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MLK Celebration Committee Seeks Unsung Hero Nominations, Performance Auditions
The planning committee for Syracuse University’s 36th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration is seeking nominations for the Unsung Hero Awards, as well as recorded audition videos for performances. The celebration will take place in January 2021; further…
What Election Results Reveal About LGBTQ+ Winners and Voters
In what’s being called the rainbow wave, dozens of LGBTQ+ candidates captured historic wins in the 2020 U.S. elections, including the election of the first openly transgender person for a State Senate seat and the first gay and Afro-Latino and…
Peace Corps, Fulbright Evacuees Find Community, Opportunity at Maxwell School
On a Monday morning in mid-March, Jeremy Gonzalez opened his email and learned he was being immediately evacuated from his Peace Corps post in West Timor, Indonesia. Although the COVID-19 pandemic had already prompted travel restrictions around the world, his…
New Threats, Familiar Challenges: Maxwell School Responds to COVID-19
How are scholars and practitioners across policy areas—economics, public health, education, social welfare—responding to the myriad impacts of the novel coronavirus? That’s what Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs Colleen Heflin wanted to know, and who better to ask…
Anticipating Environmental, Climate Policy Under Next President
What could the future of environmental and climate policy in the U.S. look like under a continued Donald Trump administration or a new Joe Biden presidency? Mark Nevitt is an associate professor of law and an expert in environmental and…
“Americans Are Afraid. Not for Themselves, but for the Country.”
Shana Kushner Gadarian, associate professor of political science in the Maxwell School, was quoted in The New York Times article “Americans Are Afraid. Not for Themselves, but for the Country.” Research has shown that there is growing widespread alarm about…
Writing Our Lives Nurtures Young Writers Online
In October 2019, the Writing Our Lives program marked its 10-year anniversary in the Syracuse community. From its early days in the community rooms of libraries with handfuls of students, to recent years’ programming including conferences with hundreds of participants…
Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability Funding Available Oct. 31
The Syracuse University Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) program is offering up to $75,000 for faculty or student projects that advance the University’s goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, directly or indirectly, or through raising awareness on campus…
“Veterans Usually Vote Strong Republican, But Polls Suggest That May Change This Year.”
Rosalinda Vasquez Maury, director of applied research and analytics with the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), was interviewed for the KPBS (San Diego) story “Veterans Usually Vote Strong Republican, But Polls Suggest That May Change This Year.” IVMF…
Election Day Is Tuesday; Here Are Polling Locations for Student Voters
Polls on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Students and faculty/staff residents who registered to vote locally in Onondaga County should have received postcards from the Board of Elections indicating their polling location….