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Nabatchi discusses volume, administration of FOIA requests in Federal News Network

According to Tina Nabatchi, Joseph A. Strasser Endowed Professor in Public Administration, the ratio between workforce and number of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests appears difficult to manage.

March 22, 2019

See related: Congress, Federal, United States

Pralle quoted in CBS News article on flooding in Midwest

Flooding is "a critical national issue that must be addressed more aggressively in an age of climate change," says Sarah Pralle, associate professor of political science. Pralle was interviewed for the CBS News article "Midwest flood damage will likely total more than $1 billion."

March 21, 2019

Lovely weighs in on discrimination in the field of economics in Business Insider

"Many men believe they themselves are not part of the problem, yet they continue to organize sessions without any women authors or discussants," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. "And I still am present at meetings where women's views are heard and then trivialized."

March 21, 2019

Dickey speaks with CNBC about government shutdown, legal challenges

Todd Dickey, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs, was interviewed by CNBC regarding the legal challenges facing the government shutdown. "There are some real clashes between the Antideficiency Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act when it comes to a shutdown situation," Dickey told CNBC, "and we're currently seeing several class action lawsuits in the federal courts trying to work out that clash." 01/22/19

January 22, 2019

See related: Government, United States

Bendix discusses the factors behind the CA wildfires in USA Today

"Over the past two months, the areas now burning have had far less precipitation than normal for this time of year, while experiencing above-average temperatures," says Jacob Bendix, associate professor of geography. "Thus, conditions were primed for fire."

November 14, 2018

See related: Climate Change, United States, Wildfires

Monnat paper on opioid-related mortality in rural America published in Int Journal of Drug Policy

Khary K. Rigga, Shannon M. Monnat & Melody N. Chavez

June 30, 2018

See related: Addiction, Health Policy, Longevity, United States

Andrew Cohen discusses tariffs, Great Depression in PolitiFact

Andrew Wender Cohen, Dr. Walter Montgomery and Marian Gruber Professor of History, was quoted in the PolitiFact article "Is protectionism a big part of the Great Depression, as Ben Sasse said?" "Economists today debate the tariffs’ effect on the Great Depression -- some feel it substantially worsened the downturn, while others think its negative effect was small," says Cohen. 06/01/1

June 1, 2018

See related: Trade, United States

Karas Montez study on education–mortality association published in Biodemography and Social Biology

Jennifer Karas Montez & Isaac Sasson

May 10, 2018

See related: Education, Longevity, United States

Andrew Cohen featured in PBS documentary on history of NYS police

December 4, 2017

See related: New York State, State & Local

Monnat article on teaching to the opioid epidemic published in Medical Teacher

Daniel R. George, Shannon M. Monnat, Rachel Levine, Barbara Blatt & Jed D. Gonzalo

May 31, 2017

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