By Lucienne Burns | February 5, 2026 Firetrucks on Alumni Quad, the UAlbany dorms located on Western Avenue. Photo Credit: Matthew Eskaros / The ASP Around 11:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 4, a fire broke out at a University at Albany dorm room at Alumni Quad.    The University at Albany Police Department (UPD) along with public dispatch records confirmed that there had been a fire at 295 Western Avenue in Alden Hall, a dorm located on Alumni Quad near UAlbany’s downtown campus

By Lucienne Burns | February 2, 2026 A sign posted near the former wooded pathway entrance behind Empire Commons. Photo Credit: Lucienne Burns | The ASP Last semester, students living in one of the University at Albany’s apartment complexes, Empire Commons, received an email notifying them of a fence installation around the complex’s perimeter. When students returned from winter break, some voiced frustration and concern, as the fence cut off a wooded shortcut that provided q