U.S. President Bill Clinton attends a rally in support of the gubernatorial candidacy of New York Governor Mario Cuomo with sophomore student Daniel Baich at the University at Albany. Clinton was the first sitting U. S. President to visit the school.
Muhammad Ali, on a lecture tour of the country, plays "Chopsticks" on a piano keyboard at the University at Albany. Ali was on his way to a press conference held prior to the lecture.
In this image from the 1986 Torch yearbook from the State University of New York at Albany, students demonstrate at the State Capitol against apartheid and racism in South Africa.