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In a recent article titled "Connectivity and Energy Cooperation Key to Boosting India-Azerbaijan Relations" in The Diplomat, Shanthie D'Souza discusses how leaders in New Delhi and Baku can use mutual interests to underpin and strengthen connections between the two nations.

Carolina Rossini and Jane Fountain spoke on a panel moderated by MPPA alum Harshita Snehi at this year's AI x Democracy Symposium, hosted by the Responsible Technology Coalition (RTC). 

In a recently published piece titled "The Racialization of the United States Supreme Court? Examining changes in public opinion toward SCOTUS over time" published in Political Behavior, Kelsey Shoub and coauthors Jamil Scott (Georgetown University) and Leah Christiani (Hunter College, CUNY) question whether the attitudes of white Americans toward the Supreme Court have changed over time. 

In a new article in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly titled "Who determines where the sun shines: Nonprofit sector stakeholders and the IRS Form 990 redesign," Juniper Katz and coauthors analyze IRS Form 990 in relation to stakeholder input. 

In a new article in The Diplomat, Shanthie D'Souza reflects upon her personal experience working in Kashmir in light of the April 22, 2025 terror attack that left 26 dead.

Alasdair Roberts' recent book "The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century" is one of five finalists for the Writers' Trust 2025 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. 

Katie McDermott, education and public policy, gave a lecture on on April 14, 2025 at the Holyoke Public Library titled "The Holyoke Public Schools and the Tax Override Votes of 1991." 

In a new article in The Diplomat titled, "India’s lagging attempts to contain pollution: Bridging the climate commitment gap," Shanthie D'Souza discusses the urgent need for India to show leadership in the Global South by making tangible progress on its climate commitments. 

Michael Ash, professor of economics and public policy, has coauthored a new study in Ecological Economics titled, "Pervasive racial and ethnic disparities in the U.S. petrochemical workforce."