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UAlbany Social Work Students Hone Skills with Professional Actors
UAlbany's School of Social Welfare engages professional actors to help students learn how to navigate difficult conversations while working with clients. Hear from MSW students Taylor Philippi and Gabriella Audino on their experiences with the simulations.
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Greene County Health Department Welcomes UAlbany Students
University at Albany public health master's students, doctoral students and fellows recently visited the Greene County Health Department.
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CEHC’s Lego Challenge Inspires Next Generation of Innovators
The event challenged kids aged 5-11 to learn code, build Lego rocket ships, participate in trivia, fly drones and participate in other STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) activities.
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UAlbany Celebrates Science at STEM and Nanotechnology Family Day
The University at Albany welcomed hundreds of students and families from throughout the Capital Region to its annual STEM and Nanotechnology Family Day on Saturday for a lively and interactive look at how innovation at the smallest scale is driving big results.
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UAlbany Study Finds Disparities in Risks for Reading Difficulties Emerge by Kindergarten
Early struggles with reading can have lifelong impacts on mental, physical and emotional health. Understanding who is most at risk of experiencing reading difficulties can inform strategies for early interventions to support students before they fall further behind. A new UAlbany study reports on disparities in the prevalence of early reading difficulties among U.S. elementary school students.
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Chemistry Student Earns International Recognition for Doctoral Research
Yikun Zhu recently received the Crystals Best PhD Thesis Award from the open-access publisher MDPI for her dissertation work at the University at Albany. She also earned UAlbany’s 2024-25 Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award.
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UAlbany Chemists Design Candidate Drug Against Diabetes
Researchers from UAlbany and NYU Grossman School of Medicine have found a way to block a key cellular pathway known to drive chronic inflammation and impaired wound healing in people with diabetes. The breakthrough could offer a new therapeutic option for stopping the harmful effects of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes at the source.
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Convening to Eliminate Environmental Health Disparities
On Oct. 16-17, the Center for the Elimination of Health Disparities hosted its signature annual event, the President’s Forum on Health Disparities, in partnership with the Harvard JPB Environmental Health Fellowship Program. This year’s forum explored the environmental and social determinants of health and the importance of bridging disciplines for health equity research and action.