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Terry Lickona, a middle-aged white male, poses for a photo with musician Willie Nelson, also a white male.
Spotlight

Woodstock, Willie and a Making A 'Monument to Music'

Terry Lickona is executive producer of "Austin City Limits" — the longest-running music series in television history.
Members of the band Blotto pose in a rehearsal space in 1981. Photo by Martin Benjamin '72
Spotlight

The 36th Most Important Band of 1981

UAlbany's MTV connection
An AI-generated image of a silhouette of a woman listening to headphones overs an abstract background of sound waves.
Spotlight

Wading Through Streams

Meg Tarquinio makes music listening better.
Savannah Gordon strikes a dramatic pose with her arms raised and looking towards the ceiling while on the main stage of UAlbany's PAC.
Savannah Rising
"Now that I've been [on the Met stage] and I've been in this place, I don't want to leave. I'm singing on the same stage that Jessye Norman has sang on and Shirley Verrett and Leotyne Price and Grace Bumbry and just all these fantastic Black voices have been on this stage and it is mind-blowing!"
Savannah Gordon '18
An archival black and white image of an Africa-American musician, seated on a chair, playing an acoustic guitar.
Spotlight

When Lead Belly Played Page Hall

Bringing the Blues
A collage of newspaper pages and magazine covers
Spotlight

On the Beat with Music Journalist Craig Marks

A look back at Albany's music scene with the former editor of SPIN magazine
Spring 2024

Music Mavericks

How Avery and Monte Lipman built music’s dominant label.
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Spring 2024 UAlbany Magazine

Jessica wearing a pink t-shirt with the text "It's my cheat day" and eating a large slice of pizza.
Feature

It's a Good Day to Cheat

Math teacher turned Instagram influencer Jessica Hirsch has a recipe for social media success.
UAlbany professor Mustafa Aksoy sits in front of a multi-screen display with a NASA image of the Earth rising over the horizon of the moon.
Feature

Sensing Opportunities in Space

This professor explores Earth's ice sheets and the lunar surface through space age tech.
A purple mountain illustration with a figure at the top of one the mountains holding a gold flag.
Feature

Higher Purpose

Alex Saingchin’s Climb from Corporate America to Socially Conscious Entrepreneur

Past Magazine issues

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Fall 2023 UAlbany Magazine Cover: DB Woodside Hits His Mark
Fall 2023
UAlbany Magazine Spring 2023. Women In Tech. From the classroom to the C-suite, these Great Danes are changing the face of the field.
Spring 2023
Fall 2022: Insider ETEC, UAlbany's New $180M State-of-the-Art 'Epicenter' for Research and Innovation
Fall 2022
Spring 2022: An artist finger paints a circular pattern on a white wall
Spring 2022
Fall 2021: Icon of Style, From social worker to social influencer - the phenomenal journey of Lyn Slater '89.
Fall 2021

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