‘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.
CTG UAlbany Students Using AI to Help City of Schenectady Track Government Resources
UAlbany students Michelle Leon Vasquez, Tyler Jardine and Kelvin Cai are getting a first-hand look at how artificial intelligence can be used to improve the lives of individuals. They are working side-by-side with the University’s Center for Technology in Government to assist the city of Schenectady in monitoring the use of city assets.
UAlbany Launches Merit Pages to Celebrate Student Success
The University at Albany has launched Merit Pages, a single unified platform that allows the University to celebrate student accomplishments in and out of the classroom.
Is US Democracy in Danger? What the Field of Political Science Has to Say
Please join us on Monday, March 4th for an interactive discussion of the state of democracy in the United States. Professors Breiner, Ingram, and Weiss from the Department of Political Science will help to put some of our current debates about the health of U.S. democracy in a broader context.
The Politics of Worth: Understanding the Purpose(s) and Practice(s) of Veterans Treatment Courts
What can veterans treatment courts teach us about the use of law to address entrenched social and political problems? Please join Jamie Rowen, Associate Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, for a discussion of veterans treatment courts in the United States.
Do Trump’s January 6th Actions Disqualify Him from the Presidency?
Please join experts Julie Novkov and Stephan Stohler at noon on Friday, February 2nd via Zoom for a discussion of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment and its implications for the 2024 presidential election.
CTG UAlbany Study Examines AI Chatbots in Public Organizations
Rsearchers from the University at Albany’s Center for Technology in Government (CTG UAlbany) and University College London (UCL)’s School of Public Policy are examining the use of chatbots by governments, and what factors have led to their successful deployment or failure.