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Golden Article on the Implications of EVs on State Budgets Published in Governing
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Fairchild Receives Mellon Foundation Grant for Project Focused on Pandemic Backlash, Public Health
The educational and research resource will create “new, urgently needed, accessible opportunities for the humanities to speak to public health and broaden access to humanities higher learning opportunities,” says Professor Amy Fairchild, who is principal investigator (PI).
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Griffiths Talks to USA Today About Eastern Oregon’s Secession Effort
"It's a pipe dream, in a way. What they're doing is partly performative, for ideological purposes," says Ryan Griffiths, professor of political science. "A lot of time, secessionist movements are really just bargaining efforts."
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State COVID-19 Policies and Drug Overdose Mortality Among Working-Age Adults in the US, 2020
“State COVID-19 Policies and Drug Overdose Mortality Among Working-Age Adults in the United States, 2020,” co-authored by Maxwell faculty members Douglas Wolf, Shannon Monnat, Emily Weimers and Jennifer Karas Montez, was published in the American Journal of Public Health.
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Purser Weighs In on the Troubled Housing Market in Syracuse and New York State on WCNY
“We are really dealing with two interrelated issues here. The first being the crisis of affordability, but the other one being the crisis of habitability. So changing the zoning isn't going to address some of the most pressing issues that tenants face in our community and so I think we really need to have a multipronged approach to address the housing crisis,” says Gretchen Purser, associate professor of sociology.
See related: Housing, New York State, State & Local, Urban Issues
New York State Legislature Adopts Resolution Celebrating Maxwell’s Centennial
The resolution was sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Rachel May and in the Assembly by Assemblymembers William Magnarelli '70 B.A. (Hist), L'73, Pamela Hunter and Albert Stirpe.
See related: Awards & Honors, Centennial, New York State, State & Local
10 Ways to Better Understand How Shifting State Policy Contexts Affect Americans’ Health
“10 Ways to Better Understand How Shifting State Policy Contexts Affect Americans’ Health,” authored by University Professor Jennifer Karas Montez, was published in the Milbank Quarterly.
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Pay-to-Stay as Stategraft
“Pay-to-Stay as Stategraft,” co-authored by Assistant Professor of Sociology Gabriela Kirk-Werner, was published in the Wisconsin Law Review.
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Gadarian Quoted in BNN Bloomberg, USA Today Articles on Politics and Abortion
Trump's position “allows for competitiveness of Democrats in states where these state bans are still in flux, and where Democrats have the potential to put constitutional amendments up for the voters to vote directly on,” says Shana Gadarian, professor of political science. “That has been a story that’s been pretty successful so far for Democrats.”
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Reeher Quoted in The Hill, Newsweek Articles on the 2024 Presidential Election, Congress
"Even though there have been rumors of further resignations on the Republican side of the aisle, in part as a reaction to Donald Trump capturing the nomination, I have a hard time seeing the party voluntarily giving the majority and the speakership to the Democrats," says Grant Reeher, director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
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Real-World Applications
A research team that includes Public Health professors Bryce Hruska and David Larsen is studying how place-based community factors contribute to, or protect against, an elevated risk of firearm violence in certain ethnic neighborhoods. The team’s findings may help shape Syracuse’s I-81 Viaduct Project.
See related: Crime & Violence, Infrastructure, New York State, Race & Ethnicity, State & Local, Urban Issues
Faulkner Discusses New York State’s Adultery Law in Washington Post Article
Laws criminalizing adultery are on the books in a handful of other states but are rarely enforced. In most cases, they were put on the books at a time when adultery was among the only ways to obtain a divorce, according to Carol Faulkner, professor of history.
See related: Law, New York State, State & Local
Thorson Explores Causes of Public Policy Misperceptions in New Book
Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science, recently published “The Invented State: Policy Misperceptions in the American Public” (Oxford University Press, 2024).
See related: Federal, Media & Journalism, State & Local
Reeher Speaks With El País and Newsweek About a Second Donald Trump Term
Trump’s return to the White House would mark a radical change from Biden’s multilateralism, says Grant Reeher, professor of political science. “[There would be] an emphasis on bilateral rather than multilateral relations, and a general reduction in American involvement in international affairs,” he says.
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9 Projects Awarded MetLife Foundation-Lender Center Racial Wealth Gap Grants
The awards are funded by a 2022 MetLife Foundation grant that supports research and community programming over three years to examine the racial wealth gap’s root causes and ideas that may resolve its economic and social inequalities, says Kendall Phillips, Lender Center interim director.
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Barton Discusses the Root Cause for Political Dysfunction in the US on NFRPP Webinar
"The vast majority of members of Congress...come from safe districts that are decidedly red or decidedly blue. And so the primary election is the only consequential election that those members run in and if those elections are determined by nothing but their partisan base, it's a pretty clear through line to how that really distorts our politics," says Richard Barton, assistant teaching professor of public administration and international affairs.
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Gadarian Talks to USA Today About the Alabama IVF Ruling and Its Impact on Voters
“I think IVF is an issue that hasn't been politicized before and could be one that could get people thinking about the ways that reproductive health is connected to politics and engage them,” says Shana Gadarian, professor of political science and associate dean for research. “It may push people to the polls.”
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Gadarian Talks to BBC News, States Newsroom About the Alabama IVF Ruling
“IVF is a pretty common procedure now, and if someone directly hasn’t gone through it, it is relatively common among groups that are more likely to be conservative,” says Shana Gadarian, professor of political science and associate dean for research. “These are procedures people think of as important in their own lives and are probably separable from abortion.”
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Reeher Discusses Tom Suozzi’s Win in NY Special Election for House Seat With AP, Roll Call, US News
“If I were a Democratic consultant or strategist, I would be taking a huge grain of salt before I base my playbook on this election,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
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$1.5 Million Grant Expands Study of ‘Pay-to-Stay’ Fees for Incarcerated Individuals
Gabriela Kirk-Werner, assistant professor of sociology, is among a trio of researchers who’ve launched the Captive Money Lab with the support of Arnold Ventures.
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