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Secretary General of the Organization of American States to Speak Friday at Eggers
Secretary General Luis Almagro Lemes of the Organization of American States (OAS) will present “The Challenges of Democracy and Human Rights in the Americas: The Role of the Organization of American States (OAS) as an International Organization,” on Friday, April…
Alumnus Honored for Entrepreneurship in Making Bagels an American Staple, Philanthropy
Marvin Lender ’63 has many wonderful memories about his family’s bagel bakery while growing up. Lender remembers the times he would stand at a bench making bagels by hand—a skill that could take up to a year to learn—in the…
Maxwell Professor Mehrzad Boroujerdi Named a 2017-18 ACE Fellow
Mehrzad Boroujerdi, professor and chair of political science at the Maxwell School and a Provost Faculty Fellow for internationalization, has been named an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow for the 2017-18 academic year. Established in 1965, the ACE Fellows…
Building Bridges: First CHRONOS Undergraduate History Conference
CHRONOS, The Syracuse University Undergraduate History Journal, organizes a one-day conference on the theme of “Building Bridges” April 7 in the Hall of Languages, Room 500, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Faculty of the Department of History and other departments present…
First SU Women’s Empowerment Week to Take Place April 3-7
The first Syracuse University Women’s Empowerment Week will take place April 3-7, 2017 in partnership with the Women’s Leadership Initiative. Each day of the week will focus on a different industry or field, specifically those that tend to be male…
Professor Yilin Hou on China and Property Taxes
Yilin Hou, Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal story titled “China Kicks Property Tax to the Curb—For Now” Hou, who has extensively studied the possibility of a property tax in China, says…
Maxwell Faculty Member Meets Pope Francis During Vatican Workshop on Water Issues
Farhana Sultana, associate professor of geography at the Maxwell School, is passionate about one of the most basic and important resources on Earth: water. It is through the lens of water by which she examines a multitude of social issues…
Red Cross Blood Drive, Wednesday, March 22
The Syracuse University American Red Cross Club and the Center for Policy Research at the Maxwell School will host a blood drive on Wednesday, March 22 beginning at 10 a.m. in 304ABC Schine Student Center. To set up an appointment to…
International Women’s Day 2017: Be Bold for Change
International Women’s Day, March 8, is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating equity and social justice in our communities and around the world. To…
Astronaut to Visit Maxwell on International Women’s Day
The International Relations Program of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs will host Col. Pamela Melroy on International Women’s Day, as she describes her leadership experiences as a space shuttle commander and discusses the future of human spaceflight….