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The Short Version: AI, photography and your lyin' eyes
The spring semester season finale of The Short Version podcasts features Danny Goodwin, professor and chair of the Department of Art and Art History, exploring our foolhardy pursuit of truth from images "that can only lie" — and why it's wrong to blame photography for the ways humans deceive themselves with technology.
A birds eye view of Showcase presentations inside the Broadview Center.
Celebrating Student Research and Creativity at Showcase 2026
Showcase 2026 included more than 1,700 presentations from over 2,600 students, supported by more than 400 faculty advisors.
UAlbany senior Meagan Leung is seen in the University Art Museum Collections Study Space.
Showcase 2026: Art Student Explores Hidden Microbial Life in Historic Paintings
This year, one Showcase project invites us to look closer at paintings, close enough to glimpse a hidden, living world beneath the surface.
Roger Bisbing, instructional support technician in sculpture speaks with students inside the Boor Sculpture studio during a metal pour. ( Photo by Patrick Dodson)
Inside the Pour: Heat, Metal and Mastery in the Boor Sculpture Studio
When a crucible glowing bright red rises from the chamber, its contents swirling like liquid fire, Roger Bisbing, UAlbany's instructional support technician in sculpture, steps into position with the steady authority of a master blacksmith, guiding the pour with smooth, practiced precision.
A crucible pours hot molten bronze into several casts during a crucible pour in UAlbany's Boor sculpture studio.
Showcase 2026: Olzak Blends Ancient Craft and Modern Art
UAlbany student Joel Olzak's work, along with that of other graduating MFA students, will be on display during Showcase 2026, the University at Albany’s annual celebration of student research, scholarship and creative activity.
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Students Study Film Censorship History at the NYS Archives
UAlbany students in the Film Studies minor received a rare hands-on look at the history of American cinema — not through a textbook but through original scripts, production files and censorship records housed in the New York State Archives.
A University at Albany campus streetlight displaying a Breathing Lights banner by Associate Professor Adam Frelin.
UAlbany Honors Adam Frelin's 2017 Breathing Lights at 2025 President's Award for Exemplary Public Engagement
Associate Professor, Adam Frelin, was acknowledged for his 2017 Breathing Lights campus banner for this year's University at Albany's President's Award for Exemplary Public Engagement.
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Anderson Weaves Memory, Meaning Through 'Black Excellence'
The University Art Museum is opening its fall season with the largest solo exhibition to date by artist Noel W. Anderson, Black Excellence. The show, which runs from now through April 3, 2026, brings together more than 35 works — tapestries, video and works on paper — that challenge viewers to reconsider history, identity and the stories embedded in images.