University at Albany Massry School of Business

Massry School of Business Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor Lisa Baranik is featured in The Wall Street Journal!

The article explores how improv training is helping scientists build trust and communicate more effectively, highlighting an Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science workshop hosted right here at the University at Albany in May.

Lisa shared how she’s using these techniques to create more meaningful conversations about chronic pain and keep dialogue going, even when it doesn’t go as planned.

Read the story:

Alan Alda’s Solution to Eroding Trust in Science: More Improv The “M*A*S*H” star’s program to help researchers overcome their communication challenges now draws thousands. We sat in on a class.

May was iconic 💜🌟

While we are still basking in the glow of Commencement 2026, we want to take a moment to highlight the "cheering squad".

Our cheering squads this year were packed with friends, fellow students, parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, colleagues and kids! Thank you for showing up and supporting our students during their time at UAlbany and on their big day 💜

What a beautiful day to celebrate Great Danes! 💜💛

It was great to see to everyone at today's ceremony. Grad students, see you tomorrow for your stage crossing!

Congratulations to those who crossed the graduation stage today! We are so proud of the undergraduate class of 2026 💜💛

See you tomorrow at the ceremony!

Massry School of Business MBA students are turning classroom learning into real-world impact, with a little help from local businesses.

This semester, Massry students from Aleksandra Kovacheva's MBA class partnered with local Albany organizations such as fin - your fishmonger, the Times Union and Bast Hatfield Construction to tackle real marketing challenges.

Throughout the semester, students collaborated with business leaders and their peers to develop actionable strategies. These projects provide Massry students with hands-on experience that extends beyond their coursework.

Read more about what our MBA students have been up to this semester here:

MBA Students Bring Data-Driven Strategies to Local Businesses In a Massry School of Business MBA course this semester, students are working directly with local organizations to solve real marketing challenges, developing strategies grounded in research, industry insight and real-time collaboration.