University at Albany Rockefeller College Headlines http://www.albany.edu/news University at Albany Rockefeller College Headlines en-us Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:04:07 EST RedDot CMS 7.5 Rockefeller College Honors Distinguished Alumni http://www.albany.edu/news/release_8010.php The Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy will honor five individuals for their outstanding contributions to public service.


Alumna Jennifer Manner, '86, is the deputy chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission.

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST D021821321914C6C88BD54DB3A5CB62E Novkov Examines Interracial Marriage in Alabama http://www.albany.edu/news/campus_news_7993.php Interracial marriage is common in the U.S. today, notes a 2007 Associated Press story. As President Barack Obama himself is the child of a white mother and black father, it is easy to forget that only 42 years ago, interracial marriage was still against the law.


In 1967 the Supreme Court struck down the ban on interracial marriage in Virginia, after hearing the case of Loving vs. Virginia. Mildred and Richard Loving at a press conference announcing the decision. Richard Loving's lawyers on the eve of their oral argument before the Supreme Court, asked him if there was anything else he wanted them to add to their arguments. He replied, "Tell the Court I love my wife."

]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST 1D2730722BFE45C2A2919B8CB7916C59 System Dynamics Society Presents 2009 Awards http://www.albany.edu/news/release_7792.php The International System Dynamics Society, located at the University at Albany's Rockefeller College, awarded its 2009 Applications Award to Kenneth Cooper of Cooper Associates, Milford, New Hampshire, and Gregory Lee of Fluor Corporation, Aliso Viejo, California.


From left: Gregory Lee, Kim Warren, head of the System Dynamics Application Award Committee, and Kenneth Cooper.

]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST 5BBAD823696D4810BD44B09FE2317874 CTG Study on Cross-Boundary Information Sharing http://www.albany.edu/news/release_7702.php The University at Albany’s Center for Technology in Government has released a report summarizing the results of a national survey of cross-boundary information (CBI) sharing in the public sector. The national survey and the findings presented in the report are the result of a National Science Foundation-funded project that began in 2002.


The goal of the CTG report is to enhance governments’ performance, accountability, and transparency.

]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST 51F02922FE4949569D31CF1CD575C8DF UAlbany Hosts Former Members of Congress http://www.albany.edu/news/release_7673.php Political science students at the University at Albany's Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy will welcome two former U.S. Congressmen, the Honorable John Glen Browder (D-AL,1989-1997) and the Honorable Steven T. Kuykendall (R-CA, 1999-2001), into their classrooms as part of the Congress to Campus program.


Steven T. Kuykendall served in the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2001, representing California's 36th Congressional District.

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