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Weather Warnings Caroline Rafizadeh, a cognitive psychology PhD student at the University at Albany, monitors student Samantha Hetherington during an eye-tracking study on how viewers process TV weather alerts. The study found that cluttered on-screen warnings can distract from critical, life-saving details. Researchers say simplifying alerts could help viewers better focus on key instructions during severe weather events. Photograph: Patrick Dodson
Resurrecting History To help visitors navigate the more than 467 acres of Albany Rural Cemetery, Rui Li, associate professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Sustainability, leads the development of the Albany Rural Cemetery Explorer (ARCE). ARCE is a public engagement project providing students, like alums Micah Wang and Weiming Lan, with hands-on experience developing mapping tools to assist the cemetery’s visitors in finding the many family stories and buried histories hidden among the 135,000 graves. Photograph: Patrick Dodson
Model Subject The cranium of a male gelada, a large-bodied monkey from the Ethiopian highlands, glows under a laser scanner in Professor Adam Gordon’s anthropology lab. The resulting 3D scan is reproduced as a 3D-printed model for instruction and research. Gordon and his graduate students examine skeletal material of primates and other mammals from around the world to explore how their bones and joints have evolved in response to how they moved through their environments. Photograph: Patrick Dodson
Hats Off On Bob Ford Field, under the lights of Tom and Mary Casey Stadium, UAlbany football players raise their helmets high to salute the marching band as the Great Danes celebrate their first win on Aug. 28, defeating New Hampshire 28-14 under new head coach, Tom Perkovich. Photograph: Patrick Dodson
“ I find spending time with my loved ones has become increasingly more important to me over time. It’s not the grand gestures that make an impact on me, but the simpler joys in life, like enjoying dim sum with my husband, Paul (class of ’92), seeing my kids happy, or petting my pug that bring me so much happiness now.”
“ Giving myself grace has become more important over time. I have spent years becoming someone I could depend on. Now, I am learning how to care for the person I have always asked to keep going.”
“ Over time, I’ve realized that protecting my time has become just as important as how I spend it. Saying yes to what truly matters and no to what doesn’t has brought more balance, purpose, and peace.”
Trailing Stony Brook by two points with just 1.6 seconds remaining in the 2015 America East Conference championship game, guard Peter Hooley, mourning the death of his mother just weeks prior, snagged a long rebound at the top of the key and sunk a three-pointer that sent the Great Danes to the NCAA tournament for the third year in row. After the game, with the Australian flag draped around his shoulders, Hooley lifted his arms and looked skyward in salute to his mother. “When you got angels watching you, anything can happen,” he said. Photograph: Paul Miller
Relive the Moment: See Peter Hooley's game-winning shot
