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83-458: Depending on the school, the course can last anywhere from two weeks to a full school year. Some larger universities, such as the University at Albany, SUNY , through their Project Renaissance Program, create a "small college" feel by allowing freshmen to do their first-year courses in one section of the university. While the origins of the program remain unclear, many people attribute the start of

166-616: A Barnes & Noble bookstore, and national chain eateries operated and staffed by Sodexo . The structure has been the site for informal and formal interactions, the latter including the meetings of student-run clubs, academic conferences, and cultural functions. A $ 62.2 million renovation and expansion project includes the Campus Center East addition, completed in September 2015, and a West addition which opened in June 2017. The latter includes

249-658: A NSA Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education and Research. Since 2011, the school has also offered a Graduate Certificate in Information Security, which is a 15-credit program. Norman Adler Norman Tenner Adler (June 7, 1941 – September 11, 2016) through his research, teaching, writing, and academic administration, made major contributions to the modern study of biological psychology and in American higher education , having helped develop

332-516: A broadening mission, the College for Teachers changed its name to SUNY College of Education at Albany in 1959. In 1961, it became a four-year liberal arts college as the State University College at Albany. In 1962, the State University College was designated a doctoral-degree granting university center. The same year, Rockefeller broke ground for the current Uptown Campus on the former site of

415-491: A business incubator concentrating on advances in biotechnology and other health-related disciplines. In 2005, this campus became home to the university's Gen*NY*Sis Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics. In 2004, the university launched the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE), the first college in the nation to focus exclusively on nanotechonology, semiconductor development and chip manufacturing. In 2014,

498-507: A career in biology. During his years in Harvard college, he took a course in physiological psychology, which gave him the opportunity to acknowledge that there is in fact an area of study that can combine his interests in biology and psychology. Adler graduated from Harvard in 1962 with a major in Psychology and extensive coursework in biology. After College, he spent the next year traveling around

581-449: A common academic interest or major. These groups explore the topics and issues related to their chosen path. Those who arrive at Mitchell undecided about their academic route are also grouped together to allow for a broader survey of options. Students are encouraged to communicate their unique perspective and make connections through co-curricular activities. Colby College 's outdoor orientation COOT (Colby Outdoor Orientation Trips) program

664-583: A decade, and was also Vice-Provost for Research and Graduate Education, and Professor of Psychology, at Northeastern University. He has also held visiting, teaching, or research appointments at University of Edinburgh, Drexel University Dept. of Engineering, and Swarthmore College. He was University Professor of Psychology at Yeshiva University and Special Assistant to the Provost for Curriculum and Research Initiatives. In addition to his work in behavioral neuroscience and its dissemination across American academics, he

747-708: A major venue for community events such as rock, pop, and hip hop concerts, sporting events and University activities. Although it has an Albany address, it is actually located in the Town of Guilderland. The university is a first-tier component of the State University of New York . It receives annual appropriations as a part of the SUNY budget, and the New York State University Construction Fund manages and finances buildings and capital improvements. Although

830-567: A new 400-seat auditorium and, as of the fall of 2018, enhanced dining facilities with market-style food service venues. Current students are using the new food court that arrived with Campus Center East. The Campus Center has many restaurants for a variety of dining options, such as pizza, Thai cuisine , sushi, etc. The Performing Arts Center is a facility on the Uptown Campus containing five performance spaces. Music, dance, theater, international artists, guest lecturers, and collaborations occur in

913-498: A number of distinguished students in the field, including Martha McClintock at the University of Chicago, Elizabeth Adkins-Regan at Cornell University, Avery Gilbert , Jack Yanovski, Alan Rosenwasser, Stephen Zoloth at Northeastern, Penny Bernstein at Kent State University, Joseph Anisko, Rodney Pelchat, Karen Stewart, and James Toner. He served as Dean of Penn's Undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences, Dean of Yeshiva College for

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996-524: A plan for their future. The activities, class discussions, and assignments used in the course guide students through the six appreciative advising stages. A comprehensive program evaluation which includes the tracking of academic outcomes and assessment of student attitudes and behaviors has evidenced the positive impact of the UNS 101 program. For example, the freshman to sophomore retention rate of freshmen who completed UNS 101 in fall 2006 and returned for fall 2007

