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Three members of Maxwell School faculty earn promotion

At their year-end meeting in early May, the Syracuse University Board of Trustees approved promotions for three Maxwell School members.

June 18, 2020

See related: Promotions & Appointments

Ma quoted in South China Morning Post article on BLM movement, Asian-American community

Those of an older generation, whether in China or the U.S., generally prefer to circumvent discussion of politics and socioeconomic issues, says Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology. "They have memories of the Cultural Revolution and they understand how divisive and how difficult it was and how much destruction it caused," she says.

June 17, 2020

See related: China, Civil Rights, United States

Landes speaks to NPR about COVID-19 fatalities among people with IDD

June 9, 2020

See related: COVID-19, IDD, Longevity, United States

Lutz article on working‐class children of Mexican immigrants published

Amy Lutz & Dalia Abdelhady

June 2, 2020

Landes study on COVID-19 fatalities among people with IDD published

Margaret A. Turk, Scott D. Landes, Margaret K. Formica & Katherine D. Gross

COVID-19 appears to present a greater risk to people with IDD, especially at younger ages.

June 1, 2020

See related: State & Local

Harrington Meyer discusses grandparenting during a pandemic with Kaiser Health News

May 26, 2020

See related: Child & Elder Care, COVID-19, United States

Harrington Meyer quoted in NY Times piece on grandparenting, COVID-19

May 14, 2020

See related: Child & Elder Care, COVID-19, United States

Maxwell faculty and students honored with 2020 One University awards

Syracuse University announced its 2020 One University Awards, honoring members of the University community for their scholarship, teaching, academic achievement, leadership and service. The following Maxwell faculty member and students were among the honorees:

May 14, 2020

See related: Awards & Honors

Landes talks to Spectrum News about COVID-19, people with disabilities

May 7, 2020

See related: COVID-19, IDD, United States

Ma quoted in Politico article on new Chinese narrative on COVID-19, US

Now, "Chinese international students in the U.S. overwhelmingly consider China a safer place, with [their] government more competently handling the crisis than the American government," says Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology. "That is why so many Chinese students have returned home, despite the high risk of international travel and the enormous difficulty in buying airplane tickets."

May 4, 2020

See related: China, COVID-19, U.S. Education, United States

Monnat comments on impact of COVID-19 on minorities in Daily Gazette

"This is just another example of the negative health impacts of structural racism," says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion. "Across all institutions, blacks are disadvantaged."

April 29, 2020

Monnat discusses racial disparities, COVID-19 deaths in Miami Herald

"Without widespread testing and without knowing the infection rate, we can’t responsibly predict when things could open back up," says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.

April 20, 2020

McCormick, Ackerman piece explores how Mexico is handling the pandemic

April 20, 2020

Monnat discusses COVID-19 testing with Miami Herald, Syracuse.com

"If people aren’t being tested, you’re risking not only spread, but greater severity of the illness," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.

April 17, 2020

See related: COVID-19, United States

Monnat comments on fairness of stay-at-home orders in Wisconsin Examiner

"A crisis like COVID-19 is bound to exacerbate existing racial-ethnic and socio-economic disparities. Not only within the healthcare system, and in terms of health outcomes, but also within the criminal justice system," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.

April 16, 2020

Lutz receives NSF RAPID grant for COVID-19 research

Amy Lutz, associate professor of sociology, has received a $97,058 grant from the National Science Foundation's RAPID program for her research project “Working and Teaching from Home in New York State Amidst the Coronavirus Pandemic.”

April 14, 2020

See related: COVID-19, Grant Awards

Monnat discusses COVID-19 with D Magazine, Stateline, the Verge

"At the front end, not testing these groups [poor and racial-ethnic minority populations] at the same level is increasing the risk of fatality rates," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.

April 13, 2020

Montez quoted in Kaiser Health News article on inequality gap at age 65

March 12, 2020

See related: Longevity, United States

Monnat awarded grant by Mother Cabrini Health Foundation

Shannon Monnat, the Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, has received a grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation for her project, which is designed to improve education for health care providers concerning Plans of Safe Care (POSC) for mothers with addiction and for babies who suffered opioid exposure prior to their birth.

March 5, 2020

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Complementary projects on food insecurity funded by Russell Sage

The Russell Sage Foundation has announced funding for two complementary projects related to food insecurity among older adults, and conducted by Maxwell faculty members. One is a qualitative assessment funded at $48,191 and led by Madonna Harrington Meyer, University Professor of Sociology, while the other, funded for $34,997, involves quantitative analysis, conducted by Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs. These complementary projects, which are expected to result in a book-length manuscript, will assess the social, political, and economic dimensions of old-age food insecurity.

March 3, 2020