Campus News
Winners
of Excellence Awards Are Announced
Each year, the University at Albany honors special members
of its community with Excellence Awards denoting sustained
and profound contributions to the life of the campus.
Eighteen faculty and staff members are receiving this
tribute in 2004. The awards reception is Friday, April
16, at 3 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom. More
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Ryan
Honors Undergraduate Leaders
by Greta Petry (April 8, 2004)
Interim President John R. Ryan presented the President�s
Undergraduate Leadership Awards at a ceremony March
14 in the Campus Center Ballroom. More
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Edward Hannan |
School
of Public Health Improving Cardiac Care
by Tavonna Goodman (April 8, 2004)
Researchers at the University at Albany�s School
of Public Health are working under the direction of
Distinguished Professor Edward Hannan to improve access
to coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass graft
(CABG) surgery, two of the world�s most commonly performed
procedures. Hannan chairs the Department of Health Policy,
Management, and Behavior. More
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Abbe Herzig |
Rabi Musah |
Herzig
and Musah Win National Science Foundation Awards
by Carol Olechowski (April 8, 2004)
Two University at Albany professors, Abbe Herzig
and Rabi Musah, have won significant grants from the
National Science Foundation. More
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IFW
Announces New Scholarship Fund to Honor Karen R. Hitchcock
by Greta Petry (April 8, 2004)
Initiatives For Women (IFW) has announced plans
to raise funds for a new scholarship fund in honor of
outgoing president Karen R. Hitchcock. The Karen R.
Hitchcock New Frontiers Fund for Initiatives For Women
Fund will provide awards to women doctoral students
who �show great promise of making a positive, transformational
difference in our society.� As a testimony to President
Hitchcock�s dedication to education, these grants will
enable IFW to �Support Her Dream� for a growing number
of women doctoral students. More
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Susan R. Sherman |
Sherman
Fund Established at School of Social Welfare
by Carol Olechowski (April 8, 2004)
Susan R. Sherman, a Distinguished Service Professor
Emerita recognized for her contributions to social welfare
and gerontology, has established a fund to support master�s
students at the University at Albany�s School of Social
Welfare. More >>
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Karyn Loscocco |
UAlbany�s
Loscocco Enhances �Happiness at Work�
by Greta Petry (April 8, 2004)
A new book on business by the Dalai Lama and Howard
C. Cutler, M.D., The Art of Happiness
at Work (Riverhead Books), cites the research
of University at Albany sociologist Karyn Loscocco.
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Than 850 Attend UAlbany Job Expo
by Tavonna Goodman (April 8, 2004)
Jamaal Bailey, president of the University at Albany
Chapter of the National Communication Association Student
Clubs, will graduate this May with his bachelor of arts
degree in rhetoric and communication. He was one of
more than 850 University at Albany students to attend
the third annual University at Albany Job and Internship
Expo on March 2. More >>
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Thomas J. Galvin |
Obituary
/ Thomas J. Galvin
Professor Emeritus Thomas J. Galvin, 71, passed
away in Chicago on February 18, 2004. Galvin came to
the University at Albany in 1989 to implement UAlbany�s
doctoral program in information science as its inaugural
director. He also served as professor in the School
of Information Science and Policy until his retirement
in 1999. More >> |