1079-466: A revised four-year curriculum in 1905, became the first public institution of higher education in New York to be granted the power to confer the bachelor's degree. A new campus—today, UAlbany's Downtown Campus—was built in 1909 on a site of 4.5 acres (18,000 m ) between Washington and Western avenues. By 1913, the institution was home to 590 students and 44 faculty members, offered a master's degree for

1162-528: A semester long and start at student orientation . From orientation, students enroll in the course, which gives them a variety of college experiences, from tours of the campus to a breakdown of how to study for tests. Many schools even offer students help with purchasing books from the school's bookstore. For instance, as part of Mitchell College 's First-Year Experience (FYE) program for transitioning into college, first-year students are assigned to Freshman Interest Groups (FIGs) in their first semester according to

1245-618: A seminar every year in which the many colleges and universities which have the First-Year Program get together to improve their own programs, and to offer suggestions to their colleagues on how they might also improve. The workshop is usually a week long and attendance is voluntary. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 's First-Year Experience program is called University Studies 101 (UNS 101). The program aims to assist students in discovering their purpose, identifying their strengths, and aligning these newly discovered assets with

1328-721: A separate SUNY institution: the SUNY Polytechnic Institute . This was reversed in 2023, when the college rejoined UAlbany as part of the College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering. In 1996, a third campus—the East Campus, renamed the Health Sciences Campus in 2016 —was added 12 miles (19 km) east of the Uptown Campus in Rensselaer County , when the university acquired former Sterling-Winthrop laboratories and converted them into labs, classrooms, and

1411-523: A single overhanging canopy roof. The Podium's showpiece is a central pool with fountains and an off-center circular bell tower, or "Carillon", which also serves as a water storage reservoir. In April 2012, the university undertook a complete renovation of the main fountain and water tower area, as well as of the Campus Center fountain. There is LED lighting in the base of the fountain, and a new, more interactive center element with seating areas. Completion of

1494-425: A variety of interests and fitness levels, and more "front country" trips have been added in recent years, including service- and arts-oriented options such as an organic farm stay and a challenge course. COOT leaders are chosen from upperclass students who apply for these positions, and are expected to help the students both during and after the trip with the adjustment to campus life. In 1991, Norman Adler initiated

1577-624: A vote of the State Legislature. Beginning with 29 students and four faculty in an abandoned railroad depot on State Street in the heart of the city, the Normal School was the first New York State-chartered public institution of higher education. Originally dedicated to training New York students as schoolteachers and administrators, by the early 1890s the "School" had become the New York State Normal College at Albany and, with

1660-434: Is a 50' square "black box" theater. The Lab can seat up to 200 audience members in any seating configuration. The University Art Museum is centrally located on the Uptown Campus. Designed by architect Edward Durell Stone, its interior is an example of late 20th Century modernism. Its three galleries provide more than 9,000 square feet (840 m ) of exhibition space for six to eight changing exhibitions per year. Located at

1743-420: Is a high level of spirituality among students in College because they continually question the "deeper" issues in their lives, the modern curriculum needs to address this. He lectures widely and is a consultant to universities and foundations. He has received numerous prizes and honors, including two Guggenheim Fellowships, Sigma Xi National Lecture, Phi Beta Kappa , Fellowship to Center for Advanced Study in

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1826-512: Is an authority in American higher education, specializing in interdisciplinary and integrative learning. He initiated the Penn Reading Project in 1991 which has continued for over 20 years as an integrative introduction to liberal learning for college freshmen newly arriving on campus. Subsequently, Freshman Reading Projects have been adopted widely as part of the " first-year experience " at many college campuses. For this work, in 1992 Adler

1909-466: Is designed to ease new students' transition into college and introduce them to Maine 's cultural and natural resources. COOT features an on-campus orientation and a variety of trips, including hiking trips at Acadia National Park and Mount Katahdin canoe trips on the Kennebec and Moose Rivers, and other trips around the state. There are over 60 different trips, designed to appeal to incoming students with

1992-559: Is focused in four areas: social science , public law and policy, life sciences and atmospheric sciences . UAlbany is home to the New York State Writers Institute . The University at Albany was an independent state-supported teachers' college for most of its history until SUNY was formed in 1948. The institution began as the New York State Normal School (or Albany Normal School) on May 7, 1844, by

