August 2016 NewsCenter Archive

Feather in Her Cap
Who won this year’s Initiatives For Women awards?
Mission: Success

How often do 18-year-olds in foster care get the chance to go to college?
USNS Harvey Milk Honors Alum, Civil Rights Icon

The U.S. Navy is set to name a ship after gay activist and civil rights icon Harvey Milk, a 1951 UAlbany alum who encouraged generations of LGBTQ Americans through his actions and words.
Humans pack an efficient bite, but at a cost

New work by an international team of researchers shows that the cranium of modern Homo sapiens is poorly-suited to produce large biting forces due to an important limitation involving the jaw joint.
Turning Typhoons into Applied Learning

Find out how one student researcher is trying to decrease typhoon death tolls.
Catch and Release

How can Max Royzen’s new treatment of a deadly cancer prevent debilitation?
Mission of Thanks

How is one UAlbany military veteran giving a career boost to another?
Doctor Data
A future physician contributes to the brave new world of healthcare
Dark Search in the Black Hills

A UAlbany scientist sheds light on an intractable mystery of the cosmos.
Bright Forecast

Why would high school students hang tiny objects in trees on a hot summer's day?
Burbano a 'Young Latino of the White House'

How does the UAlbany experience remain a part of Irving Burbano's DC success?
Prolific Prof

How did a college dean find time to be the University’s most oft-cited scholar?
In the Basket

School of Public Health Associate Professor Akiko Hosler’s latest research has found some new strategies for fighting the obesity epidemic in inner cities.
#UAlbanySummer

See the applied learning opportunities students took advantage of on-and-off campus this summer.
Now You See It

How are three grad students designing a healthier picture for New Yorkers?
Perfectly Futuristic

The Future Perfect exhibition, on display at the University Art Museum through the fall semester, shakes things up.
A Healthy Guarantee

What essential tools is The RNA Institute supplying to an exciting new area of therapeutics?
Field Hockey’s German Duo

Can Paula Heuser and Maxi Primus win a third straight conference championship this season?
Forward Thinking

How the campus will now address its strategic goals.
Swayed by Television

When it comes to views on crime and justice, television news exposure appears to play a more important role than internet media accounts, according to a new study led by researchers at the University at Albany’s School of Criminal Justice.
Orientation in Photos

Were you captured while visiting the campus this summer?
The Newest Great Danes
2,670 freshmen have joined the Class of 2020 from an applicant pool of 23,799 – the largest ever received. More than 1,300 new graduate and 1,100 transfer students are also entering the University.
Welcome Back
How many new faces have joined the campus community?
Look Around

What changes in the physical appearance of the campus do you notice this fall?
Presumption of Guilt

How do TV and the internet affect views about crime?
Re-Built for Speed

How did student input just bring about dramatic change?
Photos: Opening Convocation

Were you spotted at our welcome ceremony for new students?
5 Questions with Faculty: Bill Wales

What do park rangers and Martians mean to the business professor?
Igniting Start-Up Success

See how three teams of recent grads transitioned from students to entrepreneurs.
Research Grounded Yet Lofty

Lo! What is that hovering ’midst the trees in nearby forest?
'Meeting of Hearts'

There's a new leader of the Honors College.

August 2016 NewsCenter Archive

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