By Jaden Burke | January 26, 2026 Photo Credit: Maceo Foster / The ASP Jan. 18  – The University Police Department (UPD) responded to a report of harassment in Liberty Terrace North. A report is on file. Jan. 19 – UPD responded to a report of a person in crisis on Indigenous Quad. They were transported for evaluation, and a report is on file. Jan. 20 – UPD responded to a report of petit larceny in Mohawk Tower on Indigenous Quad. The investigation is ongoing.  Jan. 21 – UPD c

By Mirai Abe | January 26, 2026 The Republic of Spice location at the Campus Center, like many other dining locations on campus, has updated its menu to be more inclusive. Photo Credit: Mirai Abe  / the ASP The University at Albany has partnered  with Aramark as its new campus food service provider, replacing Sodexo following its departure last semester. The food provider began its service on campus this semester and will manage the university’s dinin

By Jaden Burke | December 8, 2025 Photo Credit: Maceo Foster | The ASP Nov. 28 – The University Police Department (UPD) responded to a report of graffiti on the Main Baseball Field. An investigation is ongoing.  Dec. 2  – UPD responded to a reported fire alarm in Lazarus Hall on Freedom Quad. The smoke detector had been tampered with, creating conditions which endangered others. The individual responsible was referred to Campus Judicial.  Dec. 3 – UPD conducted a traffic stop

By Lucienne Burns | December 8, 2025  Senators convened for their last meeting of the semester, which included a discussion regarding Dippikill.  Photo Credit: Lucienne Burns | The ASP At its final meeting of the fall semester, the Student Association (SA) Senate hosted discussions regarding the future of Dippikill, an SA-owned-and-operated wilderness retreat located in the Adirondacks that was closed down  over a year ago.  “Probably a good decision fiscally, but certainly a

By Shaira Areeba | December 8, 2025 Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons   The first year can be challenging for most college students. It’s the year spent adjusting   and understanding how to balance classes, work and personal life, all the while trying to figure out if this is where they belong.   But for universities, the same first year holds a different kind of weight. It determines how     many students will return for their second year, an important gauge of how well the un

By Lucienne Burns | December 8, 2025  Equipment located inside the Nursing Suite in the Social Science building.  Photo Credit: Lucienne Burns | The ASP About a year after adopting the College of Saint Rose’s 1+2+1 nursing program, the University at Albany is broadening its nursing pathways with the launch of a new four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. This degree differs from UAlbany’s existing programs as it is in partnership with Albany Med Health System (AMHS)

By Lucienne Burns | December 1, 2025  A presentation given to the senate about varying student government structures across SUNY campuses.   Photo Credit: Lucienne Burns | The ASP In anticipation of the spring semester, the Student Association (SA) Senate passed legislation at its second to last meeting (11/19) to improve its organization and committee operations. This legislation includes a bill that was passed revamping the Senate bylaws, an ongoing effort of the Rules Comm

By Mia Costa | December 1, 2025 Members of the Indigenous Student Association (ISA).  Photo Credit: Savannah Swamp  Following the Thanksgiving holiday, a time when conversations about gratitude and the country’s origins sharpen, the Indigenous Student Association (ISA) has been highlighting a different tradition of gratitude — the Thanksgiving Address — and questioning why it has not been included in UAlbany’s commencement ceremonies. Since its founding in 2022, one of ISA’s

By Jaden Burke | November 24, 2025 Photo Credit: Maceo Foster | The ASP Nov. 14 – The University Police Department (UPD) responded to a report of criminal mischief to a University Door in Mohawk Tower on Indigenous Quad. An investigation is ongoing.  Nov. 16 – UPD responded to a reported fire alarm in Stuyvesant Tower on Dutch Quad. While there was no emergency, smoke detectors had been tampered with, creating conditions that could endanger others. These individuals were refe

By Mirai Abe | November 17, 2025 Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Between two-and-a-half-hour drives, back-aching bus rides and limited Amtrak service, getting from Albany to New York City can be a hassle. But in spring 2026, another travel option will be available.  Metro-North service of Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will begin one daily round-trip train between Albany-Rensselaer Station and Grand Central in Spring 2026, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced  on Oct. 20.

