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Monnat study on rural COVID-19 mortality rates published in JRH
"COVID‐19 Death Rates Are Higher in Rural Counties With Larger Shares of Blacks and Hispanics," co-authored by Shannon Monnat and Maxwell PhD students Kent Jason Cheng and Yue Sun, was published in the Journal of Rural Health. They found that the COVID‐19 mortality risk is not distributed equally across the rural United States, and the COVID‐19 race penalty is not restricted to cities. Among rural counties, the average daily increase in COVID‐19 mortality rates has been significantly higher in counties with the largest shares of Black and Hispanic residents.
9/14/2020

Allport discusses his forthcoming book with BBC History Extra
Alan Allport, associate professor of history, was interviewed for a two-part feature on History Extra, the BBC's History podcast, about his forthcoming book Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941 (Penguin Random House, November 2020). The first part examines Neville Chamberlain, the outbreak of war, and the fall of France. The second part considers the Battle of Britain, the Blitz, the Battle of the Atlantic, and the broadening of the conflict to include the Soviet Union and the British empire.
9/11/2020

Monnat talks to Bloomberg about rising suicide rates among US kids
"There are many reasons to suspect that suicide rates will increase this year too, not just because of Covid-19 but because stress and anxiety seem to be permeating every aspect of our lives," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion. "Anxiety is high in the population as a whole, thanks to political and social unrest. Children are not immune from those stressors." Read more in the Bloomberg article "Suicides Among U.S. Kids, Young Adults Jumped 57% in Past Decade."
9/11/2020

Li study on receipt of home health care among older adults published
"Assessment of Receipt of the First Home Health Care Visit After Hospital Discharge Among Older Adults," co-authored by Jun Li, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs, was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study shows that in the period from October 2015 to September 2016 before the Affordable Care Act, a substantial portion of Medicare patients referred to home health care after hospitalization did not receive that care. "Recent health care reform efforts increasingly rely on home health care as a substitute for institutional care. With this knowledge, policymakers should implement a system that ensures all patients receive the home health care that has been recommended by their physicians," says Li.
9/11/2020

Burman quoted in Albany Times Union article on federal aid for NYS
Without federal intervention, states will have to lay people off or raise taxes, which is counterproductive during a deep recession, says Len Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics. "This is a huge crisis," he says. "Even if we have an effective vaccine that comes online in the next few months, it’s going to take us a long time to recover and it’s going to be a lot worse if the federal government doesn’t take action." Read more in the Albany Times Union article "Cuomo pleads for federal aid, some experts say New York should fix itself."
9/10/2020

Bendix speaks to AP, Bloomberg about the California wildfires
"Climate change makes everything worse," Jacob Bendix, professor of geography and the environment, tells Bloomberg. Efforts to manage fire risks "will be of limited use as long as the climate is getting warmer and in many cases getting drier." Bendix was interviewed by the Associated Press and Bloomberg about the extreme fire behavior driven by drought and warming temperatures. Experts, including Bendix, attribute these conditions to climate change.
9/10/2020

Lovely quoted in Reuters article on how Biden will handle tariffs
Because Biden is backed by groups with conflicting interests, it may add up to a wait-and-see approach that could keep many of the tariffs he would inherit from Trump in place for years, say former and current advisers, lobbyists and trade analysts. "It’s unclear how he will balance these different competing forces," says Professor Mary Lovely. She was quoted in the Reuters article "Pulled in many directions, Biden may keep Trump's China tariffs in place."
9/9/2020

Reeher comments on political hyperbole in USA Today
Professor Grant Reeher says hyperbole is common in politics and voters are used to Trump’s exaggerations. "I think a lot of this is just taking advantage of 'targets of opportunity,'" says Reeher. "Democrats, especially those generating the most enthusiasm within the party, are asserting some pretty left proposals, relatively speaking." Reeher says the socialist and radical labels are having little impact. "After four years, voters are used to the hyperbole." Read more in the USA Today article "The Trump campaign wants to paint Biden as left-wing, despite his moderate record."
9/8/2020

Van Slyke keynotes Oxford conference on social impact
Dean David Van Slyke delivered the keynote address at Oxford University where the Blavatnik School of Government’s Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab) held their 2020 Social Outcomes Conference. Van Slyke discussed the benefits of a relational contracting approach to public-private partnerships and the benefits to social impact. Watch the full address and hear what the respondents had to say.
9/4/2020

Scholars join faculty for 2020-21; new chairs announced
Five tenure-track faculty members have joined the Maxwell School for the 2020-21 academic year. In addition, three current faculty members have been named chairs of their academic departments.
9/2/2020

Purser named Montonna Professor, recognizing work with undergraduates

Gretchen Purser, associate professor of sociology, has been named the Dr. Ralph E. Montonna Professor at the Maxwell School. The professorship was established in 1997 with a substantial gift from the honoree’s daughter, Mary Lou Williams, a Maxwell School alumna (1950, BA, American studies) and long-time resident of Remsen, N.Y., who died in 2017. The fund is designed to provide support, in the form of a supplemental research fund, to a professor with notable engagement in undergraduate education.

8/31/2020

Mitra, Karakas paper on the political economy of populism published
"Inequality, redistribution and the rise of outsider candidates," co-authored by Professor Devashish Mitra and Leyla Karakas, assistant professor of economics, was published in Games and Economic Behavior. In their paper, Mitra and Karakas study the growth in voters' support for outsider candidates with a focus on understanding the potential role of increasing income inequality.
8/27/2020

Schwartz discusses NYC school bus service in Gotham Gazette
"Should New York City Cut School Bus Service?," co-authored by Amy Ellen Schwartz, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Affairs, was published in Gotham Gazette. The authors explore different options for districts to allocate scarce busing resources to best support students. Christopher Rick, PhD candidate in public administration and international affairs, is also a co-author.
8/26/2020

Montez study on life expectancy, state policies featured in HuffPost
Professor Jennifer Karas Montez's recent study on US state policies and life expectancy was featured in the HuffPost article "GOP Policies Are Shortening American Lives." "Across a huge range of issues, the more liberal version of state policies predicts longer life expectancy and the conservative version predicts shorter life expectancy," says Montez. "What liberal policies have in common is that they’re ways of investing in people," she says. "They make sure working adults have a decent income, they have labor rights and they can breathe cleaner air. Conservative policies tend to do the opposite."
8/26/2020

Steinberg discusses China, India, US connection on Horns of a Dilemma
In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, University Professor Jim Steinberg discusses the fraught, contentious, and important relationship between the world’s largest democracy, India, the world’s most powerful democracy, the United States, and the world’s fastest rising economy, China.
8/26/2020

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