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As more colleges and universities across the county started to offer cold case programs, Camela Hughes saw an opportunity. “I needed something to frame my class around and so I was either going to do it for just me or I was going to publish it,” said Hughes, who, in 2024, became the director of the University at Albany’s Cold Case Analysis Center (CCAC), which aids investigative agencies and families in the resolution of cases while providing students with a hands-on, project-based learning experience.

Bringing in dozens of Capital Region students, the event was part of the UAlbany in the High School program

Halimah Lawson, who studied criminal justice at Rockefeller, discusses some of the highlights of her time at the college.

Should the U.S. Supreme Court reinterpret what is considered a "cruel and unusual punishment,” Albany might become a key research center for setting new guidelines, explains O’Leary Professor James Acker in an editorial published April 5 in the Times Union.

The Chancellor’s Award recognizes students for academic achievement, leadership, campus involvement and community service. This year’s recipients reflect that range and the different ways a UAlbany experience can take shape.

Twenty-three School of Criminal Justice students have been grappling with tough and timely legal questions this semester as they gear up for the undergraduate Moot Court Tournament. Set for Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25, it marks the return of the moot court program, which has been dormant since the pandemic and previously ran in partnership with Albany Law School.

Join us as we honor this year’s Rockefeller College alumni and student award recipients! This annual celebratory event will include a presentation of the awards as well as a reception at the UAlbany Campus Center Ballroom.

UAlbany’s nearly $472M in 2024 R&D more than doubled the number the University reported in the NSF Higher Education Research and Development survey in 2023, driven largely by the return of the Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering and its semiconductor industry R&D partnerships at the NY Creates Albany NanoTech Complex.