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  • Faculty and staff members with questions regarding the Schedule of Classes should email [email protected].  

Phone Calls: Call us at 518-442-5540 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. 

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Our Staff 

University Registrar: Karen Chico Hurst 

Records & Enrollment Services: 

  • Sydney Faught, Associate Registrar 
  • Christy Jerome, Assistant Registrar
  • Deirdre Leo, Assistant Registrar

Degree Services: 

  • Melissa Powers, Associate Registrar 
  • Kelcie Kuehner, Assistant Registrar 
  • Rachael French, Assistant Registrar 
  • Patrizia Caiazza, Assistant Registrar 

Scheduling, Grading & Curriculum Services:  

  • Jessica Lansing, Associate Registrar
  • Mary Beth Murnan, Assistant Registrar
  • Jennifer Austen, Assistant Registrar 
  • Crystal Pizarro, Assistant Registrar 
  • Jennifer Stabler, Assistant Registrar 
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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.

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.
 

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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.
 

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