Syracuse University Center for Policy Research
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At the Center for Policy Research (CPR), experts develop and translate knowledge that enables leaders to make meaningful policy decisions.
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Visit our website: https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/cpr
Read our briefs: https://surface.syr.edu/cpr_policybriefs/
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Wastewater testing and student surveys produced similar estimates of cocaine use on campus. This study coauthored by Dessa Bergen-Cico & David Larsen shows anonymous, community-level data could help track public health trends more efficiently. @maxwellsu.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Comparison of self-reported survey and wastewater-based epidemiology measures of cocaine use on a college campus
Background Wastewater–based epidemiology (WBE) has the potential to produce reliable, efficient, and non-invasive measures of current psychoactive drug use. The aim of this study was to assess the fea...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Wastewater testing and student surveys produced similar estimates of cocaine use on campus. This study coauthored by Dessa Bergen-Cico & David Larsen shows anonymous, community-level data could help track public health trends more efficiently. @maxwellsu.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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WATCH: Professor Colleen Heflin discusses Ag Sec. Rollin's $3 meal claim. “I was very confused. USDA has several established meal plans that they estimate the cost of each month. And none of those comes out to $3,” she says. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social @sulernercenter.bsky.social https://bit.ly/46etCla
No Joy in Cooking
Secretary of agriculture Brooke Rollins recently suggested Americans can get the nutrition they need on $3 meals. Here’s what happened when I tried to follow her plan.
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February 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
WATCH: Professor Colleen Heflin discusses Ag Sec. Rollin's $3 meal claim. “I was very confused. USDA has several established meal plans that they estimate the cost of each month. And none of those comes out to $3,” she says. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social @sulernercenter.bsky.social https://bit.ly/46etCla
"Who Should be on Electronic Monitoring: Conceptualizations of Ideal Supervisees" by CPR Senior Research Associate Gabriela Kirk-Werner was published in Punishment and Society!
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February 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
"Who Should be on Electronic Monitoring: Conceptualizations of Ideal Supervisees" by CPR Senior Research Associate Gabriela Kirk-Werner was published in Punishment and Society!
Read the publication: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Professor Johannes Himmelreich discusses Maxwell's new AI policy minor and AI in teaching: “AI is going to have significant social impact. This will create policy challenges that require an understanding of the technology as well as the policy analysis skills,” he says.
AI Nudges Syracuse Professors Back Toward Blue Books, In-Class Work
To prevent students from relying on artificial intelligence to write and do homework for them, many professors are returning to pre-technology assessments and having students finish essays in class.
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January 30, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Professor Johannes Himmelreich discusses Maxwell's new AI policy minor and AI in teaching: “AI is going to have significant social impact. This will create policy challenges that require an understanding of the technology as well as the policy analysis skills,” he says.
Today at 7pm! A panel of experts, including CPR Senior Research Associate @johncawley.bsky.social, will examine how government regulation, labeling practices and industries shape public policies.
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January 26, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Today at 7pm! A panel of experts, including CPR Senior Research Associate @johncawley.bsky.social, will examine how government regulation, labeling practices and industries shape public policies.
Learn more or register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Learn more or register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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“It’s really important for states to be thinking about the administrative burden,” says Lerner Affiliate Colleen Heflin. “All these things become a little bit harder as people become older, and they may have declines in hearing, sight or cognitive function.”
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Trump's USDA is hiding the data on food stamp cuts
The agency's food insecurity survey was pointless "liberal fodder," a spokesperson said.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:18 PM
“It’s really important for states to be thinking about the administrative burden,” says Lerner Affiliate Colleen Heflin. “All these things become a little bit harder as people become older, and they may have declines in hearing, sight or cognitive function.”
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Professor Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern's new book “goes under the hood of the Fair Food Program to tell a remarkable story of transformation and hope,” says the CIW. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social @sulernercenter.bsky.social
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Will Work for Food: “With a combination of education, monitoring, and enforcement, the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social and the CIW have provided fertile ground for both preventing and addressing sexual violence in the workplace.”
