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Maxwell’s Model U.N. team named Outstanding Delegation
Maxwell’s Model United Nations delegation won top honors following a week-long conference in New York City. The team of 20 undergraduate international relations students represented the Republic of Gabon, earning an Outstanding Delegation Award for the simulation. Several students took…
Two anthropology Ph.D. students receive major NSF fellowships
Melinda Gurr and Lauren Hosek, both second-year doctoral students in anthropology, have received highly prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. The awards support advanced graduate study for three years, at $30,000 per year. In selecting Gurr and Hosek, the…
Maxwell again named No. 1 graduate school of public affairs
Rankings announced by U.S. News & World Report
Rubinstein co-authors article for Anthropology Today
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…
Nabatchi publishes report on evaluating citizen participation
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…
Maxwell Advisory Board member publishes book on Puerto Rico
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…
Rubinstein advises United Nations on evaluation of its mission in Haiti
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).
Maxwell professors, alumnus win Musgrave Prize for outstanding paper
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…
Rubinstein speaks at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Robert A. Rubinstein, professor of anthropology and international relations at the Maxwell School, was an invited speaker at the conference on “Accounting for Culture in the Military: Implications for Future Humanitarian Cooperation.”
Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research receives National Science Foundation grant
The Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR) is beginning its 11th year—and its fourth at the Maxwell School—with a new grant of $150,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Associate Professor of Political Science Colin Elman is principal investigator…