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Murrett Discusses ‘New Phase’ in the US-Iran War With CBS News and Newsweek

“I think we're in a tit-for-tat right now, which it actually represents a new phase of the conflict between the United States and Iran. Certainly, we're on our fifth consecutive day of strikes, which seem to be getting more aggressive on both sides,” says Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs.

July 16, 2026

Studying Endangered Languages Earns Maxwell Student a Beinecke Scholarship

Kelly Homan Rodoski

Aaron Lener ’27, an international relations major, has followed an insight, that language is about power, from Homer, New York, to the halls of the Council of Europe.

July 15, 2026

Heflin Article Urging States to Measure Food Insecurity Published in Health Affairs Forefront

As they prepare to field the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for 2027, states can secure the important data necessary to guide policy and resource choices related to food security, writes Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs.

July 15, 2026

Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern’s ‘Will Work for Food’ Wins ASFS Book Award

The Association for the Study of Food and Society Book Award recognizes outstanding books about food published within the two previous calendar years, with prizes given in three categories: monograph, edited volume and first book.

July 13, 2026

Reeher Discusses Graham Platner, Impact on on Midterm Elections in Newsweek Article

“The situation certainly makes it much harder for any replacement to defeat Collins, and therefore it makes it one seat harder to retake the Senate,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.

July 9, 2026

Review - ‘On the Record: Papers, Immigration, and Legal Advocacy’

Fethi Keles

Part-time instructor of anthropology Fethi Keles's review of the book On the Record: Papers, Immigration, and Legal Advocacy, written by Susan Bibler Coutin, was published in the International Journal of Refugee Law.

July 9, 2026

From Toa Alta to Madrid, Maxwell Student Carries on Wanetik’s Spirit of Service

The annual Matthew Ross Wanetik Memorial Scholarship recognizes Maxwell undergraduate Angelie “Angie” Serrano Baéz for academic excellence and a deep commitment to service.

July 9, 2026

McDowell Research Cited in Bloomberg Article on US Dollar Dominance

“The role of politics in shaping the global currency hierarchy is seen as secondary to…baseline economic fundamentals,” wrote Daniel McDowell, professor of political science, for the Atlantic Council’s Geoeconomics Center. But that’s changing. “In the great global currency debate, market forces have never been more passé and political forces have never been so prominent.”

July 8, 2026

Creative Practice and Spatial Storytelling in the Cartographic Classroom

Simone Yoxall, Meghan Kelly, Cameron Kline, Rachel Ameen, Brooklyn Montgomery, Zuleima Vázquez-Carrillo, Calissa Brown

Co-authored by Assistant Professor of Geography and the Environment Meghan Kelly; Maxwell Ph.D. students Cameron Kline, Rachel Ameen and Brooklyn Montgomery; and Maxwell alum Simone Yoxall, the article was published in Cartographic Perspectives.

July 8, 2026

Demobilization by Policy Paradoxes

Selina Gallo-Cruz

The article, authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Selina Gallo-Cruz, was published in the Journal of Political Power.

July 8, 2026

Phanstiels Gift $1M to Maxwell School for Van Slyke Scholarship

Eileen Korey

Howie ’70, G’71, H’22 and Louise Phanstiel's gift, boosted by a $500,000 Syracuse Promise match, endows scholarship honoring Dean David M. Van Slyke and supporting future leaders.

July 8, 2026

Changes in the Education-Health Gradient Within US States, 1993–2019

Jennifer Karas Montez, Iliya Gutin, Julia M. Finan, Anna Zajacova, Scott Landes

Co-authored by Maxwell faculty members Jennifer Karas Montez, Iliya Gutin and Scott Landes, along with Ph.D. student Julia Finan, the article was published in Population Research and Policy Review.

July 7, 2026

Arbitrators as Advisors: Evidence From Changes in Investment Treaty Design

Bo Won Kim, Minju Kim

The article, co-authored by Assistant Professor of Political Science Minju Kim, was published in The Review of International Organizations.

July 7, 2026

Elgar Encyclopedia of International Trade

Devashish Mitra, Priyaranjan Jha

Devashish Mitra, professor of economics and Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs, has co-edited a new reference work, Elgar Encyclopedia of International Trade (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026), with Priyaranjan Jha, professor of economics at the University of California, Irvine. The volume is part of the Elgar Encyclopedias in Economics and Finance series.

July 7, 2026

Taylor Speaks to War & Politics 24, WWL Radio About Putin and the State of the War in Ukraine

“I think his strategy now is the same as it's really been from the very beginning, which is to try and figure out how to subjugate Ukraine. And that's the goal he's been after. And he's using really most of the means at his disposal to try and achieve that. If you look at his recent interviews, he does not want to concede at all that Russia is facing any serious problems,” says Brian Taylor, professor of political science.

July 7, 2026

McCormick Quoted in CS Monitor Article on Venezuela Earthquakes, Implications and Trump

“This disaster throws a wrench in the White House and State Department plan for securing and stabilizing the circum-Caribbean region that includes Venezuela,” says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.

July 6, 2026

How the Declaration Still Shapes America: Maxwell Experts on USA’s 250th

John Boccacino

On the “’Cuse Conversations” podcast, Syracuse University faculty break down the ideals behind the nation’s founding and what 250 years of democracy reveal about the U.S. today.

July 6, 2026

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Heflin Discusses SNAP Payment Errors in Newsweek Article

Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs, says it is important to note that “since a large portion of these errors are outside the control of the agencies [because they have to work with the information that clients provide], it will be difficult to bring down these errors without needlessly burdening all SNAP recipients.”

July 2, 2026

Yingyi Ma Speaks With Rest of World About Chinese Universities Prioritizing New Majors in AI

“In China, the response is more centralized and top-down,” says Yingyi Ma, professor of sociology. “AI is being built into national education planning and new majors. In the U.S., the response is more decentralized. Individual universities, schools, departments and faculty variability is huge.”

June 30, 2026
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