Ma discusses how western universities can help Chinese students in Times Higher Education
According to Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology, and her co-authors, U.S. institutions need to invest more in direct recruiting in China, do more to integrate Chinese students, and provide diverse networking opportunities for them.
See related: China, U.S. Education, United States
Morgan comments on US-UK relations in USA Today
"I can't imagine them having a civil conversation," says Glyn Morgan, associate professor of political science, about the potential relationship between President Trump and Jeremy Corbyn, had Corbyn won his election. "Their world views are so diametrically opposed. I doubt Trump has even ever met anyone like Corbyn."
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EMPA student Phillip Cady appointed Oswego police chief
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Maxwell, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore explore expanding collaboration
Maxwell’s partnership with the government of India and IIMB continues the efforts of civil servants and academics from both countries to learn from each other. “This is an active partnership that works for all parties,” Dan Nelson, international program manager, says.
See related: Education, Government, India, United States
Reeher quoted in USA Today article on recent Pensacola shooting
"There are AR-platform guns that shoot legal hunting rounds, from a .308 on down. I don’t know what that would do if we’re thinking of the lethality it provides somebody," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
See related: Crime & Violence, United States
Heflin weighs in on cuts to food stamp program in CBS News article
"Given that we are having a real sort of rescaling of mortality in this country as a whole, to think about cutting anything that supports health and an associated reduction of mortality is a real mistake," says Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Food Security, Longevity, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Lovely speaks with NY Times, PBS, Washington Post about USMCA trade deal
"Clearly, the U.S. is trying to gain advantage in the agreement, and we did. We were able to squeeze some stuff out," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. We "got an agreement that was basically the NAFTA agreement with some updating."
See related: Canada, Economic Policy, Latin America & the Caribbean, Trade, United States
Banks discusses the latest in Trump's impeachment with China Daily
"For those who believe in the rule of law and the importance of constitutional norms, his impeachment is nonetheless important because it upholds and reinforces the importance of those norms," says Professor Emeritus William Banks.
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Monnat study on opioids cited in CityLab article
While the urban opioid crisis is a crisis of heroin and illegal drugs, the rural opioid crisis of prescription drugs is largely a story of growing spatial inequality and of places left behind, most often occurring in places that tend to have a declining industrial base, finds a study co-authored by Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
See related: Addiction, Opioids, Rural Issues, United States, Urban Issues
Dwight Waldo Started It All
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Infrastructure & Urbanisation ‘Second-best’ Bus Rapid Transit and traffic congestion in developing countries: Lessons from TransJakarta
Flannery recognized as trailblazer in public finance
Having spent more than 19 years in public finance, Kelly Flannery ’00 B.A. (IR) currently serves as the chief financial officer for the City of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Maxwell alumnae co-host podcast, interview Maxwell’s Leonard Lopoo
Rebecca Casciano ’03 M.P.A. founded Glass Frog in 2012 with the goal of making her research insights from her time as a Ph.D. student at Princeton actionable. Jennifer Puma ’03 M.P.A. is currently Glass Frog's senior manager for operations and client delivery. They spoke with Leonard Lopoo, Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of Public Policy and director of Maxwell’s Center for Policy Research, about new trends and academic developments in program evaluation.
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Three recent Maxwell grads named to CNY 40 under Forty
The award, now in its 22nd year, recognizes and empowers the future leaders of Central New York by highlighting their accomplishments across the region. As part of this program, each honoree will participate in a community volunteer project with a local nonprofit organization.
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Our Female Veterans Deserve Better Healthcare
This issue brief explains gaps in healthcare coverage for female veterans and ways to address them.
Armstrong speaks to the Hill about new Harriet Tubman film
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Elizabeth Cohen cited in NY Mag article on ICE, McKinsey & Company
Illegal: How America's Lawless Immigration Regime Threatens Us All, a book by Elizabeth F. Cohen, professor of political science, was cited in a New York Times and ProPublica report on McKinsey and Company's ties to President Trump's immigration policies.
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Inaugural VPPCE program off to a successful start
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Maxwell School remembers Advisory Board member Paul Volcker
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Shared Priorities
Supporting and improving public service has been a major focus of Paul Volcker, former chair of the Federal Reserve, for decades. From Volcker’s perspective, Maxwell is an exception to the general trend among universities of paying less and less attention to training future civil servants in how to implement public policy effectively and efficiently.
See related: Economic Policy, School History