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Burman weighs in on Trump's payroll tax cut proposal in CNBC article

May 5, 2020

"The main problem with the proposal is that it would go to the people who least need help," says Professor Len Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics.

Ma quoted in Politico article on new Chinese narrative on COVID-19, US

May 4, 2020

Now, "Chinese international students in the U.S. overwhelmingly consider China a safer place, with [their] government more competently handling the crisis than the American government," says Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology. "That is why so many Chinese students have returned home, despite the high risk of international travel and the enormous difficulty in buying airplane tickets."

Monnat comments on impact of COVID-19 on minorities in Daily Gazette

April 29, 2020

"This is just another example of the negative health impacts of structural racism," says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion. "Across all institutions, blacks are disadvantaged."

Burman discusses additional coronavirus stimulus checks with CNBC

April 29, 2020

Successfully getting more money out to Americans could be tricky, if the experience from the recent stimulus checks is any indication, says Len Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics.

Popp’s work on government research support funded by Sloan Foundation

April 23, 2020

David Popp, professor of public administration and international affairs, has been awarded a $349,380 grant by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. His research will examine how government funding influences the direction of clean energy research, focusing on whether increased government spending attracts more researchers to the field, or merely substitutes for other funding sources within the field.

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Heflin speaks about SNAP benefits, federal stimulus bill on NCPR

April 22, 2020

"The population that has the lowest income and has the least other sources of support have not been given any increase in the ability to provide food for their family," says Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs.

Monnat discusses racial disparities, COVID-19 deaths in Miami Herald

April 20, 2020

"Without widespread testing and without knowing the infection rate, we can’t responsibly predict when things could open back up," says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.

Monnat discusses COVID-19 testing with Miami Herald, Syracuse.com

April 17, 2020

"If people aren’t being tested, you’re risking not only spread, but greater severity of the illness," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.

See related: COVID-19, United States

Monnat comments on fairness of stay-at-home orders in Wisconsin Examiner

April 16, 2020

"A crisis like COVID-19 is bound to exacerbate existing racial-ethnic and socio-economic disparities. Not only within the healthcare system, and in terms of health outcomes, but also within the criminal justice system," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.

Monnat discusses COVID-19 with D Magazine, Stateline, the Verge

April 13, 2020

"At the front end, not testing these groups [poor and racial-ethnic minority populations] at the same level is increasing the risk of fatality rates," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.

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