Untitled Document Message from the Vice President for Research Modern research universities are not places where students simply sit passively listening to venerable professors lecturing from well-worn notes. This prospectively focused environment, in turn, creates new opportunities for application, for developing novel collaborations within and between the public and private sectors, and for the benefit of society. Indeed, the University at Albany is an institution heavily committed to creating a vibrant research environment that fosters discovery and learning by students and faculty alike. The Center for Technology in Government's role will be to help identify, develop, and disseminate innovative applications of technology to the practical problems of federal, state, and local governments.
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Her work has been supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Science Research Council, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the National Institutes of Mental Health. Dr. Thornberry serves as the principal investigator of the Rochester Youth Development Study, an ongoing panel study designed to examine the development of serious delinquency and violent behavior and to improve understanding of serious, chronic and violent offenders. This Study has followed a sample of high-risk youth from 1988 through 1996 and has collected extensive information about their involvement in delinquency, violence, drug use, and other problem behaviors. Study of Regional Climate Change is supported by the U.S. Depart ment of Energy. This research has major implications for assessing the impact of global warming over time.