November 2011 NewsCenter Archive
-
UAlbany Hosts Junior FIRST Lego League Expo
ALBANY, N.Y. (November 30, 2011) -- Area elementary school children will have the opportunity to connect technology and the real world when the University at Albany's College of Computing and Information hosts a Lego-inspired Expo with a focus on food health and safety at UAlbany's Campus Center Ballroom on Saturday, Dec. 3.
-
School of Social Welfare Students Take the Ultimate Field Trip: Summer Study Tours of Africa
Albany, N.Y. (Nov. 29, 2011) — For 11 summers, UAlbany SSW students, with faculty, scholars and community practitioners, have traveled to African countries to see what social service delivery means in poorer nations. What they find is challenge, but also a tremendous sense of community and hope.
-
University at Albany Honors AIDS Visionaries, Drs. Kamiar and Arash Alaei
ALBANY, N.Y. (November 28, 2011) -- On Thursday, December 1, UAlbany's School of Public Health will host a symposium, "Human Rights and HIV" and honor UAlbany doctoral candidate, Dr. Kamiar Alaei and his brother, Alash. -
Award-Winning Climate Journalist, Elizabeth Kolbert, to Receive Honorary Degree at Winter Commencement on Sunday, Dec. 4
ALBANY, N.Y. (November 28, 2011) -- Award-winning climate journalist and author Elizabeth Kolbert will address graduates and receive an honorary degree at the University at Albany's winter commencement ceremonies at 1 p.m. on Sunday, December 4 at the SEFCU Arena.
-
Q&A: Smartphones & Bargain Hunting Among Trends for Holiday Shopping in 2011
ALBANY, N.Y (November 28, 2011) -- Savvy consumers plugged into the latest bargain hunting technologies are more prepared for the 2011 holiday shopping season, according to UAlbany Assistant Professor of Marketing Suraj Commuri. -
UAlbany's International Students Celebrate Thanksgiving
Albany, N.Y. (November 23, 2011) — The University at Albany’s traditional Thanksgiving Dinner for international students draws well over a hundred students each year. The dinner is one way UAlbany takes care of its international students and helps them to feel at home, when their own home may be thousands of miles away. -
UAlbany Football, Volleyball Teams Headed to NCAAs
ALBANY, N.Y. (Nov. 21, 2011) -- The Great Danes are headed to the NCAAs. With two postseason bids on the line this weekend, UAlbany student athletes were up to the task, securing bids to the NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament and the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision Tournament. -
U.S. Economic Prospects at Best 'Modest,' says NY Fed President Dudley at UAlbany
ALBANY, N.Y. - (November 18, 2011)- The U.S. economy's growth prospects remain modest at best, calling for continued Federal Reserve action to generate a better level of activity, a top U.S. central bank official said today at the University at Albany. -
UAlbany Accounting Student Counts His Blessings as Scholarship Winner
ALBANY, N.Y. (November 18, 2011) – Catskill, N.Y. native Keith Gardell, a student in the M.S. Professional Accountancy program at the University at Albany, has won a $2,500 scholarship from the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA). -
University at Albany President George M. Philip Announces Retirement
Albany, N.Y. (November 18,2011) — George M. Philip announced today his plans to step down as the President of the University at Albany. Philip was named the 18th President of UAlbany in June 2009 after serving as interim president since November 2007. -
Athletic Director Lee McElroy Named to McLendon Administrators Hall of Fame
Albany, N.Y. (Nov. 16, 2011) - The John McLendon Minority Scholarship Foundation and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics announces that UAlbany's VP and Director of Athletics Lee McElroy has been named to the John McLendon Minority Athletics Administrators Hall of Fame. -
UAlbany Study: Reduced-Impact Logging Can Maintain Tropical Rainforest’s Critical Role in Carbon and Water Cycling
Albany, N.Y. (November 16, 2011) – Reduced-impact logging (RIL) in an Amazon rainforest generated profits while emitting a small fraction of carbon compared with total forest clearing, a University at Albany study concludes. -
UAlbany Student Learning in the Heart of State Government
ALBANY, N.Y. (Nov. 14, 2011) -- When Amaury Muñoz was a boy growing up in the Dominican Republic, he never dreamed he would one day meet a former U.S. president, work for a U.S. senator, or be an intern in the Office of Regional Affairs for the governor of New York state. All of this became possible at the University at Albany. -
Under Money Strains, Some Older Adults Turn to Alcohol
ALBANY, N.Y. (November 9, 2011) -- During financial hard times, some older adults may turn to alcohol or cigarettes as a way to cope, according to a University at Albany study in the November issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
-
UAlbany Honors Veterans
ALBANY, N.Y. (November 8, 2011) -- As home to more than 200 student veterans and roughly 75 faculty and staff veterans, the University at Albany honors and supports the efforts of its service men and women in a variety of ways through UAlbany's 'Veterans Services.'
-
CARSS: A 'Grand Experiment' to Boost the Achievement of Sci-Math Majors
UAlbany's Center for Achievement, Retention and Student Success is a federally funded program that represents a coordinated effort to effect a dramatic enhancement of recruitment and retention of students with science and mathematics majors.
-
University at Albany Journalism Professor, Rosemary Armao, Wins International Investigative Reporting Award
ALBANY, N.Y. (November 3, 2011) -- UAlbany professor of journalism Rosemary Armao and journalists at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) were named winners of the 2011 Daniel Pearl Award.
-
Nine Distinguished Scientists, Including Nobel Laureate Ada Yonath, Will Serve as the Scientific Advisory Board for The RNA Institute at UAlbany
ALBANY, N.Y. (November 3, 2011) – UAlbany's RNA Institute announced today that nine distinguished scientists, including Nobel Laureate Ada Yonath and members of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will serve as its Scientific Advisory Board.
-
NYT Art Critic Ken Johnson '78 Talks Drug Culture & Modern Art, November 7 at Art Museum
ALBANY, N.Y. (Nov. 2, 2011) -- Ken Johnson '78, New York Times art critic and leading voice in contemporary art, returns to UAlbany Nov. 7 as a guest of the New York State Writers Institute and University Art Museum. He will read from his new book Are You Experienced?: How Psychedelic Consciousness Transformed Modern Art.
