May 2006 News Releases
Troy Police Department Honors UAlbany School
of Criminal Justice Researchers Robert
Worden and Sarah McLean
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 31, 2006) --
University at Albany School of Criminal
Justice faculty Sarah J. McLean and Robert
E. Worden received the Troy Police
Department's Merit Award at the Department's
Annual Awards Ceremony. McLean, a research
associate in the Hindelang Criminal Justice
Research Center, and Worden, an associate
professor of criminal justice and public
policy, were cited for their assistance in
making better use of the department's
information for managerial purposes, and in
establishing an accountability mechanism
that resembles the COMPSTAT process in the
New York City Police Department.
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Media Advisory and
Photo Op: UAlbany Head Coach Will Brown
Leads Basketball Clinic for Special
Olympians
ALBANY, N.Y. (May
26, 2006) --
The Special Olympics New York Summer Games
are returning to UAlbany, and the Danes help
kick off the excitement with a special
hour-long basketball clinic with Head Coach
Will Brown. Forty Special Olympic basketball
players from the Capital District and
surrounding counties will experience
shooting, passing, and ball-handling drills
all culminating in a 15-minute scrimmage
with instruction and encouragement from
UAlbany's intercollegiate coaches and
players.
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UAlbany
Philosopher Robert Howell Awarded Summer
Residency At Institute for Advanced Study
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 26, 2006) -- The School
of Historical Studies at the Institute for
Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. has awarded
University at Albany philosopher Robert C.
Howell a summer in-residence visitorship to
continue his work on Immanuel Kant's theoretical
philosophy.
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UAlbany Alumni
Association Announces Award Winners
Recognition ceremony
June 2, 6 p.m. helps kick off the
University's annual Alumni Weekend
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 25, 2006) -- The University at
Albany Alumni Association today announced its
2006 Award Winners, selected for excellence in
service to their profession and community.
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Party Secretary Li
Yuanchao of China Tours UAlbany's College of
Nanoscale Science and Engineering as Part of
Economic Development Mission
Li Addresses School of Business Graduates at
Commencement Ceremony;
University announces agreement for men's
basketball team to play in China
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 22, 2006) -- The
University at Albany welcomed Li Yuanchao,
party secretary of Jiangsu Province in
China, to address the School of Business
commencement ceremony and tour UAlbany's
College of Nanoscale Science and
Engineering.
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UAlbany Professor Amanda Nickerson Receives
National Award For Crisis-Intervention
Curriculum Model
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 19, 2006) --
University at Albany Assistant Professor in
School Psychology Amanda B. Nickerson and
her team were awarded a 2005-2006 National
Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
Presidential Award for developing one of the
first models of crisis intervention
explicitly for providers who work in the
school setting with children.
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UAlbany School of Education Gains
Prestigious Accreditation
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 19, 2006) -- The
national Teacher Education Accreditation Council
(TEAC) granted accreditation to the graduate
teacher preparation program at the University at
Albany School of Education. TEAC accreditation
signifies that the graduate programs in teacher
preparation; literacy; teaching English to
speakers of other languages; and in elementary,
secondary, and special education meet rigorous
national quality standards.
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Hall Names Hargett Chief China Advisor
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 19, 2006) -- UAlbany
President Kermit L. Hall today named professor of Chinese studies James Hargett
Senior Policy Advisor to the President on China
Relations. As senior advisor, Hargett will
counsel the president on the University's
burgeoning collaborations and partnerships with
higher education institutions in China.
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Chief Judge Judith
Kaye Delivers UAlbany's 21st Annual Burton
Lecture
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 18,
2006) -- The Hon. Judith Kaye, Chief Judge, New
York State Court of Appeals, today delivered the
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy's
21st annual John E. Burton Lecture. Judge Kaye's
lecture, titled My Life as
Chief Judge: The Chapter on Juries,
addressed the concept of the jury and how it has
evolved over time, the current status of the
jury in the United States, the jury system
reforms of the last dozen years and the latest
efforts to improve the jury process.
