By Gianna Difulio | October 6, 2026 Video credit: Gianna Difulio / The ASP From earning a full salary and receiving employment benefits to traveling to a new country and learning an entirely different culture, the Japanese Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program offers a range of unique opportunities for participants. More than 80,000 students have participated in the program worldwide, according to the website. JET representative and campus alumni Joe Meringolo visited the University at Albany...

By Emme Weed | October 6, 2026 A panel during the annual Albany Book Festival on Saturday, Sept. 26. Photo credit: Alice Heaton The New York State Writers Institute hosted its ninth annual Albany Book Festival on Saturday, Sept. 26, at the University at Albany. More than 1,000 book lovers of all ages attended the festival. Local families, students, professors and community members all came together to share their love of reading and writing. Saturday’s rainstorm did not deter book lovers...

By Maria Runco | October 6, 2026 Photo Credit: NYS Writers Institute Technology has become so deeply embedded in everyday life that society should begin treating it as critical infrastructure, author Francine Berman told an Albany audience during a discussion about her new book, Better Tech: Putting People First in Cyberspace on Sept. 22. Berman, a computer scientist and public-interest technologist, spoke about technology, artificial intelligence, privacy and public safety at an event...