Having a Disability Reduces Chances of Employment for all Racial/Ethnic Groups
This data slice explains how race-ethnicity affects employment rates among adults with and without disabilities.
The Fetzer Institute promotes Maxwell alumnus to vice president
In his new role, Kurian Thomas ’11 E.M.P.A. is responsible for overseeing more than 60 spirituality projects covering topics including education, health and well-being, and democracy.
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Wein promoted to chief of staff for Congressman Price
Justin Wein ‘04 B.A. (PSc) will oversee Price’s congressional office; hire, train and supervise the congressman’s staff; and advise the congressman on political matters.
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Singer becomes executive board chair at BrainScope
Michael Singer ‘86 M.A. (IR) has been named executive chairman of the board at BrainScope, a company developing assessment devices for brain-related injuries that can be used remotely. Singer was previously the CEO of BrainScope, a position he has held since the company was founded more than a decade ago.
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Humphrey Fellows begin year of exchange, engagement, and impact
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Monmonier weighs in on Trump's NOAA map manipulation in CityLab
"It’s probably indicative of the special respect for maps, that he [President Trump] thought that his alteration of this map would take precedence over the facts that were already printed on it," says Distinguished Professor of Geography Mark Monmonier. "We need to be ever more vigilant of the way in which maps might be altered, disrespected, or suppressed."
See related: Maps, United States
Maxwell announces new faculty members, department chair
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Gadarian discusses attitudes on immigration in Quartz article
Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science, says the fact that Trump has turned immigration into such a partisan issue has likely increased support for immigrants among many Americans. "On the whole, people’s attitudes have become more supportive of immigration," she says.
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Zoli op-ed on Taliban peace talks published in Newsday
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Taylor weighs in on recent Moscow elections in Vox article
"The authorities made a calculation back in the summer: that it was better to keep the actual opposition candidates — the people associated with Navalny — off the ballot and take the protests over the summer, than it would be to steal the elections in September and face protests over that," says Professor of Political Science Brian Taylor, about the Russian election.
Lou Luba honored with criminal justice award
Lou Luba ‘93 J.D./M.P.A. was presented with the Oliver Ellsworth Prosecutor of the Year Award by the Connecticut Criminal Justice Educational and Charitable Association. The award is conferred annually to a Connecticut prosecutor who has “made exceptional contributions in the pursuit of justice.”
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Having a Disability Increases the Likelihood of Food Insecurity Despite Federal Programs to Prevent this Hardship
This research brief shows how such high rates of food insecurity among the disabled population stems from ineffective national policies the many ways in which disabilities increase risk of food insecurity.
Jackson featured in Medium article on imposter syndrome
"By labeling every single moment of self-doubt expressed by women, primarily those of color, as impostor syndrome, we flatten the complexities and pervasiveness of White Supremacy and patriarchy," writes Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science.
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Papering, arranging, and depositing: Learning from working with an Istanbul archive
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Lovely discusses US-China trade war with Business Insider, Marketplace
"Higher taxes on these goods are likely to be highly regressive, in that lower and middle class Americans spend a higher portion of their income on these Chinese imports than do higher income Americans," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
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Banks comments on southern border wall funding in Vox article
"It’s possible for Congress to enact—over a veto—funding restrictions on this or new funds that the president wants or needs. There’s lots of horse trading to come," says Professor Emeritus William Banks.
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A Bachelor’s in Maxwell
This is a boom time for undergraduates at the Maxwell School—new majors, expanded research programs, diverse experiential opportunities, enhanced advising, and more. It all builds on a tradition of undergraduate education that goes back to Maxwell’s beginning. There has never not been a “Maxwell undergrad.”
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Health Administration
Ghanaian physician Laud Boateng will use his MPA/IR to improve health policy worldwide.
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Urge to Serve
A new program helps veterans convert their sense of community investment to civic engagement and political office.
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