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Media Advisory/Photo
Op:
Party Secretary Li Yuanchao of China Tours
UAlbany's College of Nanoscale Science and
Engineering as Part of Economic Development
Mission
Li Addresses School of Business Graduates at
Commencement Ceremony
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 18, 2006) -- Li
Yuanchao, party secretary of Jiangsu
Province in China, will tour the University
at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and
Engineering as part of an economic
development mission which includes stops in
New York City and Albany. Secretary Li will
also deliver the keynote address of the
School of Business commencement ceremony.
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High Tech Development Brings Prosperity, Widens
Disparities According to UAlbany Nonprofit
Executive Roundtable Report
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 17, 2006) -- A
tech-driven job market assisted in bringing
about a financial boom to the Austin, Texas
region but also helped widen racial disparities
in economic well-being according to a new report
from the University at Albany's Nonprofit
Executive Roundtable.
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One Student's Trash is Another's Treasure
Program
encourages students, others to recycle
household items
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 17, 2006) -- The
University at Albany's Committee on
University and Community Relations is
sponsoring the "Trash to Treasure" Program
to encourage university students, landlords,
and area residents in the Pine Hills and
Beverwyck neighborhoods to recycle items as
they depart for the summer break.
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Media Advisory: High-Tech Growth and
Community Well-Being focus of Report by
UAlbany's Nonprofit Executive Roundtable
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 15, 2006) -- The
Tech Valley Nonprofit Business Council, a
unit of the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber
of Commerce is sponsoring a presentation on
high-tech driven economic development and
related community impacts.
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Media Advisory: Students, Robotic Dogs Match
Blackjack Skills at the University at Albany's
Annual RoboShow
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 15, 2006) --
Sony's AIBO ERS-7 robotic dogs to
navigate, flash their LEDs, dance, and play
ball during University at Albany Robotics
students' experimental research project
demonstrations. Students have taught the
dogs how to play Black Jack against humans
and how to play soccer.
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UAlbany Announces Commencement Weekend 2006
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 12, 2006) -- The
University at Albany will hold its
Commencement Weekend 2006, which includes a
formal graduate commencement ceremony on May
20, the main undergraduate degree conferral
ceremony on May 21, and individual
departmental and school recognition
ceremonies throughout the weekend.
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Demerjian Joins EPA Board Executive Committee
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 12, 2006) --
Kenneth L. Demerjian, director UAlbany's
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center and
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science
professor, has been invited to serve on the
executive committee of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA) Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC). The two-year appointment
starts on May 29, 2006.
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UAlbany Champions
Partnerships with China
Alliance with
East China Normal University first of
several agreements to expand collaborative
opportunities between the University at
Albany and Chinese higher education
institutions
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 11, 2006) -- University at Albany
President Kermit L. Hall signed a comprehensive agreement
with President Lizhong Yu from East China Normal University
(ECNU) to expand research collaborations,
joint degree and curricular programs, and provide regular
student and faculty exchanges. Hall has focused on China
in his endeavors to internationalize UAlbany as a higher
education institution.
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Media Advisory/Photo Op: UAlbany's Kermit L. Hall Inks
Historic Agreement with East China Normal University
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 10, 2006) -- University at Albany
President Kermit L. Hall will sign the first Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with officials from East China Normal
University to expand research collaborations, joint degree
and curricular programs, and strengthen undergraduate and
graduate education experiences of the two universities
through regular student and faculty exchanges.
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UAlbany
Food Service Director Offers Health Eating Tips for Finals
Week
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 10, 2006) -- The novel-length research
papers, the hours of cramming and the unread textbook loom
for many graduate and undergraduate students as they
prepare to wrap up their studies for the semester during
finals week. Many students develop poor eating habits as a
way of coping with the stress and anxiety of test
preparation, or simply as a means to stay awake to study
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Svare Headed to Thailand on Fulbright Grant
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 10, 2006) -- Professor Bruce Svare of
the Department of Psychology has been awarded a
Fulbright Scholar Grant to lecture at
Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand,
during the 2006-07 academic year. Svare will
teach behavioral neuroscience in the
Chulalongkorn doctoral program in psychology,
and will assist with curriculum development in
the Thai higher education system.
