Maxwell School News and Commentary
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Maxwell School Announces Faculty Promotions for 2025-26
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Koch Quoted in HuffPost Article on Trump Resorting to False Data
“It’s part of what scholars would call the authoritarian playbook—undermining factual information and falsifying things that you know to be true,” says Natalie Koch, professor of geography and the environment.
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Why Are Food System Workers Excluded from Local Food Policy Councils?
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Minkoff-Zern Shares Insights With KPBS on Increased Deportations and the Food System Workforce
Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, associate professor of geography and the environment, tells KPBS, “Our entire food system is dependent on immigrants.”
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Farhana Sultana Organizes DC Event Commemorating Bangladesh’s July Revolution
A diverse audience gathered in the U.S. Capitol for a series of remarks and panel discussions on the future of Bangladesh and its people.
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Sultana Article on Democracy in Bangladesh, Anniversary of July Revolution Published on Counterpoint
“One year after the July Revolution, the memory of brave young lives lost continues to light the path toward a just, democratic, and united Bangladesh,” says Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment.
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Will Work For Food: Labor across the Food Chain
Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, associate professor of geography and the environment, has co-written a new book, Will Work For Food: Labor across the Food Chain (University of California Press, 2025). Minkoff-Zern and co-author Teresa Mares explore the often-overlooked role of labor in the food system, highlighting the exploitation faced by frontline workers from farms to restaurants.
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Huber Weighs In on NY Gov. Hochul’s Plans to Build a Nuclear Power Plant in Spectrum News Article
“It's no secret that nuclear has been known for being very costly,” says Matt Huber, professor of geography and the environment. But he believes that if a project is to move forward, a public one like what New York State is proposing is the way to go.
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Rose Tardiff: Sparking Innovation With Data, Mapping and More
As the City of Syracuse’s director of neighborhood and business data and evaluation, the Maxwell alumna taps skills she learned in Maxwell’s geography program.
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Koch Talks to franceinfo About Gulf Sports
“Apart from during the 2022 World Cup, you haven't seen massive ‘Visit Qatar’ campaigns. The country doesn't need to attract tourists, its 200,000 citizens are wealthy and all the infrastructure already exists,” says Natalie Koch, professor of geography and the environment. “It's very different from Saudi Arabia where a large part of the population suffers from poverty.”
See related: Government, International Affairs, Middle East & North Africa