By Faaz Syed | November 24, 2025   Sun shining on the podium with fall foliage.  Photo Credit: Faaz Syed | the ASP The countdown to Thanksgiving has begun, and students at the University at Albany are already deep in crisis mode: flight searches, packed suitcases and last-minute group project panics. Some are mastering the art of online check-ins, while others are mapping out airports like travel agents. All this careful and strategic planning and mild panic is aimed at one c

By Jaden Burke | November 17, 2025 Photo Credit: Maceo Foster | The ASP Nov. 10 – The University Police Department (UPD) responded to a report of personal grand larceny on Indigenous Quad grounds. An investigation is ongoing.  Nov. 11 – UPD responded to a report of criminal mischief to a University window in Steinmetz Hall on State Quad. The case remains open.  Nov. 12 – UPD responded to a report of larceny of personal property in Beverwyck Hall on Dutch Quad. An investigatio

By Lucienne Burns | November 17, 2025 Chair Troy Serao and Vice Chair Jonah Martinez during the opening remarks of the Senate meeting.             Photo Credit: Lucienne Burns | The ASP The Student Association (SA) Senate meeting last Wednesday (11/12) involved a lengthy legislative agenda, passing bills granting funding to eight organizations.  Six clubs had their vote pass to attain a new and unfunded, including one penny allocation, and the remaining two had a bill on supp

By Mirai Abe | November 17, 2025   Local paleoclimate scientist Mathias Vuille speaking at a Five Rivers Environmental Education Center about climate change.  Photo Credit: Mirai Abe | The ASP Despite efforts to limit global warming to below one and a half degrees Celsius since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the world failed to reach the goal. However, slowing down the temperature increase to below two degrees is still possible, a local paleoclimate scientist said. “It won’t be

By Rohan Chhabra and Julian Avellaneda | November 17, 2025 Photo Credit: Maceo Foster Due to the longest government shutdown in American history, many families and local community members supported by federally funded programs like SNAP have been facing a crisis.   The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP , is a federal program that provides food assistance to low-income households. More than 30,000 residents of Albany County  are supported by this program.   Fo

By Maurice Burbridge | November 17, 2025  Mail Services director Steve Lampedusa standing in front of the parcel lockers.                    Photo Credit: Maurice Burbridge  | The ASP A lot has changed since Steve Lampedusa took the reins of Mail Services in 2016. Despite these changes, including the addition of parcel lockers, complaints persist about students having to wait longer than they would like to pick up their packages. When Lampedusa started, the volume of packages

By Jaden Burke | November 10, 2025 Photo Credit: Maceo Foster | The ASP Oct. 31 – The   University Police Department (UPD) responded to a report of petit larceny in the PE building. The investigation is ongoing.  Nov. 5 – UPD conducted a vehicle stop on University Drive West. The operator was found to be driving while intoxicated, and they were arrested on-site.  Nov. 6 – UPD responded to a report of trespassing in the Indigenous Quad Dining Hall. This individual was arrested

By Mattie Fitzpatrick | November 10, 2025 Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons The University at Albany announced its intent to buy Centennial Hall, an apartment-style residence hall on the former College of Saint Rose Campus last week. UAlbany put in an offer of $12 million for the residence hall which would house upperclassman and graduate housing.  UAlbany President Havidán Rodríguez said , “Purchasing Centennial Hall will enable the University at Albany to expand housing optio

By Lucienne Burns | November 10, 2025 Vice Chair Jonah Martinez chairing during last week’s meeting (11/5).              Photo Credit: Lucienne Burns | The ASP The Student Association (SA) Senate met last Wednesday (11/5) for their weekly meeting, remaining in session until midnight following debate over an appropriations bill. In addition, another past issue presented itself within the Senate: potential bias and lack of transparency during the election process.  Prior to the

By Rox Aclin | November 10, 2025 Graffiti on a pamphlet in the author’s dorm tallying the number of fire alarms in Hamilton Hall on Colonial Quad.   Photo Credit: Rox Aclin | The ASP Dozens of fire alarms, late-night evacuations and the wailing sound of fire trucks in the middle of the night — this has been life on Colonial Quad at the University at Albany since the start of the fall semester.   “It’s hell,” said one Colonial resident Sariah, who did not state her last name f

By Mirai Abe | November 10, 2025 Photo Credit: Joanna Dreby While news coverage and academic discussions often focus on the immediate trauma of immigration arrests and deportations, a new book by a University at Albany sociologist examines a less explored impact: how an enduring ICE presence shapes immigrant families across generations. In Surviving the ICE Age , Joanna Dreby details how the creation of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2003 has affected i

