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Visualizing Age, Period, and Cohort Patterns of Substance Use in the U.S. Opioid Crisis

Ashton M. Verdery, Kira England, Alexander Chapman, Liying Luo, Katherine McLean & Shannon Monnat
February 17, 2020

Jok op-ed on Sudan's former dictator published in Daily Nation

"Many Sudanese people from the areas that were terrorised by his security forces have said that trying him in Sudan would be a slap in the face of all these victims and their communities, for they cannot be confident that there won’t be Sudanese judges who might rig the process in his favour," writes Professor of Anthropology Jok Madut Jok.

February 17, 2020

Elizabeth Cohen discusses new book on Blog Talk Radio

Elizabeth Cohen, professor of political science, provides the full scope of the immigration bias against individuals belonging to marginalized groups, starting in the days just after 9/11, and examines how the panic of the time gave way to the creation of a complex and unmonitored infrastructure that the Trump administration has unleashed without recourse.

February 17, 2020

Amid impeachment trial, UPA program provides look at US politics

About 20 public policy graduate students from the Universidad Panamericana’s (UPA) Mexico City campus arrived in Washington, D.C., in the middle of the U.S. Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. “They had lots of questions, from the politics of impeachment, to the mechanics, to what it said about the structure of U.S. political institutions,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.

February 17, 2020

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Mandela Washington Fellows introduced to SU Libraries

Last summer, a group of young leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa made their way to the Syracuse University campus as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). The program is funded by the U.S. Department of State and empowers young leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, and networking across higher education institutions and communities across the United States.
February 17, 2020

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Alumnus Schwabish writes book on research presentation

Jonathan Schwabish ’02 M.A. (Econ)/’03 Ph.D. (Econ) discusses strategies researchers can use to communicate their work in both traditional and digital media in his new book "Elevate the Debate."

February 14, 2020

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Lerner Center Awarded Grant to Train Healthcare Providers on Plans of Safe Care for Babies born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

The Lerner Center was awarded a grant by the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation for their project: “Implementing and Evaluating the Efficacy of a New Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Plan of Safe Care.” The project aims to increase health provider education surrounding the successful development of Plans of Safe Care (POSC) for mothers with addiction and babies who were exposed to opioids prior to birth. 
February 13, 2020

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Lerner Center announces its Request for Proposal for the 2020 Faculty Fellows Program

The Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University is proud to announce its 2020 Lerner Center Faculty Fellows Grant Program. The Faculty Fellows Grant Program intends to fund at least two research/evaluation awards in the areas of population health and/or health promotion. Awards will be funded up to a maximum of $25,000 for 24 months.
February 12, 2020

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CSIS named number one think tank in the United States

The Center for Strategic and International Studies has been named the number one think tank in the United States in the Global Go To Think Tank Index.
February 11, 2020

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Reeher discusses the New Hampshire primary in the Hill

"The general phenomenon is one where primary voters are wanting to make decisions among the candidates that are the viable ones. They want to be choosing among those who have a chance," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.

February 11, 2020

Soljour presented with nationally recognized dissertation award

Kishauna Soljour ’16 M.A. (Hist)/’19 Ph.D. (Hist) has received a distinguished dissertation award from the Council of Graduate Schools/ProQuest. Soljour’s dissertation analyzed the dissonance between French policies of acculturation and the lived and embodied experiences of Afro-French residents since the conclusion of the World War II.

February 11, 2020

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Taylor discusses Putin and Russia's future on BYUradio

Brian Taylor, professor of political science, claims Russians live in a sort of "electoral authoritarianism," where the election looks democratic on the surface with multiple parties, but "enough is done through the manipulation of the rules and control of the media to make sure the favorite candidate always wins."

February 10, 2020

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A Population-Based Perspective on Health Care for U.S. Veterans

Janet M. Wilmoth, Andrew S. London & Scott D. Landes
Given that U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care is targeted, many veterans do not receive health-care services. Additionally, some veterans who have high priority for receipt of services do not obtain health care from the VA because they have access to other, preferred providers. As a result, a relatively small minority of veterans use VA health-care services.
February 10, 2020

University website features the history of Maxwell’s VIP visitors

As part of its ongoing initiative to highlight historical content during SU’s 150th anniversary year, the Syracuse University website now includes a report on well-known figures from politics and public life who have visited and spoken at the Maxwell School.

February 6, 2020

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Lovely discusses US annual trade deficit with Bloomberg, Politico

"Everything the president has done has shown that the advice of more traditional economists has actually been very solid—so we don’t see the trade deficit closing as a result," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. 

February 6, 2020

Multidimensional incongruence, political disaffection, and support for anti-establishment parties

Ryan Bakker, Seth Jolly & Jonathan Polk
February 4, 2020

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