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Phi Beta Kappa at UAlbany celebrated its 50th anniversary on May 9 as it honored its newest members of undergraduate students who were welcomed into the society. This year’s new members include 46 students from UAlbany who are all members of the graduating class of 2024.

University at Albany Master of Public Health students Brynn Watkins and Claire Jennings, together with UAlbany alum Annabelle Reiseler, are expanding access to menstrual products and education throughout the Capital Region.

David Rousseau, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, and David Smith, professor and chair of the Department of Finance in the Massry School of Business, have been named Collins Fellows for 2024.

The UAlbany softball team claimed a shutout victory in the America East championship on Saturday against UMass Lowell, earning the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. The Great Danes are traveling to College Station, Texas, where they will square off in a regional against Penn State, Texas State and hosts Texas A&M.

The University at Albany’s new graduates have officially joined the ranks of more than 200,000 alumni worldwide.

Sean Desiree, a recent graduate of UAlbany’s MFA program in Studio Art, won a $7,000 Thayer Fellowship from the State University of New York to support their pursuit of a career in the arts.

UAlbany seniors in the School of Public Health visited the NYS Capitol to try their hand at field research and discover what it would be like to work as a scientist at the NYS Department of Heath’s Center for Environmental Health and the Wadsworth Center.

The funding will enable UAlbany researchers to develop a portable, fast-acting test that will reduce sample processing times from days to hours

Home to renowned scientists with decades of experience and millions of dollars in external funding for RNA-based research, the institutions will work together to promote economic growth through continued scientific discovery and partnership with industry.

Hurricane experts from NOAA and the U.S. Air Force are visiting five East Coast locations this week to raise awareness about the importance of being prepared for hurricane events.

The University at Albany Alumni Association (UAAA) has received a 2024 Alumni Association Inclusive Excellence Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education.

Brett Levy, an associate professor in the University at Albany’s School of Education, has been selected to receive a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to study strategies to reduce political polarization in the U.S.