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Brockway Speaks With Agence France Presse About Trump’s Hard-Line Rhetoric Against Immigrants
For Trump, it doesn't matter whether an immigrant obeys the law, or owns a business, or has been here for decades, says Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science. “They are caught in the middle of Trump's fight against an invented evil enemy,” Brockway says.
See related: Federal, U.S. Immigration, United States
A Comparative Analysis of Sustainable Holistic Planning System Toolkit Designs
Co-authored by Anne Mosher, associate professor of geography and the environment, the article was published in Landscape and Urban Planning.
See related: Government, Sustainability, United States
Minkoff-Zern Speaks With Vermont Public About Her Book ‘Will Work for Food’
“So many small farmers across Vermont and New York and elsewhere, are competing in a really unequal, unfair system. You have this structure where the vast majority of the food dollar—the money we pay for the food—is not going to the farm, the farm level, at all. So small-scale farmers are really struggling today, not just the workers but the farmers and the farm owners,” says Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, associate professor of geography and the environment.
See related: Agriculture, Labor, Rural Issues, United States
O’Keefe and Lambright Weigh In on Trump’s Pick to Lead NASA in The Observer and Scientific American
“The job is a leadership role, where your task is to motivate people from wide-ranging, different disciplines to come together to define the problem as the same and then go about trying to solve it through multiple avenues. Everything I’ve heard about him certainly suggests that he’s got a lot of talent and capability to make him the ideal person,” says University Professor Emeritus Sean O'Keefe.
See related: Federal, Space Exploration, United States
Is AI Replacing Human Mental Health Professionals?
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Taylor Quoted in LA Times Article on Europe’s Alarm Over Trump’s Approach to Ukraine
“If the U.S. stops even doing that—and it would be quite a radical policy change if the U.S. is unwilling even to sell weapons to European countries—then Europe will have to continue on the path it is already on, which is to bolster its own defense production capacity,” says Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
See related: Conflict, Europe, Federal, International Agreements, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, United States
Monnat Discusses Six Myths About Rural America in The Conversation Article
Rural communities are far more varied than people understand them to be, says Professor of Sociology Shannon Monnat and her co-author. “Getting these facts right matters because public debates, policies and resource—including money for programs—often rely on these assumptions, and misunderstandings can leave real needs neglected.”
See related: Rural Issues, United States
Palmer Article on Reforming and Protecting Social Security Published in The Hill
“It is time to wake up, break the gridlock, and take steps to address a range of large and growing challenges that threaten our collective future—including the need to make the Social Security system both solvent and sustainable,” says University Professor and Dean Emeritus John Palmer and his co-authors.
See related: Economic Policy, Federal, United States
Birthplace, Perinatal Loss, and the Parity—Post-Reproductive Mortality Relationship
The study, co-authored by Professor of Sociology Andrew London, was published in Social Science & Medicine.
See related: Longevity, Maternal and Child Health, Parenting & Family, Race & Ethnicity, United States
Can Schools Sustain the Rising Cost of Retiree Health Care?
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Mitra Quoted in LA Times Article on Costco Suing the Trump Administration to Reclaim Tariff Payments
“Whether Costco is successful through its lawsuit in getting compensated for the tariffs that it has already paid on its imports really depends on the Supreme Court’s decision on whether the president has the legal authority to impose tariffs,” says Devashish Mitra, professor of economics.
See related: Federal, International Affairs, SCOTUS, Tariffs, Trade, United States
Gadarian Weighs In on Trump’s Declining Approval Rating Among Parents in Newsweek Article
See related: Federal, Food Security, Income, Parenting & Family, United States
More Girls in the Classroom Improves Adolescent Mental Health
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Taylor Discusses the Talks Between Top US Officials and Ukrainian Delegation on LiveNOW from FOX
“I think the fundamental problem remains, that Vladimir Putin wants to subjugate and control Ukraine and Ukraine wants to stay independent and sovereign and make its own political choices. So it's really hard to see a meaningful deal coming out of this,” says Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Insititute of Global Affairs.
See related: Conflict, Government, International Affairs, International Agreements, Russia, Ukraine, United States
Monnat Featured in Newsweek Article on Rural America’s Optimism About the Country’s Future
Rural communities have “leaned increasingly conservative” for several decades, and support for Trump is “especially strong” among these communities, which could mean they feel the country's leadership reflects their priorities, particularly on cultural and social issues, says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair in Public Health Promotion and Population Health.
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Jiahuan Lu Weighs In on Challenges facing US-Based Charities in WalletHub Article
“As government—especially federal—support recedes, competition for philanthropic dollars and other revenue sources is likely to intensify significantly,” says Jiahuan Lu, associate professor of public administration and international affairs.
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Internship Offers Up-Close View of Culture, History and Engagement
Elise Christopher ’25 B.A. (Anth) says she was honored to support work to uplift diaspora cultures through her summer internship with the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
See related: Alumni Experience, Awards & Honors, Black, Civil Rights, Social Justice, Student Experience, Washington, D.C.
Public Health Alumnus Says Syracuse Provided ‘A Road Map to Continue to Learn’
Alejandro Parra took advantage of many experiential learning opportunities, the most recent of which was an internship with the Council of Europe’s Biomedical Division in the spring of 2025.
See related: Alumni Experience, Europe, Health Policy, International Affairs, Student Experience, Study Abroad, Ukraine, United States
Reeher Shares Thoughts on Trump and Mamdani Meeting with AFP, LiveNOW from FOX
Ahead of the meeting between incoming New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump, Grant Reeher, professor of political science, tells Agence France Presse: “Look for the outcome of that meeting to be something to the effect of, ‘I think I can work with (him)—but we will see how it goes and I’m hopeful—we both want the city to succeed’.”
See related: New York City, U.S. Elections, United States
Monarch Talks to Marketplace About Import Prices and Inflation
Import prices directly affect consumers, said Ryan Monarch, associate professor of economics. “Ten percent of all their expenditures are on imported products. And so sometimes import prices will be something that is moving overall inflation numbers around,” he told Marketplace.
See related: Federal, Tariffs, Trade, United States