By Emma Alvarado | November 10, 2025 Graduate International Student at university looking up at global world flags.                          Photo credit: Pixabay   Since the current presidential administration took office in January 2025, international students studying in the United States are experiencing more difficulty with receiving and maintaining their student visas. At the University at Albany, this national problem has created uncertainty about students’ legal statu

By Jaden Burke | November 3, 2025 Photo Credit: Maceo Foster / The ASP Oct. 24 – The   University Police Department (UPD) conducted a traffic stop on Washington Avenue. The driver was found to be operating the vehicle unlicensed. The individual was arrested.  Oct. 25 – UPD conducted a traffic stop at the PE Complex. The driver was found to be operating the vehicle with a suspended license. The individual was arrested.  Oct. 26 – UPD responded to a report of unlawful possessio

By Mia Costa | November 3, 2025 Members of UAlbany’s Mexican Student Association (MEXA) attending the recent ‘No Kings’ Protest in Albany.  Photo Credit: MEXA President Aaron Paredes After years of celebrating Mexican culture through art, food, dance, music, and more, University at Albany’s Mexican Student Association (MEXA) has begun shifting its attention to activism, joining the No Kings Protest and hosting an “Identifying Law Enforcement” informational. MEXA President Aar

By Lucienne Burns | November 3, 2025  The Student Association Senate posed for a picture dressed up in costume while they had their meeting last Wednesday (10/29).             Photo Credit: Lucienne Burns | The ASP The Student Association (SA) Senate convened last Wednesday (10/29), hosting senators in festive costumes and a discussion about club budgets and appointments.  After the Senate posed for a picture dressed in their Halloween attire, two bills regarding club budgets

By Noon Nori | November 3, 2025 Children in a IDP (Internally Displaced People) camp in Darfur, Sudan. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Oct. 23, 2025 marks two and a half years since the beginning of a grueling, destructive, and forgotten war in Sudan; a conflict that has proven to be both devastating and deeply complex.  Time has not been kind; every passing day has only worsened the country’s suffering. As homes turn to battlegrounds stained with the blood and tears of Suda

By Jaden Burke | October 27, 2025 Photo Credit: Maceo Foster | The ASP Oct. 17 – The   University Police Department (UPD) responded to a report of second-degree harassment on State Quad Grounds. The individuals were referred to Campus Judicial.  Oct. 18 – UPD conducted a traffic stop on Alumni Drive. The driver was found to be operating the vehicle with a suspended license. The individual was arrested.  Oct. 19 – UPD responded to a report of aggravated harassment online in th

By Mattie Fitzpatrick | October 27, 2025 Senators attended last Wednesday's (10/22) meeting.  Photo Credit: Jaden Burke | The ASP Last Wednesday’s (10/22) Student Association Senate meeting was momentarily displaced when an arrest took place in the middle of its duration. University Police arrested a member of the public for criminal trespass in the third degree at the beginning of the meeting, requiring the public and Senators to become briefly relocated in the Campus Center

By Jaden Burke | October 20, 2025 Photo Credit: Maceo Foster / The ASP Oct. 12 – The   University Police Department (UPD) responded to a report of criminal mischief to a University door in Delancey Hall on Colonial Quad. The investigation is ongoing.  Oct. 14 – UPD responded to a report of an obstruction of breathing towards an individual on Colonial Quad grounds. The case is still active. Oct. 15 – UPD conducted a traffic stop by University Hall. The driver was found to be o

By Lucienne Burns | October 20, 2025  The Student Association Senate watched a video training on Roberts Rules of Order during their meeting last Wednesday (10/15).             Photo Credit: Lucienne Burns | The ASP The Student Association (SA) Senate held a brief but productive meeting last Wednesday (10/15), training senators on parliamentary procedure, establishing Ad Hoc committees and additional committee assignments and swearing in new senators.  Three new senators were

By Mattie Fitzpatrick | October 20, 2025 Professor Omar M. Yaghi is located in California at University of California, Berkeley.  Photo Credit: Brittany Hosea-Small for UC Berkeley University at Albany Alum Omar M. Yaghi 85’ was recently awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry sharing the honor with Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University and Richard Robson of the University of Melbourne.  The Nobel Prize for Chemistry is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockh

By Sophia Arredondo | October 20, 2025 Photo Credit: Sophia Arredondo | The ASP The University at Albany celebrated its 11th annual Campus Crunch Thursday (10/16) at the Campus Center Small Fountain. The statewide event, which promotes sustainability and local food, brought students, faculty and staff together to reaffirm the University's commitment to healthy food and a healthy planet.  The event began at noon, filling the Small Fountain with crowds of students eager to samp