Will Work for Food: “With a combination of education, monitoring, and enforcement, the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social and the CIW have provided fertile ground for both preventing and addressing sexual violence in the workplace.”
New book explores how the CIW and Fair Food Program have become a global inspiration
Will Work for Food: With a combination of education, monitoring, and enforcement, the Fair Food Program and the CIW have provided fertile ground for both preventing and addressing sexual violence in t...
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January 23, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Professor Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern's new book “goes under the hood of the Fair Food Program to tell a remarkable story of transformation and hope,” says the CIW. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social @sulernercenter.bsky.social
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“The reality is that China’s best and the brightest are not coming but leaving,” says Yingyi Ma, professor of sociology. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social
How Trump Made Life Difficult for International Students and Wisconsin
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January 21, 2026 at 12:03 AM
“The reality is that China’s best and the brightest are not coming but leaving,” says Yingyi Ma, professor of sociology. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social
"By conversing with landowners where they live [...] we gained far-richer insight into why people voluntarily restore, manage, and protect their land for conservation."
Learn more in this guest editorial coauthored by Rick Welsh: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Learn more in this guest editorial coauthored by Rick Welsh: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Walking the land with property owners
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January 16, 2026 at 6:40 PM
"By conversing with landowners where they live [...] we gained far-richer insight into why people voluntarily restore, manage, and protect their land for conservation."
Learn more in this guest editorial coauthored by Rick Welsh: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Learn more in this guest editorial coauthored by Rick Welsh: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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How do child care subsidies affect work and income? 👶📊
Maxwell Professor Colleen Heflin is part of a research team studying how changes to Virginia’s Child Care Subsidy Program influenced employment and earnings outcomes for families. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social
Maxwell Professor Colleen Heflin is part of a research team studying how changes to Virginia’s Child Care Subsidy Program influenced employment and earnings outcomes for families. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social
Colleen Heflin Examines Impact of Changes to Virginia’s Child Care Subsidy Program
Colleen Heflin Examines Impact of Changes to Virginia’s Child Care Subsidy Program
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January 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
How do child care subsidies affect work and income? 👶📊
Maxwell Professor Colleen Heflin is part of a research team studying how changes to Virginia’s Child Care Subsidy Program influenced employment and earnings outcomes for families. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social
Maxwell Professor Colleen Heflin is part of a research team studying how changes to Virginia’s Child Care Subsidy Program influenced employment and earnings outcomes for families. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social
"Urban Sprawl and Residential Carbon Emissions: Evidence from Indonesia and the Philippines" by Yi Jiang, Taylor Lathrop, Alexander D. Rothenberg, and Yao Wang has been added to the CPR Working Paper Series!
Read the paper: surface.syr.edu/cpr/519/
Read the paper: surface.syr.edu/cpr/519/
January 14, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"Urban Sprawl and Residential Carbon Emissions: Evidence from Indonesia and the Philippines" by Yi Jiang, Taylor Lathrop, Alexander D. Rothenberg, and Yao Wang has been added to the CPR Working Paper Series!
