News Releases - August 2006
UAlbany Greets Fall Term with Record
Number of Applicants
Campus engages
in $25M campus beautification and
improvement project
ALBANY, N.Y.
(August 31, 2006) -- The University
at Albany applicant pool for the
2006-07 calendar year surpassed
18,000—a 12 percent increase in
freshmen applications above last
year and a record number for
UAlbany. From that, the University
enrolled 2,350 freshmen to the class
of 2010—200 fewer students than last
year's record class of 2,556. More>>
UAlbany Foundation Announces Citizen
Laureate Winners
Award
recipients will be honored at a
black-tie event on Sept. 21, Hall of
Springs
ALBANY, N.Y. (August
31, 2006) -- R. Mark Sullivan,
president of The College of Saint
Rose; Richard C. Liebich, CEO of
Cerbide Inc., Advanced Material
Technology, Inc., and the Charitable
Leadership Foundation as well as
other charities; and Frank J.
Thompson, faculty member and former
dean of the University at Albany's
Rockefeller College of Public
Affairs and Policy, have been named
recipients of the 2006 University at
Albany Foundation Citizen Laureate
Awards. More>>
Media Advisory: UAlbany Faculty,
Staff Welcome Students Back to
Campus
Turf Hotels/Holiday Inn extends
hospitality and support to ensure
student success
ALBANY, N.Y. (August
30, 2006) -- University at Albany
Provost and Executive Vice President
Susan Herbst will be joined by
senior administrators and other
UAlbany faculty and staff in
welcoming incoming freshmen and
returning students back to campus
for the fall 2006 semester. More>>
Just for the Kids Best Practice
Studies: Findings from NYS Schools
ALBANY, N.Y. (August
25, 2006) -- Ten of New York's
higher performing public elementary
schools point the way to raising
student achievement in a report
recently released by the National
Center for Educational
Accountability (NCEA). Based on case
studies prepared by the University
at Albany School of Education, the
NCEA Executive Summary of the 2005
Just for the Kids (JFTK) Best
Practice Studies and Institutes
allows schools in need of
improvement nationwide to gain
direct and practical insight from
schools in New York and 20 other
participating states. More>>
Media Advisory/Photo Op: Technology Transfer Focus of Jiangsu Delegation Visit to UAlbany
ALBANY, N.Y. (August
18, 2006) -- Five representatives of the Jiangsu International Affairs office and four filmmakers working on a documentary about U.S./China relations will
visit the University at Albany campus to speak with campus leaders and take part in a panel discussion entitled Commercialization of
Innovative University Technologies: Collaborations between Universities, Business and Government. More>>
Kermit L. Hall, 1944-2006, Brought Passion and Vision to Leadership of UAlbany
ALBANY, N.Y. (August
13, 2006) -- University at Albany
President Kermit L. Hall, a
pre-eminent scholar of American
constitutional, legal, and judicial
history, died Sunday, August 13, in
a swimming accident in South
Carolina. He was 61. More>>
Jeffrey J. Jones Named Associate Executive Director and CFO of UAlbany Foundation
ALBANY, N.Y. (August
10, 2006) -- Jeffrey J. Jones has been named associate executive director and chief financial officer of the University at Albany Foundation. Jones, who
will assume the position in early September, most recently served as the chief financial officer for the transformation of the Bellevue Maternity Hospital
to the not-for-profit Bellevue Woman's Hospital.
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U.S. Emergency Care System at Risk of Critical Workforce Shortages According to
UAlbany's Center for Health Workforce Studies
Rural areas across the nation often lack doctors certified in emergency medicine
ALBANY, N.Y. (August 4, 2006) -- Emergency care systems in the United States are at serious risk of critical shortages in staffing in the near future, due
to worsening shortages of registered nurses (RNs), a maldistribution of board-certified emergency medicine (EM) physicians between urban and rural areas,
and challenges retaining emergency medical technicians (EMTs) according to a new study by the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University at
Albany's School of Public Health.
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Gilbert A. Valverde Named Fulbright Specialist
ALBANY, N.Y. (August
4, 2006) -- Gilbert A. Valverde, on the faculty of the Department of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, has been named a Fulbright Senior
Specialist.
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UAlbany Quells Chiller to Stem Heat Wave
ALBANY, N.Y. (August
2, 2006) -- The University at Albany's $3.5 million absorption chiller air cooling project, adopted last August through a partnership with the New York
Power Authority (NYPA) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), is playing a crucial role
in the University's efforts to reduce energy strains on the state's electric grid during this North East heat wave.
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UAlbany Chapter of Americans for Informed Democracy Awarded National Recognition
ALBANY, N.Y. (August
1, 2006) -- Charlie Albanetti, president of the University at Albany Chapter of Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) received an Outstanding Student
Leader Award from the national chapter of AID for organizing superior town hall events in 2006 on U.S.-Asian Relations, the International Criminal Court (ICC)
and Darfur, among other events. Americans for Informed Democracy is a non-partisan organization working to raise awareness and generate dialogue on social
and political issues of global importance.
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