2075-584: The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The Downtown Campus is home to the university's Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, School of Criminal Justice, College of Computing and Information, and School of Social Welfare. It also houses one of the university's three libraries, the Thomas E. Dewey Graduate Library, located in Hawley Hall. UAlbany purchased

2158-476: The State University of New York at Old Westbury in Old Westbury, New York , merge the program into a second course which helps to satisfy New York 's general education requirement. In addition, the school recently introduced its Civic Engagement program, which is designed to allow students to participate in community service as a part of its First-Year Experience program. The University of South Carolina hosts

2241-467: The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and former interim president of the University of Texas-Pan American , was named the 20th president of the university, a position he assumed in September 2017. Rodríguez, became the first Hispanic/Latino president of any of the four-year SUNY campuses. The Uptown Campus, the university's main campus, is located mostly in Albany, with a small portion (a dorm "quad" and

2324-470: The 'independent variable' and physiology the 'dependent variable', he felt that the adaptive significance of behavior would perforce be recognized in the biological system. He joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, where he became the youngest tenured professor at the time. He is also widely known as the founder of the Biological Basis of Behavior Program at Penn which was the prototype of

2407-1003: The Academic Podium's corners; each consists of eight three-story, low-rise buildings encircling a 22-story tower with a capacity of 1,200 students each, as well as a game room and fitness center. Originally, each quad consisted of a dining hall but as of the Fall 2017 semester, Dutch Quad and Colonial Quad no longer maintain a dining hall. The four quads serve as a chronological timeline of New York State history, beginning with Indigenous Quad, moving clockwise to Dutch, then Colonial, and finally, State. The other three, Freedom Apartments, Empire Commons, and Liberty Terrace, are reserved for juniors and seniors. These are "apartment-style" residences and include kitchens, furnished living rooms, and, on Empire Commons, washers, dryers, dishwashers, single bedrooms, and central air conditioning. The university's newest apartment-style residential complex, Liberty Terrace, opened in

2490-530: The Albany Country Club. The new campus' first dormitory opened in 1964, and the first classes on the academic podium in the fall of 1966. By 1970, enrollment had grown to 13,200 and the faculty to 746. That same year, the growing protest movement against the Vietnam war engulfed the university when a student strike was called for in response to the killing of protesters at Kent State. In 1985, the university added

2573-480: The American campus. After the post-baccalaureate year of travel, Adler went to UC Berkeley , where he was a graduate student of Frank Beach (one of the founders of the study of hormones and behavior), and received a Master's in zoology with Howard Bern ( comparative endocrinology ). He then went to UCLA for a post-doctoral year with C. H. Sawyer ( neuroendocrinology ). He began his work on the effects of copulatory behavior on reproductive physiology. By making behavior

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2656-547: The Cancer Research Center (CRC) which opened in 2005. Located also on the campus—which contains 350,000 square feet (33,000 m ) of lab, support and associated office space—is the Center for Functional Genomics, which does research in the areas of microarrays , proteomics , molecular biology and transgenics . Also based at the campus are 15 private biotechnology companies, both established and those which form part of

2739-432: The Center has grown to become the trusted expert, internationally recognized leader, and clearinghouse for scholarship, policy, and best practice for the first-year experience and all post-secondary student transitions. Many of the colleges and universities that use the program require that all incoming freshmen take the freshman seminar; other schools have the program as optional, but recommended. Most first-year seminars are

2822-444: The Center states on its website: Today, the Center collaborates with its institutional partner, University 101 Programs, in pursuit of its mission to advance and support efforts to improve student learning and transitions into and through higher education. Through its work with conferences and continuing education, a full complement of publications, the pursuit of a research agenda, and the creation and dissemination of online resources,

2905-603: The Certificate (in selected fields). The College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering currently has four departments: Undergraduate and graduate (MS and PhD) programs are offered by all four departments. The BS program in Computer Science and BS Program in Electrical & Computer Engineering received ABET accreditation in 2022. In December 2022, it was announced that the College and UAlbany would be reunifying with

