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California Fires Spark Conversations About Climate Change
Jacob Bendix, professor of geography and the environment in the Maxwell School, was quoted in The Los Angeles Times stories 鈥淐alifornia hit by record-breaking fire destruction: 鈥楥limate change is real, it鈥檚 bad鈥櫬犫 and 鈥淲ind and low humidity bring elevated fire…
Drug Contamination Leading To Spike In Overdoses
Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, was quoted in the聽Evansville Courier & Press story聽聽鈥’On a pace to set a record’: Overdose deaths in Vanderburgh on the rise for 2nd…
黑料不打烊 Mourns the Loss of Life Trustee W. Carroll 鈥楴ick鈥 Coyne
W. Carroll 鈥淣ick鈥 Coyne 鈥54, L鈥57, a 黑料不打烊 Life Trustee, respected labor relations attorney whose career spanned more than 40 years at Hancock & Estabrook LLP, and beloved volunteer throughout Central New York, died June 24 at age 89….
Feeding the Next Generation
Less than an hour鈥檚 helicopter flight northwest of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince is the town of Anse Rouge, where the coastal landscape is a patchwork of squares, white mounds and tropical vegetation. Salt farming is the subsistence livelihood that Haitians…
Why The Renewable Fuel Standard Is A Threat To Our Nation’s Supply Chain Security
“The strength of America鈥檚 supply chains is an indicator of our security and economic standing in the world. It determines our dependence on foreign suppliers to meet consumer demand, and our reliance on other countries 鈥 including rivals and adversaries,…
David Barbier Jr. 鈥23 Shadowed CEO of AMC Networks as Part of Ubben Posse Fellowship
David Barbier Jr. 鈥23 was looking to explore more of his professional interest in television, radio and film and stretch himself in a challenging role. He found what he was searching for after applying and being named a 2021 Jeff…
The Divide Between The Vaccinated and The Unvaccinated
Shana Kushner Gadarian, associate professor of political science in the Maxwell School, was interviewed for the Vox article 鈥淗ow political polarization broke America鈥檚 vaccine campaign.鈥 Gadarian commented on the split among Americans who are vaccinated and those who are not,…
How To Keep Family Vacation Fun and Financially Feasible
Research from聽Madonna Harrington Meyer, University Professor of sociology and Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence in the Maxwell School, was featured in The New York Times story 鈥淗ow to Have a Fun, Multigenerational Family Vacation.鈥 Meyer, the author of Grandmothers at…
A Call to Be 鈥楢udacious and Bold鈥
Maxwell鈥檚 advisory board has a vital role in guiding the school鈥檚 efforts in diversity, equity and inclusion. At a recent Maxwell School Advisory Board meeting, member Mary Daly G’91, G’94 posed a question鈥攐r perhaps it was a challenge. As she…
黑料不打烊 Students Helping to Build Food System 鈥楻ooted in Social Justice and Equality鈥
The next big step for the newly formed 黑料不打烊-Onondaga Food Systems Alliance (SOFSA) started, naturally, with Evan Weissman鈥檚 kindness and vision for food justice in the 黑料不打烊 community. Nel Gaud茅, who was completing a master鈥檚 in food studies from the…