Actress Liza Colón-Zayas '89 earns historic Emmy for her star-making turn on “The Bear.” She shares her inspiring story.
A fitness class feels the beat inside a spacious and bright group exercise room inside the University’s new 26,000-square-foot wellness center dubbed The Well. The renovated space on Colonial Quad also features a sleek fitness studio, boxing room, 30-bike cycling venue, a mind and body studio, educational wellness suite and open cardio area. (Photo by Patrick Dodson)
Amount of federal funding proposed by Sen. Chuck Schumer to support the National Mesonet program that includes the NYS Mesonet — the largest and most sophisticated statewide weather monitoring system in the nation — which is operated by UAlbany.
Number of first-year students welcomed to campus this fall as the Class of 2028.
Anniversary of the Capital District Writing Project (CDWP) based in the School of Education. The CDWP is a local site of the National Writing Project that works to enhance the teaching of writing in local schools.
Total amount of grants given by the National Institutes of Health to UAlbany Associate Professor of Nanobioscience Ben Boivin to explore the role of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) in disease progression which may pave the way for the discovery of novel therapeutic approaches to cardiac disease, cancer and more.
Star-rating earned by the University on the Campus Pride Index, a national assessment tool that assists colleges and universities in creating safer, more inclusive campus communities for LGBTQ+ people. UAlbany is the first SUNY campus to achieve a 5-star rating.
Fulbright Scholar Awards given to Bruce Svare, professor emeritus of psychology and neuroscience, for his work to improve the field of psychology and mental health services in Southeast Asia.
Size in micrometers of airborne ultrafine particles (UFP) — about 1/1000 the width of a human hair — which an interdisciplinary team led by UAlbany researchers, has linked to increased mortality in New York, especially among underserved populations. “Due to their tiny size, UFPs are easily inhaled, absorbed into the bloodstream, and can pass through organ barriers,” said Shao Lin, senior co-author and professor of environmental health sciences at UAlbany’s School of Public Health.
Twenty years ago, on Oct. 13, 2004, the $78 million Life Science Research Building (LSRB) opened on the Uptown campus. The then 194,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility dramatically expanded the space and technology available to support a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary life sciences research in biology, chemistry and biochemistry with the goal of “understanding and conquering major diseases and other serious afflictions.”
Today, the LSRB continues that mission as home to the RNA Institute, recently designated as a Center of Excellence in RNA Research and Therapeutics, where researchers are tackling breast cancer, myotonic dystrophy and developing a host of RNA-based therapies for diseases while training the next generation of New York’s biotechnology workforce.
