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Reeher quoted in The Hill article on Biden, success of democracies

"Biden does have a challenge," says Professor Grant Reeher. "He is arguing, 'I am here as the American president to be the leading voice.' But then he is subject to people saying, 'Wait a minute, look at what you folks have been going through. Why is it you? Why isn’t it [German Chancellor] Angela Merkel? Or one of the other leaders?'"
June 10, 2021

McCormick comments on violence ahead of Mexico elections in Al Jazeera

"There’s always been violence with elections and electoral cycles especially at the mayoral level where you really see things get heated, but this time it feels like it’s way more than ordinary," says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.
May 27, 2021

Thompson talks to CNY Central about the Jan. 6 commission

"The group of people responsible for this is pretty extensive," says Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science. She was quoted in the CNY Central article, "Bipartisan commission to investigate January 6 attack on U.S. Capitol." 
May 26, 2021

Faricy explains popularity of US's complex tax code in Fortune

Read more about why these incentives are so popular in the article, "America’s messy tax code is actually quite popular," published in Fortune. 
May 26, 2021

Executive Education grad serves on panel merging mental health, addiction services

Lisa Hoeschele ’03 M.A. (PA) recently served on a committee guiding a merger of NY's Office of Mental Health and Office of Addiction Services and Supports.
May 17, 2021

Elizabeth Cohen quoted in TIME article on future of VOICE

The VOICE office was an integral part of the effort to "trawl for anecdotes to then trumpet and publicize because there wasn’t good data to demonstrate that there’s a massive problem with non-citizen criminality," says Elizabeth Cohen, professor of political science and expert on immigration.
May 17, 2021

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