2988-399: The College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, which had been affiliated since 2014 with SUNY Polytechnic Institute . In August 2023, the reunification was completed and the name of the college was changed from the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences to the College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering. The Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, created in 1981,

3071-539: The Eastern portion of the main Uptown campus. The state-of-the-art $ 180 million research facility is one of the university's largest and most energy-efficient buildings at 246,000 square feet. ETEC houses the following: UAlbany unveiled a new football stadium, Bob Ford Field , on September 14, 2013, as part of a $ 19 million multi-sport complex. The Great Danes opened against the University of Rhode Island. The stadium, named for

3154-708: The First-Year Seminar to the University of South Carolina , which houses the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition and holds a series of workshops for colleges and universities to better their own first-year programs. Originally, Boston College was where the first Freshman Orientation class was offered in the year 1888. Reed College, based in Portland, Oregon,

3237-560: The Main Library, the Uptown Campus became home in 1999 to the third of the three libraries comprising UAlbany's University Libraries: the Science Library. Further growth occurred on the Uptown Campus in the fall of 2004, when a new Life Sciences Building opened, dedicated to basic research and education. New residence halls, Empire Commons and Liberty Terrace, opened in 2002 and 2012, housing up to 1,200 and 500 students, respectively, Ground

3320-669: The Main Theater, Recital Hall, Arena Theatre, Studio Theatre, and Lab Theatre. The Main Theatre is the largest theater space on the Uptown campus, capable of seating 500 people. Designed for music performance, the Recital Hall seats 242 people, 197 on the orchestra level and 45 in the nine circular theater boxes along the periphery on the second level. The Arena Theatre is used primarily for small theater performances and acting classes and seats 196. The Studio Theatre seats 153 people. The Lab Theatre

3403-711: The Old Albany High School, also known as the Schuyler Building, in 2013 and is renovating it as the home for the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. It will house the Dean's Office as well as the Departments of Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering. The university's 87-acre (350,000 m ) Health Sciences Campus, located in the City of Rensselaer , is home to UAlbany's School of Public Health and

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3486-450: The Penn Reading Project at the University of Pennsylvania , an integrative introduction to liberal learning for college freshmen newly arriving on campus. Subsequently, Freshman Reading Projects have been adopted widely as part of the first-year experience at many college campuses. As a standard for most first-year seminars, many colleges give students one to two credits for completing the program, such as UC Irvine . Many schools, such as

3569-735: The School of Public Health, a joint endeavor with the state's Department of Health. In 1983, the New York State Writers Institute was founded by Pulitzer Prize -winning author William Kennedy . As of 2013, the Institute had hosted, over time, more than 1,200 writers, poets, journalists, historians, dramatists and filmmakers. The list includes eight Nobel Prize winners, nearly 200 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners, several Motion Picture Academy Award winners and nominees, and numerous other literary prize recipients. In addition,

3652-536: The UAlbany and SUNY-wide exchange programs, students have more than 600 study-abroad programs to choose from, as well as government and business internship opportunities in New York's capital and surrounding region. It is classified by the Carnegie Classification system among "Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". The research enterprise totaled expenditures of $ 115 million in fiscal year 2021 and

3735-534: The arts, humanistic studies, physical sciences and social sciences. The college houses the following research centers: Graduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences in the humanities and fine arts, science and mathematics, social and behavioral studies, and college-based interdisciplinary majors lead to the following degrees and certificates: Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Regional Planning, Master of Fine Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, Certificate of Advanced Standing , Certificate of Advanced Study and

3818-557: The athletics complex) spilling into the McKownville neighborhood in the neighboring town of Guilderland (official address: 1400 Washington Avenue in Albany). Its visual effect has been described as "Dazzling one-of-a-kind" by architectural critic Thomas A. Gaines, who called it "a formal masterpiece" and "a study in classical romanticism." Designed in 1961–1962 by noted American architect Edward Durell Stone and constructed from 1963 to 1964,

3901-404: The campus bears Stone's signature style that includes towers, domes, fountains, soaring colonnades, sweeping canopies, and other architectural features typical for the era. Stone's campus layout emphasizes residential quadrangles, also known as "quads", surrounding the academic buildings. At the hub of the Uptown Campus is the rectangular "Academic Podium", featuring 13 three-story buildings under

