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Urban Bias in Capital Allocation: Evidence From China

Piyusha Mutreja, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Wei Xiao

Co-authored by Associate Professor of Economics Abdulaziz Shifa, the article was published in Economic Letters.

October 28, 2026

A Public Philosophy for Public Administration in Times of Democratic Crisis

Curtis Ventriss, Tina Nabatchi

The article, co-authored by Tina Nabatchi, Joseph A. Strasser Endowed Professor in Public Administration, was published in Public Administration Review.

October 28, 2026

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Evaluating SNAP Food Restriction Waivers is Critical but Challenging

Michele Ver Ploeg, Colleen Heflin, and Joanne Guthrie

This brief describes the methodological and data challenges in evaluating SNAP food restriction waivers. The authors identify that existing data sources miss much of what participants buy and eat, especially food purchased away from home or received for free, and that the data typically used to fill federal gaps cover too few low-income households to solve the problem.

October 28, 2026

Maxwell Panel Weighs Midterm Elections

Paige Schoen

Scholars, journalists and a pollster recently discussed voter turnout, polling uncertainties and what’s at stake in the Nov. 3 election. 

October 27, 2026

Most Violence Against Emergency Medical Service Workers Goes Unreported

Lauren Bailey and Bryce Hruska
This brief describes the absence of a national reporting system for EMS and the workplace culture that discourages workers from speaking up. The authors describe how, unlike law enforcement, EMS workers lack federal legal protections and a standardized way to report violent incidents, leaving agencies and policymakers without the data needed to protect them.
October 27, 2026

Faricy Weighs In on Whether or Not Republican Tax Cuts Can Sway Voters in New York Times Articles

“One of the challenges of tax cuts is that people only interact with the tax system once a year, and it’s in April,” says Chris Faricy, associate professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.

October 27, 2026

Thompson Discusses Pope Leo’s Influence on US Voters in OSV News Article

“I think he has become an influence not because he’s been explicitly political, but because he has emphasized Catholic social teaching and reminded Catholics, including Catholic voters in the U.S. that Catholic social teaching is a part of the teaching of the Church,” says Margaret Susan Thompson, professor of history and political science.

October 26, 2026

Structural Violence and Community Action for Health Equity

Robert A. Rubinstein, Sandra D. Lane

The chapter, co-authored by Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Robert Rubinstein and Professor Emerita of Public Health Sandra Lane, was published in the De Gruyter Handbook of Structural Violence.

October 26, 2026

Taylor Speaks with TIME About Russia’s Release of an Imprisoned American

“The release of Hubbard was a gesture to Trump, nothing more, and does not imply a larger willingness on Putin’s part to make concessions or end the war,” argues Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.

October 23, 2026

Landes Quoted in Associated Press Article on Proposed Changes to Major National Health Survey

“We just won’t know any of that anymore,” Scott Landes, professor of sociology, says of the proposed removal of questions dealing with memory, fatigue, arthritis, difficulty walking and climbing stairs, as well as others about the use of hearing aids, canes, wheelchairs and scooters.

October 22, 2026

When Every Second Counts: Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Bystander CPR for Opioid-Related Cardiac Arrests

Dessa K. Bergen-Cico, Alexandra Punch, and Mary E. Helander

This brief describes racial and ethnic gaps in bystander CPR for opioid-related cardiac arrests. The authors find that Black patients were 30 percent less likely, and Hispanic patients 19 percent less likely, than White patients to receive bystander CPR. Rates rose across all groups when 911 dispatchers walked callers through CPR instructions, though that benefit was strongest for White patients.

October 22, 2026

Making/Mapping Memories: A Dialogue on Form, Method, and the Politics of Maps and Memory

Meghan Kelly, Timur Hammond

The article, co-authored by Meghan Kelly and Timur Hammond, both faculty members in the Geography and the Environment Department, was published in Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization.

October 21, 2026

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Mitra Talks With LA Times, PBS About the Trump Administration’s Crackdown on International Students

International students and workers also support the economy beyond their universities or workplaces. By living in the U.S., foreign students and workers create jobs as they buy goods and services, says Devashish Mitra, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs.

October 21, 2026

How Will SNAP Food Restriction Waivers Impact Participants and Retailers?

Michele Ver Ploeg, Colleen Heflin, and Joanne Guthrie

This brief builds a framework for evaluating how SNAP food restriction waivers could affect participants, retailers, and food manufacturers.

October 21, 2026

Maxwell School Launches Master of Science in Policy Analytics

Cort Ruddy

The online program will prepare students to use technology and data analytics to design effective and responsible public policies. 

October 20, 2026

State Policies and County Contexts Collectively Shape Working‑Age Mortality

Iliya Gutin, Jennifer Karas Montez, Shannon M. Monnat, Emily E. Wiemers, and Douglas A. Wolf
This brief describes how state policy contexts and local economic conditions jointly shape working-age mortality across roughly 3,000 U.S. counties from 1990 to 2019. The authors find that death rates were lowest in economically secure counties located in states with more liberal policy contexts (i.e., states that take a more active role in shaping the economy and supporting residents' material and physical wellbeing). 
October 20, 2026

Public Health Insurance and Infant Health: Evidence from Medicaid Funding Cuts in Texas

Ehsan Mohaghegh Dowlatabadi, Quan Qi, Xin Brown, Nahid Tavassoli, and Hamid Noghanibehambari
This working paper, led by CPR Graduate Research Associate Ehsan Mohaghegh Dowlatabadi, examines the effects of the 2005 Texas Medicaid funding cutbacks on prenatal care utilization, birth outcomes, and infant mortality.
October 20, 2026

Sultana Discusses the Environmental Costs of AI on RGS Climate Change Research Group Podcast

“One thing that people don't often think about is the land and the air that also belongs to this equation because increasingly, gas turbines are being built near data center sites to support the energy supply needs and they're driven by the ever-expanding agentic AI use globally,” says Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment.

October 20, 2026

Maxwell Economist John Cawley Elected to Prestigious National Academy of Medicine

Cort Ruddy

Membership in the National Academy of Medicine is one of the highest and most esteemed honors in the fields of health, medicine and medical science.

October 19, 2026
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