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“The amount of subsidy required to do financial services for the poor is quite small compared with universal education or vaccinating everyone in a country,” says Bob Christen, founder of the Boulder Institute of Microfinance, and a professor of practice at Maxwell. “It’s all about giving people the formal tools to protect themselves from vulnerabilities and achieve their goals.”

June 25, 2021

See related: Economic Policy, Income, United States

Rosenthal paper on commercial real estate, urban spatial structure, and COVID-19 published in JUE

Stuart S. Rosenthal, William C. Strange & Joaquin A. Urrego

June 24, 2021

See related: COVID-19

Sarah Pralle examines changes in flood insurance rate maps in Risk Hazard & Crisis in Public Policy

Devin Lea, Sarah Pralle

Pralle, associate professor of political science, and co-authors' findings suggest changes to flood zones on FIRMs occur more often where people have greater socioeconomic means, raising questions of equity for future FIRM appeals and revisions.

June 24, 2021

See related: Insurance, Natural Disasters

Wolf Study on Minimum Wage, Infant Mortality Featured on CNY Central

A study by Douglas Wolf, Gerald B. Cramer Professor of Aging Studies, was featured in the CNY Central article "New SU study shows that raising the minimum wage could save lives."

June 23, 2021

See related: Health Policy, Longevity

Schwartz quoted in EdSurge article on challenges of student mobility

"It’s not like kids are moving from Boston to Chicago to LA and then back again,” says Amy Ellen Schwartz, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Affairs. "Kids for whom housing instability is a problem, many of them are moving around in the same urban area."

June 23, 2021

Alumna Oversees Students in NYS Assembly Where She Once Interned

Vanessa Salman ’17 B.A. (PSc) found her experience as an intern with the New York State legislature so powerful she returned for a full-time position after graduating from Maxwell.

June 23, 2021

See related: New York State, State & Local

Grads set to make the world greater, better and more beautiful

The Maxwell School closed its 2020-2021 academic year the same way it met the complications of the COVID-19 pandemic: a mix of health precautions, expanded technology and commitment to tradition. That meant a prerecorded graduate convocation and faculty farewells via video. Maxwell’s May 22 graduate convocation also included speeches and award presentations, capped with recitation of the Athenian Oath.

June 22, 2021

See related: Awards & Honors, Student Experience

Khalil speaks to Sinclair Broadcast Group about Iran's president-elect Ebrahim Raisi

June 22, 2021

Staying at Home: How Well Did Americans Maintain Their Health Behaviors during COVID-19?

Michael Serrur, James Rose

This brief summarizes the findings from a national survey aimed at understanding behavior change and goal setting during the pandemic and provides tips for getting back into healthy habits.

June 22, 2021

New Book by Armstrong Offers Insights About Harriet Tubman’s Life Following Self-Emancipation

Douglas V. Armstrong

Douglas Armstrong, professor of anthropology, has published a new book, “The Archeology of Harriet Tubman’s Life in Freedom” (Syracuse University Press, 2022).

June 21, 2021

Maxwell scholars publish book on public policy and the life course

Janet M. Wilmoth and Andrew S. London

June 21, 2021

See related: Health Policy

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Money in the Bank

Rosenthal paper on commercial real estate, urban spatial structure, and COVID-19 published in JUE

Sarah Pralle examines changes in flood insurance rate maps in Risk Hazard & Crisis in Public Policy

Wolf Study on Minimum Wage, Infant Mortality Featured on CNY Central

Schwartz quoted in EdSurge article on challenges of student mobility

Alumna Oversees Students in NYS Assembly Where She Once Interned

Grads set to make the world greater, better and more beautiful

Khalil speaks to Sinclair Broadcast Group about Iran's president-elect Ebrahim Raisi

Staying at Home: How Well Did Americans Maintain Their Health Behaviors during COVID-19?

New Book by Armstrong Offers Insights About Harriet Tubman’s Life Following Self-Emancipation

Maxwell scholars publish book on public policy and the life course

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