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Newswise: WashU Expert: West must grasp Putin’s worldview to avoid further surprise
Released: 15-Nov-2022 12:05 PM EST
WashU Expert: West must grasp Putin’s worldview to avoid further surprise
Washington University in St. Louis

To much of the world, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions leading up to and since the invasion of Ukraine have often appeared unpredictable and illogical. For example, when faced with embarrassing military setbacks, Putin doubled down with a massive military mobilization rather than looking for an exit strategy — as most assumed he would do.

Released: 15-Nov-2022 10:05 AM EST
Albany Law School’s Government Law Center scholar explains Moore v. Harper, State Law on Federal Elections
Albany Law School

With conversations and claims about elections continuing, The Government Law Center (GLC) at Albany Law School examines the upcoming case of Moore v. Harper before the Supreme Court of the United States on Dec. 7 in its latest explainer, “Moore v. Harper: May State Laws Concerning Federal Elections Be Subject to State Judicial Review?”

Released: 14-Nov-2022 10:05 AM EST
FEMA’s home buyout program weighted in bureaucracy, lacks equity
Cornell University

As climate change threatens residential areas, a longtime federal home buyout program – designed to eliminate risk to people and property – has become bureaucratically inaccessible and inequitable, according to researchers at Cornell University.

   
Released: 11-Nov-2022 5:45 PM EST
Case study proposes framework for analyzing U.S.-China geo-political tensions in Indo-Pacific
Hiroshima University

Social sciences and international relations experts at Hiroshima University in Japan have proposed a new framework for studying the immensely complex power dynamics between China and the U.S., and its allies bordering the Pacific Ocean – “hybrid balancing.”

Released: 10-Nov-2022 3:10 PM EST
Will ERC Equal PPP In Terms of Fraud?
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

With the IRS warning about “ERC mills” – third parties improperly advising businesses to claim the employee retention credit, UMD's Sam Handwerger explains Congress’ shifting guidelines, “less-than-scrupulous consultants” and a newly bolstered IRS as “a perfect storm” for exposure of ERC fraud.

Released: 10-Nov-2022 2:30 PM EST
Food pantry access worth billions nationally, study finds
Cornell University

A research collaboration between Cornell University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture offers the first estimates of the economic value contributed by food pantries, and finds it is substantial – worth up to $1,000 annually to participating families and as much as $28 billion nationwide.

   
Released: 4-Nov-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.5 Billion From Inflation Reduction Act to Strengthen America’s National Laboratories
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today announced $1.5 billion from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act to build and upgrade America’s national laboratories.

   
Newswise: ‘On the brink of a new civil war’: New national survey highlights fragility of American democracy, stark partisan divides
Released: 3-Nov-2022 11:05 AM EDT
‘On the brink of a new civil war’: New national survey highlights fragility of American democracy, stark partisan divides
University of Notre Dame

A new nationally representative survey released by the University of Notre Dame reveals more than half of Republicans and one-third of Democrats believe the United States to be on the brink of a new civil war.

Newswise: UCLA Awarded a $21 Million Grant to Study the Health Impacts of the Aliso Canyon Gas Leak
Released: 2-Nov-2022 4:50 PM EDT
UCLA Awarded a $21 Million Grant to Study the Health Impacts of the Aliso Canyon Gas Leak
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

A team of UCLA researchers has been awarded $20,993,333 by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health to conduct the Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study.

   
Newswise: Youth Voter Registration Is Up Compared to 2018—Especially in Key Battlegrounds
Released: 1-Nov-2022 3:45 PM EDT
Youth Voter Registration Is Up Compared to 2018—Especially in Key Battlegrounds
Tufts University

With one week to go until the 2022 midterm elections, there are 6% more young people ages 18-24 registered to vote in the United States than there were in November 2018—based on the 41 states for which data is available. This data includes major increases in electoral battlegrounds where CIRCLE research suggests young people could influence election results.

Released: 31-Oct-2022 1:45 PM EDT
Female Politicians Disadvantaged by Online Prejudices and Stereotypes
University of Copenhagen

Studies of Reddit content demonstrate that female politicians are more likely to be referred to by their first names and language describing appearance and family relationships.

Newswise: Expert: 4 Ways Americans Can Keep Their Vote Secure and Accurate
Released: 28-Oct-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Expert: 4 Ways Americans Can Keep Their Vote Secure and Accurate
University of Michigan

J. Alex Halderman, one of the nation's foremost election security experts and a professor of computer science at the University of Michigan, has spent much of the last two years debunking false claims of fraud that followed the 2020 election.

Newswise: The Future of the Supreme Court: A Conversation with Law Professor Richard W. Garnett
Released: 24-Oct-2022 4:05 PM EDT
The Future of the Supreme Court: A Conversation with Law Professor Richard W. Garnett
University of Notre Dame

Richard W. Garnett is the University of Notre Dame’s Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law, director of the Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society and a concurrent professor of political science. Garnett discusses the future of the Supreme Court.



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