Maxwell School News
Maxwell scholars partner on effort to grow Syracuse’s new economy
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Reeher discusses the media's treatment of Trump in The Hill
"I do think it is clear, after almost four years of his presidency, that editorial choices...are very clearly very critical of the president [Donald Trump]," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
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Lovely comments on US-China tech war in Axios article
The torrent of anti-Chinese rhetoric by the Trump administration recently has been countered by much softer actions, as the administration attempts to "thread the needle" of looking tough heading into the election while having the Chinese continue to purchase U.S. goods, says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
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Heflin, Lopoo, Boskovski study on behavioral interventions & SNAP recertification published in JBPA
Keck talks to WAER about the Supreme Court justice vacancy
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Child Injuries and the Timing of SNAP Benefits Receipt
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is an important federal resource that provides nutritional assistance to low-income families. Timing of SNAP benefits can reduce childhood injuries.
Thompson quoted in Associated Press article on Trump's response to COVID-19
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Burman named to advisory committee within the Commerce Department
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Overcoming obstacles
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Jackson wins Tenth Decade grant to study Black Americans, group threat
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Sultana talks to The Sanctuary for Independent Media about divesting from fossil fuels
Farhana Sultana, associate professor of geography and the environment, says "a divestment from fossil fuels signals a commitment to ending climate breakdown, to have climate justice, and to think about equitable and just transitions toward regenerative economies and societies that move away from fossil fuels."
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Gadarian speaks to Australian Broadcasting Corporation about partisanship and people's behaviors
"We've been talking to the same [3,000] Americans since early March, every six weeks or so," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science. What they found is that Americans were "using their partisanship as the top way to screen new information and decide what to do."
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Engelhardt cited in The Real Deal article on COVID's impact on housing costs
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Heflin, Lopoo study on child support income exclusion for SNAP published in Social Science Quarterly
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Keck comments on priority of the Supreme Court in 2020 election in Sinclair Broadcast Group article
"The Republican base has been more focused on that issue [Supreme Court] than the Democratic base has from Reagan forward, roughly," says Thomas Keck, professor of political science and Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics. "There’s some evidence that that’s shifting."
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Jackson discusses forced sterilizations, criminalization via Truthout
"The United States’s commitment to eugenics, medical abuse and forced sterilizations depicts the complex nature of perceived criminality in this country," writes Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science. "By marking certain people’s bodies as inherently...anti-patriotic, the state casts a veil over the grave human rights infringements and institutional abuses it enacts against nonwhite, non-wealthy, non-male, non-normative people."
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Popp quoted in Bloomberg article on Biden's climate plan
Measures to fight climate change tend to destroy some jobs while creating others, says David Popp, professor of public administration and international affairs.
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Abdelaaty examines attitudes towards refugees in Europe in new study
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Heflin study on material hardship, perceived stress and health in early adulthood published in AE
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Study by Ali, Shifa on colonial power, corruption in Africa published