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Studying Human Behavior and Turning Policy Into Practice to Address Food Insecurity on the ‘’Cuse Conversations’ Podcast
Children living in the City of Syracuse face the highest child poverty rate in the country, with 48.4% of children living in poverty, not sure where their next meal will come from, according to the most recent data published in…
Gas-Powered Car Bans Won’t Work Without Infrastructure Investments
California lawmakers have passed a measure cracking down on the future sales of new gasoline cars. The rules call for the ban of new gas-powered cars by 2035, with target guidelines to phase out the cars in increments. It is…
Orange Pride Fuels Jordan Nuber’s ’19 Path From Syracuse to Japan
Jordan Nuber ’19 is stationed in Okinawa, Japan, more than 7,400 miles away from Syracuse University. Even though he’s more than half a world away from his alma mater, the impact Syracuse University had on Nuber is profound. “I would…
Syracuse University Students Eyeing Scholarship Money on NBC’s ‘Capital One College Bowl’
During a casual meal at a Mexican restaurant outside of Atlanta, four current Syracuse University students who consider themselves trivia experts—Sanjeev Uppaluri ’24, Zoë McCreary ’23, Emma Lambiaso ’24 and Adam Schulman ’25—gather at a table in early June, about…
Food Insecurity Has Worsened for the Elderly and Women Living Alone
Today, the USDA released the Household Food Security in the United States in 2021 detailing the level of food insecurity at the national level in 2021 indicating that the level of food insecurity, 10.2%, is unchanged from the level in…
Basketball Legend’s Gift Turns ‘Frustration to Hope’
On the first day of his Introduction to American Politics class, Chris Faricy imparts a message to his students that will serve as a guide for the semester. “We will not speculate on how American government should work or evaluate…
Military Considerations for War in Ukraine
It has been six months since the Russian invasion in Ukraine began. Below, you can read what two of our Syracuse University faculty experts say about the future of the war. Hon. James E. Baker is the director of the…
College of Law’s Driesen Using Fulbright in Canada to Study Carbon Pricing and Climate Policies
Over the past five years, the state of American democracy and politics drove University Professor David M. Driesen’s focus more toward the constitutional law side of his expertise. Now, his receipt of a 2023 Fulbright Research Chair in the Environment…
Professor Cleary Among Panel of Distinguished Scholars Who Clarify What Really Happened at the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
Matt Cleary, associate professor of political science in the Maxwell School, was featured in Politico for the article “Ask the ‘Coupologists’: Just What Was Jan. 6 Anyway?” The article consists of multiple scholars who specialize in political instability giving in-depth…
Beverly Kirk Named Director of Washington Programs
Newhouse School dean Mark J. Lodato today announced that Beverly Kirk, a seasoned professional with more than two decades of experience in journalism, has been named Director of Washington Programs. In this position, Kirk will expand and lead the Newhouse…