Research Annual Report 2013-2014

Research at the University at Albany holds great promise, and our ability to realize that promise is getting a boost through new scholars joining our faculty ranks.

As part of the NYSUNY 2020 initiative, UAlbany is adding 187 faculty positions over the course of five years. These new faculty members, working closely with our seasoned faculty, are building the strength of our academic and research programs.

The impact and promise of UAlbany’s research enterprise extend across many fields. Our investigators are working to identify keys to better health, gain insights from big data, improve climate forecast systems, and educate the next generation of scientists. Our faculty are leaders in digital government research and practice. They are innovators, entrepreneurs, and partners. They are deeply engaged in the community and with the world.

This report highlights a few of the many projects under way and offers a glimpse of how UAlbany’s outstanding faculty are advancing our promise.


Robert J. Jones, Ph.D President		James A. Dias, Ph.D Vice President for Research

QUEST for Better Health

UAlbany’s internationally recognized life sciences program is being invigorated and advanced by talented new researchers added through the NYSUNY 2020 initiative.
INSIGHTS from Big Data

Advanced data analytics at UAlbany leverages established strengths in computer analytics, multimedia, and natural language processing.
READINESS for Weather and Climate Challenges

Continuing a tradition of trail-blazing research, University at Albany atmospheric scientists are tackling critical climate and weather issues across the globe.
PATHWAYS to STEM Fields

Even as studies point to the need for more highly skilled workers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, research indicates that U.S. students are falling behind the rest of the world in STEM disciplines.
A Global Leader in Digital Government Research and Practice

Twenty years ago, the Center for Technology in Government (CTG) opened its doors as an applied research center at the University at Albany. It was charged by then New York Governor Mario Cuomo with “pursuing new ways of applying technologies directly to the practical problems of information management and service delivery in the public sector.”
Israeli Biotech Company Partners with Cancer Research Center

BioHarvest Ltd., an Israeli biotechnology company, is expanding its research and development start-up operations from Tel Aviv, Israel, to the University at Albany’s East Campus.
Campus Welcomes First Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Local entrepreneur Beth Coco is UAlbany’s first entrepreneur-in-residence. Working through the Office for Innovation Development and Commercialization and the Small Business Development Center, Coco is advancing a culture of entrepreneurship across the campus.
Major Gift Boosts Entrepreneurship Initiatives

UAlbany’s entrepreneurship initiatives are getting a significant boost through a $1.5 million gift from area philanthropists J. Spencer and Patricia Standish. Their gift will endow the Standish Professorship in Entrepreneurship in the School of Business.
UAlbany Partners with NESTA to Bolster Science Education, Literacy

The University at Albany has joined forces with the National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA) to enhance Earth and space sciences education and literacy for its students.
Training Scientists in China to Tackle Climate Change

Since 1987, Professor Wei-Chyung Wang at the University at Albany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC) has served as the U.S. Chief Scientist for the “Climate Sciences” agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy and China’s Ministry of Sciences and Technology.
ASRC Climbs Whiteface Summit to Partner with New York’s Highest Museum Exhibit

The University at Albany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC) is a partner in the highest museum exhibit in New York State at Whiteface Mountain.
Bosart and Block Named to Highest Rank by International Science Organization

Lance Bosart and Eric Block are the University at Albany’s newest elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Applebee Named National Education Research Fellow

Distinguished Professor Arthur Applebee is the University at Albany’s most recently named fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
New Summer Opportunity for Urban Youth

An exciting new day camp scheduled to open at UAlbany in 2015 will introduce urban high school students to weather forecasting, field measurements, and the Whiteface Mountain Observatory in the Adirondacks.
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Research Annual Report 2013-2014

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