By Faaz Syed | October 20, 2025  Photo Credit: Pixabay It's that time of the year again at the University at Albany — the midterm season. That means late nights, marathon study sessions and trying to balance college life for many students.  UAlbany students across campus shared how they are studying, how they're dealing with academic stress and what resources they are using to stay on top of things. For some students, midterms are already over, but others are still busy with

By Jaden Burke | October 13, 2025 Photo Credit: Maceo Foster | The ASP Oct. 4 – The   University Police Department (UPD) responded to a report of a domestic disturbance in Johnson Hall on Colonial Quad. The individual was arrested for criminal trespassing, and a report is on file. Oct. 6 – UPD responded to a report of petit larceny in Hamilton Hall on Colonial Quad. The investigation is ongoing.  Oct. 9 – UPD responded to a report of forcible touching in Eastman Tower on Stat

By Lucienne Burns | October 13, 2025  The Student Association Senate at their Oct. 8 meeting last Wednesday.  Photo Credit: Lucienne Burns | The ASP The Student Association (SA) Senate meeting last Wednesday (10/8) hosted the director of Mass Parking and Transit Services to discuss parking-related concerns, in addition to a long debate over appointing leadership to the Rules and Administration committee.  Jason Jones, the director of Mass Parking and Transit Services, spoke w

By Sofia Lamdichi | October 13, 2025 Photo Credit: Pixabay Entering a workforce where men hold the majority of positions is accompanied by persistent warnings from peers and mentors. People tend to forget that the bystander effect and trauma responses exist within the workplace. The burden of workplace safety usually falls on women, who are expected to report and respond appropriately, regardless of how real or overwhelming their feelings may be.  In many areas of life, we ar

By Avery Hayes | October 13, 2025 The University at Albany Football team gathers after a game at Tom and Mary Casey Stadium. Photo Credit: Brent Warzocha | UAlbany Athletics A weekend of high-energy homecoming activities for both students and alumni is slated for Oct. 17-19, including a much-anticipated football game, campus tours, tailgating, and more.  University at Albany’s Alumni Association  hosts an annual homecoming weekend at the university with a packed schedule full

By Jaden Burke | October 6, 2025 Photo Credit: Maceo Foster  | The ASP Sept. 26 – The University Police Department (UPD) responded to a...

By Lucienne Burns | October 6, 2025  The Student Association Senate held its first meeting of October last Wednesday (10/1).  Photo...

By Mirai Abe丨October 6, 2025 Photo Credit: Mirai Abe | The ASP The University at Albany introduced  three new academic programs: a...

By Mirai Abe & Sia Patel | October 6, 2025  The University at Albany had over 280 fewer international students this academic year, following the national trend. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons The University at Albany has fewer international students this academic year influenced by the recent visa and immigration policy changes. Their enrollment in the 2025-2026 academic year declined by 16%, according to UAlbany’s Public Information director Amy Geduldig.  UAlbany had 1,48

By Jaden Burke | September 29, 2025 Photo Credit: Maceo Foster | The ASP Sept. 19 – The University Police Department (UPD) arrested an...

By Lucienne Burns | September 29, 2025  The Executive Board of Albany State Indian Alliance (ASIA) receiving its award from SA President...

By Jaden Burke | September 22, 2025 Photo Credit: Maceo Foster | The ASP Sept. 12 – The University Police Department (UPD) conducted a...

By Lucienne Burns | September 22, 2025  Senators Jonah Martinez and Grace Augenstern debate for the Vice Chair position. Photo Credit:...

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By Mattie Fitzpatrick | September 15, 2025 Photo Credit: Pixabay The Office of the New York State Attorney General is looking for tenants...

By Fanny Belaud | September 15, 2025 A priest spoke at Charlie Kirk’s Vigil in front of the CC Fountain to gathered mourners. Photo Credit: Fanny Belaud | The ASP On Sept. 10, Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of a conservative youth organization “ Turning Point USA ,” was shot and killed at Utah Valley University, during the first stop of his “ The American Comeback Tour .” Police apprehended a suspect , 22-year-old Tyler Robinson the next day, when he turned himself in.

By Lucienne Burns | September 15, 2025  The Halal Shack located in the Campus Center.   Photo Credit: Lucienne Burns | The ASP A former...

By Laci Votraw | September 15, 2025 UAlbany banners hanging from a building on the downtown campus.  Photo Credit :   Wikimedia Commons  ...