December 2010 NewsCenter Archive

UAlbany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering hosted more than 38,000 members of the community – including over 3,750 elementary, middle and high school students – through its educational and public outreach programs and initiatives in 2010, representing a 25 percent increase over 2009.

Lisa Taylor will never forget what Soldiers' Angels did for her when she was deployed to Iraq as a specialist with the U.S. Army.

University at Albany alum Elizabeth Gray has launched the Wishi Project, a fundraising effort to establish a primary school for children in an impoverished community in the rain forest of Ecuador.

A study has identified the first evidence in humans that exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) may compromise the quality of a woman’s eggs retrieved for in vitro fertilization (IVF). 

An organic candy line, a snowboard shop, and a jewelry business are among the business ideas being developed by area students in grades 6-12 at the University at Albany's School of Business chapter of the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!).

Elected officials in America increasingly see technology innovations as a key to achieving policy goals, but these officials often don't understand how they and their chief information officers must work together to make it happen, says UAlbany's director of the Center for Technology in Government.

School of Business Associate Professor Sanjay Goel discusses the WikiLeaks case and information security. Goel is an expert on information security, computer forensics, security risk analysis and wireless security.

UAlbany student athletes give their all on the courts and fields of their chosen sports, and the same holds true when they give to the community. During the holidays, the Great Danes are wrapping presents for families in need and helping to bring safe drinking water to developing nations.

New York State Writers Institute Director Donald W. Faulkner is a featured commentator in the documentary "Paris: The Luminous Years," set to air on PBS stations on Dec. 15.

UAlbany Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Susan D. Phillips is heading a U.S. Department of Education subcommittee composed of seven national leaders in higher education seeking changes in higher ed accreditation as part of the 2013 renewal of the Higher Education Act.

Dr. Jotham Musinguzi was already a public health physician courageously fighting the scourge of AIDS in his native Uganda when he became UAlbany’s first-ever MPH graduate in 1991. Now an international voice for reproductive health and family planning, he speaks at his alma mater on Thursday, Dec. 9.

Two University at Albany student groups – the African Student Association (ASA) and Third World Impact (TWI) – have joined forces this holiday season to provide children in the Congo and their families with shoes, shirts and slacks.

As the Holiday shopping season kicks into high gear, the current economic climate weighs heavily on the minds of retailers. UAlbany Assistant Professor of Marketing Suraj Commuri provides insight on what businesses can expect, household shopping decisions and online retailing.

When Aaron Gladd walks across the stage at the University at Albany's Winter Commencement Ceremony at SEFCU Arena, it will be the culmination of a long journey marked by hardship and determination. On Sunday, Dec. 5, he will earn his master's degree in public administration.

UAlbany conferred 561 bachelor's and 434 graduate degrees (285 were master's, 69 doctoral) at Winter Commencement, Dec. 5 in SEFCU Arena. Ted Anderson '82, managing partner of Kilgore & Kilgore, one the oldest law firms in Dallas, Tex., delivered the keynote address.

University at Albany faculty member Ronald Toseland, an internationally known expert on effective interventions for problems such as dementia, has been appointed to the rank of Distinguished Professor by the SUNY Board of Trustees. This is the highest academic rank in the SUNY system.