Whale Snow: Iñupiat, Climate Change, and Multispecies Resilience in Arctic Alaska
Using multispecies ethnography, Whale Snow explores how everyday the relatedness of the Iñupiat of Arctic Alaska and the bowhead whale forms and transforms “the human” through their encounters with modernity. Whale Snow shows how the people live in the world that intersects with other beings, how these connections came into being, and, most importantly, how such intimate and intense relations help humans survive the social challenges incurred by climate change. In this time of ecological transition, exploring multispecies relatedness is crucial as it keeps social capacities to adapt relational, elastic, and resilient.
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Monnat reacts to Amazon tracking opioid use in VICE article
"This is news to me, and it's disturbing," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion. "I asked around to other drug experts I know, and none of them knew this was happening. I am a bit shocked but shouldn't be. Corporations increasingly have access to a litany of data and know more about us than anyone else."
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White quoted in Los Angeles Times article on mistruths surrounding Trump's health
See related: COVID-19, Federal, U.S. Immigration, United States
Faricy piece on the obstacle to reforming tax code published in New York Times
Chris Faricy, associate professor of political science, argues that the main obstacle to reforming the tax code is not President Donald Trump, but rather the upper-middle-class American voter.
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Innovation in the Salt City
Both school and community benefit from intentional partnerships like the i-team, according to Jonnell Robinson, assistant professor of geography. The focus on data analysis, for example, also serves the city’s pursuit of government and foundation grants. Students, meanwhile, connect to real-world problems, preparing them for employment in data and innovation offices.
See related: Maps, New York State, Urban Issues
Win-Win-Win Situation
Maxwell School’s X Lab is helping the City of Syracuse collect overdue property taxes by redesigning their letters with a graphic, attention-grabbing message that has resulted in nearly $100,000 of unlikely payments. The X Lab, created a year and a half ago, has the potential for other scholars, offering students real-world sandboxing opportunities and working with public and nonprofit clients at a lower cost than private consultants.
See related: Centennial, New York State, Research Methods, Urban Issues
Reeher discusses court-packing with Fox News
"I think the tone of things would shift quickly if Biden were elected," Professor of Political Science Grant Reeher says. He adds that there would be "more pushback" if Biden and Democrats actually pushed adding seats to the Supreme Court forward.
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Labor Unions and Workplace Safety
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Monnat talks to Vice about Amazon Tracking Opioid Use in US
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Monnat quoted in CNN article about issues with 2020 Census
Lerner Chair Shannon Monnat says, "the Census is the most important data in our country. Census data matter more than any other data that are collected by anyone in the U.S. A 2020 Census failure is a failure for the whole country."
See related: COVID-19, Federal, United States
Ma discusses issues facing Chinese students studying online in Chronicle of Higher Education
"I worry that this potentially undermines Chinese students’ learning opportunities," says Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology, about U.S. university faculty members suggesting that Chinese students wait to enroll in certain courses until they can return to campus for in-person instruction.
Monnat comments on the importance of census data in CNN article
"Census data matter more than any other data that are collected by anyone in the U.S. A 2020 Census failure is a failure for the whole country," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
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A Panel Data Model with Generalized Higher-Order Network Effects
Does School Finance Reform Reduce the Race Gap in School Funding?
Lovely quoted in Washington Times article on Trump, Biden and trade
"I would just say an important difference between Biden and Trump, when the smoke clears, is that Biden wants to work with the allies," says Professor of Economics Mary Lovely.
See related: Political Parties, Trade, U.S. Elections, United States
Reeher weighs in on rush to fill vacant SCOTUS seat in Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
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Trade in Human Capital: A Quantitative Theory of Economic Growth and the Import of Higher Education
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D'Amico quoted in Christian Science Monitor article on the 2020 UN General Assembly
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Testing behavioral interventions designed to improve on-time SNAP recertification
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Duncan protects the electrical grid from cybercrimes at NERC
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