Congratulations to Shannon Monnat for earning the Excellence in Research Award!

A huge congratulations to Lerner Chair Shannon Monnat, who received the 2020-21 Excellence in Research Award from the Rural Sociology Society! The award recognizes an RSS member who has made outstanding contributions to rural-oriented research and/or theory. Well done!
July 6, 2021

See related: Awards & Honors

Michelmore featured in WAER article on changes to Child Tax Credit

Katherine Michelmore, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, was featured in the WAER article, "Could New Child Tax Credit End Poverty for Many US Children? SU Expert on Impact." 
July 6, 2021

See related: Child & Elder Care, Parenting & Family, Taxation, United States

Thompson discusses US-Vatican relationship in The Hill

Read more in The Hill article, "Post-Trump, Biden seeks to restore US relations with Holy See." 
July 6, 2021

See related: Europe, Foreign Policy, International Affairs, Religion, United States

Holding Hospitals Accountable? Evidence on the Effectiveness of Minimum Charity Care Provision Laws

Michah W. Rothbart & Nara Yoon
July 5, 2021

Do Minimum Charity Care Provision Requirements Increase Nonprofit Hospital Performance? Examining Hospitals’ Responses to Regulatory Changes

Michah W. Rothbart & Nara Yoon
July 5, 2021

Maxwell Students Awarded Downey Scholarships

They are among 13 students who received the award from the Syracuse University Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence. 
July 1, 2021

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The effect of public health insurance expansions on the mental and behavioral health of girls and boys

Sarah Hamersma & Jinqi Ye
June 30, 2021

Domestic Violence is Prevalent among U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults

Mary E. Helander, Xiaoyan Zhang

Rates of domestic violence are high among adolescents and young adults in the U.S.

June 29, 2021

See related: Crime & Violence

Service-Connected Disability and the Veteran Mortality Disadvantage

Scott D. Landes, Andrew S. London & Janet M. Wilmoth
June 29, 2021

Diverse Lobbying Coalitions and Influence in Notice-and-Comment Rulemaking

Maraam A. Dwidar
June 26, 2021

See related: Political Parties

Childbearing and the Distribution of the Reservation Price of Fertility: The Case of the Korean Baby Bonus Program

Dahae Choo & Hugo Jales
June 25, 2021

See related: East Asia

Money in the Bank

“The amount of subsidy required to do financial services for the poor is quite small compared with universal education or vaccinating everyone in a country,” says Bob Christen, founder of the Boulder Institute of Microfinance, and a professor of practice at Maxwell. “It’s all about giving people the formal tools to protect themselves from vulnerabilities and achieve their goals.”

June 25, 2021

See related: Economic Policy, Income, United States

Are City Centers Losing Their Appeal? Commercial Real Estate, Urban Spatial Structure, and COVID-19

Stuart S. Rosenthal, William C. Strange & Joaquin A. Urrego
June 24, 2021

See related: COVID-19

To Appeal and Amend: Changes to Recently Updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps

Devin Lea, Sarah Pralle
Pralle, associate professor of political science, and co-authors' findings suggest changes to flood zones on FIRMs occur more often where people have greater socioeconomic means, raising questions of equity for future FIRM appeals and revisions.
June 24, 2021

See related: Insurance, Natural Disasters

Wolf Study on Minimum Wage, Infant Mortality Featured on CNY Central

A study by Douglas Wolf, Gerald B. Cramer Professor of Aging Studies, was featured in the CNY Central article "New SU study shows that raising the minimum wage could save lives." 
June 23, 2021

See related: Health Policy, Longevity

Schwartz quoted in EdSurge article on challenges of student mobility

"It’s not like kids are moving from Boston to Chicago to LA and then back again,” says Amy Ellen Schwartz, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Affairs. "Kids for whom housing instability is a problem, many of them are moving around in the same urban area."
June 23, 2021

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

Alumna Oversees Students in NYS Assembly Where She Once Interned

Vanessa Salman ’17 B.A. (PSc) found her experience as an intern with the New York State legislature so powerful she returned for a full-time position after graduating from Maxwell.
June 23, 2021

See related: New York State, State & Local

Grads set to make the world greater, better and more beautiful

The Maxwell School closed its 2020-2021 academic year the same way it met the complications of the COVID-19 pandemic: a mix of health precautions, expanded technology and commitment to tradition. That meant a prerecorded graduate convocation and faculty farewells via video. Maxwell’s May 22 graduate convocation also included speeches and award presentations, capped with recitation of the Athenian Oath.
June 22, 2021

See related: Awards & Honors, Student Experience

Khalil speaks to Sinclair Broadcast Group about Iran's president-elect Ebrahim Raisi

June 22, 2021

See related: Government, Middle East & North Africa

Staying at Home: How Well Did Americans Maintain Their Health Behaviors during COVID-19?

Michael Serrur, James Rose

This brief summarizes the findings from a national survey aimed at understanding behavior change and goal setting during the pandemic and provides tips for getting back into healthy habits.

June 22, 2021

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