Eight UAlbany Students Win 2024 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence
Eight UAlbany students will be recognized Thursday with the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, the highest award the State University of New York bestows upon a student.
Transformational Teaching Honored at 2024 Spark & Torch Awards
The Campus Center Board Room heard heartfelt speeches, rounds of applause, and even brought a few to tears at UAlbany's annual Spark and Torch Award ceremonies.
UAlbany Programs Rank Highly Among U.S. News 2024 Best Graduate Schools
Several programs at the University at Albany have once again been ranked among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
Rockefeller Rises to 26th in US News National Rankings
The University at Albany’s Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy has once again been recognized as a national leader among public affairs colleges by U.S. News & World Report. In the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Public Affairs Schools rankings, Rockefeller College ranks 26th in the nation overall, as well in the top-25 nationally for five public affairs specialties
2024 President’s Excellence Awards Conferred
At his annual Spring University Address, President Havidán Rodríguez announced the winners of the 2024 President’s Excellence Awards.
Noteworthy: Research grants, awards and publications
The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.
‘Collective Remittances’ Help Migrants Settle, Send Funds Home
In a new article published in The Conversation, Susan Appe, associate professor of public administration and policy at UAlbany’s Rockefeller College, writes about “collective remittances” raised by hometown associations.
The Policing Machine: Enforcement, Endorsements, and the Illusion of Public Input
The past few years have seen Americans express passionate demands for police transformation. But even as discussion of no-knock warrants, chokeholds, and body cameras has exploded, police departments have successfully stonewalled change. Drawing on his recent book, The Policing Machine (University of Chicago Press, 2023), Tony Cheng will discuss the stages of police departments’ resistance, offering a close look at the deep engagement strategies that NYPD precincts have developed with only subsets of the community in order to counter any truly meaningful, democratic oversight.