Congratulations to UAlbany chemistry alum Omar M. Yaghi ’85 on sharing the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his groundbreaking work to advance the development of metal-organic frameworks!

In a new opinion piece, #UAlbany sociologist Joanna Dreby says educators must be ready to support children & teens in immigrant households as they return to school this fall. Read more via @the74.bsky.social: www.the74million.org/article/for-...

'Hayward Derrick Horton, a professor of sociology at the @albany.edu , said the census impacts all areas of civic life, calling it the engine that makes society work.' www.the74million.org/article/trum...

@albany.edu's Joanna Dreby on ICE's impact on young people: thehill.com/opinion/immi...

The unspoken bit is the most important: “we want to secure tax cuts for the richest Americans. This costs a lot. Therefore, you’re going to have to make do without healthcare coverage. We recommend kale. Best of luck. Don’t call us. We will be on a yacht.”

"When universities start regulating not just what they say but what they teach, support and stand for – driven by fear rather than principle – they are no longer just reacting to political threats, they are internalizing them."

Wondering what 18F is and what its elimination means? @albany.edu's Kayla Schwoerer explains: theconversation.com/how-18f-tran...

"Catholic Charities is ending addiction programs in the region that has been hit hardest by the opioid crisis." www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...

“A lot of people don't realize how @NOAA.gov impacts their daily lives... It's a huge public service that is truly a bargain for the American taxpayer." - Brian Tang, @ualbanydaes.bsky.social spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...

“An executive order, just as a piece of paper, doesn’t do anything. It has to be implemented,” said Julie Novkov, dean of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the state University at Albany. @albany.edu www.newsday.com/news/region-...

“And frankly, this means that the lives of my children and grandchildren – and maybe yours – will be shorter and sicker, because discoveries will not be made. It means the NIH research that has been the backbone of the high-tech health economy will be gutted, reducing their economic opportunities.”

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world... ... The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. -WB Yeats

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to deny birthright citizenship. A federal judge has blocked the move, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.” #UAlbany's Julie Novkov shares her thoughts via @npr.org: www.npr.org/2025/01/27/n...

This might actually restore some of your faith for recycling in NYC.

On his first day in office, President Trump suspended most U.S. foreign aid. A foreign aid scholar studies how these cuts impact local nonprofits abroad – groups that build schools, vaccinate kids and provide critical services: https://buff.ly/4hgQGDt (Susan Appe @albany.edu)

Unleashing Greatness for 180 years and now launching a Bluesky account! The first classes were held at the State Normal School, later known as the University at Albany, on December 18, 1844. The initial enrollment was 29 students, taught by two faculty members, David Page and George R. Perkins!

"School shootings have been a macabre routine in the United States, with 322 of them this year, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database website. That is the second highest total of any year since 1966, according to that database - topped only by last year's total of 349 such shootings."