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Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School Announces 2 New Chairs and Trio of Directors for 2024-25

Sunday, August 11, 2024, By Cort Ruddy

Several Maxwell School faculty have been promoted to leadership roles, including Junko Takeda, who has been named chair of the Citizenship and Civic Engagement (CCE) Undergraduate Program after serving in an interim role since July 2023, and Leonard M. Lopoo,…

Campus & Community

Hosting the Olympic Games: Trouble or Opportunity for Landmark Cities?

Tuesday, July 30, 2024, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

As Paris hosts the 2024 Summer Olympics, the iconic city and its landmarks—from the Eiffel Tower to the Palace of Versailles—are on the world stage. What does the world’s attention, and huge influx of visitors, mean for these grand architectural…

Health & Society

What Does It Take to Keep the Olympic Games Safe?: Q&A With Emergency Management Instructor Tony Callisto

Tuesday, July 30, 2024, By Keith Kobland

As more than 10,000 athletes have prepared to take part in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, so too have the security personnel tasked with keeping the Olympic Village and athletic venues safe. Tony Callisto, College of Professional Studies…

Campus & Community

Prema Kurien Recognized as Maxwell School’s Daicoff Faculty Scholar

Monday, July 29, 2024, By News Staff

Prema Kurien, professor of sociology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has been recognized as a Daicoff Faculty Scholar. The distinction honors her achievements in research, scholarship and service. Kurien joined Maxwell in 2003. She is a…

Health & Society

Engaging Youth to Sustain the Longevity of the Olympics: Q&A With Professor Jeeyoon Kim

Monday, July 22, 2024, By Kathleen Haley

The 2024 Paris Olympics is almost underway. The glory for the world-class athletes and the excitement for the spectators make for a riveting Games—crucial for the success of these Olympics and, more importantly, for the longevity of the Games. That…

Business & Economy

Whitman School Online MBA Program Highly Ranked in 2024 Princeton Review

Friday, July 19, 2024, By Dawn McWilliams

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management was prominently featured in The Princeton Review’s Top 50 Online MBA Programs for 2024, and the program is ranked No. 21 among the Top 50 schools. In 2023, Whitman’s online MBA program was…

STEM

NASA Award Helps Doctoral Student Develop Space-Structure Composite Materials

Friday, July 19, 2024, By Diane Stirling

Second-year graduate student Andrea Hoe grew up designing and building projects with her father in their backyard. She also loved spending time with her family surveying the night sky. As a young child, she wanted to be an astronaut. So,…

Campus & Community

What’s Happening in CNY: Celebrating National Ice Cream Day

Tuesday, July 16, 2024, By Christine Grabowski

You scream, I scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM! Calling all lovers of this tasty frozen treat. Did you know that Sunday, July 21, is National Ice Cream Day? In honor of this special holiday, we put together a…

Media, Law & Policy

Teaching the Global Power of Sport, Olympics Through a Communication Lens

Friday, July 12, 2024, By John Boccacino

Historically, the Olympics have provided countless memorable athletic achievements—the Miracle on Ice men’s hockey team upsetting the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York; the Dream Team capturing gold at the 1992 Summer Olympics in…