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O'Keefe discusses executive-legislative relations on CSIS podcast
University Professor Sean O’Keefe served in senior positions in both Congress and the executive branch. He has a unique perspective on how these two branches of government work together for a greater common good. Host Dr. John Hamre and O’Keefe discuss the tension between these two branches and the imperative for collaboration on a recent episode of CSIS's The Engine Room of Democracy, "Executive-Legislative Relations: The Tension and Collaboration Essential for Effective Government."
10/12/2020

Reeher weighs in on Trump's impact on Katko's campaign in The Citizen
"Trump has become a millstone around Katko's neck," says Professor Grant Reeher. "Clearly the main campaign strategy of the Balter campaign is to associate Katko with Trump as much as possible. In this regard, the president's performance in the first debate probably hurt Katko by proxy," he says. Read more in the The Citizen article, "How Biden and Trump are helping (or hurting) Balter and Katko in CNY race for Congress."
10/11/2020

Banks featured in WAER piece on COVID-19 in the WH, national security
"Attention on the domestic political situation and the President’s dominance of the news and his well-being is obscuring what else might be going on in the world that should be drawing some of our attention," says Professor Emeritus William Banks. He was interviewed for the WAER segment, "Syracuse National Security Expert Shares Concerns with White House, Military Officials in Quarantine."
10/9/2020

O'Keefe quoted in Houston Chronicle articles on NASA, politics
For University Professor Sean O’Keefe, advancements during these past three administrations are proof that a NASA strategy can withstand nearly two decades of leadership transitions and annual appropriations. "Did it take a different route? Yup," says O’Keefe. "… But it’s still very much on exactly the same path." O'Keefe was quoted in the Houston Chronicle articles, "NASA treads carefully in politics that determine its fate," and "Should NASA get multiyear funding to give it stability?"
10/9/2020

Jacobson comments on US defense secretary's travel in Politico
"The further away, the less likelihood of being fired," says Assistant Dean Mark Jacobson of US Defense Secretary Mark Esper's frequent travel amid persistent rumors that he will either quit or be fired after the election. "That’s my take – you stay out of the line of drive-by fire." Jacobson was quoted in the Politico article "Esper plans more official travel as calls grow for him to stay put."
10/9/2020

Yingyi Ma named Provost Faculty Fellow
Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost John Liu has recently announced the appointment of faculty member Yingyi Ma to serve as a Provost Faculty Fellow, focused on internationalization. “We are incredibly fortunate that Professor Ma will be serving as a Faculty Fellow to provide leadership and expertise in international programs,” says Liu. “Her specific expertise will benefit Syracuse University’s international students, programs and partnerships in tangible ways.” Ma is an associate professor of sociology and director of Asian/Asian American Studies in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
10/9/2020

Bendix explores solutions to the western wildfire crisis in The Hill
"Recognition of the multiple contributors to the wildfire crisis should enable us to move past the focus on simple solutions — one size does not fit all, and reducing fire impacts will require a mix of approaches that match the geographic and ecological complexity of fire regimes," writes Jacob Bendix, professor of geography and the environment. His article, "Western wildfires — there is no 'silver bullet,' but there are things to be done," was published in The Hill.
10/8/2020

Sultana participates in international event on climate research
On September 30, 2020, Farhana Sultana, associate professor of geography and the environment, participated in "Intersectionality and Climate justice: Towards an Emancipatory Climate Research Agenda," an event organized by the Centre for Climate Justice at Glasgow Caledonian University. The international webinar brought together critical scholars interested in climate justice and intersectionality with the aim of exploring common threads between the two concepts, developing key research needs and directions, exchanging learning and teaching experiences, and creating research collaboration capacity. Watch the video here.
10/8/2020

Gadarian discusses the effect of anxiety on political behavior on KGOU
"The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be more politicized and more threatening to some people on the political left than it is on the political right," says Shana Gadarian. "There are these differing messages, one about whether or not the pandemic is a threat and two, how you actually protect yourself from it. We see this variation in both who people turn to for those messages and their actual behaviors in light of those recommendations that are coming differently from the Centers for Disease Control than from the White House." Listen to the full KGOU interview, "Oklahoma Engaged: How Fear And Anxiety Impact Political Behavior."
10/7/2020

Lovely speaks to BNN Bloomberg, Politico about Trump's use of tariffs
"Short-term fixes like tariffs don’t work," Professor Mary Lovely, tells Politico. "It’s magical thinking." The large U.S. trade deficit is fundamentally driven by larger economic factors — like the fact Americans spend more than they save and have to borrow from abroad to finance the difference, she says. Lovely also spoke to BNN Bloomberg about Trump's use of tariffs.
10/7/2020

Banks expresses concern about election aftermath in Spectrum article
"On a scale of one to 10, I’d say my worry is about a nine," says Professor Emeritus William Banks. "There are several plausible scenarios that could cause this election to go off the rails." Banks explains that if neither candidate gets to 270 electoral votes, the election would be decided by the House of Representatives. "On January 6, they’re supposed to count the votes. If neither candidate has 270 votes because of the circumstances you just described, there will be 1 vote per state, so 50 potential votes," he says. Each state would determine which candidate had won their electoral votes and they would pass that information along to the House. Read more in the Spectrum News article, "Trump, The Blue Shift, and The Legal Aftermath."
10/7/2020

Thompson discusses impact of Trump's health with CNY Central, KPCC
"This is unusual in that it's part of a larger national story, it's not simply a story that a particular individual has contracted or a condition that a particular president has contracted. Its part of a pandemic," Margaret Susan Thompson tells CNY Central. If the president's condition worsens to the point where his presidential authority needs to be transferred to Vice President Mike Pence, it will have a major impact on the upcoming election, she says. "If he becomes seriously ill obviously it will have an impact." Thompson was also interviewed on KPCC's "AirTalk."
10/6/2020

Gadarian speaks to FiveThirtyEight, WAER about Trump's diagnosis
"Attitudes and behaviors around COVID-19 have become really concrete at this point — it will take a lot to move them in a significant, lasting way," Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science, told FiveThirtyEight. She also spoke to WAER about the impact of President Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis.
10/6/2020

Monnat reacts to Amazon tracking opioid use in VICE article
"This is news to me, and it's disturbing," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion. "I asked around to other drug experts I know, and none of them knew this was happening. I am a bit shocked but shouldn't be. Corporations increasingly have access to a litany of data and know more about us than anyone else." Read more in the VICE article, "Why Is Amazon Tracking Opioid Use All Over the United States?"
10/5/2020

White quoted in LAT article on mistruths surrounding Trump's health
"We don’t know how well the president is doing," says Steven White, assistant professor of political science. "That’s something you see in authoritarian regimes. You shouldn’t see that in democracies." White was quoted in the Los Angeles Times article, "News Analysis: A history of falsehoods comes back to haunt the COVID-stricken president."
10/5/2020

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