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Maxwell School Ranks No. 1 for Public Affairs in 2020
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is once again ranked #1 in the nation for graduate education in public affairs, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report reputational survey. This year, the Maxwell School shares the #1…
Syracuse Abroad Student Recognized at City of Florence Welcome Event
Syracuse Florence students were given a warm reception to their new home city as part of the Student Welcome Day event in the famed historic Salone dei Cinquecento (Hall of the 500) at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence last month….
Uzbekistan Ambassador Javlon Vahobov Visits Campus, Explores Collaboration
Uzbekistan Ambassador to the United States Javlon Vahobov and senior officers from the Uzbekistan Embassy met Monday with Syracuse University officials to discuss educational partnerships between their country and the Maxwell School and the School of Information Studies (iSchool). The…
University Lectures Presents NPR’s Nina Totenberg Tuesday Night
The University Lectures series welcomes award-winning NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg on Tuesday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The event—featuring the veteran journalist in an on-stage conversation with College of Law Dean Craig M. Boise—is free…
Sociology Professor Writes ‘Our Problem is Bigger Than Opioids’
Shannon Monnat, an associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, authored an opinion piece for U.S. News and World Report “Our Problem Is Bigger Than Opioids.” Monnat’s recent research showed that, “in…
Hou Paper on China’s Property Tax Plan Earns Prestigious Pu Shan Award
The Maxwell School’s Yilin Hou, professor of public administration and international affairs and senior research associate at the Center for Policy Research, has won a prestigious economic policy research award from the Pu Shan Foundation of China. The paper, “Real…
‘Space Force’ To Create Countless Bureaucratic Fist Fights
This week President Trump signed Space Policy Directive-4 that orders the Pentagon to begin the process of establishing a “Space Force” as the sixth branch of the armed forces. Sean O’Keefe is a University Professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School…
Syracuse Symposium to Recognize Careers of Professors Wadley, Gold Feb. 26
Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong foray into “Stories” with a panel discussion on South Asian ethnography on Tuesday, Feb. 26. Recognizing the careers of Professors Susan S. Wadley and Ann Grodzins Gold, the event includes guest panelists Kirin Narayan (Australian…
Sociology Professor Quoted in Story about U.S. Life Expectancy
Jennifer Karas Montez, Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Maxwell School of Public Policy, was quoted in the Buzzfeed News story, “US Life Expectancy Has Dropped — Again.” “New York now has a life expectancy like Denmark, while Mississippi has one…
University Lectures Hosts NPR Correspondent, Noted Engineer and LGBTQ Advocate, Distinguished Diplomat
The University Lectures’ spring series features NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg (March 5); internationally renowned research engineer Lynn Conway (March 26); and Martin S. Indyk, distinguished fellow and director of executive education at the Council on Foreign Relations (April…