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Siddiki Article on Machine Coding of Policy Texts with the Institutional Grammar Published in PA

May 31, 2021

Flores-Lagunes discusses open jobs, unemployment on Syracuse.com

May 27, 2021
Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, professor of economics, was quoted in the Syracuse.com article, "An epidemic of open jobs and the unemployed in CNY; for many, work doesn’t work anymore."

See related: Labor, New York State

Yingyi Ma Weighs in on Lack of AAPI History Taught in Schools in South China Morning Post

May 17, 2021
Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology and director of Asian and Asian-American Studies, says it’s "actually very common" for students to complete their primary and secondary education with little, if any, attention paid to AAPI-related topics. 

See related: Race & Ethnicity, U.S. Education, United States

2021 One University Awards Recipients Include Several from Maxwell

May 10, 2021
Syracuse University announced its 2021 One University Awards, honoring members of the University community for their scholarship, teaching, academic achievement, leadership and service.

See related: Awards & Honors

Popp Discusses Biden's Infrastructure Plan, Cutting Emissions in Grist

May 6, 2021

See related: Climate Change, Federal, Infrastructure, United States

Ma examines science identity change, college major shifts in new study

April 30, 2021

Burman piece on Biden's capital gains tax proposal published in Forbes

April 30, 2021
 "This [proposal] is a significant reform that would close loopholes that fuel inefficient tax sheltering and make the income tax more progressive, and help pay for some of Biden’s domestic policy wish list," writes Leonard Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics. 

See related: Federal, Taxation, United States

Heflin featured in The Well article on material hardship, COVID-19

April 28, 2021
A recent Urban Institute survey found that compared with adults whose family employment was unaffected by the pandemic, families who lost jobs during the pandemic were twice as likely to report food insecurity, and nearly three times as likely to report problems paying utility bills, and nearly four times as likely to report problems paying rent or mortgage.

See related: COVID-19, Food Security, Mental Health, United States

Lopoo, Wolf cited in The Atlantic article on declining fertility rates

April 26, 2021

Heflin research on housing insecurity cited in Common Dreams article

April 19, 2021

Michelmore provides insight on child tax credit in Gender Policy Report

April 19, 2021

See related: Child & Elder Care

Burman comments on rising national debt in Christian Science Monitor

April 8, 2021
 "Investing in better roads, bridges, dams, electrical infrastructure, all of that stuff, clearly, those investments pay returns over a long period of time," says Leonard Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics. "Investing in better education, if you can do it, pays returns over the course of decades."

See related: Economic Policy, Infrastructure, United States

Yinger quoted in Daily Beast article on diverse communities

April 5, 2021
According to U.S. Census data, there is a 30 percentage-point gap in homeownership between Blacks and whites—larger than it was in the 1960s, prior to when the Fair Housing Act was passed.

See related: Civil Rights, Housing, Income, Race & Ethnicity, Social Justice, United States

Ma featured in Chronicle of Higher Education piece on international students, racism in US

April 2, 2021
 "The very fact that six out of eight victims are Asian women definitely makes the violence racialized and gendered," says Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology. "And given that 70 percent of all international students in the United States are from Asia, I think that would definitely make them very, very afraid."

See related: COVID-19, Crime & Violence, Race & Ethnicity, U.S. Education, United States

Popp weighs in on Biden's green stimulus spending in NY Times, Guardian

March 31, 2021
"Unless they can pair it with a policy that forces people to reduce emissions, a big spending bill doesn’t have a big impact," says David Popp, professor of public administration and international affairs. But, he adds, "spending money is politically easier than passing policies to cut emissions."

See related: Climate Change, Economic Policy, State & Local, United States

Burman weighs in on scope of Biden's stimulus plan in Business Insider article

March 29, 2021
Leonard Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics, was quoted in the Business Insider article, "Biden is splitting with Obama on the economy and the proof is in their stimulus plans."

See related: Economic Policy, Federal, United States

Monnat examines opioid misuse, family structure in new study

March 26, 2021

The Sustainability of Health Care Systems in Europe

March 22, 2021

See related: Health Policy

Burman discusses Biden's tax proposal in Vox article

March 19, 2021
"Taking out the politics, planning a tax bill that would help reduce inequality, make the system work better, raise revenue to slow the rate of growth of the debt, all of those things would make a whole lot of sense," says Leonard Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics. "But the question is just timing, and it’s always a bad time for a tax increase because it’s hard to get your base excited about raising taxes."

See related: Congress, COVID-19, Federal, Taxation, United States

Burman weighs in on Biden's COVID-19 relief package in Associated Press, Politico

March 9, 2021
Read more in the Associated Press article, "$1.9T Biden relief package a bet government can help cure US" and in the Politico article, "Biden's 'Morning in America' moment carries risks." 

See related: COVID-19, Federal, Health Policy, United States

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