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Governments and non-state actors around the world seek to exploit the international financial system to facilitate illicit proliferation activities. In a project supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation, Dr. Togzhan Kassenova and Dr. Bryan R. Early explore trends in proliferation financing cases and best practices for implementing proliferation financing controls.

The presence of an SRO is associated with a decline in some forms of school violence and an increase in reported firearm offenses, as well as a direct increase in harsh disciplinary actions by school administrators such as suspensions and arrests by police.

ALBANY, N.Y. (July 25, 2023) — The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.

In a new article, CTG UAlbany Director J. Ramon Gil-Garcia and Professor Yi Long of the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law analyze the AI processes currently utilized in China, and if other forms of automation could be better options for ensuring transparency in government services.

The University at Albany has received a four-year $550,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to support building a SUNY/CUNY Southeast Asia Consortium (SEAC). Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy Professor Meredith Weiss will serve as its initial director, while UAlbany history professor Michitake Aso will also work among lead faculty from various SUNY and CUNY schools.

Professor, constitutional scholar and interim dean, Novkov was appointed after a national search.

Seven University at Albany faculty and staff members have received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to conduct research and teach in their respective fields across Europe, South America, Central America and Asia during the 2023-2024 academic year.

A year-long field experiment that provided public defenders at some initial bail hearings found that having an attorney at these hearings lowered the court's use of cash bail and pretrial detention — without increasing the odds of a defendant not showing up at subsequent hearings.