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Sultana Discusses the Political Situation in Bangladesh and Misinformation in The Hill and SCMP

“The installation of [Nobel Laureate Muhammad] Yunus as interim head is what Bangladesh needs at this time. His first speech called to ensure the protection of all religious and ethnic minorities, prevent violence and strengthen  democratic processes to keep rebuilding Bangladesh,” writes Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment.

August 30, 2024

Sultana Speaks With Al Jazeera and DW News About the Devastating Floods in Bangladesh

“This is a massive flooding event...and the floods were quite rapid in their onset. There are over 5 million people who are marooned or stranded and devasted across 11 districts, 23 reported deaths now but those figures will rise and relief cannot reach many people,” says Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment. 

August 27, 2024

Huber Quoted in The Guardian on How Renewable Energy Tax Credits Disproportionately Help the Wealthy

Matthew Huber, professor of geography and the environment spoke, spoke to The Guardian on the Inflation Reduction Act’s residential tax credits and how the programs have disproportionately benefited wealthier Americans.

August 21, 2024

Taylor Shares Insights on Ukraine’s Recent Military Successes in Russian Territory with LiveNOWFox

Brian Taylor, professor of political science and director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, spoke with LiveNOW from FOX to discuss Ukraine’s recent military advances marking the first time Ukraine has occupied Russian territory.
August 21, 2024

See related: Conflict, Russia, Ukraine

New Book by Hromadžić, ‘Riverine Citizenship,’ Featured in Novosti Article

“The 2015 protest against the construction of a mini hydropower plant on the Una River in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina was the moment when the Una become a key political word,” says Azra Hromadžić, associate professor of anthropology and author of “Riverine Citizenship” (CEU Press, 2024).

August 16, 2024

Sultana Article on the Threats to Bangladesh’s Interim Government Published in The Diplomat

“The country’s democratic revolution is being targeted by both external and internal sources of misinformation and propaganda,” writes Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment.

August 14, 2024

Sultana Talks to TRT World News About the Political Situation in Bangladesh

“This revolution movement was led by very young students, the youthful generation. And they have called upon Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus to be the chief advisor of this interim, caretaker government. And they've called for peaceful transition,” says Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment.

August 9, 2024

See related: Conflict, Government, South Asia

Taylor Quoted in Vox Article on the US-Russia Prisoner Swap

“Putin wanted to bring home a Russian assassin...and other spies, to show people who work in the Russian intelligence services that their government will try to bring them home if they get caught. The U.S. government and its allies wanted to free innocent people being held hostage in Russian prisons,” says Brian Taylor, professor of political science.

August 7, 2024

Kristy Buzard Selected for Minneapolis Federal Reserve Residency

The associate professor will join her research counterparts to advance their study of invisible labor and the mental and economic toll of tasks disproportionately carried out by women.

August 7, 2024

Rubinstein Discusses Lead Poisoning in Onondaga County on WCNY’s CONNECT NY

“We can show the overlapping of areas of lead poisoning with poor educational performance, with teen pregnancy, with entry into the criminal justice system, and so on. So there's a whole set of ramifications,” says Robert Rubinstein, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology.

August 5, 2024

Sultana Comments on Academic Publishers Partnering With AI Companies in Chronicle of Higher Ed Piece

Professor of Geography and the Environment Farhana Sultana, concerned about how her work may be repurposed, says, “All this occurs while our intellectual property is woefully inadequately compensated, since there is abuse and profit off our mostly free intellectual labor by private corporations reaping profits in the billions of dollars annually from the sale of our books.”

August 3, 2024

Cleary Weighs In on Whether or Not Biden Dropping Out Was a Coup in PolitiFact Article

“Calling Biden’s decision a ‘coup’ does not clarify anything about all of this. It does not accurately reflect any part of what has happened here,” says Matthew Cleary, associate professor of political science.

August 2, 2024

Huber Quoted in Cronkite News Article on the Paris Olympics as a Blueprint of Sustainability

Matthew Huber, professor of geography and the environment, highlights the infrastructural advantage France has to promote sustainability. “France is known for having one of the most decarbonized electric grids in the world because they have about 70% of their electricity coming from nuclear power, which is zero carbon energy,” Huber says.

July 31, 2024

Patel Speaks With the Washington Post About the Use of Sanctions as Economic Warfare by the US

“It was a pivotal moment,” Kristen Patel, Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor of Practice in Korean and East Asian Affairs, says of President George W. Bush's targeting of a North Korean bank in 2003. “Treasury got the go-ahead to start pounding things with this hammer.”

July 29, 2024

Prema Kurien Recognized as Maxwell’s Daicoff Faculty Scholar

The designation was created with a generous gift from alumna and longtime advisory board member Cathy Daicoff.

July 29, 2024

Thompson Talks to CNY Central and WSYR About President Biden’s Endorsement of Kamala Harris

Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science, says that Biden’s endorsement of Kamala Harris means she will more than likely be the Democratic nominee in the November election. “Already we are hearing a lot of calls for unity, statements of enthusiasm, and a lot of speculation frankly about who might be the vice president. But I do not see a lot of noise around the candidate at the top,” she says.

July 22, 2024

Taylor Speaks With ABC News About Evan Gershkovich, Possible Prisoner Trade

Russia has maintained that discussions about trades for Gershkovich can only start in earnest after the trial is over, says Brian Taylor, professor of political science. “So the quicker the trial and the inevitable verdict, the quicker they can offer Evan as a piece in a possible trade,” Taylor says.


July 19, 2024

Taylor Speaks with Spectrum News About the NATO Summit, President Biden

“...NATO member states are aware of it that a Trump presidency might mean quite a shaky time period for the alliance going forward,” says Professor of Political Science Brian Taylor. “President Biden has decades of experience with respect to dealing with NATO member countries and understanding the alliance. And President Trump has a much more negative and hostile attitude towards the alliance.

July 12, 2024

Huber Talks to WRVO About the Climate Crisis and Its Impact on Working-Class People

“If we can’t find a way to do decarbonization and climate policy, in addition to materially improving working people’s lives…I really do fear that a lot of working people aren’t going to be that sympathetic to the climate agenda,” says Matthew Huber, professor of geography and the environment.

July 11, 2024

Jok Article on the Integration of the East African Community Published in Geeska Afrika

Can the people of the East African Community overcome cross-border suspicions and create a cohesive union of its 302.2 million citizens?  Professor of Anthropology Jok Madut Jok explores the obstacles in his article.

July 10, 2024

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Conversations in Conflict Studies- Sisterhood at Stake: An Anthropological Perspective on Feminist NGOs in Colombia

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