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October 9 event boasts nearly 30 UAlbany authors, a farmers' market, and student performances
ALBANY, N.Y. (September 21, 2010) -- The University at Albany campus goes into high gear on Saturday, Oct. 9, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., when it welcomes the community to the Fall Festival and Book Fair 2010 during Homecoming weekend.
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Symposium Seeks to Reinvigorate Research into Criminal Sentencing
ALBANY, N.Y. (September 17, 2010) -- According to criminological scholars, empirical study of criminal sentencing has stagnated, despite the growing policy discussion at the state and federal levels about mass incarceration and reentry.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (September 17, 2010) -- The School of Public Health celebrates 25 years of academic and research excellence in 2010-11 with a series of lectures, a film and fiction series and special events.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (September 15, 2010) -- Six distinguished researchers at UAlbany will bring their academic expertise to Europe, Mexico and Africa after being named Fulbright Scholars for 2010-2011. They join a select group of faculty from around the nation who travel abroad in an effort to help build mutual understanding between the people of the U.S. and other countries.
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UAlbany students receive a first-hand lesson in fire prevention during September's National Campus Fire Safety Month
ALBANY, N.Y. (September 13, 2010) -- The University at Albany Office of Environmental Health and Safety provides students with fire safety training in a unique way for the second straight year.
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New York Office of Cyber Security, UAlbany Center for Technology in Government Partner to Launch New Broadband Internet Speed Testing Website
ALBANY, N.Y. (September 13, 2010) -- New York residents are invited to participate in a process that will contribute to the State's efforts to increase high-speed Internet access by testing the speed of their broadband Internet connection. A new website, www.nyspeedtest.org, allows residents to partake in the speed test that will help New York map uunderserved areas.
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Family thanks student body for coming together to support "Hannah's Hope" in the $250,000 Pepsi Refresh Challenge "Good Ideas" national competition
ALBANY, N.Y. (September 2, 2010) -- The University at Albany campus was "thrilled" upon learning late Wednesday that Hannah's Hope was one of the top two finalists in the $250,000 Pepsi Refresh "Good Ideas" Challenge to advance required clinical trials by the FDA to help find a cure for Giant Axonal Neuropathy.
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New semester brings expansions, milestones, School of Business building groundbreaking
ALBANY, N.Y. (August 30, 2010) -- The University at Albany boasts a highly accomplished academic class of incoming freshman, with nearly one-quarter of the 2,250 students ranking in the top 10 percent of their high school class.