Maxwell School News

In AP report, Monnat weighs in on record US overdose deaths

Read more in the Associated Press article, "US overdose deaths hit record 93,000 in pandemic last year." 
July 15, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Substance Use and Addiction, United States

Shannon Monnat quoted in AP News article on increase in drug overdose trends

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July 14, 2021

See related: Substance Use and Addiction, United States

Sultana reports on political ecology in Progress in Human Geography

Farhana Sultana
July 14, 2021

See related: Climate Change, COVID-19

Linking Policy Design, Change and Outputs

Saba Siddiki, Chris Koski
July 14, 2021

See related: Energy

Gift Honors Professor, Seeks to Broaden Connections to Asia

Yang Ni ’95 and his wife, Xiaoqing Li ’96 have donated $150,000 to establish a scholarship fund in memory of Manfred Stanley, professor emeritus of sociology. They’ve also given $350,000 to Maxwell to establish the Yang Ni and   Xiaoqing Li Endowment Fund for U.S.-China/Asia Relations to encourage greater connections between Maxwell faculty and scholars in China and Asia. 
July 14, 2021

See related: China, Giving

Sultana study examines overlapping crises of climate change, COVID-19

Farhana Sultana
July 14, 2021

See related: Climate Change, COVID-19

Reeher quoted in LocalSYR article on gun buyback programs

Professor Grant Reeher says the amount of guns in the United States keeps growing. When it comes to homicides, he says money should be invested in programs in the places where gun crimes and gang violence happen the most.
July 13, 2021

See related: Crime & Violence, Law, State & Local Government, United States

Michelmore weighs in on Child Tax Credit payments in BBC, MarktetWatch

July 13, 2021

See related: Child & Elder Care, Parenting & Family, State & Local Government, United States

Campbell speaks to LA Times about assassination of Haiti's president

Read more in the Los Angeles Times article, "Who killed Haiti’s president? Plot thickens as Moise’s guards come under scrutiny." 
July 13, 2021

See related: Crime & Violence, Foreign Policy, International Affairs, International Agreements, Latin America & the Caribbean

Bendix quoted in LA Times article CA wildfires, climate change

Jacob Bendix, professor of geography and the environment, is included in the Los Angeles Times article, "California hit by record-breaking fire destruction: 'Climate change is real, it’s bad'." 
July 13, 2021

See related: Climate Change, Natural Disasters, United States, Wildfires

The Kids Cook Monday Program Can Help Reduce Child Obesity

Mary Katherine Schutt

Engaging children in preparing family meals can protect against childhood obesity and other risky behaviors.

July 13, 2021

O'Keefe discusses Richard Branson's space flight with CNBC, The Hill

University Professor Sean O’Keefe, former NASA administrator, joined CNBC's Worldwide Exchange to discuss the space flight, and what it means for the billionaire and for the world. O'Keefe also wrote a piece, "Richard Branson's space flight changes the way we look at space," that was published in The Hill. 
July 12, 2021

See related: Europe, Space Exploration

Rasmussen's Fears of a Setting Sun reviewed in Wall Street Journal

"Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America’s Founders" (Princeton University Press, 2021), written by Dennis Rasmussen, professor of political science, was reviewed in the Wall Street Journal. 
July 12, 2021

See related: Government, State & Local Government, United States

Alumni Spotlight: Into the Fray

Carolyn Bourdeaux ’03 Joins Congress Days Before Capitol Riot
July 12, 2021

See related: Congress, Elections, Government, U.S. Elections

Wilcoxen, CEF team release report on 80×30 clean electricity standard

Charles Driscoll, Kathy Fallon Lambert, Peter Wilcoxen, Armistead Russell, Dallas Burtraw, Maya Domeshek, Qasim Mehdi, Huizhong Shen & Petros Vasilakos
July 11, 2021

See related: Climate Change

Flores-Lagunes comments on Northeast labor gains in Business Insider

Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, professor of economics, says that "people are feeling more comfortable going to restaurants, traveling, and right now in the Northeast, it's a good time to travel because it's not as cold."
July 11, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, Labor, United States

Humphrey Fellows leave with new tools and many memories

At least one Maxwell School Hubert H. Humphrey fellow closed her Syracuse University chapter with good-natured relief at navigating logistical challenges of the program, truncated because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Failure was not an option,” Piyabelan Bouyo of Togo said during the Humphrey year-end celebration.
July 9, 2021

See related: Student Experience

Humphrey Fellows return home with proposals to lead change

Ramiro Suárez Galán plans to spend the next six months pitching a plan for a financial oversight office in his home state of Oaxaca, Mexico. 
July 9, 2021

See related: Student Experience

Barkun quoted in NorthJersey.com piece on TWA 800 conspiracy theories

Michael Barkun, professor emeritus of political science, says internet forums and social media platforms have served as mass media outlets without gatekeepers. They allow unconventional ideas to quickly become mainstream. "Now anyone with an idea, no matter how bizarre, has a way of potentially getting it in front of fairly large audiences," he says. "That has eroded what was once a firm boundary between the fringe and the mainstream."
July 9, 2021

See related: Media & Journalism, United States

Four Maxwell Students Named 2021 Boren Fellows

Four students in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs have been named as recipients of the 2021 Boren Fellowship. The fellowship, sponsored by the National Security Education Program, funds immersive foreign language study abroad experiences for graduate students who plan to work in the federal national security arena.
July 9, 2021

See related: Awards & Honors, Study Abroad

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