Alumni News

Kate Clark is working to make Philadelphia more liveable for its growing senior citizen population — to the benefit of all.

A Maxwell benefactor has partnered with Documentary Film and History to tell the story of one man’s journey on the Underground Railroad.

Syracuse suffers no dearth of well-meaning nonprofits and citizens’ groups. The challenge is figuring out who they all are and which are having an impact.

If Syracuse is especially blessed in any one sector, it is health care. And yet, the challenge to provide for all is never met and some people go without.

It takes a dynamic mix of government policy and nonprofit gusto make sure that adequate housing is available to all.

As in all cities, issues of race tend to get magnified in Syracuse, where populations and politics are concentrated. One secret to political equality is identifying leaders who not only speak for their constituencies but are given the means of change.

At a time when revenues are shrinking and taxpayers are screaming for lower taxes and maintained services, the City of Syracuse and Onondaga County are searching for new efficiencies through consolidation.

The attempt to bring housing and business back into Syracuse is staffed by a new generation of city administrators and developers who, together, think this time around they have the answer.

Before there was an “NGO sector,” young people who wanted to go overseas and change lives joined the Peace Corps. They still do. Among hundreds of alumni who served in the Corps, we reached out to these seven to see how the experience nourished their public-service psyche and connected to their Maxwell education.

Howard Phanstiel’s $5-million gift – the largest one-time contribution ever made to Maxwell by an individual donor – creates a new faculty chair serving Phanstiel’s vision for promoting great leadership in the public sector.

From its beginning, Sam Goekjian’s life has always carried him across borders.

Maxwell geographers are working with Syracuse-area governments and NGOs to bring a geographic understanding to questions of poverty and malnutrition.