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Media Advisory: Influenza Pandemic Topic of
Satellite Broadcast by UAlbany School of Public
Health's Center for Public Health Preparedness
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 10, 2006) -- An influenza pandemic will
present health professionals, political leaders
and ordinary citizens with terrible challenges.
Many, in positions of leadership, must prepare
to deal with ethical issues in advance while
others will only begin to grapple with these
questions when a crisis is imminent. Dr. Harvey
Kayman of the University of South Carolina
Center for Public Health Preparedness will
present some of these issues, help define an
ethical framework for decision-making, and
explore the ethical principles that might be
applied to a moral course of action.
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Help Is
Just a Click Away for New York Schools
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 9, 2006) -- Schools disappointed in
their New York State Report Cards might find inspiration
and assistance in a new Web-based, free resource from Just
for the Kids-New York, part of the national
Just for the Kids
Project.
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Media Advisory: Chief Judge Judith Kaye to Give
Keynote Address at UAlbany's 21st Annual Burton
Lecture
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 9, 2006) -- The University at Albany's
21st Annual Burton Lecture and the Distinguished
Public Service Awards Ceremony for Outstanding
Contributions to Public Service, honoring
notable individuals who have dedicated their
careers to serving the people of New York.
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Media
Advisory: UAlbany Student Web Developers Inspire Future
Generation of Techies
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 8, 2006) -- Six project teams of
graduate students from the University at Albany course IST
673 (Technology and School Library Media) present their
multi-media and interactive poster sessions aimed at
encouraging the use of computers and technology to enhance
learning in the classroom.
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Haugaard Named to Head Honors College
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 5, 2006) -- Provost and Executive Vice
President for Academic Affairs Susan Herbst today
announced that Jeffrey J. Haugaard will become the first
leader of the new University at Albany Honors College.
Haugaard was chosen after a national search, led by
Associate Professor of Women's Studies Vivien Ng, and will
begin his duties as assistant vice provost on August 1,
2006. More>>
New Initiative Fosters Discussion on Difficult
Issues
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 5, 2006) -- The University at Albany has
joined the national Difficult Dialogues
initiative, which seeks to help institutions of
higher education promote campuses where
sensitive subjects can be discussed in an open
atmosphere of scholarly inquiry, academic
freedom, and respect for diversity.
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Media Advisory:
Media Advisory: Softball Tournament Benefits Scholarship
Fund
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 3, 2006) -- 2nd Annual University Police
Department (UPD) Softball Tournament, benefiting the
University at Albany Inaugural Scholarship Fund.
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Media Advisory: Casino Night at Birch Hill to Support
UAlbany's Center for Autism and Related Disabilities
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 3, 2006) -- The University at Albany's
Center for Autism and Related Disabilities' (CARD) third
annual benefit, 'Casino Night' at Birch Hill. Proceeds
support free training and technical assistance programs
for families and professionals working with people with
autism spectrum disorders.
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UAlbany's Joachim Frank, John W. Saunders Jr. Elected to
National Academy of Sciences
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 2, 2006) -- Joachim Frank, professor of
Biomedical Sciences in the University at Albany's School
of Public Health, was elected to the prestigious National
Academy of Sciences on April 25. Elected to the NAS with
Frank was John W. Saunders Jr., professor emeritus,
Department of Biological Sciences, a faculty member at
UAlbany from 1967 to 1985.
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Albany Communities Make a Clean Sweep
UAlbany Campus Clean-Up Day Focuses on Downtown for 10th
Anniversary
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 2, 2006) -- Albany Mayor Gerald D.
Jennings, College of Saint Rose President R. Mark Sullivan
and a host of volunteers joined University at Albany
President Kermit L. Hall today to help with UAlbany's 10th
Annual Clean-up Day.
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