Disability Rates Among South Asian Immigrants in the U.S. Vary by Country of Origin
How Approval Processes Drive Up Housing Costs in Major Cities
Austin Zwick, associate teaching professor of policy studies, explains how cities can fix their planning systems to address housing crises.
See related: Housing, State & Local, United States, Urban Issues
Kmush Discusses the Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in ABC News Article
“It's going to be very difficult to get all the contacts identified and followed properly, especially since the international aid community is really short on resources,” says Brittany Kmush, associate professor of public health. “You don't want to be short on people and resources to do the contact tracing, short on places to go for people to quarantine and isolate.”
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Global Health, Infectious Disease
Heterogeneous Impairment Patterns Among Midlife Latinos in the United States
The article, co-authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Marc Garcia, was published in the Journals of Gerontology: Series B.
See related: Aging, Disability, Health Equity, LatinX, United States
Grant Supports Donor Study by Maxwell Colleagues Minjung Kim and Jiahuan Lu
The $27,000 Wilson C. “Bill” Levis Fundraising Research Grant will support survey-based research into what motivates donors to give nonprofits maximum flexibility.
See related: Grant Awards, Non-governmental Organizations
Gadarian Speaks With ABC News About California’s Proposed Billionaire Tax
“Even if you don't win this time, now people are at least talking about the possibility of a billionaire tax,” says Shana Gadarian, Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking. “That seems pretty strategic to me.”
See related: State & Local, Taxation, United States
Natural Disasters, Property Reappraisal, and Fiscal Outcomes
Co-authored by Yilin Hou, professor of public administration and international affairs, the study was published in the Journal of Housing Economics.
See related: Housing, Natural Disasters, State & Local, United States
Zhang Quoted in Christian Science Monitor Article on Americans’ Skepticism of AI
“Right now, it feels like for a lot of people, they don’t have much say and control over how AI is being used,” says Baobao Zhang, Maxwell Dean Associate Professor of the Politics of AI. “It is either forced upon them...or they feel like they have to acquiesce to it in order to keep their job.”
See related: Artificial Intelligence, Government, United States
Maxwell Sociologist Named Visiting Scholar at Russell Sage Foundation
Gabriela Kirk-Werner will spend the spring of 2027 in residence at the foundation’s New York City headquarters to co-author a book on how the criminal justice system shapes the lives of people under court supervision.
See related: Alumni Experience, Crime & Violence, Law, United States
Sultana Featured in Financial Times Documentary on Oil Frontiers and Energy Security
“We have a distorted global economic system that rewards fossil fuel extraction, that rewards fossil fuel dependency. And as a result, it is harder for smaller countries that are worried about their own energy security, their own economic security, their own social social development to forgo an oil discovery,” says Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment.
Koch Featured in KJZZ Article on Camels Paving the Way for Route 66 in Arizona
“This is a story of how Arizona was colonized. It’s kind of cute, it’s funny. There’s a little pyramid with a camel on top. It seems innocuous, but that’s the violence of the colonial project,” says Natalie Koch, professor of geography and the environment and native of Tuscon, Arizona.
See related: Colonialism, Conflict, Government, Infrastructure, United States
AI Is Changing How People Seek Mental Health Support
Financial Times Reviews Morgan’s ‘The Rise and Fall of American Europe’
“In his short but incisive account, he [Glyn Morgan, associate professor of political science] argues that the decisive shove for postwar European integration came not from Europeans but from America. It was the U.S., alarmed by Soviet domination of eastern Europe, that saw integration as key to turning Europeans into prosperous and stable allies,” says reviewer Simon Nixon.
See related: Europe, International Affairs
Maxwell Undergraduate Researcher Examines Fetal Heart Patterns in Premature Births
Recent graduate Eva Quackenbush and faculty mentor Brittany Kmush are investigating whether fetal heart tracing patterns can predict outcomes for extremely premature infants.
See related: Maternal and Child Health, Student Experience, United States
Unfinished Business: 77-Year-Old Earns the MPA He Started Five Decades Ago
A dinner conversation, a new laptop and a one-week course in Washington closed a 50-year chapter for Hadwen Fuller.
See related: Student Experience
Murrett Talks to CBS News about the Latest Negotiations to End U.S. War with Iran
O'Keefe One of Two Syracuse University Alumni to Join the Board of Trustees
University Professor Emeritus Sean O'Keefe ’78 M.P.A., along with David S. Klein ’93, have earned accolades in their fields, including highest honors for their accomplishments, and both credit their studies at the University for providing the foundation and the tools for their success.
See related: Promotions & Appointments
Equities and Inequities Inherent in Wastewater Surveillance Systems for Public Health
The study, co-authored by Public Health Department researchers Milagros Neyra Blatz, Nicole Pulido and Dustin Hill, along with Professor of Public Health David Larson, was published in the American Journal of Public Health.
See related: New York State, Wastewater Surveillance
The State Made the System and the System Made the State
The article, co-authored by Professor of Political Science Ryan Griffiths, was published in the European Journal of International Relations.
See related: International Affairs, State & Local
Partisanship, Party Systems, and Understandings of Democracy Across Africa
Authored by Associate Professor of Political Science Erin Hern, the article was published in Party Politics.
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Political Parties