COVID-19 and Policy: Looking Backward and Looking Forward

“I think it’s going to cut both ways. On the one hand, Trump’s negatives in New York are very deep. People are very emotional—the ones that don’t like Trump really don’t like him,” says Grant Reeher, professor of  political science. But he can also help fill the Republican enthusiasm gap, he says.

The article, co-authored by Professor and Chair of Sociology Merril Silverstein, was published in Studies in the Education of Adults.

At the Museum of the American Revolution, Syracuse University alumni heard Dean David M. Van Slyke and historian Tessa Murphy reflect on the nation’s founding and the legacy of independence.

Shannon Monnat, professor of sociology, says immigration has been a demographic lifeline for much of rural America. Rural areas have been losing young adults for years, she says. “For a lot of small towns, immigrants are the reason the school and hospital stayed open and the county didn’t shrink,” Monnat says.

“Political leaders in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are starting to look more closely at their balance sheets, they are also noticing that many of these splashy investments are not nearly as lucrative as they had thought or as their proponents had promised,” says Natalie Koch, professor of geography and the environment.

The new option focused on academic offerings will complement the existing internship-based professional track.

University Professor Jennifer Karas Montez and 30 top health policy researchers warn that recent actions by the National Institutes of Health regarding a retreat from its history of informing policymakers could have grave consequences for public health in the United States.

Carroll, Maxwell alumnus, former faculty member and chair of Public Administration Department, died Aug. 18, 2026, in Washington, D.C. He was 91.

Their expertise spans a range of fields, and they play a vital role in advising the dean and school leadership.

The article, co-authored by Associate Professor of Public Health Bryce Hruska and public health alum Hao Zhang, was published PLOS One.