Albany AI: Transforming the Academic Landscape
With the goal of becoming the first university-based computer to reach a quintillion computations per second, Albany AI will empower university and industry researchers to harness massive data sets to better understand how to automate complex operations, and create teaching and research collaborations with faculty in all disciplines.
UAlbany Engineering Building to Anchor New Artificial Intelligence Supercomputing Initiative
The University at Albany today began a new era of teaching and research with the launch of Albany AI, a $200 million public-private supercomputing initiative based out of UAlbany’s soon-to-be-renovated College of Engineering and Applied Sciences building. Buoyed by $75 million in state funding to complete the transformation of the former Albany High School into a state-of-the-art engineering college and fund the construction of a supercomputer, the Albany Artificial Intelligence Supercomputing Initiative (Albany AI) will significantly expand New York’s capacity in this major emerging field.
A Sociologist Assesses How Immigration Enforcement Affects Children Over Time
For the first time, a study explores the dynamics of immigration enforcement that shape children's lives over time. Led by Joanna Dreby of Sociology and two UAlbany colleagues, the research is published in the Journal of Marriage and Family.
Liberty Partnership Program Summer Employee Earns Scholarship for Essay
Albany High School senior, Boubacar Barrie, won a $1,000 scholarship from MoreWithUs for his essay about the skills and lessons learned last summer while working at the Liberty Partnership Program (LPP), Summer Leadership Academy.
Aiding in a Mental Health Response for Mental Health Crises: SSW, SPH Team Receive Additional Funding
Two professors who were tapped to work on a program addressing mental health crises response in the hilltowns of Albany County have won additional funding to expand the work.
Introducing "Faculty Features"
We are pleased to introduce this inaugural issue of "Faculty Features" in which we highlight a handful of the talented educators at the SSW.
Graduate Student Helps Improve Local Services to Victims of Elder Abuse
A School of Public Health and School of Social Welfare student assisted in developing multi-disciplinary teams designed to fight elder abuse in the Capital Region — teams that monitor and track services provided to victims, identify gaps in service and work to create systemic change.
Interdisciplinary Team Suggests Ways to Address Pandemic Telemental Health Disparities
An interdisciplinary team spanning the School of Public Health, the School of Social Welfare and the College of Arts & Sciences found there is a lack of research guiding telemental healthcare for pandemic relief, combined with an inadequate ability for the system to address telemental health disparities.