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Lux addresses international conference on COVID-19 challenges
“A key aspect of the Humphrey Fellowship program at Maxwell is the ability for fellows to generate a transformative impact upon return to their countries,” says Steven Lux, director of Maxwell’s Executive Education program. “We strive to maintain these connections as it both informs theory and practice.”
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Gadarian speaks to CBS Sunday Morning about the politics of COVID-19
"We thought that the more worried people were about COVID, the more likely they were to be following all of the, kind of public health best practices," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science. "And that's not what we found. What we found was that the biggest divider in people's behaviors was not their age, not their demographics, not their education; it was their partisanship."
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Monnat study on rural COVID-19 mortality rates published in the Journal of Rural Health
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Monnat talks to Bloomberg about rising suicide rates among US kids
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McCormick discusses Mexico's handling of COVID-19 with CBC News
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Gadarian featured in Deseret News article on unmasked politicians
"The biggest risk" with Republicans following best public health practices and wearing masks, "is that the president will pick you out for ridicule, or if you had someone running against you, the president would endorse that person," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science.
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Baker comments on call for Trump to use Defense Production Act in NY Times
"What the federal government—the president or secretaries possessing delegated authority—have not done yet is use the D.P.A. [Defense Production Act] to create a permanent, sustainable, redundant, domestic supply chain for all things pandemic: testing, swabs, N95 masks, etc.," says Jamie Baker, director of the Institute for Security Policy and Law and professor of practice of public administration and international affairs.
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Gadarian discusses the politics behind face masks on You Are Not So Smart podcast
Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science, explains that face masks, during the COVID-19 pandemic, became politicized and that we need to prevent a similar reaction when it comes time to convince the public they should get vaccinated for a similar public health crisis.
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Gadarian cited in FiveThirtyEight article on COVID-19, partisan divide
Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science, says she was surprised to see such enormous divides emerge as the pandemic wore on, as according to other research she’s conducted, moments of extreme anxiety and uncertainty can actually make people more open to new sources of information.
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Zoli comments on Chinese hackers targeting US COVID-19 data in South China Morning Post
See related: China, COVID-19, Cybersecurity, Defense & Security, United States