What is the Effect of Opioid Use During Pregnancy on Infant Health and Wellbeing at Birth?
This brief summarizes the results from a study that evaluated the effects of exposure to prescription and illicit opioids during pregnancy on infant health and wellbeing at birth.
Federal Medication-Assisted Treatment Expansion Grants Do Not Reduce Homelessness
Which Demographic Groups and Which Places Have the Highest Drug Overdose Rates in the U.S.?
Over Two-Thirds of Opioid Overdose Victims in Canada were Employed Before They Died
The OxyContin® Reformulation in 2010 Increased States’ Food Insecurity Rates
Counties with Higher Prescription Opioid Presence Have Slower Student Learning Rates
U.S. Counties with Higher Drug Overdose Rates Have Lower School Test Scores.
How has the Opioid Overdose Crisis Affected Child Maltreatment in the U.S.?
Hamersma Discusses the Impact of Medicaid Eligibility Reviews on County Residents With Syracuse.com
Sarah Hamersma, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, believes the number of Onondaga County residents who lose coverage will be less than the 9.5% estimated by a federal government study. That’s because New York’s Medicaid and other public health insurance programs are more generous than those offered by many other states, she says.
See related: New York State, U.S. Health Policy
Maxwell-in-Washington Graduate Student Mario Marquez Joins in Call to Repeal War Authority in Iraq
The Iraq War veteran is director of national security for The American Legion and is pursing an executive master’s in international relations degree.
Lamis Abdelaaty Receives Gerda Henkel Foundation Grant to Support Book Research
The associate professor of political science will examine what constitutes a refugee crisis in her second book.
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Coffel Speaks to Newsweek About the Effects Climate Change Has on Flying
"There are three primary effects [of climate change on flying]: a reduction in payload capacity for some flights because of rising temperatures, an increase in clear air turbulence on some flight routes, and changes in fuel consumption on some routes due to changes in upper level wind speeds," says Ethan Coffel, assistant professor of geography and the environment.
See related: Climate Change, Infrastructure, United States
Reeher Quoted in Washington Post Article on Historical Advertisements for the AR-15
As public concerns about crime mounted in the 1980s and 1990s, AR-15 marketers started to adjust their depiction of what was on the receiving end of the barrel. “People, rather than animals, were the target,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science. “That allows it to be sold more as a self-defense weapon, particularly inside the home.”
See related: Crime & Violence, Media & Journalism, United States
Yingyi Ma Named an American Council on Education Fellow
As a fellow, Ma, professor of sociology, will receive customized leadership training and mentorship.
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White Discusses His Research on History of Racial Inequality in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
“We sort of show at least some suggestive survey evidence that talking to people very explicitly and straightforwardly about these historical reasons why inequality persists can at least at the margins make people more open to thinking about race in a more structural way [and] taking inequality seriously,” says Steven White, assistant professor of political science.
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Taylor Quoted in Vox Article on Russian Paramilitary Network the Wagner Group
“Wagner was a very useful stopgap in that period between when [Russia] had so many of their regular forces attrited and Putin came around to the realization that he had no choice but to bring in hundreds of thousands of more people. That may, in some sense, prove to be that Wagner is at its sort of height of influence,” says Brian Taylor, professor of political science.
See related: Conflict, International Affairs, Russia, Ukraine
Tessa Murphy Named Humanities Faculty Fellow for Research on Histories of Enslaved People
The associate professor of history is working on a book and publicly accessible database of people who were enslaved in British Crown colonies in the Caribbean.
See related: Awards & Honors, Colonialism, Latin America & the Caribbean, Race & Ethnicity
Exploring factors shaping transportation electrification in American cities
"Exploring factors shaping transportation electrification in American cities," co-authored by Saba Siddiki, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, was published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition.
See related: Energy, Infrastructure, United States
McFate Speaks With Newsweek About the Exodus of Wagner Group Soldiers
"Most of the old guard have sought to remain in places like Mali, or in Africa, away from the Ukraine fight, because the guys I talked to before the invasion were not supportive of the invasion," says Sean McFate, adjunct professor in Maxwell's Washington programs.
See related: Conflict, International Affairs, Russia, Ukraine
Property Tax Sales, Private Capital, and Gentrification in the U.S.