Maxwell School News and Commentary
SU establishes new institute for autonomous systems policy
The institute will examine the complex social, ethical and legal questions that demand interdisciplinary, multi-faceted research to find answers to questions posed by the increasing reliance on autonomous systems.
See related: Autonomous Systems, New York State, School History
Drew Kinney '18 PhD (PSc) discusses crisis in Venezuela in The Washington Post
Drew Kinney '14 M.A./'18 Ph.D. (PSc) says head of the National Assembly Juan Guaidó's "courting of the military to intervene in the political process and overthrow a state’s executive leadership is a textbook case of civilian coup advocacy."
See related: Conflict, Government, Latin America & the Caribbean, National Security
Reeher discusses Trump, 2020 election, border crisis in The Hill
“He is deeply dug in on this,” said Grant Reeher, professor of political science, about President Trump's immigration policy. “There are things that candidates and office-holders are particularly known for and they stake their identities on. He is clearly one of them, on this issue.”
See related: Latin America & the Caribbean, U.S. Elections, U.S. Immigration, United States
Champion awarded Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant to Russia
See related: Grant Awards, Russia
Art exhibit curated by Susan Wadley featured in Syracuse New Times
The exhibit titled "From Gods to Social Justice," was curated by Susan S. Wadley, Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies. Wadley is retiring at the end of May and this is one of her final contributions to Maxwell's community engagement.
See related: Awards & Honors, New York State
Baltagi article on endogenous regressors in large heterogeneous panels published in JAE
London publishes study on fertility differences in early 20th century
Baltagi article on spatial moving average errors published in Regional Science and Urban Economics
Lee paper on estimation of the marginal effect in fixed-effect panel data models published in JMA