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Reeher discusses court-packing with Fox News

"I think the tone of things would shift quickly if Biden were elected," Professor of Political Science Grant Reeher says. He adds that there would be "more pushback" if Biden and Democrats actually pushed adding seats to the Supreme Court forward.

October 2, 2020

Singleton study on labor unions, workplace safety published

Ling Li, Shawn Rohlin & Perry Singleton
October 2, 2020

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Ma discusses issues facing Chinese students studying online in Chronicle of Higher Education

"I worry that this potentially undermines Chinese students’ learning opportunities," says Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology, about U.S. university faculty members suggesting that Chinese students wait to enroll in certain courses until they can return to campus for in-person instruction.

October 1, 2020

See related: China, COVID-19, Education

Monnat comments on the importance of census data in CNN article

"Census data matter more than any other data that are collected by anyone in the U.S. A 2020 Census failure is a failure for the whole country," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.

October 1, 2020

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WP 233 A Panel Data Model with Generalized Higher-Order Network Effects

Badi H. Baltagi, Sophia Ding, Peter H. Egger
September 30, 2020

Lovely quoted in Washington Times article on Trump, Biden and trade

"I would just say an important difference between Biden and Trump, when the smoke clears, is that Biden wants to work with the allies," says Professor of Economics Mary Lovely.

September 30, 2020

Reeher weighs in on rush to fill vacant SCOTUS seat in Lockport Union-Sun & Journal

Grant Reeher discusses the risk for Democrat's in an aggressive push to nominations to fill vacancies in high courts, although it could be perceived as a partisan scheme to stack the court just before an election cycle. Read more in "Top New York Democrats urge delay in filling high court vacancy." 
September 30, 2020

Shifa paper on trade in high-skilled human capital published

Abdulaziz B. Shifa
September 28, 2020

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