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Maxwell MPA program launches data analytics area of study, internship
“Codifying Data Analytics for Public Policy as an area of study will allow us to deepen and expand our relationships with top employers in this area and ensure that Maxwell remains at the leading edge of this rapidly evolving field,” said Chair and Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs Robert Bifulco about Maxwell's new area of study in Data Analytics for Public Policy.
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Hou study on population policy, demographic change and firm returns published in BE JEAP
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PARCC scholars collaborate on new book on conflict
The Geopolitics of Spectacle: Space, Synecdoche, and the New Capitals of Asia
Michelmore paper on targeting low-income students for college released
A study by Katherine Michelmore, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs, suggests that low-income students are more likely to apply to selective colleges if they’re aware that they can receive financial aid.
Bifulco's research on Say Yes program cited in Cleveland.com article
Robert Bifulco, professor of public administration and international affairs, found gains in Buffalo after Say Yes when studying the scores of individual students, not just the district as a whole.
WP 212 Who Benefits from Accountability-Driven School Closure? Evidence from New York City
Lopoo study on health insurance and human capital published in Jour of Health Politics, Policy & Law
Banks discusses Posse Comitatus Act in HowStuffWorks article
"Posse comitatus isn't the only legal problem. Everything that the United States does has to be based on some legal authority," says William C. Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs.
Steinberg comments on Putin's border plan in Foreign Policy
Putin’s overall vision is, first, to "create strategic depth for himself to make sure there’s nobody on his borders that can threaten him," says University Professor James Steinberg. "Second, it is to weaken and demoralize the West and keep folks preoccupied having to put out fires."
Shybalkina, Bifulco article on participatory budgeting published
Wolf examines features of PSID, use in aging research in The ANNALS
Banks discusses military role at border in Military Times, Vox
"On one hand, it is kind of ridiculous because there is nothing approaching an invasion there," says William C. Banks, professor of public administration and international affairs. "There is no indication that there is a force lining the border that [Customs and Border Protection] couldn’t take care of. But on the other hand, if you take the Cabinet order’s language at face value, and take what the president is saying as credible threats, then it becomes grayer."
Maxwell alum Joseph Strasser recipient of 2018 Arents Award
Maxwell alumnus Joseph Strasser ’53 B.A. (History)/’58 M.P.A., one of the Ssool’s most significant donors of all time, received the prestigious 2018 Arents Award, Syracuse University’s highest alumni honor. When accepting the award, Strasser spoke about his time in Germany and his philanthropic commitment to education and the welfare of animals.