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Twice-Weekly COVID-19 Testing Schedule (April 5–9)
Dear North Campus Residents: We are writing today with the next schedule for required twice-weekly testing. As shared, we will continue with a twice-weekly testing schedule until further notice to aid in our efforts to limit the potential spread of the COVID-19…
DPS Community Review Board Application Period Extended to Friday, April 9
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: The application period for individuals interested in serving on the Syracuse University Public Safety Community Review Board (CRB) has been extended to Friday, April 9. Given the revised academic calendar and multiple demands on students,…
Virginia Is First Southern State to Adopt Its Own Voting Rights Act
According to Sara Swann at The Fulcrum, “Virginia is the first Southern state to adopt its own voting rights act: Almost eight years after the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Virginia has…
Message From Dean of Students Marianne Thomson
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: I am writing today with deeply sad news about the passing of one of our College of Law students, John Goerner. John was pursuing his degree through the JDinteractive program and was part of the…
Maxwell School Ranks No. 1, With Five Specialties Rated in the Top Five
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs ranks No. 1 in the nation for public affairs according to the annual U.S. News & World Report reputational survey. The school also received high marks across a wide range of subspecialties…
“Relative invisibility makes for uphill battle to get COVID vaccines for Americans with IDD”
Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, was interviewed for the PBS NewsHour story “Relative invisibility makes for uphill battle to get COVID vaccines for Americans with IDD.” Landes, an expert on the sociology of disability, has…
“UN panel warns that ‘well-known global brands’ may be linked to Xinjiang human rights abuses”
Corri Zoli, research assistant professor of political science in the Maxwell School and director of research in the Institute for Security Policy and Law, was quoted in the South China Morning Post article “UN panel warns that ‘well-known global brands’…
‘China Has a Large and Growing Navy: What is the Rest of the Story?’
Robert Murrett, professor of practice of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School and deputy director of the Institute for Security Policy and Law, wrote an op-ed for the Military Times titled “China has a large and growing…
Navigating an International Fellowship During a Global Pandemic
When Scott Manning Stevens was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, he assumed the virus would be over by the summer’s end and that he would have no problem traveling abroad to…
“CDC Extends Federal Anti-Eviction Order Through June”
Gretchen Purser, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, was interviewed for the Law360 article “CDC Extends Federal Anti-Eviction Order Through June.” Purser, who studies housing and homelessness, says that the need for rental assistance during the pandemic has…