The following features UAlbany media coverage: May 4-8, 2020
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Today at UAlbany
May 5, 2020
· UAlbany Researchers are Given the Seeds to Fight COVID-19
· Support the Class of 2020 Through #GivingTuesdayNow
· Physics Student Josh Martin Teaches Math to Millions on TikTok
· Novkov Honored with 2020 Torch Award
· More than 2,500 UAlbany Face Shields Donated to Frontline Medical Workers
May 8, 2020
· NSF funds Halvorsen Lab's effort to produce rapid test for coronavirus
· Climate committees making advances in diversity and inclusion
· CTG looks at government IT leadership in COVID-19 crisis
· Students find multiple ways to serve communities from home
UAlbany Media Coverage
Research Excellence
Washington Post: The ‘very fine people’ at Charlottesville: Who were they? (Insight from Sam Jackson, CEHC)
Times Union: UAlbany researcher wins federal grant to create COVID-19 test
CBS 6 - WRGB: UAlbany scientist leading research on faster and more cost effective coronavirus test
News Channel 10 – WTEN: UAlbany research scientist receives funding to develop rapid coronavirus test
Newswise: UAlbany RNA Scientist Receives NSF Funding for Rapid Coronavirus Testing
Healthline : CBD might have anti-inflammatory effects (Insight from Mitch Earleywine, psychology)
Menopause and CBD: What to Know (Insight from Mitch Earleywine, psychology)
CN Weekly : Reader's View: COVID-19 crisis highlights importance of supply chain management (Insight from Matt Grattan, director of community and economic development)
Homeland Security News Wire : Studying Ideologically Motivated Cyberattacks (Includes CEHC researchers)
Student Success
News Channel 13 – WNYT: UAlbany student uses TikTok, Youtube to help with distance learning
Saratoga Springs High senior hopes shirts raise funds and lift spirits (Student has committed to UAlbany)
CBS 6 – WRGB: Schoharie college student teaches math to hundreds of thousands of viewers on TikTok
Public Engagement
News Channel 10 – WTEN: Will Brown to speak in webinar series
Miscellaneous
Spectrum News – Albany: How High School Seniors Are Choosing Colleges During a Pandemic
Times Union : Polls offer bleak look for return of arts, restaurant patrons (Includes quote from Ewan McNay, psychology)
Teen Vogue: College Students Are Considering Gap Years If Classes Are Still Remote In the Fall
Athletics
Times Union: UAlbany basketball recruit de-commits; headed to Holy Cross
UAlbany lacrosse's Nate Siekierski moves on to pros
CBS 6 – WRGB: UAlbany's Eli Mencer excited to pursue NFL dream in Seattle
News Channel 10 – WTEN: Local coaches navigating the pandemic
ESPN Radio – 104.5 The Team: Jeff Pearlman Talks Mets, UAlbany and More
UAlbany’s Scott Marr on Why He Choose to Stay at UA
Daily Gazette: Former UAlbany lacrosse star Ierlan picked first in MLL Draft, but will return to Yale; Great Danes goalie Siekierski also selected
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