Establishment Of The Martha Bealler Altman Scholarship Fund 1996 Establishment of the Martha Bealler Altman Scholarship Fund by Nolan Altman, B.S. '77 to support undergraduate School of Business students.
National Research And Development Center On Improving Student Learning And Achievement In English Established 1995-1996 Winter National Research and Development Center on Improving Student Learning and Achievement in English established with $12.5 million U.S. Department of Education grant. The center will be directed by Judith Langer and Arthur Applebee of the School of Education. Partnering in the research, which will...
University Enters First Of Its Kind In The Country Agreement to Provide Rural Optometrists 1996 University entering first of its kind in the country agreement with the SUNY College of Optometry in Manhattan and the College of Agriculture and Technology in Cobleskill to recruit rural high school scholars to enter an optometry career track. Students will pursue an Associate of Science degree...
University Awarded $875,000 To Serve As Headquarters For Eastnet 1996 University awarded $875,000 to serve as headquarters for EASTNET: Distance Learning for SUNY in Eastern New York. The infrastructure for the network will be located at the University which will assist us in linking the Uptown, Downtown and East (now the Health Sciences) Campuses as well as the...
University Celebrates New 5 Year Degree Joint Program With Fudan University Of Shanghai, China 1996 University celebrates new 5 year degree joint program with Fudan University of Shanghai, China. The degree will offer undergraduates a B.A. in Chinese and an M.B.A. The program will include a junior year at Fudan. Chinese students will come to UAlbany to earn an M.B.A. The first students to enter...
Center For The Advanced Study Of Public Safety & Injury Prevention Formed 1995-1996 Winter Center for the Advanced Study of Public Safety & Injury Prevention formed in School of Public Health. The first director of the center is Larry D. Preston. The center will bring together public health and highway safety researchers concerned with injury prevention. The center is a joint venture...
Alianza Latina Formed By Latino Employees 1996 Alianza Latina or Latino Alliance of the University at Albany, a professional organization, is formed by Latino faculty and staff of the University to “encourage interaction, friendship and growth among our members.” The group aim is to promote “mutual understanding and growth ... [and share]...
College of St. Rose to Rent Brubacher Hall 1996 University at Albany signs agreement with the College of St. Rose to rent Brubacher Hall on Alumni Quad to the College of St. Rose for five years.
University Acquires East Campus (Now Health Sciences Campus) in East Greenbush 1996 February University at Albany Foundation acquires 50 acre parcel in East Greenbush, the former site of the Sterling Winthrop Co. The facility has 370,000 square feet of laboratories, office space, and conference facilities. The future home of the School of Public Health, the facility will also house...
Giants Will Hold Their PreSeason Summer Training Camp At The University At Albany 1996 March 4 New York Governor George Pataki announces that the New York Giants will hold their preseason summer training camp at the University at Albany. The inspiration for the site selection came from suggestions of alumni Alicia Cassio '83, MS '87 and her husband Jon Berger '85, Giants director of...