SUNY Albany News

Marie E. Moore, 84, of Fultonville, N.Y., passed away peacefully at St. Peter's Hospice Inn in Albany on May 22, 2012, after a brief illness.

More applications. More early decision candidates. More kids on waitlists. In less than a decade, the college application landscape has changed dramatically, making for students who are stressed out and guidance counselors who are busier than ever.

SCCC grads were all smiles before the college's 42nd Commencement on May 24, 2012, at Proctors.

The school also is accepting an incoming sophomore and a new junior for the 2012-13 school year, which will mean that more than 120 students will be registered for the first time.

One out of every seven patients having a non-emergency angioplasty to clear a clogged artery in the heart didn't meet criteria for needing the procedure, in a new study from New York.

The RNA Institute at the University at Albany continues to take root, with the construction of its new $7.4 million research center set to start in July.

The awards were presented at a ceremony on Tuesday, May 22 during APHL's 2012 Annual Meeting and 6th Government Environmental Laboratory Conference in Seattle, Washington.

Lawrence S. Wittner is professor of history emeritus at SUNY/Albany. His latest book is "Working for Peace and Justice: Memoirs of an Activist Intellectual." The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is in the news once again thanks to a NATO summit meeting in Chicago over the weekend of May 19-20 and to large public demonstrations in Chicago against ... (more)

In S. SETAUKET accident cleared on RT-347/NESCONSET HWY between WIRELESS RD and OLD TOWN RD in PORT JEFFERSON STATION New York Gov.

SAGE Computer is hosting a seminar of threats to business data and GenNext is focusing on building "the tech region of tomorrow." The Referrals Unlimited Chapter of Business Network International, 7 a.m. at the Clarion Hotel/Century House, 977 New Loudon Road in Latham.

"It trained, at least laid certainly the building blocks for the education of my three boys," said Judge Judith Sheindlin.

Fernando Gomez-Baquero, who received a doctoral degree in Nanoscale Science & Engineering, left, receives a kiss for the camera from his girlfriend Elizabeth Kissling after the graduate commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 18, 2012, at University at Albany in Albany, N.Y. Akiem Rose, who received a master's degree in business administration, ... (more)

A number of bears have visited the Capital Region this spring. Bears in Albany, Schenectady and North Greenbush were shot out of trees with tranquilizer darts and taken to rural areas by the Department of Environmental Conservation.

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany will hold its graduation ceremonies on Saturday.

The Hendrick Hudson School District announced Friday the appointment of Pace University education professor Brian Monahan as interim superintendent.

After several recent black bear sightings in populated areas throughout the Capital Region, D-E-C officers shot and killed a bear on the campus of the University at Albany Thursday.

State Department of Environmental Conservation officers on Thursday shot and killed a black bear on the University at Albany campus after the animal had returned twice to the Capital Region in the last two weeks.

A couple that operate a nightclub in downtown Saratoga Springs have opened a casual fine-dining restaurant on Caroline Street called The Living Room.

Back in 2007, Perry was a single mom in her mid-20s with an infant son named Sammy, living in a tiny studio apartment at Seventh and Girard, laboring to get by with weekend bartending jobs in Northern Liberties, and generally angry and frustrated by her lot in life.

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