President’s Council Meeting Discusses Issues of Diversity on Campus
A University-wide discussion on race, social justice and the campus climate was held last week during the President’s Extended Council meeting. President Rodríguez began the meeting by affirming the University’s condemnation of racism, violence, oppression and hatred.
Protecting Health During COVID School Closures
In this JAMA Network article, Rockefeller College faculty members Lucy Sorensen and Erika Martin make eight recommendations for what schools can do to protect the health of vulnerable children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Preparing for Disaster and Staying Ahead of the Curve
As the world begins the slow recovery process from COVID-19, all while monitoring for a second wave, the critical importance of preparedness remains an often overlooked piece of the puzzle. Rockefeller College Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy Erika Martin has recently co-authored two new articles that shed light on our readiness and response to the Coronavirus.
Automating Inequality by Virginia Eubanks
The University at Albany’s Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy will be hosting its inaugural Rockefeller Reads Book Club this summer with Associate Professor Virginia Eubanks' Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor. The award-winning book has garnered national media attention for its investigative look at data-based discrimination.
Celebrating the 2020 Lavender Awards
Since 2009, the University at Albany has celebrated lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, queer, asexual and allied faculty, staff, and students for their work in promoting LGBTQ+ equity with its annual Lavender Awards. This year, Rockefeller College’s Director of Undergraduate Student Services Zakhar Berkovich, BA ’08, MS ’10 and alumnus David A. Rozen, Esq. '07 were among the 2020 honorees.
Student Philanthropists Select Spring 2020 Awardees
Tasked with granting funds more coveted than ever given the strains of the coronavirus crisis, Rockefeller College’s Philanthropy and Civil Society graduate class worked to identify, evaluate, and award $3,000 to deserving local nonprofit organizations during the Spring 2020 semester. Ultimately, Professor Susan Appe’s students used the Student Philanthropy Fund to give $2,000 to the Capital Region Community COVID-19 Response Fund, and $500 each to the Albany Damien Center and Jajja's Kids.
The NYC Teachers’ Retirement System, Fiscal Issues and Risks
In collaboration with the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management and funded by the Equable Institute, Donald J. Boyd, Gang Chen, and Yimeng Yin of Rockefeller College’s Project on State and Local Government Finance (SLGF) recently published a research report on the fiscal issues and risks in New York City’s Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) — the second largest of New York City’s five major retirement systems.
Rockefeller Awards Recognition
Congratulations to all of Rockefeller College's 2020 graduate and undergraduate award winners!