New RAISE Program Expands Student Opportunities in Economics
Spearheaded by Kristy Buzard, the effort seeks to broaden interest in the field of economics, especially among first-generation students and those from low-income households.
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Gretchen Purser Honored With 2026 Public Sociology Award
The award is given by the Eastern Sociological Society to recognize sociologists whose innovative research is paired with meaningful public engagement.
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Sultana Speaks With Al Jazeera About the National Election in Bangladesh
Today’s election is “the first genuinely competitive national vote in nearly two decades,” making it a “historic” moment for Bangladesh, and today's polls “mark a real break from the era of contested, non-credible polls and authoritarian entrenchment,” under Sheikh Hasina’s rule, says Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment.
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Latin American Studies Association Honors Gladys McCormick With Book Prize
The Howard F. Cline Book Prize in Mexican History recognizes outstanding scholarship and will be presented in Paris this spring.
Gap Analysis in Therapeutic Services for Birthing Individuals with Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
Published in Social Work in Public Health, the article was co-authored by Robert Rubinstein, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Sanda Lane, professor emerita of public health; and Brittany Kmush, associate professor of public health.
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Erin Hern Shares Expertise on Gender Discrimination for OECD
The Maxwell associate professor was an invited lead discussant for the organization as it prepares to update its Social Institutions and Gender Index, a widely used measure of international gender inequality.
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From Hydro-Hegemony to Hydro-Coercion
The study, authored by Professor of Geography and the Environment Farhana Sultana, was published in Human Geography.
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Griffiths Comments on the US’s Ability to Acquire Greenland in La Presse Article
“The executive power is less hampered than we normally see, but that doesn't mean that there are no constraints,” says Ryan Griffiths, professor of political science.
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Taylor Quoted in La Presse Article on Reaction of China and Russia on US Operation in Venezuela
“This is the fourth time in a few years that Russia has seen an ally undermined and has to swallow the snake,” says Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
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Brockway Weighs In on Response to Renee Good’s Death in HuffPost Article
“This is not ideological conservatives versus ideological liberals. This is not even Democrats versus Republicans,” says Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science. “What it is is something much, much more unwieldy and difficult to understand.”
See related: Crime & Violence, Federal, Media & Journalism, Political Parties, United States
NATO Did Not Cause Putin’s Imperial War
Co-authored by Professor of Political Science Brian Taylor, the article was published in The Washington Quarterly.
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Brockway Speaks With HuffPost About the Plaques in Trump’s ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’
Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science, notes that the plaques may seem ridiculous and are certainly a ham-fisted approach to pushing a message. “But they really are a way to reaffirm the narrative that everything that’s wrong in the world is because of somebody else,” he says.
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Brockway Speaks With Agence France Presse About Trump’s Hard-Line Rhetoric Against Immigrants
For Trump, it doesn't matter whether an immigrant obeys the law, or owns a business, or has been here for decades, says Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science. “They are caught in the middle of Trump's fight against an invented evil enemy,” Brockway says.
See related: Federal, U.S. Immigration, United States
Repairing Epistemic Injustice and Loss in the Era of Climate Coloniality
The study, written by Professor of Geography and the Environment Farhana Sultana, was published in GEO: Geography and Environment.
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Climate Change, Colonialism, Latin America & the Caribbean
O’Keefe and Lambright Weigh In on Trump’s Pick to Lead NASA in The Observer and Scientific American
“The job is a leadership role, where your task is to motivate people from wide-ranging, different disciplines to come together to define the problem as the same and then go about trying to solve it through multiple avenues. Everything I’ve heard about him certainly suggests that he’s got a lot of talent and capability to make him the ideal person,” says University Professor Emeritus Sean O'Keefe.
See related: Federal, Space Exploration, United States
Taylor Quoted in LA Times Article on Europe’s Alarm Over Trump’s Approach to Ukraine
“If the U.S. stops even doing that—and it would be quite a radical policy change if the U.S. is unwilling even to sell weapons to European countries—then Europe will have to continue on the path it is already on, which is to bolster its own defense production capacity,” says Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
See related: Conflict, Europe, Federal, International Agreements, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, United States
McCormick Weighs In on Who Could Replace Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in The Telegraph
“She [Vice President Delcy Rodriguez] strikes me as somebody who has known how to accommodate to Maduro, which is part of the reason why she’s there, but she doesn’t sort of strike me as somebody who would sort of step into that political vacuum and take control,” says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.
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Taylor Discusses the Talks Between Top US Officials and Ukrainian Delegation on LiveNOW from FOX
“I think the fundamental problem remains, that Vladimir Putin wants to subjugate and control Ukraine and Ukraine wants to stay independent and sovereign and make its own political choices. So it's really hard to see a meaningful deal coming out of this,” says Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Insititute of Global Affairs.
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McCormick Piece on US-Mexico Relations, Tariffs and Drug Trafficking Published in The Hill
“The presence of U.S. troops in Mexico will severely and irreparably undermine [President of Mexico] Sheinbaum’s counter-narcotics policies, which are netting results. Crippling the Sheinbaum administration will give rise to an even bigger and stronger enemy south of the border,” writes Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.
Griffiths Piece on Worsening Political Polarization, National Divorce Published in The Conversation
“There is no way to disentangle red and blue America without tremendous violence. Additionally, a large and increasingly ignored percentage of Americans hold moderate views,” says Ryan Griffiths, professor of political science. “There is no doubt that polarization in America is a problem that is getting worse, but a national divorce is simply not the solution.”
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