an 8 a.m. psych class — vampires.
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President Rodríguez: University ‘Well Equipped’ to Face Higher Ed Headwinds
The president delivered his Spring University Address to a full house in the Campus Center Ballroom.
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The Short Version: Arun Richard Chandrasekaran on  programmable DNA shapes and the future of biotech
The Short Version: Arun Richard Chandrasekaran on  programmable DNA shapes and the future of biotech
Oscar Umana, junior honors business administration student with a concentration in financial analytics.
5Q with Oscar Umana: Intern at the New York State Comptroller’s Office
Oscar Umana crunches data everywhere he goes. From working at a restaurant to managing portfolios with the University at Albany School of Business Investment Group (UASBIG), his journey in the field of financial analytics dates to his childhood, starting long before the numbers became his major.
Stephen Gravereaux meets with his mentor Sheikh Islam at the Cognitive-Security, Accountability, Fairness and Explainability (CAFE) Lab,
Showcase 2026: Cyber Student Explores Smartwatch Security Risks
Stephen Gravereaux, a senior cybersecurity major at the University at Albany, has spent the last year studying smartwatch security vulnerabilities and exploring innovative methods to reduce risk for users.
A man at the front of an auditorium points to a screen demonstrating the energy input and output levels of a solar array simulator.
UAlbany Students Receive Hands-On Training in Powering the Grid
A recent workshop offered by NextEra Energy Resources, a global leader in renewable energy and energy storage, gave UAlbany students a hands-on opportunity to test how resilient a microgrid is to outages and disruptions.
White smoke trails behind an aircraft in the blue sky.
UAlbany Atmospheric Scientist Contributes to International Study on Contrail Formation
In a new study, co-authored by Fangqun Yu of UAlbany's Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, a team of researchers found that modern “lean-burn” aircraft engines still produce the conditions necessary for contrail formation.