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Ukrainian Students Find Refuge in the Maxwell School Community
Yulia Bychkovska was in Boston in February 2022 when Russian missile attacks struck a mostly residential area west of her home in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Though she was in the U.S., she learned of the invasion before her mother. “I had…
Ryan St. Jean Named a 2024 Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellow
Ryan St. Jean ’24, an international relations major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2024 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellow. He is one of…
Zelenskyy in DC: Experts Available for Interviews
Ukraine President Zelenskyy is visiting DC in hopes to secure funding for Ukraine. Two faculty experts below shared their thoughts on this issue. If you’d like to schedule an interview with either of them, please reach out to Vanessa Marquette,…
Iona Volynets Named a 2024 Marshall Scholar
Iona Volynets, a senior majoring in history and international relations in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2024 Marshall Scholar. Founded in 1953, the Marshall Scholarships finance young…
Expert Insight: Senate Disagreement Imperils Aid to Israel and Ukraine
Senate Republicans and Democrats’ disagreement on border policy persists, jeopardizing the crucial delivery of aid to Israel and Ukraine. One of our Syracuse University faculty experts shared his thoughts on this. Grant Reeher is director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute…
‘Time, Talent and Treasure’: Alumna Phaedra Stewart ’91 Gives From the Heart
Maxwell alumna Phaedra Stewart ’91 finds it difficult to look at the world without seeing opportunities to connect with people, raise their spirits and empower them to make their lives better. A self-described serial entrepreneur (some might say a serial…
Maxwell Professor Contributes to Wilson Center Report on China’s Foreign Economic Policy
Daniel McDowell, associate professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has published an essay exploring the implications of Chinese bank expansion abroad in the 2022-23 Wilson China Fellowship Report “Understanding China Amid Change and…
The Hon. James E. Baker Appointed to US Department of Justice Data Protection Review Court
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland recently held a formal investiture ceremony for the Data Protection Review Court (DPRC) at the U.S. Justice Department. The Hon. James E. Baker, professor of law, director of the Institute for Security Policy and Law…
Professor’s Take on Biden Skipping COP28 Climate Summit
President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will miss the COP28 climate summit. Even though the two recently met on climate change, many are not happy Biden won’t be in attendance with the nearly 200 other countries who will…
Indigenous Studies Researcher Advises the United Nations on Inequalities in Food Security and Nutrition
Mariaelena Huambachano is an Indigenous scholar, native to Peru, with Quechua ancestry, who also lived for many years in Aotearoa, the Indigenous name for New Zealand. There she completed her undergraduate and graduate studies and formed long-lasting relationships with Māori, the…