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The Intergenerational Transmission of Food Insecurity: Do Educational Compromises Make Things Worse?
“The Intergenerational Transmission of Food Insecurity: Do Educational Compromises Make Things Worse?” co-authored by Sarah Hamersma, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, was published in the Southern Economic Journal.
See related: Food Security, U.S. Education, United States
McCormick Discusses the Impact of Trump’s Tariffs on Mexico in Business Insider, NBC News Articles
“The consequences of pushing the Mexican economy into a forced and deep recession is that, if anything, it will actually make people have to resort to informal economic activity, which oftentimes is illicit,” says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.
See related: Federal, International Affairs, Latin America & the Caribbean, Tariffs, Trade, United States
The House that Fox News Built? Representation, Political Accountability & the Rise of Partisan News
Johanna Dunaway, professor of political science, has co-written “The House that Fox News Built? Representation, Political Accountability, and the Rise of Partisan News” (Cambridge University Press, 2025). The book scientifically examines the impact of partisan news on political elites.
See related: Media & Journalism, Political Parties, U.S. Elections, United States
Murrett Talks to LiveNOW from FOX, Newsweek About Zelensky's Meetings With Trump, European Allies
“The talks in United Kingdom…represent a pivotal inflection point for the alliance of nations that support Ukraine, and for the prospects for a ceasefire in the months ahead,” says Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Conflict, Federal, International Affairs, International Agreements, Russia, U.S. Foreign Policy, Ukraine, United States
Younger Grandparents Provide Less Support to their Grandchildren Now than in the Past
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Minkoff-Zern Quoted in Stateline Piece on Impact of Federal Cuts, Data Removal on Bird Flu Outbreak
Helping dairy and poultry farmworkers get tested is important for public health response. But many farmworkers are immigrants with no sick leave and who may speak primarily Indigenous languages or Spanish. The Trump administration’s deportation efforts have caused further reticence to report symptoms, says Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, associate professor of geography and the environment.
See related: Agriculture, Federal, Labor, Rural Issues, U.S. Immigration, United States
Gadarian Talks to Christian Science Monitor About Trump Expanding the Power of the Executive Branch
“The executive branch is expanding its powers beyond what any other administration has tried to do,” says Shana Gadarian, Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking. “That’s the crisis we’re in.”
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Maxwell Alumni, Friends Invited to Awards of Excellence Event in DC
Five extraordinary alumni will be recognized, and the school’s commitment to engaged citizenship will be celebrated, at the March 27 event at Syracuse University’s new Dupont Circle home.
See related: Awards & Honors, Washington, D.C.
Monarch Discusses Trump’s Proposed Changes to American Trade Policy in Directorship Magazine Article
“We know that President Trump is not afraid to have an actual trade war,” he continued. “We saw it in 2018 and 2019, where almost all goods coming from China were hit with the highest tariffs we've seen in almost 100 years. And those were very disruptive,” says Ryan Monarch, assistant professor of economics.
See related: Canada, China, Federal, International Affairs, Latin America & the Caribbean, Tariffs, Trade, United States
Taylor Speaks With NPR LA’s ‘AirTalk’ About the Rising Tensions Between Ukraine and Trump
“One thing I would call attention to is that President Trump and Russian President Putin had an hour and a half long conversation last week. And since that conversation Trump has repeated multiple Putin talking points about the war,” says Brian Taylor, professor of political science.
See related: Defense & Security, Federal, International Affairs, Russia, Ukraine, United States
The Shadow Gospel: How Anti-liberal Demonology Possessed U.S. Religion, Media, and Politics
Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science, has co-authored “The Shadow Gospel: How Anti-liberal Demonology Possessed U.S. Religion, Media, and Politics” (The MIT Press, 2025). The book explores the American right, evangelical rhetoric and attacks on liberalism over the last eight decades.
See related: Political Parties, U.S. Elections, United States
Lovely Quoted in China Daily Article on the Impact of Trump’s Tariffs on US Small Businesses
For the U.S., tariffs “can cause job loss in sectors that use imported intermediate and capital goods,” says Mary Lovely, professor emerita of economics.
See related: China, Federal, International Affairs, Tariffs, Trade, United States
O’Keefe Talks to the Washington Post About Trump Ending the Presidential Management Fellows Program
“This is one of the most unsettling, tragic pieces of news yet,” says Sean O’Keefe, University Professor and member of the presidential management program’s inaugural class. “This is a firing of convenience. They are looking for a headcount reduction; there is nothing qualitative about this.”
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Coplin Discusses the Implications of Social Promotions in Schools on Teacher RockStar Podcast
“You have to have social promotion. You have no choice. And the only place I would be in favor of making them repeat is if they can't read,” says Bill Coplin, professor of policy studies.
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Self-Reported ADHD Diagnosis Status Among Working-Age Adults in the United States
“Self-Reported ADHD Diagnosis Status Among Working-Age Adults in the United States: Evidence From the 2023 National Wellbeing Survey,” co-authored by Maxwell professors Andrew London, Shannon Monnat and Iliya Gutin, was published in the Journal of Attention Disorders.
See related: Education, Gender and Sex, Mental Health, Race & Ethnicity, Rural Issues, United States, Urban Issues
Fairchild Cited in The Atlantic Article on the Erasing of Science in the US
Scientific expertise itself is now being billed as a political liability, which opens the door to “a populist approach to what counts as valid scientific knowledge,” says University Professor Amy Fairchild.
See related: Environment, Gender and Sex, Race & Ethnicity, Research Methods, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Monarch Speaks With Newsweek About US tariffs and the Housing Market
Ryan Monarch, assistant professor of economics, says that it is “clear” tariffs on products like steel and aluminum will increase the cost of building housing and developments and, therefore, drive up the prices of housing in the U.S.
See related: Canada, Federal, Infrastructure, International Affairs, Latin America & the Caribbean, Tariffs, Trade, United States
Collective Action, Trusted Messengers, and UNITE HERE's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
“Fighting to Survive: Collective Action, Trusted Messengers, and UNITE HERE's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic,” co-authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Gretchen Purser, was published in Labor Studies.
See related: COVID-19, Labor, United States
Lovely Discusses Trump’s Arbitrary Trade Policy in New York Times Article
“What Mr. Trump is doing with tariffs is a result of a lost consensus about how the United States should interact with other countries in the global economy. He is stepping into that vacuum, filling it with the unrestrained and autocratic use of import taxes, moves that appear to be based on personal whim rather than on U.S. trade law,” says Mary Lovely, professor emerita of economics.
See related: Congress, Federal, International Affairs, Tariffs, Trade, United States
Keck Weighs In on Trump’s Threats to Ignore Court Orders in HuffPost Article
“Lots of the fights that they have picked—especially Musk’s out-of-control, rampant destruction of federal agencies from within—a lot of those fights they are not going to win in court,” says Thomas Keck, Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics.
See related: Congress, Federal, Law, United States