Read the paper: surface.syr.edu/cpr/519/
Read the paper: surface.syr.edu/cpr/519/
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An international honor for Maxwell scholarship 🌍
Distinguished Professor Badi H. Baltag has been named a 2025 Great Arab Minds Award laureate, a prestigious recognition often called the “Arab Nobel,” celebrating his global impact on econometrics and economic research. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social
Distinguished Professor Badi H. Baltag has been named a 2025 Great Arab Minds Award laureate, a prestigious recognition often called the “Arab Nobel,” celebrating his global impact on econometrics and economic research. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social
Badi Baltagi Named 2025 Great Arab Minds Award Laureate in Economics
Badi Baltagi Named 2025 Great Arab Minds Award Laureate in Economics
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January 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM
An international honor for Maxwell scholarship 🌍
Distinguished Professor Badi H. Baltag has been named a 2025 Great Arab Minds Award laureate, a prestigious recognition often called the “Arab Nobel,” celebrating his global impact on econometrics and economic research. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social
Distinguished Professor Badi H. Baltag has been named a 2025 Great Arab Minds Award laureate, a prestigious recognition often called the “Arab Nobel,” celebrating his global impact on econometrics and economic research. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social
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“I think it's important to note that while poverty is a really significant risk factor for food insecurity, there are more people that live above the poverty line, actually, who are food insecure,” says Professor Colleen Heflin. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social @sulernercenter.bsky.social
CONNECT NY | Food Insecurity | Season 11 | Episode 12
On the December edition of Connect NY, David Lombardo covers food insecurity in New York State
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January 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
“I think it's important to note that while poverty is a really significant risk factor for food insecurity, there are more people that live above the poverty line, actually, who are food insecure,” says Professor Colleen Heflin. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social @sulernercenter.bsky.social
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Only 55% of eligible older adults received SNAP benefits in 2022, compared to 88% of adults overall. In a new article, Lerner Affiliates Colleen Heflin and Madonna Harrington Meyer examine three flaws in SNAP's design when it comes to older adults: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 8, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Only 55% of eligible older adults received SNAP benefits in 2022, compared to 88% of adults overall. In a new article, Lerner Affiliates Colleen Heflin and Madonna Harrington Meyer examine three flaws in SNAP's design when it comes to older adults: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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As the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary, @MaxwellSchool is launching USA@250
The free, public lecture series will explore American democracy, history, and society through weekly Spring 2026 sessions.
The free, public lecture series will explore American democracy, history, and society through weekly Spring 2026 sessions.
Maxwell School Commemorates US’ 250th Anniversary With Course Offered Free to the Public
Maxwell School Commemorates US’ 250th Anniversary With Course Offered Free to the Public
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January 7, 2026 at 10:02 PM
As the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary, @MaxwellSchool is launching USA@250
The free, public lecture series will explore American democracy, history, and society through weekly Spring 2026 sessions.
The free, public lecture series will explore American democracy, history, and society through weekly Spring 2026 sessions.
“A Policy Reversal as Structural Break: A Lesson from China’s Land Lease Financing for Infrastructure” by Yilin Hou, Lin Li, and Lei Shao has been added to the CPR Working Paper Series.
Read the paper: surface.syr.edu/cpr/518/
Read the paper: surface.syr.edu/cpr/518/
January 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
“A Policy Reversal as Structural Break: A Lesson from China’s Land Lease Financing for Infrastructure” by Yilin Hou, Lin Li, and Lei Shao has been added to the CPR Working Paper Series.
Read the paper: surface.syr.edu/cpr/518/
Read the paper: surface.syr.edu/cpr/518/
Congratulations to CPR Senior Research Associate Badi Baltagi on winning the UAE's Great Arab Minds 2025 Award in Economics! Dr. Baltagi was honored for his groundbreaking contributions to econometrics, particularly in panel data analysis.
December 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Congratulations to CPR Senior Research Associate Badi Baltagi on winning the UAE's Great Arab Minds 2025 Award in Economics! Dr. Baltagi was honored for his groundbreaking contributions to econometrics, particularly in panel data analysis.
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“The food system perspective is really important here. It's not just about how do they pay for labor costs and compete, but why do we have this system where so little of the money is going to farmers,” says Professor Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social @sulernercenter.bsky.social
Vermont Edition
Federal agents have arrested more than 100 people in Vermont over the last 10 months. Those arrests have heightened fears in tight-knit communities across the state. Vermont Public’s Peter Hirschfeld ...
