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U.S. News & World Report ranks the MPA program at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy 19th in the country out of more than 275 public affairs programs.
Within the field of public affairs, Rockefeller is ranked in the following specialties:
- 4th in Information and Technology Management
- 12th in Public Management and Leadership
- 12th in Nonprofit Management
- 14th in Public Finance and Budgeting
- 34th in Public Policy Analysis
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On Saturday, July 18th, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan introduced the 2020 Albany Tulip Queen and her four court members at a press conference in Washington Park. There, Rockefeller College senior Kaya Rifenberg-Stempel was chosen as the 72nd Albany Tulip Queen. Throughout the next year, she will work with her four court members on community service and literacy advocacy initiatives.
CTG UAlbany researchers J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Theresa Pardo and Manuel De Tuya recently completed an examination of the information sharing capabilities of two North American megacities, Mexico City and New York. Their paper, published in Urban Affairs Review, found that these metropolises share unique characteristics that helped them improve their smart city capabilities where smaller cities or larger state governments might face challenges.
Rockefeller Institute Fellows Patricia Strach, Katie Zuber, and Elizabeth Pérez-Chiqués were recognized by the American Political Science Association for increasing understanding of the opioid epidemic. The Outstanding Public Engagement in Health Policy Award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated leadership in improving health and the health care system through active engagement in politics and policy making.
In this Public Books interview, Associate Professor Virginia Eubanks, author of Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor, discusses her path to studying systemic inequality in technology and the issues that need change.
Published in The Conversation, Professor Mitchel Abolafia's article, "The Fed’s independence helped it save the US economy in 2008 — the CDC needs the same authority today," looks at the role of agency independence, expertise, and COVID-19 response.
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