Banks talks about the latest on Sessions, Russia on Bloomberg Law
"The Justice Department could certainly apply pressure on Mueller's team to hasten the investigation, make it difficult to obtain the funds beyond certain periods to continue to investigate; more likely that those kinds of informal pressures would be applied rather than removal itself," said William Banks, professor of public administration and international affairs and director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism.
Dutkowsky questions $10m grants to rehab aging downtowns in the NYT
SU to invest $100 million in academic programs, student experience
“Invest Syracuse is the engine for advancing the University’s academic programs and the student experience,” says Chancellor Kent Syverud. “It will elevate our academic excellence, provide an unrivaled student experience and solidify Syracuse University’s standing as a distinctive, preeminent, global research institution.”
Banks discusses prospect of Kushner/Russia FISA taps with WIRED
“The Russian ambassador has probably been under surveillance since before you and I were born,” says William C. Banks, professor of public administration and international affairs.
Mitra pens OpEd for Indian Express on PM Modi's economic reforms
"If the government is serious about exports and jobs, a bolder approach needs to be taken on labor reforms," says Devashish Mitra, professor of economics and the Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs, about the Indian government.
Estimating the Effects of Minimum Wage in a Developing Country: A Density Discontinuity Design Approach
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Gadarian discusses news, terrorism and policy impact on CBC The National
According to Shana Kushner Gadarian, associate professor of political science, "Images matter. The emotions that you evoke really do have implications for how the public feels about whether or not they are safe, what kinds of beliefs they want to support, and their feelings about fellow citizens and whether or not they want to take liberties away from fellow citizens."
VIDEO: Faulkner a featured scholar at women's suffrage celebration
Maxwell Associate Dean and Professor of History Carol Faulkner was one of the featured scholars on day one of the VoteTilla voyage. VoteTilla is part of a year-long celebration recognizing 100 years of women’s voices and suffrage in New York state.
Reeher comments on health care reform, bipartisanship in The Hill
“The two parties are very close in number—it’s a very even split—and they are polarized,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute. “Those things tend to reinforce each other, make it harder to work across the aisle, which makes it harder to pass any big bill.”
Purser report on treatment of dairy farmworkers cited in NY Times
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Cheap talk or incredible commitment? (Mis)calculating transparency and anti-corruption
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Bruno-van Vijfeijken comments on digital activism in Global Policy
"If we want citizen agency and activism to be strengthened through digital means, then we cannot complain that it works in both political directions: that is the nature of democracy," says Tosca Bruno-Van Vijfeijken, adjunct faculty member at the Maxwell School.
Maxwell and Cornell co-host International Studies Summer Institute on refugees in the classroom
This year's workshop for NY K-12 teachers equipped teachers with tools to address an increase in offensive and intolerant opinions expressed by children against minority groups, including often-targeted refugee students.
Andrew Cohen discusses history of internships on Marketplace
According to Andrew Wender Cohen, professor of history, the current system of training and acclimating young people to the work world has its antecedents in the Middle Ages. “Families couldn’t necessarily afford to feed all the members of the household, so this was a way of getting rid of children who had gotten too old to live in the house and not work,” he says.
Elman quoted on proposed Israeli academic ethics code in Algemeiner
Miriam Elman, associate professor of political science, commented on the Israeli academic ethics code and how it compares to that of the American Association of University Professors.
Purser cited in Albany Times Union article on state dairy worker injuries
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Those who support the presence of Confederate symbols in public spaces in the South tend to have less knowledge of Civil War history, negating a commonly used defense that the emblems represent ‘heritage not hate’
Alex Lynch '16 BA (PSc/CCE) featured in local media for CCE project
Alex Lynch '16 B.A. (PSc/CCE) proposed bringing more security cameras to the city streets around the University to make the area safer for current students, as his research revealed that 82% of students do not feel safe off campus. Lynch raised $94,000 from landlords and student associations to buy and install security cameras in a heavily populated student neighborhood and proposed eight sites for cameras to be installed, with the majority to be placed on Euclid Avenue.
Anne Mosher receives funding for study on pathways to geography education