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Students Help Build Food System Rooted in Social Justice, Equity

Jonnell Robinson, associate professor of geography and the environment in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, was selected by the Lender Center as the 2020-22 Lender Center Faculty Fellow.
July 30, 2021

See related: Civil Rights, Food Security, Nutrition, Promotions & Appointments, Social Justice

Schwartz, Rothbart study ties free school lunch to higher test scores

Amy Ellen Schwartz & Micah W. Rothbart
May 2, 2020

See related: Education, Nutrition, State & Local

Hamersma’s research on SNAP access funded by WT Grant Foundation

Sarah Hamersma, an associate professor of public administration and international affairs, recently won a $140,058 award from the WT Grant Foundation to support her project “Keeping the ‘Great Equalizer’ Fed: SNAP Access and Young Adult’s Educational Engagement.” 

April 3, 2020

See related: Food Security, Grant Awards, Nutrition, State & Local

Heflin discusses new SNAP study with Huffington Post, PBS, Common Dreams

Colleen Heflin talks to multiple outlets about her most recent study on the effect of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on Mortality, analyzing the restricting access and its success rates.
November 7, 2019

See related: Food Security, Longevity, Nutrition, U.S. Health Policy, United States

Schwartz study on breakfast, obesity and academic performance published in JPAM

Sean P. Corcoran, Brian Elbel & Amy Ellen Schwartz
May 31, 2016

See related: Education, Food Security, Nutrition

Where Hunger Is

Maxwell geographers are working with Syracuse-area governments and NGOs to bring a geographic understanding to questions of poverty and malnutrition.

September 1, 2004

See related: Food Security, Nutrition

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