Former CRF Family Research Scholar, Krishna Poudel (FRS 2018-19), has been named Co-Director of the Institute for Global Health. Dr. Poudel will work alongside the many CRF affiliated faculty who are associated with the institute in furthering the mission "to protect and promote the health of people across the globe". Of the appointment, Dr. Poudel stated "As a co-director, I will work to strengthen our strategic partnerships both within the campus and outside, and to provide opportunities for students to explore multidisciplinary issues in global health through education and engagement in global health activities". Learn more the Dr. Poudel's appointment here.

Brenda Bushouse (FRS 2006-07) proposal seeks to investigate the effects of COVID-19 relief programs on nonprofit arts and cultural organizations in New York City. Bushouse will work alongside recent School of Public Policy alumna Tamara Keshecki using surveys and interviews, to document arts organizations’ experiences with federal pandemic-relief programs such as the Paycheck Protection Program, including looking at which organizations took part in which programs and their experience with the process. The team will consider is factors such as an organization’s size and borough location affect their participation and will put special emphasis on the experiences of organizations led by people of color, in light of the pandemic’s disproportionate effect on that demographic. 

Tatishe Nteta, Associate Professor, Political Science, Family Research Scholar 2014-15, director of polling at UMass Amherst, was cited in an article on WCVB detailing the polling results of the US Senate race in Massachusetts. Nteta and his team found there is a shift in voter's support of the 2020 Democratic Senate primary. Read more here.

Accurate, timely information regarding the response to COVID-19 has become something we all have come to rely on when making decisions in the current climate. But how accurate is the information we are taking in?  Dr. Devon Greyson, FRS 2019-20, co-authored a brief that details how true/false and multiple-choice survey questionnaires “risk planting seeds of confusion in those unaware of the misleading information. The brief discusses how open-ended questions and the subsequent reporting can be misleading. Learn more here.