This is Our Place
The Massry Center for Business
With a $5.25 million gift in 2014, the Massry family did more than name a building on the uptown campus. The Capital Region philanthropists and UAlbany supporters made a commitment to the life of the University.
In addition to naming the state-of-the-art Massry Center for Business, the gift funds the Massry Community Fellows Program, which provides stipends for students completing internships with non-profit organizations; and the Massry Lecture Series. It also supports conferences and visiting faculty.
The Schuyler Building
Capital Region community, business, education, and government leaders are working with the University to transform a 20th-century school building into the future home of UAlbany’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS).
Located adjacent to the University’s downtown campus, the former Albany High School building will undergo a $60-million renovation that will create 127,000 square feet of classroom, research, and office space designed to accommodate more than 1,000 students and 180 faculty and researchers. The project will broaden UAlbany’s academic offerings; strengthen the University’s partnerships with other educational and civic institutions and businesses; and make mass-transit and other improvements to Albany’s North Lake Avenue-Ontario Street corridor possible.
New Videoboard at SEFCU Arena
A new video scoreboard at SEFCU Arena is enhancing fans’ enjoyment of UAlbany men’s and women’s basketball.
Made possible with a $1 million donation from Capital Region businessman Ed Swyer and Stuyvesant Plaza, the Daktronics board hangs above center court. Its 10 LED display screens – the largest measuring more than 7 feet high and 12 feet wide – offers high-definition replays, live in-game statistics, and other promotions.
Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
UAlbany’s Tom & Mary Casey Stadium is a world-class athletics facility. Its name pays tribute to a family known for instilling in its children the importance of education and community service.
The Bernard and Millie Children’s Foundation, founded by William Duker; his wife, Sharon; and their son, William, made a $10 million gift to name the stadium. Both families have long histories with the University: Duker is a 1975 UAlbany graduate, and the Caseys’ son Thomas, daughter Melissa, and granddaughter Meghan are also alumni. Grandson Michael Faas, currently a student, will graduate in 2019.
While the gift honors the Caseys by supporting the football stadium and other facilities, it also expands scholarships for student-athletes and addresses additional athletics priorities.
