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Michelmore quoted in BBC News article on US monthly child benefit
See related: Child & Elder Care, COVID-19, Federal, Income, Taxation, United States
Michelmore weighs in on expanding the child tax credit in Sinclair Broadcast Group article
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Michelmore quoted in Los Angeles Times article on Biden's COVID-19 relief proposal
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Harrington Meyer discusses new book on Colgate University podcast
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Lerner Center research cited in NYT article on working moms, COVID-19
Lerner Postdoctoral Scholar Danielle Rhubart's research found that over 80 percent of U.S. adults who weren’t working because they had to care for their children who were not in school or day care were women.
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Harrington Meyer quoted in Christian Science Monitor article on working parents, COVID-19
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Jok discusses working, parenting during the pandemic in Daily Nation
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Harrington Meyer discusses grandparenting during a pandemic with Kaiser Health News
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Harrington Meyer quoted in NY Times piece on grandparenting, COVID-19
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Dennison comments on COVID-19 testing in nursing homes on Syracuse.com
Tom Dennison, professor of practice emeritus of public administration and international affairs, explores why infection control is difficult in nursing homes in an article for Syracuse.com.
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Lerner Center brief focuses on COVID-19, keeping older NYers healthy
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Harrington Meyer discusses intensive grandparenting in Christian Science Monitor article
"Historically, grandparents have always provided care," says University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer. "What we’re seeing now is grandparents providing care that looks a lot more like parenting: more hours and more tasks."
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Harrington Meyer discusses intensive grandparenting on Wharton podcast
University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer discusses grandparents who are taking on tasks that have, until recently, generally been the purview of parents. So, in addition to the sublime pleasures of grandparenting, many grandparents are now also feeling high levels of stress and strain as grandparenting intensifies.
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Harrington Meyer comments on intensive grandparenting in NY Times
"My mom told the seven of us to go outside and play," University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer recalled. "Today’s mom says, ‘Get in the van and I’ll drive you from Spanish camp to violin lessons.’ The idea is to cultivate your child, give them every possible advantage, and it clearly spills over to the intensification of grandparenting." Harrington Meyer was interviewed for the New York Times article "When Grandparents Help Hold It All Together."
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Lopoo discusses govt policies to increase US fertility rate in Medium
"Think about a professional woman who has completed college and some graduate work and may or may not be married, and if they’re married, they have a partner with a similar income," Len Lopoo, professor of public administration and international affairs and director of the Center for Policy Research, says. "So they’re sort of in the part of their careers where they’re really climbing rapidly."
See related: Child & Elder Care, Government, Labor, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Harrington Meyer book Grandmothers at Work cited in LA Times
According to University Professor Harrington Meyer, grandmothers often share child-rearing duties and ease the childcare burden of working parents, a role that has only been increasing.
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Lopoo quoted in TIME article on paid family leave
Len Lopoo, professor of public administration and international affairs, was interviewed for the TIME article "Paid Family Leave Has Stalled in Congress for Years. Here's Why That's Changing.". Lopoo was asked about the political dimensions of Paid family leave, and why it has stumped congress for years.
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Monnat study on physical health consequences of adverse childhood experiences published in TSQ
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Improving With Age
The study of gerontology at Syracuse — including research done in Maxwell’s Center for Policy Research — has gotten a boost with a new Aging Studies Institute and a named professorship. Already prominent, SU’s gerontological programs are poised for growth and greater recognition.
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