Maxwell School News and Commentary

Sultana reports on political ecology in Progress in Human Geography

Farhana Sultana
July 14, 2021

See related: Climate Change, COVID-19

Gift Honors Professor, Seeks to Broaden Connections to Asia

Yang Ni ’95 and his wife, Xiaoqing Li ’96 have donated $150,000 to establish a scholarship fund in memory of Manfred Stanley, professor emeritus of sociology. They’ve also given $350,000 to Maxwell to establish the Yang Ni and   Xiaoqing Li Endowment Fund for U.S.-China/Asia Relations to encourage greater connections between Maxwell faculty and scholars in China and Asia. 
July 14, 2021

See related: China, Giving

Linking Policy Design, Change and Outputs

Saba Siddiki, Chris Koski
July 14, 2021

See related: Energy

Sultana study examines overlapping crises of climate change, COVID-19

Farhana Sultana
July 14, 2021

See related: Climate Change, COVID-19

Reeher quoted in LocalSYR article on gun buyback programs

Professor Grant Reeher says the amount of guns in the United States keeps growing. When it comes to homicides, he says money should be invested in programs in the places where gun crimes and gang violence happen the most.
July 13, 2021

See related: Crime & Violence, Law, State & Local, United States

Michelmore weighs in on Child Tax Credit payments in BBC, MarktetWatch

July 13, 2021

See related: Child & Elder Care, Parenting & Family, State & Local, United States

Campbell speaks to LA Times about assassination of Haiti's president

Read more in the Los Angeles Times article, "Who killed Haiti’s president? Plot thickens as Moise’s guards come under scrutiny." 
July 13, 2021

See related: Crime & Violence, Foreign Policy, International Affairs, International Agreements, Latin America & the Caribbean

Bendix quoted in LA Times article CA wildfires, climate change

Jacob Bendix, professor of geography and the environment, is included in the Los Angeles Times article, "California hit by record-breaking fire destruction: 'Climate change is real, it’s bad'." 
July 13, 2021

See related: Climate Change, Natural Disasters, United States, Wildfires

O'Keefe discusses Richard Branson's space flight with CNBC, The Hill

University Professor Sean O’Keefe, former NASA administrator, joined CNBC's Worldwide Exchange to discuss the space flight, and what it means for the billionaire and for the world. O'Keefe also wrote a piece, "Richard Branson's space flight changes the way we look at space," that was published in The Hill. 
July 12, 2021

See related: Europe, Space Exploration

Rasmussen's Fears of a Setting Sun reviewed in Wall Street Journal

"Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America’s Founders" (Princeton University Press, 2021), written by Dennis Rasmussen, professor of political science, was reviewed in the Wall Street Journal. 
July 12, 2021

See related: Government, State & Local, United States

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