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Civic engagement is a core value for me. I have always aspired to help the communities I’m from.” Mazaher Kaila, a Maxwell alumna and third-year student at Syracuse University's College of Law, moved with her family from Sudan to Central New York when she was four years old. “I realized that to make meaningful change in society, I needed to understand the systems that power it—government and politics—and that’s insight I would gain by studying political science.”
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Reeher Quoted in The Hill and The Mirror on the Aftermath of the Assassination Attempt on Trump
July 17, 2024
The Hill,The Mirror
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a campaign rally Saturday shocked the world. In the wake of the attack, pundits and politicians are looking to see how it could affect the 2024 campaign for the White House.
“One could imagine it being a moment for the country—and the candidates—to reflect on the level of current divisiveness and to try to de-escalate. Or, it could also raise the level of hostility among Trump’s most ardent supporters, which in turn raises the level of reaction, and we end up even more divided,” Grant Reeher, professor of political science, tells The Mirror.
"And not to be crass, but of course if one thinks about the last time this happened, with Reagan, it helped Reagan a lot, politically," Reeher says.
In The Hill article, “The Memo: Biden walks fine line to make anti-Trump case after assassination attempt,” Reeher says that, for now, Team Biden has to be “more careful” how they articulate the case against Trump. But he suggests that, in time, the former president is almost certain to open the door for more frontal verbal jabs.
“If he goes after Biden in the same way he has gone after Biden in the past, it would be almost silly for Biden to play nice,” Reeher says.
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BaoBao Zhang Joins First Cohort of AI2050 Early Career Fellows
One of only 15 scholars chosen from across the U.S., Zhang will receive up to $200,000 in research funding over the next two years. Zhang will use the funding to partner with the nonprofit, non-partisan Center for New Democratic Processes to test whether public participation in AI governance is increased through the creation of public assemblies, known as “deliberative democracy workshops.”
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Reeher Quoted in The Hill and The Mirror on the Aftermath of the Assassination Attempt on Trump
July 17, 2024
The Hill,The Mirror
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a campaign rally Saturday shocked the world. In the wake of the attack, pundits and politicians are looking to see how it could affect the 2024 campaign for the White House.
“One could imagine it being a moment for the country—and the candidates—to reflect on the level of current divisiveness and to try to de-escalate. Or, it could also raise the level of hostility among Trump’s most ardent supporters, which in turn raises the level of reaction, and we end up even more divided,” Grant Reeher, professor of political science, tells The Mirror.
"And not to be crass, but of course if one thinks about the last time this happened, with Reagan, it helped Reagan a lot, politically," Reeher says.
In The Hill article, “The Memo: Biden walks fine line to make anti-Trump case after assassination attempt,” Reeher says that, for now, Team Biden has to be “more careful” how they articulate the case against Trump. But he suggests that, in time, the former president is almost certain to open the door for more frontal verbal jabs.
“If he goes after Biden in the same way he has gone after Biden in the past, it would be almost silly for Biden to play nice,” Reeher says.
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