3984-407: The coach who guided the football program to 265 victories from 1973 to 2013, is an 8,500-seat facility which includes a press level with four luxury suites, a print media area, and booths for radio, television, coaches, and replay, as well as 20 high-definition televisions distributed throughout the level. In the summer of 2015, following a multimillion-dollar donation by Tom and Mary Casey, the complex

4067-605: The college include the Center for Legislative Development, the Center for Policy Research, the Center for Women in Government and Civil Society , the Institute for Traffic Safety Management & Research, and the Center for International Development. UAlbany's Massry School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in both business and accounting (less than 1.2% of all AACSB programs). It

4150-491: The college merged with SUNY IT to become SUNY Polytechnic Institute . In 2023, CNSE was reunified with UAlbany to form the College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering . In 2005, the university created a College of Computing and Information, with faculty on both the Uptown and Downtown campuses. In the fall of 2015, the college was replaced and its programs incorporated into the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. At

4233-408: The construction of the building, but the foundation raised $ 3.5 million to equip the new facility. The foundation has a Board of Directors, which includes three voting member elected by the faculty and one elected by students. The university comprises nine colleges and schools, plus an honors college: The College of Arts and Sciences, comprising 21 departments, forms the largest academic division at

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4316-479: The fall of 2012. The Uptown Campus also contains special housing for students enrolled in UAlbany's Honors College. This housing, offered to incoming freshmen and returning sophomores, is found on State Quad in the Melville and Steinmetz halls, which were renovated in 2010. Renovations were completed on Indigenous Quad during the summer of 2013, State and Alumni Quads are still undergoing work. In March 2021, Indian Quad

4399-609: The federal and New York State governments, as well as to foreign nations and international organizations , to meet the responsibilities of contemporary citizenship and governance. Such assistance includes special courses and conferences, research and consultation, and publications for the dissemination of information. The college offers degree programs that range from bachelor's level study in political science and public policy, to master's programs in political science, public administration and public policy, to doctorates in political science and public administration. Research centers within

4482-409: The field of 'psychology of religion' was not yet ready to develop so stayed with biological psychology, which he felt was just beginning. At the latter part of his career, he has returned to the study of psychology and religion with his students and colleagues at Yeshiva University—profoundly impressed at the speed with which a dormant field 'took off' and with how important these issues were becoming on

4565-434: The fields that are now labeled behavioral neurobiology and evolutionary psychology . One of Adler's prominent experiments included an in depth analysis of mating performance of male rats and its relation to fertilization in the female, which led him to observe how behaviour could affect reproduction in species. With his students and colleagues, he has worked at the interface between biology and behavior. They have stressed

4648-590: The first Annual Conference on the Freshman Year Experience. In 1986, Carolina partnered with the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Polytechnic to produce the first International Conference on the First-Year Experience. Also in 1986, Carolina established the National Resource Center; as it broadened its focus it underwent a number of name changes, settling on the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition in 1998. As

4731-419: The first distance-learning courses in psychology . A native of Chicago, where he attended public schools and received a Jewish education at the College of Jewish Studies. In high school, Adler was interested in the career of a rabbi and a psychoanalyst, but didn't know which one to choose. He became drawn towards science after taking biology with a teacher named Richard Boyajian, who motivated him to pursue

4814-431: The first three buildings: Draper, Husted and Hawley halls, after the previous location on Willett Street burned down. Later additions to the campus were Richardson Hall, Page Hall and The Milne School (all in 1929), as well as 1960s' additions to Draper and Richardson halls. Husted Hall underwent major renovations in 2009. A subsequent energy efficiency project at Husted Hall was awarded a High Performance Building Plaque from

4897-491: The first time, and bore a new name—the New York State College for Teachers at Albany . Enrollment grew to a peak of 1,424 in 1932. By this time, the College for Teachers, or "Albany State" as it was often called for short, had developed a curriculum similar to those found at four-year liberal arts colleges, but it did not abandon its primary focus on training teachers. In 1948 the State University of New York system

4980-402: The importance of combining the study of physiological mechanisms controlling behavior with the functional/adaptive significance of behavior in an evolutionary context. He was influenced in this approach by his undergraduate teachers at Harvard, especially Paul Rozin, Jerry Hogan, and Gordon Bermant, and his student colleagues like Don Pfaff with whom he has maintained scientific relationships over

