Research

• Climate Scientist Leads Global Effort on Glacial Retreat in Andes
  University at Albany climate scientist, Mathias Vuille, leads the development of a network of local scientists and stakeholders in four South American countries to address the impact on water supplies of shrinking glaciers in the Andes.  
  
• NIH Supports Biologist and Nanoscientist in Quest to Cure "Dry Mouth"
  The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $2.5 million grant to support joint research by faculty at theCollege of Nanoscale Science and Engineering(CNSE) of the University at Albany (UAlbany) and UAlbany’s Department of Biological Sciences.

Faculty

• 2012 Sundance Festival features Professor's Screenplay on Slavery 
  Slavery by Another Name, a 90-minute documentary film based on the book by Douglas A. Blackmon, narrated by actor Laurence Fishburne, and written by Sheila Curran Bernard, assistant professor of history and documentary studies at UAlbany was among 16 American documentary films selected to compete at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
  
• Leading Psychological Organization Honors UAlbany Reseacher for Training Ethnic Minorities
  University at Albany Professor of Psychology Jeanette Altarriba received the American Psychological Association's 2012 Minority Fellowship Program's Dalmas A. Taylor Award for her outstanding contributions to teaching and training ethnic minority psychologists.
  

Student Experience

• Student Venture Fund Aims to Commercialize RNA Technology
  Underscoring the significant role universities play in fostering research, entrepreneurship and economic growth, the University at Albany's RNA Institute awarded two teams of science and business students $50,000 each in its inaugural Student Venture Fund program.
  
• Video Artist Student Wins Prestigious National Fellowship
  Julie Casper Roth, an MFA student in art at the University at Albany, was selected to receive a Professional Development Fellowship in the Visual Arts from the College Arts Association, the nation's leading arts organization for higher education.