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Lovely Talks to NewsNation About Trump’s One-Month Tariff Exemption for US Automakers

“What we can say is that one month is not enough time to rearrange production networks which have served North America extremely well. We can't move assembly plants or manufacturing facilities for roof racks or catalytic converters or whole assembly plants from Mexico to the United States,” says Mary Lovely, professor emerita of economics.

March 14, 2025

Williams Quoted in Newsweek Article on Greenland’s Election and What It Means for Trump

Michael Williams, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, says that cooperation in Greenland between the U.S. and founding NATO member Denmark is likely to continue but security in that part of the North Atlantic will remain a concern for Trump.

March 14, 2025

Maxwell Panel Weighs the Implications of the Proposed Dismantling of the Department of Education

The Center for Policy Research’s latest ‘What’s at Stake’ discussion explored the potential effects on public schools, Title IX, higher education accessibility and more. 

March 13, 2025

Fairchild Article on the Collection of Public Health Surveillance Data Published in The Conversation

“The collection of public health surveillance data has never been politically neutral. It has always reflected ideas about individual rights. Despite controversy, it remains public health’s foundational tool,” writes University Professor Amy Fairchild and her co-authors.

March 13, 2025

Veteran Finds His Calling Behind the Lens and Caring for Those in Need

Injured in the line of duty, Rob Rivera ’19 E.M.I.R., says he has been fueled by the University’s support in his transition from the military to running a photography business. 

March 12, 2025

Taylor Speaks with LiveNOW from FOX and UNITED24 About the Latest With Ukraine

“The way the U.S. is going about it is not inclined to make a ceasefire take place and last. All the pressure at the moment seems to be on the Ukrainians to show that they're willing to settle and that they want peace. But the country that started the war is Russia and its Russia that's on the attack,” says Brian Taylor, professor of political science.

March 11, 2025

How Does the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Impact Time Spent Assisting Adults?

Anna Wiersma Strauss
This brief summarizes findings from a study that examines the effect of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) on unpaid caregiving for adults. The author finds that in response to more generous EITC benefits, younger recipients increase their time spent on paid work and maintain their time spent assisting adults, while older recipients maintain their time spent on paid work and increase their time spent assisting their parents.
March 11, 2025

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Who Tells Your Story? Women and Indigenous Peoples Advocacy at the UNFCCC

Takumi Shibaike, Bi Zhao

Takumi Shibaike, assistant professor of political science, has co-written “Who Tells Your Story? Women and Indigenous Peoples Advocacy at the UNFCCC” (Cambridge University Press, 2025), with co-author Bi Zhao, assistant professor of political science at Gonzaga University. 

March 7, 2025

Monarch Explains Tariffs and Their Implications on the Economy With The Motley Fool and Develop This

“Tariffs cause the price of affected goods to rise. In fact, research into the 2018-2019 trade war has shown that the prices of U.S. imported goods affected by tariffs rose by nearly the entire amount of tariffs imposed, meaning that U.S. importers bore the brunt of the increase in costs,” says Ryan Monarch, assistant professor of economics. 

March 7, 2025

Maxwell X Lab Study Reveals New Data on Email Recruitment

Messages that were crafted as letters and promoted a long-term career opportunity were more successful in recruiting applicants to a School of Education teacher recruitment fellowship, their findings revealed.

March 7, 2025

The Intergenerational Transmission of Food Insecurity: Do Educational Compromises Make Things Worse?

Sarah Hamersma, Matthew Kim

“The Intergenerational Transmission of Food Insecurity: Do Educational Compromises Make Things Worse?” co-authored by Sarah Hamersma, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, was published in the Southern Economic Journal.

March 6, 2025

Gender and Social Class Dynamics in Intergenerational Financial Transfers Among Older Adults: National Trends Over Two Decades in Sweden

Isabelle von Saenger, Lena Dahlberg, Merril Silverstein, Johan Fritzell, Carin Lennartsson

“Gender and Social Class Dynamics in Intergenerational Financial Transfers Among Older Adults: National Trends Over Two Decades in Sweden,” co-authored by Professor and Chair of Sociology Merril Silverstein, was published in Ageing & Society.

March 6, 2025

McCormick Discusses the Impact of Trump’s Tariffs on Mexico in Business Insider, NBC News Articles

“The consequences of pushing the Mexican economy into a forced and deep recession is that, if anything, it will actually make people have to resort to informal economic activity, which oftentimes is illicit,” says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.

March 6, 2025

The House that Fox News Built? Representation, Political Accountability, and the Rise of Partisan News

Kevin Arceneaux, Johanna Dunaway, Martin Johnson, Ryan J. Vander Wielen

Johanna Dunaway, professor of political science, has co-written “The House that Fox News Built? Representation, Political Accountability, and the Rise of Partisan News” (Cambridge University Press, 2025). The book scientifically examines the impact of partisan news on political elites. 

March 5, 2025

Murrett Talks to LiveNOW from FOX, Newsweek About Zelensky's Meetings With Trump, European Allies

“The talks in United Kingdom…represent a pivotal inflection point for the alliance of nations that support Ukraine, and for the prospects for a ceasefire in the months ahead,” says Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs.

March 4, 2025

Younger Grandparents Provide Less Support to their Grandchildren Now than in the Past, but Support among Older Grandparents Has Remained Stable

Hyeonji Cho
This data slice uses data from the 2002-2022 Health and Retirement Study to examine the changes in grandparent support to grandchildren by age group in the U.S.
March 4, 2025

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Maxwell Students Represent Türkiye and Romania at International Model NATO

They joined students from 23 colleges and five nations for the 40th annual event at Howard University.

March 4, 2025

Moynihan Institute’s Event on Russia-Ukraine War Featured in CNY Central, Syracuse.com Articles

Three Ukrainian experts, Maria Avdeeva, Eurasia fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute; Tetiana Hranchak, visiting assistant teaching professor in the Moynihan Institute; and Mariana Semenyshyn, visiting Fulbright scholar in the Moynihan Institute, shared their views on the course of the war. 

March 3, 2025

Minkoff-Zern Quoted in Stateline Piece on Impact of Federal Cuts, Data Removal on Bird Flu Outbreak

Helping dairy and poultry farmworkers get tested is important for public health response. But many farmworkers are immigrants with no sick leave and who may speak primarily Indigenous languages or Spanish. The Trump administration’s deportation efforts have caused further reticence to report symptoms, says Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, associate professor of geography and the environment. 

March 3, 2025

Maxwell Student Veteran Draws on a Range of Experiences to Shape Her Future

For Marriler Wilson ’25 M.P.A./M.A. (IR), Maxwell’s ranking as the nation’s top public affairs school and the University’s reputation as a “best place” for veterans drew her to campus. “I thought, ‘This is perfect—a No. 1 school, a great veterans’ program, and it’s not too far from home,’” says the Brooklyn native.

February 28, 2025

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