COVID-19 and Policy: Looking Backward and Looking Forward
Workshop Materials
As AI Reshapes Aging, Access Will Determine Who Benefits
The New Yorker Reviews Morgan’s ‘The Rise and Fall of American Europe’
The originality of Associate Professor of Political Science Glyn Morgan’s book “lies in its claim that European unification—first the European Coal and Steel Community, in 1951, then the European Economic Community, in 1957, and finally the European Union, in 1993—was more an American creation than a European one. Postwar Europe, he argues, was made in America’s image,” says reviewer Ian Buruma.
MPA Alumnus Is Changing Lives, One Home at a Time
Andrew Lunetta found his focus at the Maxwell School—now he’s a ‘CNN Hero’ building homes for people who need them most.
Do Nonprofit Ratings Help Donors Make Better Decisions?
This brief describes how donors respond to GuideStar's transparency seal ratings and what that means for nonprofit accountability. The author finds that even ratings not tied to verified performance significantly influence giving, with platinum-rated nonprofits receiving 34% more in donations than unrated ones, and that donors do not penalize poorly performing nonprofits that hold ratings.
What Fracking Taught Planners That Data Center Communities Need to Learn
The article, authored by Associate Teaching Professor of Policy Studies Austin Zwick, was published in the Journal of the American Planning Association.
The Mundlak Estimator in a Panel Data Model with Serially Correlated Error Component Disturbances
Barton Featured in NY Times Article on Liabilities Surrounding the Democratic Socialists of America
“There is some support for the claim that ideologues can more effectively mobilize the base and activate new voters, but they are also more effective at mobilizing opposition,” says Richard Barton, assistant teaching professor of public administration and international affairs.
Maxwell Faculty Scholarship Takes the Spotlight on The Academic Minute
Five Syracuse faculty, including Maxwell professors Ryan Griffiths and Colleen Heflin, share findings on food policy, AI, architecture, political science and marine biology on the nationally broadcast program “The Academic Minute.”
Burman Talks to Newsweek About Trump’s Capital Gains Tax Proposal
“These are both terrible policy and politics,” says Leonard Burman, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs. The benefits of both would “disproportionately accrue to the wealthiest households,” given the existing distribution of assets in the U.S., he says.
In Memoriam: Louise Gartner Birkhead ’52 M.P.A.
When Louise Gartner Birkhead arrived at the Maxwell School in 1951 to begin a master of public administration degree, she was one of only two women in her class. The education and training she received shaped a career devoted to public service and a lifelong drive to open doors in government for the women who would follow her. Birkhead died July 13 at the age of 97.