The article, co-authored by Associate Professor of Public Health Bryce Hruska and public health alum Hao Zhang, was published PLOS One.

“One point I would make relative to the Iranian president's speech, there are still splits in the leadership over there. They don't always speak with one voice, but hopefully, things will progress either before or after the elections, because eventually, there's going to have to be some kind of negotiated settlement,” Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs.

“Our findings also underscore the importance that residents place on having a voice before data center projects are approved. Public participation is ranked second among the six policy provisions in shaping residents’ preferences,” writes Saba Siddiki, professor of public administration and international affairs, and co-author Fengxiu Zhang of George Mason University.

Co-authored by Associate Professor of Economics Yulya Truskinovsky, the article was published by Brookings.

As fewer people take tests or seek medical treatment for COVID infections, viral activity in wastewater has become a key way to measure transmission, says David Larsen, professor and chair of public health. “The wastewater becomes really essential,” he says.

The article, co-authored by Associate Professor of Political Science Christopher Faricy, was published in Political Behavior.

Doula care is linked to improved birth experiences and maternal health outcomes, and New York State is leading the way on expanding Medicaid coverage for these services. Sociology Ph.D. Candidate Anna De La Paz explores the current state of Medicaid doula coverage and argues that states need to improve reimbursement rate caps and lessen the administrative burden on doulas.

“If states are permitted to follow the guidance of the DOJ and begin forcibly institutionalizing disabled people once again, this loss of rights will expand to where it harms us all. We must work together to fight ableist policies by protecting the civil rights of both disabled and nondisabled Americans,” writes Scott Landes, professor of sociology.

Co-authored by Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of International Affairs Daniel McDowell, the article was published in International Studies Quarterly. 

“Perhaps the biggest benefit is that they are so flexible,” says University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer. “Unlike a formal daycare situation, often grandparents will come to your house, or they'll alternate between watching the children at their own house and at the grandparent's house.”

Rhetoric centered on hidden power and world domination is often an antisemitic trap, warns Britt Tevis, assistant professor of history and Phyllis Backer Professor of Jewish Studies.

The traveling exhibit by the National Academy of Public Administration celebrates public servants amid America’s 250th anniversary.

“Every business has their own strategy, and it’s a lot harder to track the effects (of tariffs) into consumer prices,” says Ryan Monarch, associate professor of economics. “What I think is fair is that it has not sort of been a catastrophe in terms of hyperinflation.”

“The contest for Senate control is becoming increasingly competitive, largely due to what continues to come out of the White House—evidenced by the president’s extremely low approval ratings. This latest appearance of essentially a bribe by the president for a good outcome in the midterms will not help,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.

Career experience and continuing industry connections make these faculty key to experiential inquiry at Syracuse University.

“When Patel mimics Trump‘s speech patterns or media strategies, he draws more attention to himself and not in a good way, especially for his relationship with Trump,” says Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science.

“You have a unique and distinctive state form, call it American Europe, and that's been around for 80 years. It replaced an earlier state form I call Imperial Europe, which America really hated and wanted to destroy because it was a pure competitor and new American Europe was not a competitor,” says Glyn Morgan, associate professor of political science.

Maxwell’s Fethi Keles will examine how refugees create social networks as they create new lives in the United States. 

Britt Tevis, Phyllis Backer Professor of Jewish Studies and assistant professor of history, has edited an anthology, Sanctioned Bigotry: A Documented History of Antisemitism in the United States (Yale University Press, 2026). Tevis uses a variety of sources to chart the course of antisemitism in the United States from the colonial period to the present day.

“Federal law protects both civilian and military public servants from punishment for refusing to follow illegal orders, though few employees know these protections exist,” writes University Professor Emeritus Sean O'Keefe, who served in both Bush administrations at the Pentagon, White House and NASA; and Josh Gotbaum, who served in the Clinton Administration as an appointee at the Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget.