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Heterogeneous Impairment Patterns Among Midlife Latinos in the United States

Courtney E. Boen, Elise M. Parrish, Catherine García, Marc A. Garcia

The article, co-authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Marc Garcia, was published in the Journals of Gerontology: Series B.

June 5, 2026

Grant Supports Donor Study by Maxwell Colleagues Minjung Kim and Jiahuan Lu

Catherine Scott

The $27,000 Wilson C. “Bill” Levis Fundraising Research Grant will support survey-based research into what motivates donors to give nonprofits maximum flexibility.

June 5, 2026

Gadarian Speaks With ABC News About California’s Proposed Billionaire Tax

“Even if you don't win this time, now people are at least talking about the possibility of a billionaire tax,” says Shana Gadarian, Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking. “That seems pretty strategic to me.”

June 5, 2026

Natural Disasters, Property Reappraisal, and Fiscal Outcomes

Meri Davlasheridze, Yilin Hou, Qing Miao

Co-authored by Yilin Hou, professor of public administration and international affairs, the study was published in the Journal of Housing Economics.

June 4, 2026

Zhang Quoted in Christian Science Monitor Article on Americans’ Skepticism of AI

“Right now, it feels like for a lot of people, they don’t have much say and control over how AI is being used,” says Baobao Zhang, Maxwell Dean Associate Professor of the Politics of AI. “It is either forced upon them...or they feel like they have to acquiesce to it in order to keep their job.”

June 3, 2026

Maxwell Sociologist Named Visiting Scholar at Russell Sage Foundation

Jacob Spudich

Gabriela Kirk-Werner will spend the spring of 2027 in residence at the foundation’s New York City headquarters to co-author a book on how the criminal justice system shapes the lives of people under court supervision.

June 2, 2026

Sultana Featured in Financial Times Documentary on Oil Frontiers and Energy Security

“We have a distorted global economic system that rewards fossil fuel extraction, that rewards fossil fuel dependency. And as a result, it is harder for smaller countries that are worried about their own energy security, their own economic security, their own social social development to forgo an oil discovery,” says Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment.

June 2, 2026

Koch Featured in KJZZ Article on Camels Paving the Way for Route 66 in Arizona

“This is a story of how Arizona was colonized. It’s kind of cute, it’s funny. There’s a little pyramid with a camel on top. It seems innocuous, but that’s the violence of the colonial project,” says Natalie Koch, professor of geography and the environment and native of Tuscon, Arizona.

May 29, 2026

Financial Times Reviews Morgan’s ‘The Rise and Fall of American Europe’

“In his short but incisive account, he [Glyn Morgan, associate professor of political science] argues that the decisive shove for postwar European integration came not from Europeans but from America. It was the U.S., alarmed by Soviet domination of eastern Europe, that saw integration as key to turning Europeans into prosperous and stable allies,” says reviewer Simon Nixon.

May 28, 2026

Maxwell Undergraduate Researcher Examines Fetal Heart Patterns in Premature Births

Diane Stirling

Recent graduate Eva Quackenbush and faculty mentor Brittany Kmush are investigating whether fetal heart tracing patterns can predict outcomes for extremely premature infants.

May 28, 2026

Unfinished Business: 77-Year-Old Earns the MPA He Started Five Decades Ago

Renée Gearhart Levy

A dinner conversation, a new laptop and a one-week course in Washington closed a 50-year chapter for Hadwen Fuller.

May 27, 2026

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Murrett Talks to CBS News about the Latest Negotiations to End U.S. War with Iran

"There's going to be some people that are unhappy with any deal that's struck, no matter what the final arrangements look like, " says Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs, on negotiations to end the war with Iran and open the Strait of Hormuz.
May 26, 2026

O'Keefe One of Two Syracuse University Alumni to Join the Board of Trustees

Eileen Korey

University Professor Emeritus Sean O'Keefe ’78 M.P.A., along with David S. Klein ’93, have earned accolades in their fields, including highest honors for their accomplishments, and both credit their studies at the University for providing the foundation and the tools for their success.

May 26, 2026

Equities and Inequities Inherent in Wastewater Surveillance Systems for Public Health

Milagros Neyra Blatz, Nicole Pulido, Michelle Asiedu-Danso, Dustin T. Hill, Margaret G. Rose, Yifan Zhu, Keshia M. Pollack Porter, David A. Larsen

The study, co-authored by Public Health Department researchers Milagros Neyra Blatz, Nicole Pulido and Dustin Hill, along with Professor of Public Health David Larson, was published in the American Journal of Public Health.

May 22, 2026

The State Made the System and the System Made the State

Ryan D. Griffiths, Michael C. McCall

The article, co-authored by Professor of Political Science Ryan Griffiths, was published in the European Journal of International Relations.

May 22, 2026

Partisanship, Party Systems, and Understandings of Democracy Across Africa

Erin Hern

Authored by Associate Professor of Political Science Erin Hern, the article was published in Party Politics.

May 22, 2026

Reeher Weighs Discusses the Erosion of President Trump’s Approval Ratings in Newsweek Articles

“The overall erosion in the president’s approval ratings is still the consequence of the accumulation of many policies, orders, actions and statements during his term. There is no one reason or single inflection point. Certainly, the war in Iran and the quick, steep rise in gasoline prices have only added to the longer term trend,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science. 

May 22, 2026

Research Hub Focused on Why Local News Matters Launched

Genaro Armas

A new searchable database developed by the Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship and Rebuild Local News brings together research on the importance of local news for communities.

May 22, 2026

Genetic Variability of SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater and Associations With Community Transmission

Dustin T. Hill, Rafael Schulman, Ian Vasconcellos Caldas, Christopher Dunham, Yifan Zhu, Daryl Lamson, Lindsey Rickerman, Kirsten St. George, Yasir Ahmed-Braimah, David A. Larsen

The study, co-authored by Postdoctoral Scholar Dustin Hill and Professor of Public Health David Larsen, was published in Science.

May 21, 2026

From $500 and a Dream to CFO: Alumna Dan Zhang Is Opening Doors for the Next Generation

Jessica Youngman

The ClickUp executive has revived the Maxwell Student Emergency Support Fund to pay it forward—and because she knows firsthand what’s at stake. 

May 21, 2026

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