Rockefeller College 2020 Alumni Award Recipients
Each year, Rockefeller College proudly bestows its highest honor on a number of distinguished individuals for their exemplary service to the public and to the College. This year, Rockefeller College is delighted to present Alumni Awards to the following extraordinary individuals for their achievements in the areas of political science, public administration, criminal justice, leadership, and continuing professional development.
Embracing a Commitment to Policing Reform and Reinvention
With the goal of advancing police-community relations and eliminating racial inequities, the City of Albany recently announced the formation of the Policing Reform and Reinvention Collaborative — and the University at Albany is working to support its success.
National Powers Combine
UAlbany’s #2 ranked School of Criminal Justice joins Rockefeller College.
Strategically restructuring and uniting two of its nationally ranked academic units, the University at Albany, SUNY announced that the School of Criminal Justice will join the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy effective June 1, 2020.
Former Dean David Bayley Remembered as Renowned Scholar and Wonderful Colleague
Distinguished Professor Emeritus David H. Bayley, one of the world’s leading authorities on policing, passed away on May 10. His longtime colleagues in the School of Criminal Justice remember him as a remarkable scholar, teacher, mentor, and person, whose voice is deeply needed in today's crucial discussions on police reform.
School of Criminal Justice Ranked #2 in the Nation
UAlbany’s School of Criminal Justice was ranked No. 2 in the nation in the most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings of criminology graduate programs.
Dean William Alex Pridemore, PhD '00 Named AAAS Fellow
William Alex Pridemore, dean of the University at Albany’s School of Criminal Justice, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.
How a Traveling Salesman in the 1970s Became a Leading Opponent to the Death Penalty
A podcast with Distinguished Teaching Professor James Acker and Brian Keough, head of the University's M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives -- Acker and Keough, among the founders of the University’s National Death Penalty Archive (NDPA), speak about the digitization efforts of a collection by M. Watt Espy, a researcher who spent three decades of his life gathering and indexing documentation of legal executions for what would become the nation’s largest database on capital punishment.
Gangster Movies and Their Muses
A podcast with Frankie Bailey, professor and crime novelist. Bailey is working on a reference book that maps the cultural and historical significance of nine of the most renowned gangster movies (including The Godfather [1972], White Heat [1949], Scarface [1990], American Gangster [2007] and Goodfellas [1990], among others) as well as the television series The Sopranos. The book explores the impact of the Motion Picture Production Code or the "Hays Code" of the 1930s, the emergence of the "G-Man" as a protagonist, and the role of fashion in the genre.