Jok weighs in on Sudan's new cabinet in the Africa Report

March 3, 2021

See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Government

Harrington Meyer talks to AARP about grandparenting special needs kids

 About 17 percent of children are diagnosed with some kind of disability, says University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer, co-author of the book "Grandparenting Children With Disabilities." While that percentage seems to be increasing, support programs for families are not, she says.
March 2, 2021

See related: Aging, Child & Elder Care, Disability, United States

Stroke: Identifying Symptoms and Acting Fast to Save Lives and Prevent Permanent Disabilities

Mary E. Helander, Bernard Appiah, Miriam Mutambudzi

This issue brief describes stroke symptoms and prevention guidelines, summarizes the information 9-1-1 callers should be prepared to provide when someone is having a stroke, and discusses the importance of acting quickly to save lives and long-term damage.

March 2, 2021

Barkun quoted in Business Insider piece on QAnon's Trump conspiracy theory

"You really feel like you're in an Alice in Wonderland world when you start going through the ideas of the sovereign citizens," says Michael Barkun, professor emeritus of political science. "They will construct more and more complex rationalizations that push the events that they wish for farther and farther into the future." 
March 1, 2021

See related: Media & Journalism, U.S. Elections, United States

Banks weighs in on Trump's legal problems in Newsday article

"There are various possibilities here for hiding assets or overvaluing or undervaluing assets," says Professor Emeritus William C. Banks, who was quoted in the Newsday article, "Trump’s legal problems escalate even though he’s not in power."
March 1, 2021

See related: Law, Political Parties, United States

Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences

Jennifer Brooks, Andrew London, Jennifer Karas Montez, Emily Wiemers, Janet Wilmoth
March 1, 2021

See related: Aging

Regulating Net Metering in the United States: A Landscape Overview of States’ Net Metering Policies and Outcomes

Kathleen Marie Smith, Chris Koski & Saba Siddiki
February 28, 2021

See related: Energy

Schwartz talks to Research Minutes about impact of special education

Amy Ellen Schwartz, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Affairs, recently co-authored a study on the impact of special education on students with learning disabilities. On this episode of Research Minutes, "Does Special Education Improve Student Outcomes," she discusses her team's findings.
February 26, 2021

See related: Children, Adolescents, Disability, U.S. Education, United States

Michelmore discusses the child tax credit on Marketplace

"The kids who don’t receive the full credit right now are predominantly kids who are lower income, many who are living in poverty, and many who are either Black or Latino," says Katherine Michelmore, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs. 
February 25, 2021

See related: Child & Elder Care, COVID-19, Health Policy, Income, Social Justice, State & Local, Taxation, United States

Sultana talks to MIT Technology Review about what progress means

Farhana Sultana, associate professor of geography and the environment, was interviewed for the MIT Technology Review article, "What does progress mean to you?"
February 25, 2021

See related: Mental Health, United States

Charting Three Trajectories for Globalising Public Administration Research and Theory

Shena Ashley, Soonhee Kim & William H. Lambright
February 25, 2021

The Impact of Technological Innovation on Service Delivery: Social Media and Smartphone Integration in a 311 System

Matthew M. Young
February 24, 2021

Khalil discusses impact of the Abraham Accords in Armada International

February 23, 2021

See related: Federal, Middle East & North Africa, National Security, United States

Landes quoted in CTV story on COVID-19 vaccine, people with disabilities

Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology, was quoted in the CTV article, "Advocates worry as most disabled people left off vaccine priority list." 
February 23, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, IDD, Mental Health, Social Justice, Southeast Asia

The Public Good, Bad Policies, and Tough Times: When Profit and Public Interests Collide

Austin McNeill Brown, Shannon M. Monnat

This issue brief describes how privatization of public goods undermines public health, damages public trust, and erodes democracy and provides suggestions for how we can rethink policies to value people over profits instead of valuing profits over people.

February 23, 2021

Carboni's research on giving circles cited in Nonprofit Quarterly

The study, along with previous research conducted by Carboni on giving circles, was cited in the Nonprofit Quarterly article, "Can Giving Circles Democratize Philanthropy?" 
February 22, 2021

See related: Civil Rights, Income, Race & Ethnicity, United States

Lovely speaks to South China Morning Post about the EU's new trade policy

"The new EU trade policy tries to strike a principled balance between the U.S. and China, with clear signals to both that it will set its own course," says Professor Mary Lovely. "Finding a way forward that is both 'open' and 'autonomous' will be difficult, however, as openness brings interdependence," she says.
February 22, 2021

See related: China, Europe, Foreign Policy, International Agreements, Trade

Oral Health Is Important, but How Important?

Alexander G. Dengel

This issue brief describes the short- and long-term effects of a poor dental health routine and the simple steps necessary to maintain a healthy smile.

February 22, 2021

Monnat discusses increase in overdoses during the pandemic in VICE

"At its core, I think addiction is about a need for connection," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion. "My research shows that work, family and community are the three most important factors for understanding why drug overdose rates are higher in some places than others. Work, family and community are the three arenas where we derive meaning and purpose from our lives. If we don’t have those connections, we might seek it out elsewhere, for example with drugs."
February 22, 2021

See related: Addiction, COVID-19, United States

VICE quotes Monnat in article titled Pain and Isolation Are Driving America’s Lockdown Overdose Surge

"Work, family, and community are the three arenas where we derive meaning and purpose from our lives. If we don’t have those connections, we might seek it out elsewhere, for example with drugs,” says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.

February 19, 2021

See related: Addiction, COVID-19, Mental Health, United States

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