Purser Discusses Rent Relief, Eviction Moratorium

Gretchen Purser, associate professor of sociology, appeared on WCNY's most recent episode of CONNECT NY, "The State of Homeownership."
October 4, 2021

See related: Civil Rights, Housing, United States

NIH awards $1.95M to study state-level COVID policies, mental health

Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, is the principal investigator for a five-year research project that will examine the impacts of state COVID-19 mitigation policies on adult psychological health, drug overdose and suicide. The project is funded with $1.95 million from the National Institutes of Health.
October 1, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Grant Awards, State & Local

Sociologist Jennifer Karas Montez Named University Professor

The prestigious distinction is granted to faculty who excel in their fields and who have made extraordinary scholarly contributions as judged by their peers nationally and internationally.
October 1, 2021

See related: Awards & Honors, Promotions & Appointments

Elizabeth Cohen Piece on Immigration Reform Published in Washington Post

In the article, Cohen, professor of political science, discusses the history of immigration reform and how the U.S. can move forward, in particular, by updating the Registry Act.
September 30, 2021

See related: Government, International Affairs, United States

On NPR, Sean O'Keefe Weighs in on Renaming NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

O'Keefe, University Professor and former NASA administrator, made the decision to name the telescope after Webb in 2002.

September 30, 2021

See related: Government, Space Exploration, United States

Jacobson Speaks to CBS News, DW, WAER about the Afghanistan Withdrawal

Top Pentagon leaders testified publicly before lawmakers for the first time since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Mark Jacobson, assistant dean for Washington Programs, spoke with CBS News, Deutsche Welle and WAER about their testimony and the aftermath of the Afghanistan withdrawal.
September 29, 2021

See related: Afghanistan, Congress, Foreign Policy, International Affairs, Refugees, United States, Veterans

Alumna Amy Donahue Named Provost of US Coast Guard Academy

Donahue ’96 M.P.A./’00 Ph.D. (PA) serves as the principal adviser to the superintendent in all matters relating to the academic program and faculty.
September 29, 2021

See related: Awards & Honors, Veterans

Popp Talks to NPR about the Impact of Transitioning to Electric Cars

Professor David Popp is included in the NPR article, "What challenges loom as New York transitions to electric car sales by 2035?"
September 28, 2021

See related: Climate Change, Economic Policy, New York State

Harry Lambright discusses the James Webb Space Telescope with Johns Hopkins Magazine

Professor Harry Lambright says Webb was always looking ahead from the standpoint of NASA and what it could do in the future.
September 28, 2021

See related: Government, Space Exploration, United States

Lerner Faculty Affiliate Amy Schwartz and colleagues secure $3.5 million NIH funding

Amy Schwartz is the Principal Investigator on the project "COVID-19, Vaccinations and School/Community Resources: Children's Longitudinal Health and Education Outcomes using Linked Administrative Data." The study will determine how racial/ethnic and income disparities were affected, investigate vaccine availability, and explore the role of school and neighborhood resources.
September 27, 2021

See related: Children, Adolescents, COVID-19, Grant Awards, U.S. Education, U.S. Health Policy, United States

Monmonier quoted in New York Times article on digital maps

The most commonly used maps are those on smartphones and they don’t always accurately represent the world as it is, says Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and the Environment. 
September 27, 2021

See related: Maps, United States

In Memoriam: Joseph Strasser, ‘Forever an Important Figure in our History’

He was among the Maxwell School’s most generous benefactors.

September 27, 2021

See related: Giving, In Memoriam

Risk Factors Explaining Military Deaths From Suicide, 2008–2017: A Latent Class Analysis

Scott D. Landes, Janet M. Wilmoth, Andrew S. London
Sociologists Scott Landes, Andrew London and Janet Wilmoth examine the risk factors in military deaths by suicide.
September 25, 2021

See related: Mental Health

Why are COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Lower in Rural than in Urban areas of the U.S.?

Shannon M. Monnat, Yue Sun

This brief compares COVID-19 vaccination rates across the U.S. rural-urban continuum and identifies the major contributors to lower rates of vaccination in rural counties.

September 24, 2021

Williams contributes to Atlantic Council piece on AUKUS deal

Michael Williams, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, was one of several experts who weighed in on how the U.S. and its allies should navigate the diplomatic upheaval in the Atlantic Council blog post, "Experts react: The AUKUS deal has shaken the transatlantic alliance. What should the US and its allies do now?"
September 24, 2021

See related: Europe, International Affairs, International Agreements

Lerner Chair and Director Shannon Monnat, colleagues awarded $1.9 million dollar NIDA grant

The overarching objective of the project is to identify how the policies U.S. states enacted to combat the spread and adverse effects of COVID-19 may have affected psychological health and mortality from drug overdose and suicide among working-age and older adults in both the immediate and longer terms. 

September 23, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Grant Awards, U.S. Health Policy, United States

Maxwell School Announces Montonna Professor, Dean’s Award Recipients

Osamah F. Khalil, associate professor of history and chair of the undergraduate program in international relations, was recently awarded the Dr. Ralph E. Montonna Endowed Professorship for the Teaching and Education of Undergraduates.
September 23, 2021

See related: Awards & Honors, Giving, Promotions & Appointments

Shana Gadarian speaks to Associated Press about mask mandates

Shana Gadarian, professor and chair of political science, says it’s important to weigh the motivation of politicians questioning public health measures proven to slow virus spread.
September 23, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, United States

#Kifaya# Enough Dangerous Speech for South Sudanese

Susan Appe, Nadia Rubaii, Kerry Whigham, Samuel Sebit Emmanuel
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September 22, 2021

See related: Education

Lerner Faculty Affiliate Bergen-Cico Granted NSF Funds to Support Recovery from Opioid Use Disorder

Dessa Bergen-Cico, professor of public health, is the co-principal investigator along with principal investigator Asif Salekin, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, on a novel grant from the National Science Foundation, for a study aiming support opioid addiction recovery.

September 21, 2021

See related: Grant Awards, Opioids, United States

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