Media Tip Sheets
Dean David Van Slyke on Recently Passed Infrastructure Bill
Reporters looking for expert insight on all issues regarding infrastructure, please see comments from David M. Van Slyke, Dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and the Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business-Government Policy. Van Slyke…
On the legacy of South Africa’s F.W. de Klerk
Syracuse University experts are available to talk to media about the legacy of F.W. de Klerk, the last president to rule over an apartheid South Africa. De Klerk died earlier today at age 85. Please reach out to Ellen James…
Texas Mask Ban Violates the Americans with Disabilities Act
This week a federal judge has ruled that Texas’s ban on mask mandates in schools violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to court documents filed Wednesday in US District Court for the Western District of Texas. In part of the judge’s…
Asylum Grant Rates Increase Under Biden Administration
Under the new Biden administration, asylum seekers are seeing greater success rates in securing asylum. While the percent of immigrants who were denied asylum went up each year during the Trump administration to a high of 71 percent in FY…
Psychology Professor Provides Tips To Navigate Holiday Season Stress
For many families, this holiday season will be the first that loved ones are gathering together again after a socially-distanced year apart. It will bring a sense of relief for many, but for others, a return of stress and anxiety…
Legal, Political, and Historical Perspectives on Biden’s COVID Vaccination Mandate
Last week, details of President Joe Biden’s COVID vaccination mandate went public. The requirements include a deadline for Jan. 4 where private companies with 100 or more employees must ensure employees have been vaccinated or test negative at least once…
We’ve always protested against public health mandates
Throughout the United States, there are communities and state governments who have come out strongly against mask or vaccine mandates, even while the Delta variant of the coronavirus rages through the unvaccinated. But Syracuse University assistant professor Kyla Garrett Wagner,…
Holiday Food Shortages and Delays Impacting the US
Patrick Penfield is a professor of practice in supply chain management and director of Executive Education at the Syracuse University Whitman School. He provides insight below about what American shoppers may expect in the coming weeks leading to the Thanksgiving…
Amazon Sticks to Its Playbook in Latest Unionization Push in NYC
Organizers from Staten Island’s Amazon facilities have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to form a union. They’ve collected roughly 2,000 signatures. It’s the latest in a series of similar moves by other Amazon warehouse workers to…
Expert Available to Discuss COVID-19 Vaccine for Children
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s independent vaccine advisers are meeting Tuesday to discuss Pfizer’s request for authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11. If the FDA approves it, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent advisory…