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INSCT renamed SU Institute for Security Policy and Law
Syracuse University Institute for Security Policy and Law (SPL) is the new name for the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT), a collaboration between the Syracuse University College of Law and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
11/11/2019

McCormick discusses the violence in Mexico with CNN, Washington Post
"A whole series of sort of mid-tier and lower level and smaller kind of up-and-coming, wannabe cartels are trying to set up shop in this terrain," Gladys McCormick told CNN. "They're striking deals with each other, with the big players. What I do think is that this (massacre) had nothing to do with drugs per se. I think it had to do with extortion and kidnapping."
11/11/2019

Lovely discusses US-China tariff rollback in Associated Press, SCMP
"We can be cautiously optimistic here,” Professor Mary Lovely told the Associated Press. "The signals that are coming out are moving in the right direction for a deal." Lovely discussed the potential for tariff rollbacks with the Associated Press, Foreign Policy, and the South China Morning Post.
11/8/2019

Dickey quoted in Newsweek article on outing the whistleblower
"It could be technically legal but we would never think that a president would engage in the behavior of outing a whistleblower," says Todd Dickey, professor of public administration and international affairs. He was quoted in the Newsweek article "Ex-Intelligence Director Warns GOP Calls to Reveal Whistleblower Will Have 'Chilling Effect' on Those Who 'Observe Wrongdoing' in Future."
11/8/2019

Armstrong, Singleton cited in Science article on Caribbean excavation
Doug Armstrong and Theresa Singleton, both professors of anthropology, were interviewed for the Science article "Caribbean excavation offers intimate look at the lives of enslaved Africans." They shared insight from their own research on plantation slavery in the Caribbean. Maxwell alum Mark Hauser '98 MA (Anth)/'01 PhD (Anth) was also mentioned in the article.
11/8/2019

Banks comments on impeachment proceedings in China Daily
William C. Banks was interviewed for the China Daily article "US diplomat revises testimony, now says there was Ukraine quid pro quo." Banks says "stonewalling" by administration members is based on the presumption that courts will uphold White House executive privilege. "This ploy buys time and delays the House proceedings, but also may add another charge in the impeachment - obstruction of justice," he says.
11/8/2019

Lovely talks to Marketplace about weaknesses in US manufacturing
Mary Lovely says the increasing weakness of both US manufacturing and agriculture is hurting some regions more than others. "We’re seeing the slowdown hit the Midwest, the farm belt," says Lovely. "And a big slowdown in business investment, capital equipment purchases, is hitting states like Pennsylvania and Illinois." Lovely was interviewed for the Marketplace piece "Trade deficit narrows as trade tensions continue to bite."
11/7/2019

McCormick speaks with BH, Bloomberg about cartel violence in Mexico
On Monday, nine members of a Mormon family, all US citizens, were killed in northern Mexico in an apparent attack by drug cartels. "The level of violence is brutal," Gladys McCormick told the Boston Herald. "The zone where the attacks took place is also up for grabs. One of the big demon cartels is responsible." McCormick spoke with several media outlets about the recent cartel violence in Mexico.
11/7/2019

Jackson weighs in on women's bodily autonomy in Washington Post
Jenn Jackson was interviewed for the Washington Post article "Rapper T.I. says he takes his teen to the gynecologist to confirm her hymen is ‘still intact’." "[Harris] is an adult...so why is he still invested in what she does with her body?" says Jackson. "These are the types of ways young girls are socialized to understand their bodies do not belong to them, that they are a societal possession."
11/7/2019

Heflin discusses new SNAP study with HuffPost, PBS, Common Dreams
"At a time when we’re thinking about restricting access to SNAP and its generosity, our [study] speaks to the importance of SNAP to such basic outcomes as mortality," Colleen Heflin told HuffPost. She spoke to several media outlets about her recently published study, "The Effect Of The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program On Mortality."
11/7/2019

Elliot J. Stamler ’60 makes legacy gift to support academic excellence
Elliot J. Stamler ’60 BA (PSc) has named the University as a beneficiary of a portion of his estate, totaling $5,480,000, to be directed to multiple recipients on campus to support academic and research excellence. His newly announced bequest reflects his own loyalty to his undergraduate professors and his love for the University.
11/6/2019

Landes examines how interpersonal relationships affect human agency
"The inseparability of human agency and linked lives," co-authored by Scott Landes, was published in Advances in Life Course Research. The authors use the case study of a woman with an intellectual disability to challenge a common but problematic assumption in developmental theories and research: that “human agency” is limited to individuals who are “developmentally normal.”
11/6/2019

Schwartz, Rothbart study ties free school lunch to higher test scores
"Let Them Eat Lunch: The Impact of Universal Free Meals on Student Performance," co-authored by Amy Ellen Schwartz and Michah Rothbart, was published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Schwartz and Rothbart show that extending free lunch to all students, regardless of income, increases academic performance.
11/5/2019

McCormick discusses recent violence in Mexico in Yucatan Times

Gladys McCormick was interviewed for the Yucatan Times article "October leaves bloodshed and historic failed police operation in Mexico." McCormick says the apparent capitulation to the Sinaloa Cartel sends a loud message to other organized crime networks that they can get their way because the government does not have the wherewithal to fight back.

11/4/2019

Heflin study links SNAP to lower risk of premature death for US adults
A new study published today in the journal Health Affairs by researchers from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and the University of Kentucky reveals that participation in the national Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reduces the risk of premature mortality among U.S. adults, including "deaths of despair."
11/4/2019

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