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Minkoff-Zern Discusses Her Book, ‘Will Work For Food,’ on Human Restoration Project Podcast
The book, co-authored by Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, associate professor of geography and the environment, captures the grim realities faced by food workers alongside the opportunities for solidarity at every point in the system while amplifying the successes and challenges faced by movements to make food work, good work.
See related: Agriculture, Federal, Labor, Rural Issues, United States
What Municipalities Really Want: Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence
This September 2025 Research to Practice Brief summarizes "What Municipalities Really Want: Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence among New York State Municipal Leaders," co-authored by Nicholas Croce (Syracuse University) & Saba Siddiki (Syracuse University).
See related: Data Privacy, Government, New York State, Research Methods, Rural Issues, State & Local
Griffiths Article on a National Divorce in America Published in The Hill
“The truth is that a national divorce would require a dangerous unmixing and re-sorting of Americans. Imagine trying to draw a new map that is coherent yet still satisfies the greatest number of people,” writes Ryan Griffiths, professor of political science.
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Gueorguiev Discusses the US-China Deal on TikTok With the Associated Press, NBC News and NY Times
“Chinese officials have let the issue fester for years, holding it in reserve as a problem they could one day solve to defuse pressure from Washington,” says Dimitar Gueorguiev, associate professor of political science. “A deal now costs Beijing less than when negotiations started, while still yielding the maximum optics of compromise.”
See related: China, Government, International Affairs, International Agreements, Media & Journalism, United States
Brockway’s “The Shadow Gospel” Reviewed in the Los Angeles Review of Books
“This is a transcendent, boundary-breaking work about ‘the need to recognize, decode, and resist demonological messages,’” says Peter B. Kaufman, associate director of development at MIT Open Learning.
See related: Media & Journalism, Political Parties, Religion, U.S. Elections, United States
Gadarian Speaks With NBC News About the Policy Divide Between Blue and Red States
“States are supposed to be a laboratory for experimentation. What’s interesting about this moment is that [some] states are now a laboratory for what they perceive to be a hostile federal government,” says Shana Gadarian, Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking.
See related: Government, Political Parties, State & Local, United States
Heflin Weighs In on Trump Admin’s Cancellation of Annual Hunger Survey in Wall Street Journal Piece
“Not having this measure for 2025 is particularly troubling given the current rise in inflation and deterioration of labor market conditions, two conditions known to increase food insecurity,” ” says Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Federal, Food Security, United States
Gadarian Quoted in Christian Science Monitor Article on Gov. Newsom’s Challenges to President Trump
“They have their own constituencies that they are there to represent, but also they have the ability to capture media attention and be very clear and forceful, because they don’t have to deal with Trump in the Washington policymaking arena,” says Shana Gadarian, Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking.
See related: Federal, Media & Journalism, Political Parties, State & Local, U.S. Elections, United States
Harrington Meyer Talks to HuffPost About Grandparenting Styles
“It almost doesn’t matter what kind of grandparent you are, as long as you and the parents agree. The trick is for the parents and the grandparents to agree on the roles and the rules,” says University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer. Once that happens, “then there could be a really harmonious relationship.”
See related: Child & Elder Care, United States
Griffiths Speaks With HuffPost About Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Call for a National Divorce
The “idea that irreconcilable differences justify secession ignores the violent history of such efforts, including the Civil War, and overlooks the reality that Americans are deeply intermixed—politically, geographically and ideologically,” says Ryan Griffiths, professor of political science.
See related: Conflict, Federal, Political Parties, United States
Pralle Weighs In on the Trump Admin’s Pattern of Getting Rid of Statistics in New York Times Article
“When we don’t measure things, it makes it much harder to claim that there is a problem and that the government has some kind of responsibility to help alleviate it,” says Sarah Pralle, associate professor of political science.
See related: Climate Change, Crime & Violence, Energy, Environment, Federal, Natural Disasters, United States
Saving the “Lungs of the City”: Emerging Civic Action in Urban Environmental Policy
Co-authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Selina Gallo-Cruz, the article was published in Local Environment.
See related: Environment, Europe, Government, Infrastructure, United States, Urban Issues
Budget Tradeoffs Shape Food Insecurity Among U.S. Older Adults
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Reeher Discusses the Rise in Political Violence With Spectrum News
“I do think it's the case that this kind of political violence has been rising. ...There's just been a number of shootings and attacks, attempted assassinations in recent years, and it really, to be honest, it reminds me in a way of the 1960s. And I think in each instance there's probably similar forces behind it,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
See related: Crime & Violence, Government, United States
Failure. Russia Under Putin
Brian Taylor, professor of political science, contributed a chapter to the recently published book Failure. Russia Under Putin (Bloomsbury, 2025). He is one of multiple authors who share their views on Russia’s failures under the leadership of Vladimir Putin.
See related: International Affairs, Russia, United States
Zhang Quoted in Business Insider Article on Careers That Are Safest From Automation
One safe bet is advanced manufacturing, where specialized roles still require human oversight despite growing automation on factory floors, says Baobao Zhang, Maxwell Dean Associate Professor of the Politics of AI. “They're not traditionally considered prestigious industries,” she says. “But it's these back-to-basics jobs that are harder to automate.”
See related: Autonomous Systems, Labor, United States
Policy Recommendations to Reduce Old Age Food Insecurity in the United States
The current policy responses to old age food insecurity are complex, costly, and not nearly effective enough. Based on the book, Food for Thought: Understanding Older Adults Food Insecurity, this brief summarizes five policy recommendations to improve food insecurity among U.S. older adults.
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Do Immigrants’ Partisan Preferences Influence Americans’ Support for Immigration?
The article, co-authored by Professor of Political Science Daniel McDowell, was published in the Journal of Experimental Political Science.
See related: Federal, Political Parties, U.S. Elections, U.S. Immigration, United States
How is Food Insecurity Measured in the US and What Share of Older Adults are Food Insecure?
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Mitra Quoted in New York Times Article on the US’s Relationship With India
“Right now, India feels that the U.S. is not a very reliable partner,” says Devashish Mitra, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs. “They thought the U.S. was an ally. If India is moving towards China, it’s a friendship of convenience.”
See related: China, Federal, India, International Affairs, Russia, Tariffs, Trade, United States