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Zwick explores the relationship between technology and cities

Austin Zwick

In his new book, “The Platform Economy and the Smart City: Technology and the Transformation of Urban Policy” (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2021), Maxwell School faculty member Austin Zwick explores the intersection between urban planning and technological change.

November 29, 2021

See related: Infrastructure

Patel talks to WORLD about changes in US intelligence after 9/11

Kristen Patel, Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor of Practice in Korean and East Asian Affairs, was interviewed on WORLD's podcast "The World and Everything in It" about changes in the U.S. intelligence community that came after the 9/11 attacks via the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.

September 16, 2021

Alumna Kristen Patel named Gregg Professor of Practice at Maxwell

Kristen Patel will teach undergraduate courses in policy studies and graduate courses in public administration and international affairs.

December 7, 2020

Maxwell faculty and students honored with 2020 One University awards

Syracuse University announced its 2020 One University Awards, honoring members of the University community for their scholarship, teaching, academic achievement, leadership and service. The following Maxwell faculty member and students were among the honorees:

May 14, 2020

See related: Awards & Honors

Mazur cited in Conversation article on fake science

According to Professor Allan Mazur, conspiracy theories are, by definition, resistant to evidence or data that might prove them false.

March 10, 2020

See related: Media & Journalism, United States

The Happy Professor: How to Teach Undergraduates and Feel Good About It

Bill Coplin

December 31, 2019

Coplin Fans

The drive to fund a new scholarship reminds us there is an alumni community bound in the ways of Bill Coplin.

August 6, 2019

New Maxwell Perspective features climate change research

The recently published edition of Maxwell Perspective — the School’s twice-annual magazine for alumni, students, faculty, staff, and other friends — is now available online. All full-length articles are available as individual webpages in the Maxwell Perspective section of this website.

August 6, 2019

See related: Climate Change

Coplin talks about his new book with Inside Higher Ed

July 19, 2019

See related: U.S. Education, United States

Syracuse University Announces the Establishment of New Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

The symposium convened faculty, scholars and experts for a daylong discussion about governance opportunities and challenges prompted by the rapidly developing field of autonomous systems.

June 19, 2019

Zwick discusses Uber, Lyft drivers strike in Agence France Presse

Austin Zwick, assistant teaching professor of public affairs, says the job actions are an attempt to shift the balance of power between drivers and platforms, which now have the power to arbitrarily determine compensation and benefits. "The joint strike plus boycott strategy appear unlikely to succeed nationally as it does not appear that all drivers and passengers are unified behind the cause."

May 10, 2019

See related: Labor, United States

Scholarship Fund Honors Policy Studies Professor Bill Coplin

The Bill Coplin Policy Studies Scholarship, prompted by Elysa B. Wolfe '93 B.A. (PSt/PSc), will support students in the policy studies major.

May 8, 2019

See related: Academic Scholarships, Giving

Maxwell students Eldawy, Letona receive prestigious Truman Scholarship

The Truman award has become the premier graduate scholarship for aspiring public service leaders in the United States. The scholarship seeks to fund students who possess the leadership skills, intellect and passion that will make them “change agents” for the public good in any field.

April 17, 2018

Citizenship and Civic Engagement and the Policy Studies Major

At first glance, the new major in citizenship and civic engagement would seem to share a lot with another Maxwell major, policy studies. Both are interdisciplinary, nurture informed citizens, and emphasize action. But the similarities end there.

February 14, 2018

What Ralph Ketcham Meant to Maxwell

Ralph Ketcham taught citizenship at Maxwell longer than most of us have been alive. And, while doing so, he championed an approach to citizenship education that virtually defines the Maxwell School.

January 1, 2018

See related: In Memoriam

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