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Via @Health_Affairs: Professor Colleen Heflin and co-author urge states to measure food insecurity themselves using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey along with the USDA six-item food security module. @SULernerCenter @CPRMaxwell bit.ly/4hf0Ln2

Congrats to University Professor @jennkarasmontez on her appointment as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, a flagship @ASAnews publication. 🎉@CAPS_research @SULernerCenter @CPRMaxwell bit.ly/4uq8HoE

Sociologist Gabriela Kirk-Werner has been named a 2026-27 visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation, a highly selective social science fellowship program. She examines how alternatives to incarceration shape the lives of the people assigned to them. bit.ly/4x3P0Fp

Via @TIME: “An opening chapter of an AI cold war is emerging,” Professor of Sociology Yingyi Ma wrote in a @BrookingsInst piece ahead of the Trump-XI summit. @CPRMaxwell bit.ly/4uPP2Pk

“Large state drops in SNAP caseloads represent a fundamental restructuring of the food-assistance safety net. We should expect to see a surge in food insecurity and its related negative consequences at new levels,” says Prof. Colleen Heflin. @CPRMaxwell on.wsj.com/4dpuvvb

But the ways that people seek support in times of need are evolving quickly. “Going forward, 988 will need to compete not just for attention but for trust and [positive] perception,” says Professor Michiko Ueda-Ballmer. @CPRMaxwell

Professor Alex Rothenberg discusses his research on the effects of Indonesia's Integrated Development Economic Zones on this episode of “Economics Unpacked.” @CPRMaxwell

Via @nytimes: “The reality is that China’s best and the brightest are not coming but leaving,” says Professor @yingyi_ma. @CPRMaxwell nyti.ms/4sX5Wvx

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 bit.ly/4jHmbIT

Global recognition for Maxwell faculty 🌍 Distinguished Professor Badi H. Baltagi has been named a 2025 Great Arab Minds Award laureate—often described as the “Arab Nobel”—honoring his influential work in econometrics & economic data analysis. @CPRMaxwell bit.ly/4sCH6kn

“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 Prof. Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern. @CPRMaxwell bit.ly/4aiLE8R

Maxwell’s Public Health Department, by the numbers: 🍊 125 undergraduates 🍊 27 graduate students 🍊 21 countries in which alumni live/work 🍊 43 U.S. states/territories in which alumni reside ➡️ Read more about what the department brings to our school: bit.ly/4oNDc4M

At the State of Democracy lecture, Leonard Burman, Colleen Heflin and Brynt Parmeter joined Chris Faricy to unpack the “One Big Beautiful Bill” and its sweeping impact. bit.ly/4oI0EBw

Via @ABC: “The stress that families are facing throughout the country is tremendous, not knowing how they’re going to feed their families,” says Professor Colleen Heflin. @CPRMaxwell bit.ly/4hRfz9W

LISTEN: Professor Len Lopoo discusses the impact of certain government policies on the fertility rate in the US. @CPRMaxwell

Via @Newsweek: “22.4 million households across America will be disrupted if the benefits are not disbursed on time. And the total impact of the delay in SNAP benefits will ripple throughout the local economy,” says Professor Colleen Heflin. @CPRMaxwell bit.ly/43zzQdX

💉 How do state vaccination policies influence vaccine decisions? Maxwell’s Brittany Kmush and Shana Kushner Gadarian are leading a new study—supported by David Kelso ’68—to better understand what drives individual choices. bit.ly/4onm1ar