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Monnat study using census data to understand differences in drug mortality published in AJPH
Veterans Program for Politics featured on Connecting Vets radio
See related: Education, Government, New York State, State & Local, Veterans
Baltagi and Flores-Lagunes article on the effect of education on health published in RSUE
See related: Education, Europe, Health Policy, Middle East & North Africa
Lovely discusses possible outcomes of Trump-Xi meeting on Bloomberg
"We're looking at politics here so he [President Trump] may be looking for some gigantic sign that he has won, that he as somehow brought the Chinese to the table in a way that no one else could," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. "And I think that's where the danger lies because that's what the Chinese are not going to want to give him."
See related: China, Economic Policy, Federal, Government, United States
Flores-Lagunes article on quantile treatment effects published in JBES
Taylor discusses Putinism on CNAS podcast
See related: Economic Policy, Government, Russia
Monnat publishes study on impact of economic factors on opioid crisis
Reeher weighs in on Gillibrand's legislative victories in PolitiFact
According to Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute, it can be difficult to measure how much a lawmaker worked behind the scenes to advance legislation, because the paper trail isn’t always clear.
See related: Congress, New York State, State & Local
Lovely comments on multilateral trade, G20 summit in Japan Times
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Boroujerdi op-ed on US-Iran tensions published in US News
"If the White House game plan was based on the premise that imposing more robust sanctions would cause a popular uprising by the Iranian people to bring down the regime, it badly miscalculated," writes Professor of Political Science Mehrzad Boroujerdi. "Instead, the nuclear withdrawal convinced Tehran that ill will should beget ill will."
See related: Conflict, Middle East & North Africa, National Security, United States
Maxwell alum appointed Beverly Hills city clerk
As city clerk, Huma Ahmed '16 E.M.P.A./CAS (Conflict Resolution) will be the community face of the city, working with the city manager and translating the professional language of the city to the people.
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Nazak Nikakhtar nominated to Commerce post
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Public Affairs and the Multifront Attack on Climate Change
See related: Climate Change, Economic Policy, Natural Disasters, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Wildfires
There are Multiple and Geographically Distinct Opioid Crises in the U.S.
This research brief summarizes the findings from a study just published in the American Journal of Public Health. The study shows that there are at least four geographically distinct opioid overdose crises in the U.S.
Dan Gerlach named interim chancellor at East Carolina University
Dan Gerlach ’90 M.P.A. is a former senior advisor for fiscal affairs in the North Carolina governor’s office, and former director of the North Carolina Budget & Tax Center.
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Self-Determination
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Deep-Seated Sense of Justice
Business success enables Marvin Lender to support the causes that matter to him most. And few matter more than social justice — the focus of a new Syracuse University center bearing the Lender name.
See related: Giving, Social Justice
Syracuse University Announces the Establishment of New Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
See related: Autonomous Systems, Centennial, School History