5063-579: The importance of having courses that focus on the first few weeks of college. During this time is most likely when students will make the decision to drop out, due to the increase of feeling personal independence and habit-forming, as well as forming relationships that they will continue throughout their college careers. Gardner also suggested that things such as curriculum modifications, academic advisement, faculty led freshman-level courses instead of graduate student-led, living/learning environments, peer counseling, and special freshmen administrative units improve

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5146-584: The institute has hosted up-and-coming writers to provide them with exposure at the beginning of their writing careers. During the 1990s, the university built a $ 3 billion, 450,000-square-foot (42,000 m ) Albany NanoTech complex, extending the Uptown Campus westward. By 2006, this addition became home to the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, which in 2014 merged with the State University of New York Institute of Technology in Utica, New York , to become

5229-545: The integrative study of behavior from a biological perspective. This program became a national model and helped spur the development of behavioral neuroscience in the American undergraduate curriculum. For this work, he received the Dana Award for Pioneering Achievement in Higher Education. The University of Pennsylvania now presents an annual "Norman Adler Lecture in the Biological Basis of Behavior" in his honor. He has had

5312-538: The project is scheduled for fall 2013. The domed Main Library, the Performing Arts Center, and Campus Center face the pool from the west, east and south, respectively. The Campus Center was under construction from Spring 2015 and was finally completed Fall of 2017 adding more space and dining options for students. To the north is a grand entrance, which welcomes visitors by way of a "great lawn" (Collins Circle) and

5395-560: The same time, the university opened another new college, the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity . In 2016, the university launched its first undergraduate degree in computer engineering as part of the newly formed College of Engineering & Applied Sciences. The college later added undergraduate and graduate programs in electrical and computer engineering, environmental and sustainable engineering along with preexisting programs in computer science. On June 21, 2017, Havidan Rodriguez , founding provost of

5478-611: The student's freshman year. University at Albany, SUNY The State University of New York at Albany (commonly referred to as the University at Albany , UAlbany , or SUNY Albany ) is a public research university with campuses in Albany , Rensselaer , and Guilderland, New York . Founded in 1844, it is one of four "university centers" of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The university enrolls 16,849 students in nine schools and colleges, which offer 50 undergraduate majors and 125 graduate degree programs. Through

5561-466: The university is governed by the SUNY Board of Trustees, the university does have a separate 10-member council that is appointed by the governor, with one student-elected member. The governor designates the council's chair. The university has a separate University at Albany Foundation, which conducts fundraising on behalf of the university. For example, when the new library was built, state funds paid for

5644-575: The university's Entry Plaza. Four residential quadrangles are located adjacent to the four corners of the academic podium. Each quad consists of a 23-story high-rise dormitory surrounded by a square of low-rise buildings. On the west end of the Uptown Campus is the university's meteorology and characterization tools, the National Weather Service (NWS), and the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC). In addition to

5727-408: The university's business incubator program. Biopharmaceutical giant Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has a large-scale biologics manufacturing facility adjacent to the campus where it produces investigational products for all its clinical trials. The Uptown Campus is home to seven of the university's eight residential complexes. Four of these—Indigenous Quad, Dutch Quad, Colonial Quad, and State Quad—sit at

5810-511: The university's grand entry plaza, the Massry Center for Business houses the School of Business. The 96,000-square-foot building features technologically advanced classrooms and meeting spaces, collaborative research centers in technological and social entrepreneurship, studying areas for students, and a trading room equipped with Bloomberg terminals. In fall 2021, UAlbany unveiled ETEC (Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurship Complex) located on

5893-738: The university. Departments of the College of Arts and Sciences include Africana Studies , Anthropology , Art and Art History, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences , Chemistry , Communication , East Asian Studies , Economics , English , Geography and Planning , History , Languages, Literatures and Cultures , Latin American , Caribbean and U.S. Latino Studies, Mathematics and Statistics , Music and Theatre, Philosophy , Physics , Psychology , Sociology , and Women's , Gender and Sexuality Studies. Undergraduate education consists of 56 majors offered in these areas, along with their paired minors and 17 other minors as well as cooperative interdisciplinary programs that include

