March 2014 NewsCenter Archive
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UAlbany Made Possible 'The Best Job in the World' — Helping Talented Students Make It to College
Daniel Morales-Armstrong ’10 took his UAlbany experience to Harvard and then to a program in his native Bronx that enriches the futures of high-achieving students of color.
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UAlbany set to host America East Tournament
The University at Albany is set to host the America East Basketball Championship at SEFCU Arena, March 7-10. The UAlbany women’s basketball team will be the No. 1 seed in the 2014 America East Women’s Basketball Championship, while the men's team will be the fourth seed. -
Everette Joseph Named to Lead Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
Everette Joseph '97 Ph.D., an internationally recognized leader in the field of atmospheric sciences, has been named director of the University at Albany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center and SUNY Empire Innovations Professor in Atmospheric Sciences.
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UAlbany Women Defeat Stony Brook to Claim Third Consecutive America East Title
The UAlbany women's basketball team has earned an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. The team will find out where it is going during the NCAA Selection Show on Monday, March 17th at 7 p.m. The show will be broadcast live on ESPN. -
Study Abroad Program Opens Up STEM Opportunities for Brazilian Students
Today, thanks to the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program established in 2011 by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Leonardo Gonçalves de Oliveira is one of 33 advanced science students from Brazil on scholarship, receiving training in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields at the University at Albany.
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Great Danes Men Win America East Title to Head to NCAA Basketball Tourney 2nd Year in a Row
The Cinderella Great Danes men's basketball team is again marching on to the NCAA Tournament. Sparked by Sam Rowley's 18 points, and timely shooting down the stretch from Peter Hooley, who wound up with 15, fourth-seeded UAlbany upset second-seeded Stony Brook on its home court 69-60 Saturday in the America East Conference final.
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Finance, Info Tech and Friendships: Steve Severin Found a Wealth at UAlbany
Steve Severin ’08 began developing modern business skills long before entering college. Now a senior technology auditor with American Express, foresaw correctly that a dual degree in finance and information technology management at UAlbany was the route to foster his career.
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UAlbany Data Scientists Leading Nationwide Initiative to Improve Transportation
Applying pioneering web-based solutions, the Albany Visualization And Informatics Lab, led by Catherine T. Lawson, is selected by the Federal Highway Administration to lead a multi-state initiative that advances transportation planning in such areas as truck routing, pollution control, travel safety, traffic patterns, and more.
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Great Danes Win First NCAA Tournament Basketball Game, Advance to Face Florida
The UAlbany men's basketball team outlasted Mount St. Mary’s 71-64 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Tuesday, capturing its first victory in the NCAA Tournament at the Division I level in team history. -
UAlbany Graduate Programs Ranked Among Best in the Nation, According to U.S. News and World Report
In the latest graduate school rankings from U.S. News & World Report, the University at Albany landed eight programs in the top 25 in the nation. -
UAlbany START-UP NY Plan Approved by State Officials
The Empire State Development Council and Governor Cuomo's START-UP NY approval board have endorsed the University at Albany's START-UP NY tax-free business incentive plan to attract out-of-state, expanding, and newly formed businesses to locate in, or near, campus facilities as educational, research and business partners.
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UAlbany Researcher Receives NOAA Young Scientist Award for Satellite Remote Sensing
Hydrologist Craig Ferguson receives a prestigious National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration honor for developing a pioneering approach in satellite remote sensing that addresses one of the most vexing issues facing the use of weather and climate models – how to correctly represent how land and atmosphere interact.
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UAlbany Chemists Develop 'Fingerprint' for Identifying Crime Scene Ammunition, Targets Wider Range of Trace Evidence than Current Methodologies
University at Albany researchers Igor K. Lednev and Justin Bueno have developed a rapid and accurate method that allows crime scene investigators to recover and detect GSR from a crime scene or shooting suspect. -
UAlbany’s Center for Technology in Government Releases Report and Case Studies on the Benefits of Air Quality Information
UAlbany's Center for Technology in Government has assessed potential socio-economic and financial benefits from enhanced air quality data. Its study sought to better understand benefits provided by current data and products of EPA’s AirNow program and how incorporating NASA satellite data might result in even greater benefits.
