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Marianne Leone, actress, writer and advocate for disabled children, is the author of "Five-Dog Epiphany: How a Quintet of Badass Bichons Retrieved Our Joy." She and her husband, actor Chris Cooper, will join Joe Donahue on stage at Page Hall on the University at Albany Downtown Campus for a Creative Life conversation at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, September 16.

The fall semester is under way in the city of Albany. But students aren’t returning to the College of Saint Rose for the first time in more than a century.

Legendary actress Jacqueline Bisset and Oscar-winning filmmaker James Ivory headline the 4th annual Albany Film Festival. The all-day event, free and open to the public, will take place from 10:30 a.m. through 7 p.m. this Saturday, April 6, at the UAlbany Campus Center.Actors, authors, directors, producers, screenwriters, and movie critics come together with film fans for a full day of screenings and discussions capped by an awards ceremony. For a preview, we welcome Opalka Endowed Director of the NYSWI - Paul Grondahl.

Two SUNY campuses in the Capital Region are partnering on a new dual enrollment track.

The New York State Writer’s Institute is back in action for the Spring semester, featuring a diverse collection of contemporary writers, and a series of classic films leading up to the 4th Annual Albany Film Festival.It’s the Writers Institute’s 41st year of acclaimed programming in 2024. And the kick-off event is this afternoon and tonight with Pulitzer Prize Winner Paul Harding who we will hear from later. In the meantime, we welcome Opalka Endowed Director of the NYSWI - Paul Grondahl.

The new year will be the last for the College of Saint Rose in Albany. Graduates and staff are mourning the closure.

The coming closure of the College of Saint Rose campus in Albany will leave a huge void in the heart of the city.

Albany Parking Authority Executive Director Matt Peter says a nearly fatal health scare is giving him new perspective.

Melissa DeRosa, one of the most powerful women in New York State government history, is now sharing her story for the first time in her new memoir, "What’s Left Unsaid My Life at the Center of Power, Politics & Crisis."DeRosa will be speaking with Ken Lovett at a New York State Writer’s Institute event tonight night at 7 p.m. at Page Hall on UAlbany’s Downtown Campus.

This Thursday and Friday, UAlbany will host a symposium entitled “Free Speech and Civil Discourse: Our Rights, Our Responsibilities” as a prelude to Constitution Day. Faculty, students, guests and members of the UAlbany community will join with Albany Law School to consider the intersection of free speech, advocacy, civil discourse and knowledge. We are joined by UAlbany President Havidan Rodriguez and V.P. of Student Affairs and co-chair of the symposium committee Michael Christakis.