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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 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Public Affairs Schools rankings, Rockefeller College ranks 28th in the nation overall, as well in the top-25 nationally for six public affairs specialties.

On Friday, April 28th, Rockefeller College celebrates its 2023 award winners from the Department of Public Administration & Policy, the Department of Political Science, and the School of Criminal Justice.

In a webinar entitled “The Research Case for Hiring People with Criminal History Records: California in Focus,” Shawn Bushway, professor of Public Administration and Policy, worked to rebut pervasive myths that anyone with a criminal record is inherently riskier than anyone without.

Join us March 31st in UAlbany’s Campus Center for this speaker event, featuring South Asian experts Yasser Kureshi from the University of Oxford and Zoha Waseem of the University of Warwick.

During the semester, the undergraduate interns will focus their research on workforce shortages in the home health and personal care aide occupations and explore how state policymakers are addressing projected workforce needs.

Two new articles by researchers at the University at Albany and Northwestern University show the extent to which civilians working to intervene in and de-escalate street violence face job-related violence themselves, as well as secondary trauma from that violence.

Illustrations from three finalists for the 2022 holiday card were unveiled at a ceremony in the Campus Center.

Throughout the Fall 2022 semester, Rockefeller College will be hosting a Lunch and Learn Series, featuring interesting and impactful faculty research. Each session will include a faculty presentation on their research topic of choice followed by a Q&A with the virtual audience. All are welcome to attend. Registration is required to receive the Zoom links.