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The public policy research arm of the State University of New York. We conduct rigorous, nonpartisan research to promote better policymaking.
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Excited to announce the 2025-26 Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellows! Full announcement: rockinst.org/news/article...

• Christine Leuenberger
• Marco Castillo
• Ohbet Cheon
• Sky Bell
October 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Applications are open for the Institute on Immigrant Integration Research and Policy's 2026 Fellowship on Immigrant Integration. The fellowship will take place in spring 2026 and is open to SUNY and CUNY graduate students.

Learn more and apply 👇
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September 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Excited to welcome four young scholars to our CLPS program for the fall! The undergraduate research interns will do a county-by-county analysis of New York State's Extreme Risk Protection Order law.

Learn more: rockinst.org/news/
September 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Grateful to all of our panelists, attendees, and our partner on this series on Medicaid administration @unitedhospitalfund.bsky.social for a wonderful event yesterday!
June 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Following a semester of research, the CLPS undergraduate research interns are presenting their findings in a presentation: Maternal Healthcare and Hospital Closures.

Join us May 7 @ 10a!

► rockinst.org/education-programs/center-for-law-and-policy-solutions/interns/clps-spring-2025/
Headshot of Ashley Bostic Headshot of Karina Cruz Headshot of Aniyah Dingle Maternal Healthcare and Hospital Closures Over the last two decades, hundreds of healthcare facilities in the United States have closed or reduced the services they provide. These closures pose significant challenges for particular communities, especially with respect to maternal healthcare, making access to healthcare more difficult for residents at risk. Looking at the overall healthcare facility landscape and providing a more focused lens on maternal health, the spring 2025 undergraduate research interns at the Rockefeller Institute’s Center for Law & Policy Solutions (CLPS) have closely researched and analyzed why this is happening and how it affects communities. Their research offers a local snapshot of the threatened closure of Burdett Birth Center, Rensselaer County’s only birth center for residents in both urban and rural areas. Join us for this panel presentation of their findings. WHEN Wednesday, May 7, 2025 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. WHERE Rockefeller Institute of Government 411 State Street Albany, NY 12203 Register Now
April 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Never too late to post good news. Congrats to @patriciastrach.bsky.social & ‪‪@kathlsullivan.bsky.social‬ for winning the Dennis Judd Best Book Award last fall for their book The Politics of Trash!

Check out their interview with Policy Outsider: rockinst.org/issue-area/ep-79-the-politics-of-trash/
March 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The Institute on Immigrant Integration Research and Policy is seeking abstracts for its annual conference on 6/16 which will focus on social integration of foreign-born Americans.

Learn more and submit your abstract ↓
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February 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Looking forward to a great semester with our new cohort of Center for Law & Policy Solutions research interns! Meet University at Albany students Ashley Bostic, Karina Cruz, and Aniyah Dingle.

Learn more about the interns and the CLPS program ↓
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headshots of Ashley Bostic, Karina Cruz, and Aniyah Dingle on a blue background. above their headshots in all caps it reads, "CLPS SPRING 2025 RESEARCH INTERNS."
February 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Read our 2-part blog series examining how fed'l env protections have been re-/de-constructed by recent presidential administrations.

p1: rockinst.org/blog/re-deconstructing-federal-environmental-protections-part-i/
p2: rockinst.org/blog/re-deconstructing-federal-environmental-protections-part-ii/
February 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Excellent presentation today by Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy Professor Sheila Olmstead on the relevance of economics to environmental policy. Thanks to the team at Cornell for co-hosting and Rock Dep Dir of Research @laurarabinow.bsky.social for moderating the conversation.
A collage of three images from an event. In one of the images, Sheila Olmstead, a Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy Professor, is speaking from a podium in front a Rockefeller Institute of Government step and repeat banner. In the other two images, Sheila Olmstead speaks with Rockefeller Institute Deputy Director of Research Laura Rabinow as part of a moderated discussion. They are seated in armchairs.
December 9, 2024 at 8:15 PM