May 2, 2025
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Lawrence Levy, associate vice president and executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies, was interviewed by WPIX News about President Donald Trump weighing in on the Massapequa school district’s insistence on keeping its indigenous mascot name (the Chiefs) and emblems.
Levy said that the president’s involvement is related to a hotly contested election for Nassau County executive this fall.
“This is a hot-button issue,” he said, “that President Trump would help his fellow Republicans with.” Massapequa is regarded as a heavily Republican area.
Dean Levy works close with Hofstra’s academic community to shape an innovative agenda for suburban study
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Hofstra Law Professor Julian Ku wrote a book review on Edward Fisherman’s Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare in the National Review. In his review, he provides legal insight on the United States’ use of economic warfare and how it can interfere with the separation of powers in government.
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Dr. Meena Bose, Hofstra University professor of political science, executive dean of the Public Policy and Public Service program, and director of the Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, was interviewed by multiple media outlets about President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. Dr. Bose spoke to CBS Radio; WNYW-TV Fox 5; and Newsday.
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Dr. Julie Byrne, Hofstra University’s Monsignor Thomas Hartman Chair in Catholic Studies and chair of the Department of Religion, spoke to several media outlets following the passing of Pope Francis on April 21. She told the McClatchy Newspapers that Francis’ openness helped him become popular among people of different faiths. “The Catholic Church has, at some points, seemed under recent papacies to be more insular and more interested in policing its boundaries and more interested in advocacy for Catholics only,” she said, noting that Francis helped people of other faiths feel advocated for. USA Today News Network talked to Dr. Byrne about Conservatives worrying about Pope Francis’ teachings on morality, attacks on capitalism, and stance on issues like abortion and contraception. The “so-called bedroom issues have always been important to conservatives, and to Catholic conservatives,” Dr. Byrne said. While Francis did not change church doctrine, he showed a willingness to loosen the rules on who should receive Communion or forgiveness for their sins. “When Francis lightens up on that,” Byrne said, “people wonder what’s next.”
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Hofstra Law Professor Julian Ku wrote a book review on Edward Fisherman’s Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare in the National Review. In his review, he provides legal insight on the United States’ use of economic warfare and how it can interfere with the separation of powers in government.
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Dr. Meena Bose, Hofstra University professor of political science, executive dean of the Public Policy and Public Service program, and director of the Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, was interviewed by multiple media outlets about President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. Dr. Bose spoke to CBS Radio; WNYW-TV Fox 5; and Newsday.
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Dr. Julie Byrne, Hofstra University’s Monsignor Thomas Hartman Chair in Catholic Studies and chair of the Department of Religion, spoke to several media outlets following the passing of Pope Francis on April 21. She told the McClatchy Newspapers that Francis’ openness helped him become popular among people of different faiths. “The Catholic Church has, at some points, seemed under recent papacies to be more insular and more interested in policing its boundaries and more interested in advocacy for Catholics only,” she said, noting that Francis helped people of other faiths feel advocated for. USA Today News Network talked to Dr. Byrne about Conservatives worrying about Pope Francis’ teachings on morality, attacks on capitalism, and stance on issues like abortion and contraception. The “so-called bedroom issues have always been important to conservatives, and to Catholic conservatives,” Dr. Byrne said. While Francis did not change church doctrine, he showed a willingness to loosen the rules on who should receive Communion or forgiveness for their sins. “When Francis lightens up on that,” Byrne said, “people wonder what’s next.”