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December 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“The food system perspective is really important here. It's not just about how do they pay for labor costs and compete, but why do we have this system where so little of the money is going to farmers,” says Professor Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social @sulernercenter.bsky.social
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Is AI supplementing care or replacing it? Among U.S. adults who use AI for mental health support, 28% now visit human mental health professionals less often. Learn more in this new @maxwellsu.bsky.social #SULerner data slice: surface.syr.edu/lerner/288/
December 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Is AI supplementing care or replacing it? Among U.S. adults who use AI for mental health support, 28% now visit human mental health professionals less often. Learn more in this new @maxwellsu.bsky.social #SULerner data slice: surface.syr.edu/lerner/288/
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Maxwell’s Public Health Department, by the numbers:
🍊 125 undergraduates
🍊 27 graduate students
🍊 21 countries in which alumni live and work
🍊 43 U.S. states and territories in which alumni reside
➡️ Read more about what the department brings to our school: https://bit.ly/48yGiF5
🍊 125 undergraduates
🍊 27 graduate students
🍊 21 countries in which alumni live and work
🍊 43 U.S. states and territories in which alumni reside
➡️ Read more about what the department brings to our school: https://bit.ly/48yGiF5
December 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Maxwell’s Public Health Department, by the numbers:
🍊 125 undergraduates
🍊 27 graduate students
🍊 21 countries in which alumni live and work
🍊 43 U.S. states and territories in which alumni reside
➡️ Read more about what the department brings to our school: https://bit.ly/48yGiF5
🍊 125 undergraduates
🍊 27 graduate students
🍊 21 countries in which alumni live and work
🍊 43 U.S. states and territories in which alumni reside
➡️ Read more about what the department brings to our school: https://bit.ly/48yGiF5
"Asian College Students' Well-Being During a Period of Rising Anti-Asian Sentiment" by Kyuhan Choi, Ying Shi, and Maria Zhu has been added to the CPR Working Paper Series.
Read the paper: surface.syr.edu/cpr/516/
Read the paper: surface.syr.edu/cpr/516/
December 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"Asian College Students' Well-Being During a Period of Rising Anti-Asian Sentiment" by Kyuhan Choi, Ying Shi, and Maria Zhu has been added to the CPR Working Paper Series.
Read the paper: surface.syr.edu/cpr/516/
Read the paper: surface.syr.edu/cpr/516/
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Rural communities are varied, says Prof. @smonnat.bsky.social, and getting the facts right about these communities matters “because public debates, policies and resources...often rely on these assumptions, and misunderstandings can leave real needs neglected.” @sulernercenter.bsky.social
6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
Many people understand rural America through stereotypes. Two scholars who study rural communities bust 6 of those myths, complicating the conventional wisdom.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Rural communities are varied, says Prof. @smonnat.bsky.social, and getting the facts right about these communities matters “because public debates, policies and resources...often rely on these assumptions, and misunderstandings can leave real needs neglected.” @sulernercenter.bsky.social
NYS school districts’ retiree health care costs could triple by 2075 without policy changes. New @maxwellsu.bsky.social #CPR brief examines strategies to manage rising costs while balancing needs across generations. Learn more: surface.syr.edu/cpr/517/
Can Schools Sustain the Rising Cost of Retiree Health Care?
Many New York State school districts spend significant amounts each year for retiree health care benefits, and these payments are expected to grow over the coming decades. This brief summarizes findin...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
NYS school districts’ retiree health care costs could triple by 2075 without policy changes. New @maxwellsu.bsky.social #CPR brief examines strategies to manage rising costs while balancing needs across generations. Learn more: surface.syr.edu/cpr/517/
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Check out my article in the @us.theconversation.com today, co-authored with Tim Slack.
6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
theconversation.com/6-myths-abou...
6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
theconversation.com/6-myths-abou...
6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
Many people understand rural America through stereotypes. Two scholars who study rural communities bust 6 of those myths, complicating the conventional wisdom.
theconversation.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Check out my article in the @us.theconversation.com today, co-authored with Tim Slack.
6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
theconversation.com/6-myths-abou...
6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
theconversation.com/6-myths-abou...
Today at 11am ET! Join CPR Senior Research Associate Colleen Heflin and experts as they discuss the findings from the New York Health Foundation’s newest report examining food insecurity among older adults in New York State.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Today at 11am ET! Join CPR Senior Research Associate Colleen Heflin and experts as they discuss the findings from the New York Health Foundation’s newest report examining food insecurity among older adults in New York State.
Register here:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register here:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...