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Saving the “Lungs of the City”: Emerging Civic Action in Urban Environmental Policy

Markus Lainea, Selina Gallo-Cruz, Helena Leino

Co-authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Selina Gallo-Cruz, the article was published in Local Environment.

September 16, 2025

Budget Tradeoffs Shape Food Insecurity Among U.S. Older Adults

Madonna Harrington Meyer and Colleen M. Heflin
For low-income older adults, it may be difficult to meet basic needs on a fixed monthly income.  This brief summarizes how budget tradeoffs between food and other essential expenses—housing, utilities, medical care, transportation, and personal and cleaning supplies—shape food insecurity among older adults. 
September 16, 2025

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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.

September 12, 2025

Between Dovecotes and Columbaria: Rock-Cut Architecture in 19th Century Cuba

Odlanyer Hernandez-de-Lara, José Manuel Gil Avalos, Judith Rodríguez Reyes, Esteban Grau González-Quevedo, Darién Urquiza Rives

The article, co-authored by Odlanyer Hernández de Lara, Ph.D. candidate and part-time instructor in anthropology, was published in Post-Medieval Archaeology.

September 11, 2025

The Pandemic Journaling Project: A New Dataset of First-Person Accounts of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sarah S. Willen, Katherine A. Mason, Heather M. Wurtz, Sebastian Karcher

Co-authored by Sebastian Karcher, director of the Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry and the Qualitative Data Repository, was published in PLOS One.

September 11, 2025

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Failure. Russia Under Putin

Brian Taylor

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. 

September 11, 2025

How Maxwell Alum Chris Meek Honors the Victims and Survivors of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

Inspired by the bravery of the first responders, Meek dedicated his life to giving back to our soldiers and to preserving the memory of those who died that day. He launched the 9/11 Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit that aims to educate, commemorate and inspire action by telling the stories of the survivors, first responders and the families of those lost.

September 11, 2025

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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.”

September 10, 2025

Taylor Speaks With CBS News About Poland Shooting Down Russian Drones in Its Airspace

“Poland is a NATO member state. The United States is a member of this alliance and Poland is asking for consultations among the alliance. Several other countries sent aircraft to help down some of the drones. So this is at least a potential escalation here in the war beyond the Russia-Ukraine war,” says Brian Taylor, professor of politcal science.

September 10, 2025

Policy Recommendations to Reduce Old Age Food Insecurity in the United States

Colleen M. Heflin and Madonna Harrington Meyer

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. 

September 10, 2025

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Climate-Induced Redistribution of People Is Not Inevitable

Ingrid Boas, Farhana Sultana et al

The article, co-authored by Professor of Geography and the Environment Farhana Sultana, was published in Environmental Research Letters.

September 9, 2025

The 2024 Chapel Hill Expert Survey on Political Party Positioning in Europe

Jan Rovny, Jonathan Polk, Ryan Bakker, Liesbet Hooghe, Seth Jolly, Gary Marks, Marco Steenbergen, Milada Anna Vachudova
Co-authored by Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science Seth Jolly, the article was published in Electoral Studies.
September 9, 2025

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Do Immigrants’ Partisan Preferences Influence Americans’ Support for Immigration?

Daniel McDowell, David A. Steinberg

The article, co-authored by Professor of Political Science Daniel McDowell, was published in the Journal of Experimental Political Science.

September 9, 2025

Sultana Shares Book Review in Nature's Reading List for Scientists

“That a Muslim woman in a colonized country conceived of green innovation, universal education and social equity as forms of justice more than a century ago is deeply inspiring, ” writes Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment, about Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's Sultana's Dream (1905).

September 9, 2025

How is Food Insecurity Measured in the US and What Share of Older Adults are Food Insecure?

Colleen M. Heflin and Madonna Harrington Meyer
Based on the book, Food for Thought: Understanding Older Adults Food Insecurity, this brief summarizes the limitations of food insecurity measurements, noting that existing measures do not account for barriers that are common among older adults, such as mobility, physical distance, and transportation barriers.
September 9, 2025

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The Basics of the Mundlak and Chamberlain Projections

Badi H. Baltagi and Tom Wansbeek
September 8, 2025

Estimation of Serially Correlated Error Components Models Using Whittle’s Approximate Maximum...

Badi H. Baltagi, Georges Bresson, and Jean-Michel Etienne
September 8, 2025

Goodman Speaks to Newsweek About the Challenges Facing France’s Government

“Those positioning themselves to run for president will likely not want to premiership, lest their reputations be tarnished in the lead-up to the vote. Any prime minister is unlikely to gain a majority in parliament,” says John Goodman, assistant professor of political science by courtesy appointment and director of Syracuse University Strasbourg.

September 8, 2025

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Transitioning from planning to implementation

Graham Ambrose and Mark T. Imperial

"Transitioning from planning to implementation: comparing collaborative governance and developmental dynamics in 4 watersheds," co-authored by CPDG Faculty Research Affiliate Graham Ambrose and Mark T. Imperial, was published in Policy Sciences on August 26, 2025.

September 8, 2025

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.”

September 5, 2025
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