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Editors, News Directors:
State University of New York at Albany President Vincent O'Leary and
Albany Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III will hold a joint press conference
Thursday, Aug. 8, at 10:30 a.m. to announce plans for relieving the
congestion of housing in the Pine Hills area of the city.
Details of the new student housing complex to be constructed at the
University will also be unveiled at the press conference, which will take
place on the University's uptown campus, 1400 Washington Avenue, in Room
253 of the Administration Building.
Members of the press are reminded to use the parking permits issued
by the University. Parking is permitted in all areas, except handicapped
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parking, using the pemmits.
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Campus presidents and faculty from eight Brazilian universities are
visiting State University of New York at Albany this week to discuss
cooperative research projects with Albany faculty in atmospheric science,
agriculture and public health.
i The visit by the 26 Brazilian educators, from universities in the north
and northeast regions of the country, is part of an agreement similar to
several others Albany has with universities elsewhere in the world. SUNY
specialists provide expertise to faculty and graduate students while gaining
new research and exchange opportunities and increasing the international
character of the campus.
Albany is the lead campus in the project, which is being cosponsored by
the SUNY Agricultural and Technical College at Cobleskill.
The eight federal universities are located in regions of Brazil with a
rich but underdeveloped potential, according to Brian Head, associate
professor of Hispanic and Italian Studies. The Brazilian educators are
interested in developing educational programs to address the economic and
social problems of that area.
The delegation will be at the Albany campus through Friday, Aug. 9.
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August 6, 1985
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ALBANY'S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES
IS CAPITAL DISTRICT'S NEWEST
New York State's pressing environmental and public health issues,
such as toxic poisoning and detection of birth defects, will be the focus
of graduate study beginning this fall, when State University of New York
at Albany opens its new Graduate School of Public Health Sciences.
The new program, which will train professionals for public agencies
and laboratories as well as private industry, was established through a
unique collaborative arrangement between Albany and the New York State
Health Department.
The master's and Ph.D. programs, approved by Gov. Mario M. Cuamo
earlier this summer, will use educational resources, including faculty,
from the University and the research facilities of the Wadsworth Center
for Laboratories and Research, the Health Department's laboratory.
"This is exactly the kind of development that any university seeks,"
said University President Vincent O'Leary. "At one stroke we have become
one of the leading academic centers of biomedical sciences in the United
States. The implications for the University and for the region are
enormous." ,
The school will begin by offering two major programs -- Bianedical
Science (genetics, infectious diseases, diagnostic systems) and
Environmental Health/Toxicology (toxic waste, occupational diseases,
pollution-related health problems). Additional fields of study are
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UNIVERSITY TO EXPAND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION
A new "University As A Neighbor" program and other activities to
improve communication and collaboration between the State University of
New York at Albany and residents of the city, was announced today by Frank
Pogue, Vice President of Student Affairs.
The program is part of a broader effort by the University to ease the
impact on the community created by the presence of University students.
It will be guided by an advisory committee comprised of members of the
community as well as University staff and students. They are: Henry Madej
and Anne Roberts, Albany residents (Roberts is also a University
employee); Megan Beidl, Paul Doyle, Tom Gebhardt, Rodney Hart, Patrick
Hunt, Carl Martin and Yolanda Nix of the University staff; and Steve
Gawley and Mark Rivers, students.
"The purpose of this program is not just to address the issues related
to students living off campus, but to address the relationship of the
University as a whole to the community," Pogue said. "Our 6,000 students
who are on campus also live in this community, shop here and eat here. We
want to explore with the community ways to advance our mutual interests,
and to develop specific programs."
Among the activities already planned are a University-sponsored
workshop, "The University As A Neighbor: Bridging the Gap," during which
city residents will be able to share their needs and expectations with
University staff and students. The workshop will be held in the fall-
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Pogue also noted that the University's Student Association has also
launched neighborhood clean-ups, a water conservation project on campus,
and a housing program to improve their relationship with the community.
Earlier this month, University President Vincent O'Leary announced
plans to construct a 400-bed, apartment-style dommitory on Fuller Road,
across from the main campus.
"While the new dormitory will do much to ease the housing shortage in
the city, we recognize that the University's relationship with the
community goes far beyond that," Pogue added. "It is the goal of these
student and University initiatives to improve those other aspects of this
relationship."
August 28, 1985
