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Rockefeller Welcomes Cybersecurity Experts for Student ChatOn Tuesday morning, April 30th from 10:30am to noon in Milne 215, Rockefeller College presents an informal chat with cybersecuity experts from the Center for Internet Security (CIS). The Center, located in nearby East Greenbush, works to enhance the security readiness and response of public and private sector entities with a commitment to excellence through collaboration. Our guest speakers for the morning are Richard J. Licht, executive director of the Integrated Intelligence Center at CIS, and Stacey A. Wright, senior cyber analyst. Read the newsbrief. |
Senate, Assembly Internships a Capital Experience for University at Albany StudentsALBANY, N.Y. (April 8, 2013) – The University at Albany's legislative program serves as a major pipeline for students wishing to gain practical internship experience in the New York State Assembly and Senate. According to representatives at the Assembly Intern Committee, UAlbany sent more students this spring than any other university or college, which resulted in a record number of acceptances to internships in the New York State Assembly. Read the newsbrief. |
Rockefeller College Co-sponsors SAPA 2013 Public Service Excellence AwardThe State Academy for Public Administration's (SAPA) 2013 Public Service Excellence Awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 in Milne Hall, Room 200 at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy on the downtown campus of the University at Albany. Read the newsbrief. |
Assessing the Impact of HIV-Testing Policy Changes: Q & A with Erika G. Martin, Ph.D., M.P.H.In a perspective article in the March 7, 2013 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, Erika G. Martin, assistant professor of public administration and policy at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy at the University at Albany, and fellow at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, discusses proposed changes in HIV-testing guidelines by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). |
Washington Insiders: Rockefeller Students Spend Semester Studying and Interning in D.C.Fifteen University at Albany upperclassmen are participating in Rockefeller College's Semester in Washington program this spring. Open to all UAlbany juniors and seniors regardless of major, the Semester in Washington allows students to earn 15 credits while taking classes and completing an internship with a public official, government or public service agency, advocacy organization, or private sector business. Students work at their internships four full days each week, earning nine credits for the experience. Read the newsbrief. |
David L. Rousseau Named Dean of Rockefeller College at the
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A Tradition is Born — Rockefeller's First Annual Jeopardy Challenge Brings Students and Alums TogetherThe event, which coincided with the Rockefeller College Dean's Leadership Council kickoff party for the spring 2013 semester, was held on January 22 at locations throughout Husted Hall on the University at Albany's downtown campus. Sixteen teams battled over four rounds of intense but fun play. Read the newsbrief. |
Thursday Policy Lunch Series Returns for Spring SemesterRockefeller College's Thursday Policy Brown Bag Lunch Series resumes this Thursday afternoon, January 31 with Assistant Professor Feng (Johnson) Qian from the Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior at the School of Public Health as the spring semester's inaugural speaker. Professor Qian, a medical doctor as well as PhD, will lead a workshop titled the "Variation of Blood Transfusion in Patients Undergoing Major Non-cardiac Surgery." |
The Changing Face of Disaster Relief Politics — A Commentary by Rockefeller Associate Professor Jim FossettThe recently concluded and contentious debate over a disaster relief package for the Northeast to repair the damage done by Hurricane Sandy suggests that the politics of developing and passing such packages may be getting more difficult. Historically, votes on the emergency appropriations bills that authorize disaster relief spending have been bipartisan and not particularly controversial. Read the commentary. |
Rockefeller Students and Alumni Selected as Presidential Management Fellowship Semi-finalistsEight Rockefeller College graduate students and alumni have been selected as semi-finalists for the prestigious and highly competitive Presidential Management Fellowship Program (PMF). alt The program was established by Executive Order in 1977 to attract to the federal service outstanding men and women from a variety of academic disciplines and career paths, who have a clear interest in, and commitment to, excellence in the leadership and management of public policies and programs. Read the newsbrief. |
SUNY/CID Wins $13.4 Million Legislative Strengthening Project in Cote d'IvoireOn December 14, USAID/West Africa awarded RFSUNY (SUNY/CID) a five-year, $13.4 million LS IQC task order to implement the Legislative Strengthening Program in Cote d'Ivoire (CI LSP). The two objectives of the CI LSP are to support the National Assembly to better fulfill its basic legislative, representational and oversight functions and to improve the Deputies' constituency representation and oversight in a number of communes. Read the release. |
Parliamentary Leader from Côte d'Ivoire Visits UAlbanyRockefeller College Interim Dean David L. Rousseau and Center for International Development Director Malcolm Russell-Einhorn were among members of the University at Albany community who recently welcomed a government delegation from Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, to the University's uptown campus. |
Rockefeller Institute to Host Forums on NY Constitutional Issues and Campaign Finance ReformThe Rockefeller Institute of Government at Rockefeller College will present two upcoming public policy forums in the coming weeks at its 411 State Street, Albany, New York location. Read the newsbrief |
U.S. Treasury Chief of Staff Meets with Rockefeller StudentsRockefeller College recently welcomed Mark Patterson ‘84, chief of staff to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, to the downtown campus for an informal breakfast conversation with students, many of whom are considering careers in government and public service. Read the newsbrief |
Rockefeller’s PDP Retrains RNs to Address Forecasted ShortageALBANY, N.Y. (November 2, 2012) – To help alleviate an anticipated nursing shortage in New York state, the Professional Development Program (PDP) at the University at Albany has developed two new programs - the RN Training Project and the RN to BSN/MSN Training Program - designed to train and retrain health industry workers, respectively. The PDP, a center in UAlbany’s Rockefeller College, strives to improve the skills and knowledge of the public workforce through a variety of programming. |
Rockefeller Professors Bruce Miroff and Jose Cruz Among Featured Speakers at CDPFC’s “Why Vote?”Capital District Progressive Faculty Caucus presents |
Rockefeller Public Service Professor Paul Castellani Discusses NYS and Medicaid (NYT, 10/24/12)Depending on who is doing the talking these days, New York State is either a national model of how to curb Medicaid spending, or the nation’s prime example of Medicaid abuse. |
Rockefeller Remembers Senator George McGovernOn September 30, 2009, Rockefeller College had the privilege of hosting Liberal icon and former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern for a campus wide conversation with the UAlbany community. Sadly we lost Senator McGovern yesterday (October 21, 2012). He passed away in Sioux Falls at the age of 90 in South Dakota, surrounded by his family and dearest friends. Today we mourn the loss of a gentleman and statesman, but we celebrate his life, leadership, and legacy of courageous public service. |
“The Moral Clarity of George McGovern” – An Op-Ed by Prof. Bruce Miroff (NYT, 10/21/12)EVERYBODY noticed George S. McGovern’s decency. Robert F. Kennedy called him “the most decent man in the Senate.” But during the 1972 presidential campaign, political pundits assumed that a man who was that nice could not possibly be the strong leader Americans required. Few predicted that he would still be standing after the early primaries. |
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