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Albany Film Festival Short Film Contest Call for Submissions

November 20, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The fourth annual Albany Film Festival on Saturday, April 6, 2024, is expected to draw thousands of film lovers of all ages and highlight the work of major and regional filmmakers. The all-day event by the New York State Writers Institute at SUNY Albany, will feature screenings and discussions and a ceremony to honor Ironweed Award winners for their achievements in film.

One of the highlights of the film fest is the screening of short films. [Read more…] about Albany Film Festival Short Film Contest Call for Submissions

Violent Appetites: Hunger in the Early Northeast

November 8, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Hunger shaped the early Northeast. As Native peoples fought back against the invasion of British and French colonizers, everyone experienced, used, succumbed to, and survived hunger.

Haudenosaunee and Wabanaki peoples had spent generations honing their subsistence strategies to their environments. Colonizers, by contrast, struggled to adapt to North America and found themselves deeply dependent upon Native American foods.

In response, colonists constructed myths of starving Native people to justify colonialism and spent centuries attacking Native food sovereignty. [Read more…] about Violent Appetites: Hunger in the Early Northeast

New York State Author and Poet Announced

August 24, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

The New York State Writers Institute has announced Jacqueline Woodson has been named the new State Author and Patricia Spears Jones the new State Poet.

The citations, established in 1985 by Governor Mario M. Cuomo and the State Legislature to promote fiction and poetry in New York, are awarded biennially under the aegis of the New York State Writers Institute. Awardees serve for two years in their honorary positions and each receives a $10,000 honorarium. [Read more…] about New York State Author and Poet Announced

University at Albany Science and Technology Entry Program

August 20, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Founded in 1986, the University at Albany’s Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) works to promote diversity, equity, and the inclusion of historically underrepresented high school students pursuing careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). [Read more…] about University at Albany Science and Technology Entry Program

SUNY Albany Renames Pond in Honor of First Indigenous Students

May 10, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The New York State University at Albany’s University Council voted Friday, May 5th, to formally change the name of Indian Pond to Parker Pond, and Indian Pond Lane to Parker Pond Lane. The new names acknowledge and honor the contributions of the Parker family, of which three siblings — Caroline (Ga:hahno), Nicholson (Gye-wah-go-wa) and Isaac Newton (Gane-yo-squa-ga-oh) — were among the first nine Indigenous students to enroll at UAlbany around 1850. [Read more…] about SUNY Albany Renames Pond in Honor of First Indigenous Students

Boston’s 1721 Smallpox Epidemic

April 6, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Although we know with relative confidence that eight percent of Boston’s population died during the smallpox epidemic of 1721, we can say relatively little about who died. In spite of a flood of writing about the introduction of smallpox inoculation during the epidemic, in the absence of reliable vital statistics or even lists of the dead, little can be said about where the disease struck hardest or who in the city bore its brunt. [Read more…] about Boston’s 1721 Smallpox Epidemic

NYS Department of State Partners With Universities On Climate Issues

February 17, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

New York Secretary of State Robert J. Rodriguez has announced the launch of the University Partnerships for Innovative Climate Solutions Initiative at the New York Department of State (DOS).

As part of this initiative, DOS is partnering with seven universities from across the State to engage graduate and undergraduate students in DOS programs and projects that focus on climate change and climate justice. [Read more…] about NYS Department of State Partners With Universities On Climate Issues

Students Lost In Adirondacks Were Abandoned On University Trip

October 12, 2022 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is reporting that the received a request for Forest Ranger assistance on October 1, 2022 at about 9:30 pm near Dippikill Pond in Thurman, Warren County.

The pond is part of the Dippikill Wilderness Retreat, considered the the largest student-owned natural preserve in the United States, just northwest of Warrensburg. It covers about 1,000 acres in the Adirondack Park. [Read more…] about Students Lost In Adirondacks Were Abandoned On University Trip

Demographic Illusion: Majority, Minority, & The Expanding American Mainstream

October 19, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Some Americans believe that inevitable demographic changes will create a society with a majority made up of minorities for the first time in the United States’ history.

Richard Alba argues that this narrative obscures a more transformative development: the rising numbers of young Americans from ethno-racially mixed families, consisting of one white and one nonwhite parent. He believes young Americans with mixed parentage will play pivotal roles in the country’s demographic future. [Read more…] about Demographic Illusion: Majority, Minority, & The Expanding American Mainstream

Artist to Artist: Addressing This Moment Online Programs

October 16, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The University at Albany’s Art Museum, NYS Writers Institute and UAlbany Performing Arts Center have announced a new virtual series for Fall 2020, Artist to Artist: Addressing This Moment.

Artist to Artist brings together artists whose work has been previously presented at UAlbany for conversations about the arts in this time of the coronavirus pandemic, a reckoning on systemic racism, and civil unrest. [Read more…] about Artist to Artist: Addressing This Moment Online Programs