State legislators, UAlbany faculty and students meet with Chancellor Nancy Zimpher to discuss the University's vision and strengths. A variety of study abroad opportunities, internships and public service programs provide students with practical experience to help launch their careers.

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University at Albany graduates, families, and friends celebrated at Commencement Weekend May 16-17.

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A record-breaking crowd, estimated at 10,000, turns out for Fountain Day, UAlbany's annual rite of spring.

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Ten School of Public Health graduate students and four University at Albany faculty members the "NOLA 4" volunteers took a trip to the Big Easy, seeking new ways to help out in New Orleans three years after Hurricane Katrina's devastating impact.

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To date more than 850 writers and filmmakers have passed through the doors of UAlbany's New York State Writers Institute, treating students and the public with readings, workshops, and tales of the creative life. The exhaustive list includes Nobel, Pulitzer, National Book Award, and Academy Award prize winners, from Norman Mailer and Joyce Carol Oates to Maureen Dowd and Garrison Keillor.

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Artist Jason Middlebrook brings the unbridled wastefulness of contemporary living to new heights in a massive 35-foot tower made from several tons of cardboard collected from UAlbany.

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Educationally and culturally, the University at Albany puts "The World Within Reach" for its 18,000 students. An internationally recognized research university with 56 undergraduate majors and 128 graduate degree programs, UAlbany is a leader among all New York State colleges and universities in such diverse fields as public policy, nanotechnology and criminal justice. With a curriculum enhanced by 300 study-abroad opportunities, UAlbany launches great careers.

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Six students from China whose lives were disrupted by the May 2008 earthquake in Sichuan Province have found hope studying at UAlbany this year. Their presence is part of a SUNY-wide effort to help 150 students who survived the earthquake.

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UAlbany student-athletes help manage the N.Y. Giants summer training camp.

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Share the holiday spirit with this special UAlbany Great Dane greeting.

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KeyBank has partnered with the University at Albany's College of Computing and Information (CCI) to host a Lego-inspired expo designed to help youngsters make connections between technology and the real world.

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The University at Albany established an NSF funded center committed to addressing dramatic nationwide workforce shortfalls in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The Center for Achievement, Retention and Student Success (CARSS) aims to strengthen the U.S. workforce and research sectors and to provide a model program for the nation's higher education institutions to reverse the problem of low enrollment in STEM majors.
The Center is supported by a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

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