changes are coming at the university atalbany and who better to explain them than the president at ualbany dr.robert jones. in order to move the university to the next level of excellence then we had to orchestrate the largest academic expansion probablyin the last 50 years. by transforming this century-old albany high school building into a home for its new
loughborough university 3d printing concrete, college of engineering and applied sciences, the university at albany sees itself reaching the next level of academicexcellence. the university at albany is taking the lead in tackling health disparities. the university announced its won a $10 million grant from the nationalinstitutes of health.
the money will be used to study andclose the health disparities plaguing underserved and minority communities inthe northeast. sapphire terry was badly safyre terry was badly burned in an arson. she lost both the foot and a hand that story was about the ualbany engineering department'spartnership with google that has the producing 3d printed hands for childrenin need they've been working on this arm forsafyre for months and finally got to meet with her for a fitting ualbany is helping sexual assault victims in a way you may have never thought about. hundreds of students were putting together care packages at the sefcuarena tonight
this is an issue that's important to students now. the story of a military veteran who served our nation in iraq and is nowserving iraqis back here in the united states. he's working to set up a scholarshipfund for refugees at his school to give them the opportunity to attend theuniversity at albany down the road. we told you about a group of students whosold patches to raise money for the leatherstocking honor flight. theorganization sends veterans to washington dc to visit the memorials that honorthem. albany has done it again! a fifth straight america east championship! it was an historicwin for the ualbany women's basketball
team here at the carrier dome insyracuse. we hoped for it, we prayed for it, we dreamed of it. number two colleges lacrossalbany-syracuse. connor field steals the ball and scores. that is great work by the great danes! roberto vives grew up in the bronx but he has spent thepast three decades growing ualbany track and field into a nationally relevantprogram they were talking at terror at ualbany tonight. the area's largest university held a forum on terrorism following the attacks in paris. ualbanyboasts the region's largest college faculty that deals with terrorism. if wethink this is not going to evolve and reach us inside the united states wealready have our heads in the sand.
new york get ready! a brand newmonitoring and forecasting system is headed your way the new york state mesonet which weare building is going to add on another hundred and twenty five stations filling quite big gaps that currently exists across the state. and more stations mean betterdata and it truly will lead to better forecasting. atmospheric science studentswill be hosting a series of events this weekend ahead of birth date at ualbanywith an eye on the next generation this is npr. fine art can be faked agroup of scientists have been working to develop a new way to detect authenticity
the dna is not put onto the paintingdirectly but on to tag. csi meets ualbany. it's all about fingerprints and whatresearchers can learn from them imagine being able to go to crime scenetest a fingerprint and no almost immediately the suspect is a man or awoman the higher the signal the more likelyit's a female and we are honored to be joined now bythis year's new york women in communication foundation scholarshipwinners the future of this business you are such an inspiration becausenot only are you already a journalist
but you're also a social mediaambassador for taylor swift. how does that happen? it started from promotional campaignto promotional campaign and now i'm here
to this is a great class of 2016, congratulations! its a day many will never forget. palma and the otherhundreds of graduates can now chase the dreams they have had from day one atualbany. so many factors on this campus that motivate us to want to do better andwant to be better.
