Maxwell School News

"Individuals make decisions to apply for any visa, including but not limited to the diversity lottery visa. The decision is a difficult one, as is the process of receiving the visa," Elizabeth F. Cohen, associate professor of political science, says. "The application and vetting process are also complicated, suggesting that only highly capable and well-prepared individuals will succeed."

“No one’s ever lost an election on the deficit or the debt,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science. “If the economy continues to rebound more strongly and voters start focusing on what they are getting out of the tax cut, that can be a powerful combination. To me, it’s not clear that we are headed for the [Democratic] tidal wave that some folks are predicting.”

The Hult Prize, known as “the Nobel Prize for student startups,” seeks out game-changing student social enterprises that compete to solve the world’s toughest challenges. Junior history major William Lee Mendes McKnight's Farm to Flame Energy, which aims build more sustainable rural economies by harnessing energy from locally grown crops, qualified to the regional finals. 

Corri Zoli, a research assistant professor in the Maxwell School, provided insights on data-driven approaches to understanding terrorism, radicalization and countering violent extremism at two United Nations Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate workshops.

"Although the U.S. and Israel claim they favor a peaceful settlement and the eventual creation of a Palestinian state through negotiations, their actions ensure that it will not be achieved," says Osamah Khalil, associate professor of history.

"When I hear her, I hear consistency. I don't hear opportunism," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science, about Senator Gillibrand's calls for President Trump's resignation following sexual harassment allegations.

"There is a mechanism that will distribute gains from trade in a more inclusive way," said Devashish Mitra, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs, "that, over time, will build the support for globalization."

"She [Senator Kirsten Gillibrand] has been a leading spokesperson in the chamber for women’s issues and women’s rights and it’s not surprising to me at all that she would be one of the first Democrats to call out Sen. Franken and when the conversation inevitably turned to him, President Clinton," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.

"It needs to be a national effort," says Bill Smullen, director of the national security studies program. "There are a lot of people in civilian clothes who have ill feelings toward Iraqi military and government. It is nationwide. That’s the way they need to think of it—a national effort in all places, all ways and all times."

"In this instance, the negative reaction President Trump has generated throughout the Western World may complicate the situation," says Grant Reeher, director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute. "Being Trump's ambassador, say, in Norway or Denmark, is going to be trickier than in past administrations, requiring greater skill and deftness."

"What Trump is trying to get the Palestinian authority to realize is that if they want an independent state and peace, then they are going to have to do it within Israel, whose capital happens to be in Jerusalem," says Miriam Elman, associate professor of political science.

"We’re seeing consolidation in the healthcare delivery system at a rapid pace," says Tom Dennison, director of the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion. "When you’re bigger, you have more leverage to negotiate prices."