Yinger's expertise in residential discrimination cited in The Atlantic
"Community groups like the Urban League started doing audits and tests to show discrimination," John Yinger, Trustee Professor of Economics and Public Administration and International Affairs, said. "In 1973, the Urban League found a lot of discrimination in some of the properties that Trump Management owned."
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The Stories behind the Struggle: A Closer Look at First Experiences with Opioid Misuse
This research brief dives into the stories behind opioid use initiation and provides intervention strategies.
Award honors alumna and former faculty member Rosemary O’Leary
The award, named after former Maxwell faculty member Rosemary O’Leary ‘88 Ph.D. (PA), recognizes the best article published in a public administration journal on the topic of women and public administration.
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Heather Newton heads mental illness organization in Rochester
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Robin Lamott Sparks heads End Hunger Connecticut!
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Banks speaks with Bloomberg about AG Barr's feud with Democrats
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Lovely discusses US-China trade war with ABC News, Marketplace, Wall Street Journal
"I think that if President Trump goes through and raises these tariffs and then China retaliates, there will be a lot more pain and no gain," says Professor of Economics Mary Lovely.
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Zwick discusses Uber, Lyft drivers strike in Agence France Presse
Austin Zwick, assistant teaching professor of public affairs, says the job actions are an attempt to shift the balance of power between drivers and platforms, which now have the power to arbitrarily determine compensation and benefits. "The joint strike plus boycott strategy appear unlikely to succeed nationally as it does not appear that all drivers and passengers are unified behind the cause."
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Deborah Pellow to receive Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate Teaching
Deborah Pellow, professor of anthropology, who is a multidisciplinary scholar that specializes in urban studies, the anthropology of space and place, and feminism, with emphasis on West Africa, was conferred this year's prize. The prize memorializes William Wasserstrom, a noted English professor at Syracuse.
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Buffalo, NY Water Bill Collections
We tested whether redesigned notices for overdue water bills would improve payments.
Humphrey Fellows celebrate year of new perspectives
The 2018-19 Humphrey Fellows recently celebrated ten months of academic study, professional development, and cultural exchange at Syracuse University. The Fellowship honor the late Senator and Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and his lifelong commitment to international cooperation and public service.
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Winders named faculty representative to SU Board of Trustees
Jamie Winders, professor of geography in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, is best known for her interdisciplinary work on international migration and contributions to geography’s engagements with race, labor and social reproduction.
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Commencement Speaker Mary C. Daly G’94 bloomed at Syracuse University
“These graduates are our future. I’m at this point in my career where I’m thinking about what these graduates are going to accomplish. If I can have even the smallest influence on how they think of themselves and how proud and hopeful we are of them, that’s the honor of being the Commencement speaker,” says Maxwell alumna Mary C. Daly G’94.
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Lovely discusses US-China trade, tariffs on Bloomberg, CGTN
"It’ll hit the pocketbooks of the working class hard," Professor Mary Lovely said about Trump's recent trade-war threat to increase tariffs.
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Shannon Monnat gives lecture on demographic and geographic variation in drug, alcohol, and suicide mortality at UCLA
2019 Moynihan junior faculty award to be given to Pezzarossi
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Scholarship Fund Honors Policy Studies Professor Bill Coplin
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Reeher weighs in on Pelosi's comments about Trump in The Hill
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Launch of Autonomous Systems Policy Insitute featured by local, national and international media
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