Yingyi Ma Quoted in NY Times Article on Challenges Faced by International Students Under Trump
“The reality is that China’s best and the brightest are not coming but leaving,” says Yingyi Ma, professor of sociology.
See related: China, Federal, International Affairs, U.S. Education, United States
Walking the Land With Property Owners
The article, written by Professor of Sociology Rick Welsh, was published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
See related: Government, New York State, Research Methods
Williams Talks to Christian Science Monitor About Greenland’s Strategic Importance, Security
“At one point, we had over a dozen ..military bases across the country, and that was because Greenland was pretty important in terms of defense against subs and any sort of attack from the north,” says Michael Williams, associate professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Europe, Federal, International Affairs, National Security, NATO, United States
Monarch Speaks to Newsweek About the DOJ's Criminal Investigation Into Fed Chair Jerome Powell
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Colleen Heflin Examines Impact of Changes to Virginia’s Child Care Subsidy Program
The Maxwell professor and fellow researchers are supported by the University of Wisconsin and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
See related: Child & Elder Care, Economic Policy, Grant Awards, Labor, United States
Taylor Quoted in La Presse Article on Reaction of China and Russia on US Operation in Venezuela
“This is the fourth time in a few years that Russia has seen an ally undermined and has to swallow the snake,” says Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
See related: China, Conflict, Government, International Affairs, Latin America & the Caribbean, Russia, United States
IDJC Names Veteran News Exec Merrill Brown as Visiting Fellow for Spring 2026
Brown will study existing and evolving business models across the media landscape and new ways to sustain quality journalism.
See related: Awards & Honors, Media & Journalism, Washington, D.C.
Badi Baltagi Named 2025 Great Arab Minds Award Laureate in Economics
Often described as the “Arab Nobel,” the award honors exceptional Arab scholars, scientists and thinkers whose work advances knowledge and benefits humanity.
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Brockway Weighs In on Response to Renee Good’s Death in HuffPost Article
“This is not ideological conservatives versus ideological liberals. This is not even Democrats versus Republicans,” says Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science. “What it is is something much, much more unwieldy and difficult to understand.”
See related: Crime & Violence, Federal, Media & Journalism, Political Parties, United States
Williams Speaks With Newsweek About Trump’s Intention to Acquire Greenland
“Denmark cannot legally sell Greenland to the United States. The Greenlanders would need a vote on what they wanted to do, and they have expressed no desire to join the US in any form of state or territory,” says Michael Williams, associate professor of public administration and international affairs.
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Heflin Discusses Food Insecurity on WCNY’S ‘CONNECT NY’
“I think it's important to note that while poverty is a really significant risk factor for food insecurity, there are more people that live above the poverty line, actually, who are food insecure. It is the working poor. It's people that actually earn too much to potentially qualify for SNAP,” says Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Food Security, New York State, Nutrition, State & Local
Urban Sprawl and Residential Carbon Emissions: Evidence from Indonesia and the Philippines
Allport’s ‘Advance Britannia’ Reviewed by the New York Times
“Allport is a fluid writer, a conjurer with the rare ability to sustain a gripping narrative without resorting to Vaseline-lensed sentimentality. He overturns one piece of conventional wisdom after another—quarrelsome, occasionally, to a fault,” says New York Times reviewer Kevin Peraino.
Maxwell School Commemorates US’ 250th Anniversary With Course Offered Free to the Public
Faculty experts will delve into a variety of topics from democracy and women’s voices to immigration in a series of weekly lectures offered in the Spring 2026 semester.
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Mitra Article on Trump’s 2025 Trade Policy Published on Moneycontrol.com
“Completely ignored was the basic economics of trade deficits and surpluses, which says that trade balances are governed not really by trade policies but by macroeconomic conditions and policies,” says Devashish Mitra, professor of economics.
See related: Federal, International Affairs, Tariffs, Trade, United States
NATO Did Not Cause Putin’s Imperial War
Co-authored by Professor of Political Science Brian Taylor, the article was published in The Washington Quarterly.
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Meghan Kelly Honored as Keynote Lecturer for AAG
A specialty group of the American Association of Geographers has selected the assistant professor to give remarks at its annual meeting.
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Latin American Refugees to the U.S. Experience More Discrimination than Refugees from other Regions
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Strengthening Snap’s Ability to Address Old Age Food Insecurity
The article, published in Contexts, was co-authored by Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs, and University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer.
See related: Aging, Food Security, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Khalil Discusses Phase Two of the Gaza Peace Plan With CBS News
“We're still not very close to phase two coming into place. Hamas is unlikely to disarm willingly and Israel is not going to be able to disarm them,” says Osamah Khalil, chair of the International Relations Undergraduate Program.