5976-448: The way that undergraduate students were taught." In 1972, Carolina introduced "University 101", designed to "improve the educational experiences of first-year college students." Carolina's program became a model for colleges and universities across the country, and in 1982, representatives from 175 schools came to Carolina to meet about the first-year experience. In 1983, Carolina's University 101 faculty director, John N. Gardner, organized

6059-553: The world under the auspices of Harvard's Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship. He used the year to visit the European ethologists and study animal behavior and complex social systems in general ('The City' was the title of his summary essay from that year). To become familiar with the techniques of the classical ethologists, he spent time in Africa and other field sites. He also developed an early interest in comparative religion—but decided that

6142-485: The years. His research was also impacted by Daniel Lehrman, and he worked closely with Lehrman's student, Barry Komisaruk , on hormones and neural functioning . Adler is also a prominent figure in American higher education, especially the role of behavioral neuroscience in liberal arts education and religion in the college classroom. He participated in Phillip Zimbardo's PBS TV series Discovering Psychology , one of

6225-495: Was 81.9%. This compares to a retention rate of 74.4% for freshmen who did not take the course. Meanwhile, the average first-semester GPA for students who did not take the course was 2.49, while UNS 101 participants had an average first-semester GPA of 2.72. J.N. Gardner, member of The Journal of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers and author of The freshman-year experience , emphasized

6308-416: Was also the first School to be accredited by AACSB at both undergraduate and graduate levels in 1974. Founded in 1962, the School's bachelor's, master's and certificate programs enroll full-time and part-time students from all over the world. The Digital Forensics B.S. curriculum and research done at the school's Department of Information Security and Digital Forensics was used to receive dual designation as

6391-580: Was broken for a new School of Business building in October 2008. The 80,000-square-foot facility, located on the west side of Collins Circle, opened in August 2013. The Downtown Campus, located at 135 Western Ave., Albany, just one mile (1.6 km) from the New York State Capitol building and Empire State Plaza , is the site of the original New York State College for Teachers. Construction began in 1909 on

6474-438: Was created, with the College for Teachers and the state's other teacher-training schools serving as the nuclei. SUNY, including the Albany campus, became a manifestation of the vision of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller , who wanted a public university system to accommodate the college students of the post–World War II baby boom. To do so, he launched a massive construction program that developed more than 50 new campuses. Reflecting

6557-563: Was inducted as an honorary member of the University of Pennsylvania's Philomathean Society—the oldest continually existing collegiate literary society in the United States. He currently serves on the editorial board of Liberal Education , the journal of the American Association of Colleges and Universities; chairs a project for AACU's section on ‘Big Questions: Faith and Reason on the College Campus’. In this project, citing data that there

6640-428: Was named for former U.S. vice president and governor of New York Nelson Rockefeller . It is home to UAlbany's departments of Political Science and Public Administration and Policy. While providing educational preparation for academic and public service careers, it undertakes research on public problems and issues, and assists in the continuing professional development of government executives. It offers assistance to

6723-551: Was officially renamed the Bob Ford Field at Casey Stadium. In the fall of 2023, the university opened Broadview Arena , which had been known as SEFCU Arena since 1992 when the RACC (Recreation and Convocation Center) was renamed. The RACC was an $ 11 million arena for UAlbany's men's and women's basketball and track teams. It has a 0.11 mile indoor track. They also in 2017 added a $ 1.4 million scoreboard. The 4,538-seat arena also serves as

6806-517: Was renamed to Indigenous Quad following a series of petitions and complaints from students, faculty, and alumni. The Campus Center, located on the Uptown Campus Podium, has traditionally been the community center of the University at Albany, serving students, faculty, professional staff, alumni, and guests. Considered the "hearthstone" or "living room" of the campus, the Campus Center has provided services that include lounging areas, cafeterias,

6889-402: Was the first institution to offer a course for credit when, in 1911, they offered a course that was divided into men-only and women-only sections that met for 2 hours per week for the year. In May 1970, University of South Carolina President Thomas Jones faced campus unrest and violence. In the aftermath he vowed to create a new course designed to "bond students to the institution and transform

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