Caperton elected to APIA Scholars Board
Julie Caperton ’92 B.A. (Hist), who is also head of wealth client solutions for wealth and investment management at Wells Fargo, will help lead APIA Scholars as they seek to ensure all Asian and Pacific Islander Americans are able to access higher education regardless of ethnicity, national origin, or financial means.
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Davis moves to Seneca County Industrial Development Agency
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Gadarian featured in Vox article on anxiety, coronavirus, and politics
"We’ve recommended that the medical experts be up front and center, and the political leaders take a step back and defer to the doctors and to the head of the health agencies, because that’s who anxious people want to hear from," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science.
See related: COVID-19, Mental Health, Political Parties, United States
Gooden named dean at Virginia Commonwealth University
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Karcher wins NSF grant to study transparency in qualitative research
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COVID-19 & Pneumonia: Increased Risk for Individuals with Disabilities during the Pandemic
This brief describes the implications of higher rates of pneumonia among individuals with IDD for increased risk of serious complications (including death) from COVID-19.
Perry Singleton funded by University of Kentucky poverty center
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Young co-authors IBM Center for The Business of Government report on risk management, AI
Matthew Young, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs, put forth in his new book a threefold strategy to assist government leaders and public managers with how best to approach using AI.
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McDowell discusses the economic fallout from COVID-19 on World Political Review podcast
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Popp’s work on government research support funded by Sloan Foundation
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
"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.
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Monde-Anumihe featured in Guardian Woman
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Monnat discusses racial disparities, COVID-19 deaths in Miami Herald
"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.
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McCormick, Ackerman piece explores how Mexico is handling the pandemic
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Gueorguiev receives 2020 Moynihan junior faculty award
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Reeher provides insight into COVID-19 impact on 2020 election on WSYR
"This campaign is going to be about how people think and feel about how the government has responded to this crisis [COVID-19]," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
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Jok discusses Africa's low COVID-19 case numbers in Daily Nation
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Gadarian quoted in Science article on coronavirus messaging
"When you hear [health] experts saying one thing and the head of your [political] party saying another, that’s a troubling kind of thing to decide," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science. In the United States, "What we’re seeing evidence of is that Republicans are basically going with what the president says."
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Monnat discusses COVID-19 testing with Miami Herald, Syracuse.com
"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.
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O'Keefe reflects on Apollo 13 during 50th anniversary week with KTRH
"This is a remarkable chapter in NASA’s history that has lived for 50 years to remind everybody at that remarkable storied agency what a tremendous accomplishment can be yielded even in moments in which it appears to be on the verge of failure," University Professor Sean O'Keefe says. "It reminds us of our humanity."
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