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New Yorker’s Jane Mayer will receive Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting Four pioneering women journalists will highlight the challenges and opportunities of reporting the news in the digital age at a special event at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse…

On March 16 at American University, the Washington College of Law’s Collaboration on Government Secrecy will present Susan B. Long, co-director of the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), with the 2012 Robert Vaughn Freedom of Information Legend Award.

Elizabeth Percival and Kathleen Haley of Syracuse University’s Office of Publications / Division of Public Affairs, have both won Educational Advertising Awards from Higher Ed Marketing.

The award, named for late New York Times national political correspondent Robin Toner ’76 recognizes excellence in political reporting Jane Mayer, staff writer with The New Yorker, is this year’s winner of the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting,…

Robert A. Rubinstein, professor of anthropology and international relations in the Maxwell School, recently co-authored the article “‘Material Support’ U.S. anti-terrorism law threatens human rights and academic freedom,” which was published in Anthropology Today in February. The federal law prohibiting…

Tina Nabatchi, assistant professor of public administration in the Maxwell School, recently wrote “A Manager’s Guide to Evaluating Citizen Participation,” a guide for government program managers to determine the success of their efforts to improve citizen participation. President Obama’s 2009…

A new book by Ángel Collado-Schwarz, a long-time Maxwell School Advisory Board member and SU Trustee, has been published by Syracuse University Press. In “Decolonization Models for America’s Last Colony: Puerto Rico,” Collado-Schwarz examines the more than century-old relationship between…

Robert A. Rubinstein, professor of anthropology and international relations in the Maxwell School, former director of the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration, and author of “Peacekeeping Under Fire: Culture and Intervention,” is serving as an adviser to the United Nations, Office of Internal Oversight Services, for its evaluation of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).

Two Maxwell professors and their former graduate student have won the Richard Musgrave Prize, presented annually to the authors of the most outstanding paper published in the National Tax Journal. Professors William Duncombe and John M. Yinger, along with alumnus…