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More than 1 in 3 US adults use AI tools weekly for mental health support. A study by Michiko Ueda-Ballmer found nearly 30% of those who had previously seen a therapist reported fewer visits after starting to use AI for the same purpose. @MaxwellSU mental.jmir.org/2026/1/e88196/

An article led by CPR Senior Research Associate Sarah Hamersma titled, "Under the Same Umbrella: Public Health Insurance Expansions and the Uniformity of Insurance for Families" was published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization! @MaxwellSU sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

David Larsen served as an editor for a special Epidemics issue titled, "Wastewater Surveillance: From COVID-19 Emergency Response to a Pillar of Continuous Public Health." He also co-authored the introduction to the issue. Learn more: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/… @MaxwellSU

Adults with #ADHD reported worse #COVID19 experiences than adults without ADHD. Learn more in this study by Nastassia Vaitsiakhovich, CPR Director Shannon Monnat, CPR Research Affiliate Andrew London, and Scott Landes. @MaxwellSU sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

An article led by CPR Senior Research Associate Badi Baltagi titled, "Two Special Spatial Weight Matrices and Their Effects on Estimation and Testing in Spatial Regressions" was published in Economics Letters! @MaxwellSU Read the article: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

In one week! Join us for the Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics with this year's lecturer, Alison Buttenheim. Dr. Buttenheim will present, "Better, Sooner, Stronger: Chasing Behavioral Science Impact Through Design." RSVP: syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3J…

The One Big Beautiful Bill will deepen the farm crisis, not solve it. Learn more in this new @MaxwellSU #CPRMaxwell policy brief #OBBB #OBBBA #farmcrisis: surface.syr.edu/cpr/529/

"Policy Design Complexity and Policy Outputs: Theory and Methods" by CPR Graduate Research Associate Brandon Charles, CPR Senior Research Associate Saba Siddiki, and co-authors was published in @Journal_PDP! @MaxwellSU Read the paper: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

"Identifying Observable Determinants of Latent Common Trends" by CPR Senior Research Associate Yoonseok Lee, Peter C. B. Phillips, Suyong Song, and Donggyu Sul was added to the CPR Working Paper Series! Read the paper: surface.syr.edu/cpr/528/

"Behavioral Charity: Third-Party Ratings of Nonprofits as Salience and Heuristics" by CPR Graduate Research Associate Ashraf Haque was published in Public Administration Review! Read the paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pu… @MaxwellSU

Where you live may have shaped your COVID19 vaccination decisions. Conservatives in liberal communities had lower vaccine hesitancy and higher vaccine uptake than conservatives in conservative communities. Learn more in this new @MaxwellSU #SULerner brief: surface.syr.edu/lerner/293/

The Work Opportunity Tax Credit is meant to help workers, but new research shows it doesn't work. CPR's Sarah Hamersma, who first studied the credit over 20 years ago, spoke to @WisconsinWatch about the credit's long track record of failing workers. wisconsinwatch.org/2026/03/wiscon…

"Rising Waters, Falling Taxes: The Impact of Hurricane Sandy on Property Tax Assessments in New York City," co-authored by CPR Senior Research Associate Yilin Hou, was published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management! @MaxwellSU sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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

How does political climate shape COVID-19 vaccine behavior? A study coauthored by Brittany Kmush finds that conservatives living in liberal regions showed lower hesitancy and higher booster uptake than those living in conservative regions. @MaxwellSU journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

"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/10.1177/14… @MaxwellSU

Today at 7pm! A panel of experts, including CPR Senior Research Associate John Cawley, will examine how government regulation, labeling practices and industries shape public policies. Learn more or register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

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

"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/fe…

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