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SUNY/CID Wins $13.4 Million Legislative Strengthening Project in Cote d'Ivoire

On 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 UAlbany

Rockefeller 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.
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Rockefeller Institute to Host Forums on NY Constitutional Issues and Campaign Finance Reform

The 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 Students

Rockefeller 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 Shortage

ALBANY, 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.
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Rockefeller Professors Bruce Miroff and Jose Cruz Among Featured Speakers at CDPFC’s “Why Vote?”

Capital District Progressive Faculty Caucus presents
University in the City a free public discussion, "Why Vote? The Election and Political Change."
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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.
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Rockefeller Remembers Senator George McGovern

On 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.
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“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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