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EXPERTS ADVISORY: The University
at Albany's new featured experts
Contact: Karl Luntta (518) 437-4980
ALBANY, N.Y. (January 7, 2005)
Disaster relief policy,
capital punishment and immigration reform Covered
by UAlbany's Featured Experts:
- AFTER THE TSUNAMI: The death toll continues
to rise, and millions more are at risk of
disease and starvation. Could more have been
done to limit the devastation, and what should
we be doing now to aid survivors? Thomas Birkland,
director of UAlbany's Center for Policy Research
offers analysis of policy implications of
the disaster. Experts
Guide >>
- SIX CONVICTED MURDERERS had death-penalty
convictions reversed in Kansas after courts
struck down capital punishment. New York's
law was also overturned in 2004, with no death
sentences having ever been carried out. Will
Scott Peterson's sentence ever be enacted?
Distinguished Teaching Professor James R.
Acker explains why state courts have overturned
the law and what it means for the future of
capital punishment in America. Experts
Guide >>
- ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS flood into the U.S.
daily, despite improved security measures
in a post-9/11 world. Unjustified fears or
hope of a new multicultural country aside,
are émigrés of today different
than those of 100 years ago? Not much, say
Sociologist Richard Alba, who cuts through
the unsubstantiated claims to detail the immigrant
experience in the United States Today. Experts
Guide >>
A searchable directory of UAlbany's extensive
roster of faculty
experts is available at: https://www.albany.edu/news/experts.htm
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