Maxwell School News and Commentary
O'Keefe op-ed on journey of space exploration published in The Hill
According to University Professor Sean O'Keefe, "...it isn’t necessarily the beginning of a new space race as much as it is evidence that exploration beyond low Earth orbit is picking up momentum. That’s been a long time coming, but it signals the dawning of a new chapter of global ambitions to explore our neighborhood in this solar system."
New edition of Maxwell Perspective reports on Minnowbrook conference
The magazine leads with a feature on Minnowbrook at 50, where leading public administration scholars and practitioners gathered to address the field's most pressing issues. Historically, each Minnowbrook conference culminated in the publication of books, articles and/or special issues of journals that left a lasting impression on scholars around the world.
Lovely quoted in Christian Science Monitor article on US-China trade
"Both sides are finding out that trade wars are painful," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. "The Chinese economy is slowing. ...Foreign investment into the U.S. is down, and there is concern about domestic investment moving forward."
Dickey discusses federal government shutdown in Washington Post
To reconcile the differences between the Antideficiency Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act, Todd Dickey, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs, suggests that the government "could make clear when the government could lawfully pay FLSA-required wages for labor performed during a shutdown."
Monnat publishes study on geographic variation in drug mortality rates
PhD student Uğur Altundal cited in Newsweek article on passports
Research by Uğur Altundal, a PhD student in political science at the Maxwell School, was cited in the Newsweek article "Ranked: The World's Least Powerful Passports in 2019." "Despite the important progress made in overall global mobility," Altundal and co-author Omer Zarpli write in their contribution to Henley and Partners annual report on global mobility, "there remains a significant ‘global mobility divide’, with some passports much more powerful than others." 01/11/19