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What Factors Contribute to Racial Disparities in Asthma Prevalence in the United States?

Ali Jones and Marc A. Garcia
This brief highlights Black-White disparities in asthma prevalence and demonstrates how living in unhealthy conditions results in a higher burden of asthma in Black communities.
December 10, 2024

Diem Monograph, ‘The Pursuit of Salvation,’ Featured on Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

Albrecht Diem

The translation, “Someone’s Rule for Virgins,” in Professor Albrecht Diem's “The Pursuit of Salvation: Community, Space, and Discipline in Early Medieval Monasticism” (Brepols, 2021), is currently featured as the Translation of the Month on Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index.

December 9, 2024

See related: Europe, Religion

Two Alumni Included on GovExec’s Federal 100 List

Jennifer Kuk and Renata Miskell were among those recognized for their innovative approaches to government operations. 

December 9, 2024

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Allport Discusses the History of the Pearl Harbor Attack on LiveNOW from FOX

“The Roosevelt administration had attempted to reign in the Japanese, particularly by the use of economic boycotts. In mid-1941, especially, the Roosevelt administration had boycotted all sales of gasoline and aviation fuel to the Japanese. Now the idea was that this would be a detterent to the Japanese. It would persuade them to withdraw from China. But ironically, it ended up having the opposite effect,” says Alan Allport, professor of history.

December 9, 2024

On Democracy, Alumna Nuria Esparch Says ‘We, the People, Will Find Our Way Back’

She served as Peru’s minister of defense during a delicate time in the country’s history.

December 9, 2024

Himmelreich Speaks to The Register About Biden’s 2023 Executive Order on AI

“If they had strictly stuck to doing technocratic policy and formulated this as a matter of bureaucratic procedure, avoiding terms to which the Republican administration is allergic, maybe that executive order could have stood a chance,” suggests Johannes Himmelreich, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs.

December 6, 2024

Beyond Social Determinants: Fiscal Determinants of Overdose Death in US Counties, 2017–2020

Zoe Lindenfeld, Diana Silver, Amanda I. Mauri, Michah W. Rothbart

Michah Rothbart, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, and co-authors examine the ways in which county fiscal constraints may be associated with responses to the opioid epidemic. Published in Social Science & Medicine.

December 6, 2024

Picking Up the PACE: Loans for Residential Climate-Proofing

Cameron LaPoint, Aymeric Bellon, Francesco Mazzola, and Guosong Xu
This report, by Cameron LaPoint, collects new PACE loan-level data and develop a novel approach to recover households’ home improvement investment decisions from permit descriptions.
December 6, 2024

Classmates’ Giving Campaign Fuels Camaraderie, Connection

Members of the MPA Class of 2010 came together to support the Maxwell School with a fundraising campaign.

December 6, 2024

See related: Centennial, Giving

Sustainability Spectacle in the Gulf

Natalie Koch

Professor of Geography and the Environment Natalie Koch examines how sustainability spectacle ultimately obscures Gulf state leaders’ refusal to shift their economies and political systems away from fossil fuels, while simultaneously justifying yet more unsustainable development—just with a new green label. Published in Current History.

December 5, 2024

Gadarian Quoted in ABC News Article on RFK Jr.’s Intent to Regulate Farms and Food as Head of HHS

“If all of a sudden HHS is now in the business of passing more regulations on the food industry, on agriculture, we might see that a Republican Senate majority and a Republican House is less interested in allocating a budget to HHS that then would be under a different leadership,“ says Shana Gadarian, professor of political science.

December 5, 2024

Driving Under the Influence of Allergies: The Effect of Seasonal Pollen on Traffic Fatalities

Shooshan Danagoulian, Monica Deza

In this study, Associate Professor of Economics Monica Deza and her co-author find evidence that a prevalent and transitory exogenous health-shock, namely pollen allergies, increases traffic fatalities. Published in the Journal of Health Economics.

December 4, 2024

Taylor Talks to Newsweek About the US Sending Nuclear Weapons to Ukraine

“In theory, the U.S. could station U.S. nuclear weapons in Ukraine and maintain command authority of them, like it does in several NATO member states,” says Brian Taylor, professor of political science. “But it's extremely difficult to imagine that happening.”

December 4, 2024

Russian Politics: A Very Short Introduction

Brian Taylor

Professor and Russia expert Brian Taylor offers an up-to-date overview of the key forces that drive Russian politics. This book explores the primacy of the state over society, the role of the “West” in Russian political development, and the effect of the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union on the Russian political and economic system. Published by 
Oxford University Press.

December 3, 2024

Anthropology Alum receives 'CUSE50 Alumni Entrepreneur Award

George S. Farag '02 M.A. (IR)/'02 M.A. (PA)/'07 Ph.D. (Anth), Founder and CEO of Silverline Strategies received a 2024 'CUSE50 Alumni Entrepreneur Award last month.
December 3, 2024

Sultana Discusses the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) With Al Jazeera

“I don't think COP29 delivered the way many developing countries wanted. It was called the finance COP but you could call it a cop out in terms of how well the countries pledged a fraction of the needed finance. That goal of $1.3 trillion a year becoming only $300 billion a year now,” says Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment.

December 3, 2024

Maxwell To Serve As Host Institution for Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative

Twenty-five young leaders from Southeast Asia will begin a five-week intensive program at Maxwell in April 2025. The program is funded by a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
December 3, 2024

Reeher Speaks With Fox News About Trump’s Proposed Tariffs for Mexico and Canada

“I think what he's putting out now, at this stage, could be seen as an attempt to nudge the behavior of both Mexico and Canada regarding the border and to engage in what is essentially financial saber rattling. But also, I wouldn't be surprised to see him follow through on this because he is a believer in tariffs,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.

December 2, 2024

De Nevers Piece on Trump’s Second Term and America’s Future Role in NATO Published in The Hill

“Trump’s return to power in the U.S. raises serious questions about America’s future role in NATO. He has been open in his disdain for NATO for decades,” says Renée de Nevers, associate professor of public administration and international affairs. “This leaves European NATO with a serious security problem at a time when the threat to Europe from Russia is clear and present.”

December 2, 2024

McFate Discusses the Russia-Ukraine War in Daily Express, Defense One and The National Articles

“Putin has lowered the bar for Russian nuclear engagement, a clear signal to NATO to back off. It’s a response to Biden's allowing Ukraine to use long-range American missiles against Russian targets,” says Sean McFate, adjunct professor in Maxwell's Washington programs. 

November 30, 2024
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