Events for Faculty and Instructional Staff

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Teaching Workshops

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CATLOE workshops are highly interactive. They replicate active learning so you can experience what it might be like to use evidence-based strategies, methods, or techniques in your own classrooms. We follow up most workshops with a benchwork session that provides guided support for implementing what you’ve learned in your teaching.
 

 

Instructional Leadership Academy: Course Design to Foster Student Success

Opening workshop: Friday, May 31, 10:00 – 12:00 noon
Design workshops: Monday, June 3 – Friday, June 7, 10:00 – 11:30 am
All sessions will be offered virtually through Zoom

 

As an instructor, you want a course that challenges your students, helps them navigate and manage their learning, and is easy for you to facilitate. Can you have it all? Yes, you can! Whether you're teaching in person, online, or something in between, a well-designed course is the key to your students' success and engagement--and your sanity! This Academy guides you through the steps of backward course design with support and feedback from colleagues. By the end of the Academy, you will have built the foundation for a course that engages students with rigorous, authentic work and provides a path to their success! After the Academy, you will have ongoing support from an instructional consultant as you implement your new design. 

Register for Course Design to Foster Student Success.
 

Teaching with Technology Workshops

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Brightspace Training Webinars

We do not have any upcoming Brightspace Training Webinars scheduled at this time. View recordings of past webinars in the Brightspace Training Archive.



 

Workshops for Graduate Students

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Preparing for the Academic Job Market

We do not have any upcoming workshops on Preparing for the Academic Job Market scheduled at this time. 

You can find more resources to help you prepare for the academic job market on the Career Development page.
 

New Frontiers to Health

Scientists can identify the origins of diseases by studying how RNA turns genes on and off, potentially leading to innovative disease treatments and possible cures.

Biological Science grad student Marissa Louis in RNA lab
Unique RNA Research Opportunities

The RNA Institute offers unique opportunities to researchers and trainees for collaboration and interdisciplinary research. We have more than 50 faculty working to understand the role of RNA in fundamental biological processes, developing RNA as a tool for science and harnessing this knowledge to improve human health. 

The RNA Institute is more than just a modern research facility. We are a collection of diverse and talented researchers and laboratories united by a common goal in understanding the role of RNA across different fields, including biology, chemistry, biomedical sciences, physics, and nanobiosciences. RNA forms the basis of our research, it is the common element that we study, build, modify and analyze as well as the building blocks that we use to construct tools, reporters, and therapies.

RNA Training

Our RNA Training Programs provide a multi-disciplinary curriculum with a focus on RNA and its health-related benefits. We develop our future science leaders by providing trainees from high school to post-doc students and beyond with comprehensive access to faculty, techniques, and collaborations within Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry, and Nanobiosciences. Our training includes the Doctoral RNA Training Program and the Undergraduate Summer Fellowship.
 

Ken Halvorsen and student researcher of the RNA Institute
Supporting Diversity and Inclusivity in STEM

One of The RNA Institute's strengths is the diversity of our faculty's research and range of disciplines. However, the diversity of our faculty and trainees lags behind the University at Albany's undergraduate population and surrounding communities. In line with UAlbany's mission to ensure that diversity, in its people and in its ideas, drives excellence in everything that it does, the Institute launched a multi-pronged approach to increase diversity and support inclusivity at the Institute and across STEM disciplines.
 

The RNA Institute hosted its inaugural RNA Day, inviting local students from the New York State’s Science Technology Entry Program (STEP) and Girls Inc. of the Greater Capital Region
The RNA Institute News
New USDA Funding Supports Color-Changing Salmonella Testing Kit
The funding will enable UAlbany researchers to develop a portable, fast-acting test that will reduce sample processing times from days to hours
UAlbany STEM Faculty Launch ‘Graduate Pathway for Scholars’ Program for PhD Students in Biology and Chemistry
UAlbany PhD candidates Emmanuel Edem Adade and Jesus Frias are the inaugural Fellows in the “Graduate Pathway for Scholars” program, a newly launched initiative for grad students in biology and chemistry who wish to pursue careers in academia.
Eight UAlbany Students Win 2024 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence
Eight UAlbany students will be recognized Thursday with the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, the highest award the State University of New York bestows upon a student.
Noteworthy: Research grants, awards and publications
The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.
Sullivan Award Honors PhD Students in Nanobioscience, Advanced Materials
Students Michael Dolan and Sri Saravana Konganapuram Narasimma Bharathi of UAlbany’s College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering winners of the John J. Sullivan Professional Development Award for 2023-24, presented annually to CNSE graduate students to enable experiential and scholarly opportunities within nanotechnology or related fields during their studies.

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The RNA Institute, College of Arts and Sciences
Life Sciences 2033

1400 Washington Ave
Albany, NY 12222
United States

Email
[email protected]
Phone
518-437-4443
Fax
518-437-4456
Office Hours

On Site & By Phone: Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Twitter: @TheRNAInstitute

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