Maxwell School News
Breaking Isolation: Self Care for When Coronavirus Quarantine Ends
This brief describes how prolonged periods of solitude affect our mental health and provides some strategies for how we can protect our mental and emotional health as we reengage with society.
Lutz article on working‐class children of Mexican immigrants published
Mitra discusses India's need for an effective rescue plan in Economic Times
"As reviving the economy is not possible without restarting production, there needs to be a phased exit from the lockdown through extensive testing that identifies people who can go back to work with the confidence that they won’t contract the disease from others," says Devashish Mitra, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs.
See related: Economic Policy, India
Landes study on COVID-19 fatalities among people with IDD published
See related: State & Local
COVID-19 Mortality Rates are Higher among People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability
Despite higher risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19 among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), there has been limited reporting of COVID-19 trends for this population. This research brief shows that higher COVID-19 case fatality rates among people with IDD. Risk is especially high among people are younger ages.
Bridging Strengths
See related: Aging, Autonomous Systems, Climate Change, Energy, Promotions & Appointments
Carrington ’18 MA (PSc) and Strother ’17 PhD (PSc) piece on Confederate statues in the WaPo
See related: Civil Rights, Government, United States
Year One
The Scruggs Scholarship is an example of how Maxwell (and Syracuse University) are working hard to make sure that successful freshmen continue.
See related: Student Experience
WP 231 Labor Market Policies in a Roy-Rosen Bargaining Economy
See related: Labor
WP 229 A Bayesian Semiparametric Model with Random Coefficients for a Panel of OECD Countries
WP 230 Nonparametric Tests of Tail Behavior in Stochastic Frontier Models
Landes featured in Forbes on COVID19 deaths related to intellectual and developmental disabilities
Lerner Research Affiliate Scott Landes and his colleagues found that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have a greater chance of dying from COVID-19 than those without IDD.
See related: COVID-19, IDD, Longevity, United States
Zhang quoted in National Geographic story on raising resilient children during coronavirus
Lerner Fellow Xiaoyan Zhang notes the positive long term outcomes of emotionally resilient children and discusses steps caregivers can take to help strengthen children's coping skills.
See related: Child & Elder Care, COVID-19, United States
Lovely weighs in on US-China trade deal targets, tensions on NPR
Professor of Economics Mary Lovely says targets for exports of farm goods, factory products, and crude oil were always going to be a stretch, and that the coronavirus pandemic has made things worse.
See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade, United States
Why Monitoring your Media Consumption during COVID-19 is Important
This brief explains how too much media consumption (including the news) can affect your psychological and physiological wellbeing and provides strategies for monitoring your media consumption.
Student Spotlight: Adrienne Atterberry Receives Chancellor's Citation
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O'Keefe talks to Christian Science Monitor about commercial spaceflight
"It’s an important inflection point, if you will, of now seeing the opportunity for commercial transportation of humans into space," says University Professor Sean O’Keefe, former administrator of NASA. "This is much akin to the transition when the first civil aviation aircraft took off decades ago after many decades of it being exclusively a public endeavor."
See related: Space Exploration, United States
Lambright discusses SpaceX, NASA in Associated Press article
"You can’t explain SpaceX without really understanding how NASA really kind of nurtured it in the early days," says Harry Lambright, professor of public administration and international affairs and political science. "In a way, SpaceX is kind of a child of NASA."
See related: Space Exploration, United States
Bennett discusses prejudice during NYC's cholera outbreaks in Truthout
According to David Bennett, professor emeritus of history, immigrants "drew hostility because of their poverty; the diseases they brought with them after the perilous ocean voyage; [and] the slum housing they were forced to live in."
See related: COVID-19, New York City, State & Local
Hou quoted in Bloomberg article on balanced-budget loopholes
"The rules are not ironclad," says Yilin Hou, professor of public administration and international affairs. "The simple reason being that state governments must operate to provide the services demanded by citizens, however harsh the rules are."
See related: Economic Policy, State & Local, United States