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Online and Intense

Maxwell's new online EMPA is structured to meet the demands of the highly experienced, ambitious students it attracts.

January 1, 2018

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Challenge Will Fund Undergrad Research

A new gift to Maxwell will help underwrite undergraduate research and scholarship, potentially to the tune of $125,000.

January 1, 2018

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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

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Quicken the Sense of Public Duty

Maxwell’s new dean, David M. Van Slyke, takes the Athenian Oath very seriously. And he views the Maxwell School — with all its complexity and plurality and disciplinary cross-currents — as uniquely prepared to uphold it.
December 16, 2016

Broad Mission

The Tenth Decade Scholars award demonstrates how citizenship cuts across the disciplines.

June 1, 2016

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Veil of Darkness

William Horrace uses an economist’s analytical approach to study whether traffic-stop patterns reveal racial bias by police officers.
June 1, 2016

Action Plans

Its first graduates demonstrate how Citizenship and Civic Engagement nurtures more than understanding.

June 1, 2016

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Showing Off

An annual poster fair celebrates undergraduate scholarship.

May 2, 2016

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Breaking the Ice

In advance of President Obama’s well-publicized trip to Alaska, two Maxwell professors were invited to advise stakeholders on shipping-channel icebreakers.

February 1, 2016

Dual Perspectives

Mincheol Song and Jiyeon Oh are South Korean students at Maxwell pursuing a new two-nation degree.

February 1, 2016

Celebrating Harriet Tubman

The archeological efforts of Douglas Armstrong and his students will be on display at a new national park honoring the former slave and abolitionist.

February 1, 2016

Contraband Over Time

According to Andrew Cohen, evolving attitudes toward smuggling reflect the economic priorities of a different era.
December 22, 2015

Family Ties

A major, international conference, hosted by Syracuse University’s Aging Studies Institute, explored how aging citizens fit in and contribute — here and around the globe. 

November 2, 2015

Robertson Fellows Named at Maxwell School

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University has named its sixth cohort of Robertson Fellows, funded by the Robertson Foundation for Government (RFFG).

September 29, 2015

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Growing Interest

Yüksel Sezgin takes over Middle Eastern Studies at a time when enrollment and programs are booming.

July 30, 2015

Team Approach

As the new Chapple Professor, Mark Rupert oversees the MAX Courses and helps champion the School’s team-taught approach to citizenship education.

July 30, 2015

Career Head Start

The Presidential Management Fellowship and Excelsior Service Fellowship provide promising top grads (including more than a few from Maxwell) entrée into government careers.
June 28, 2015

Out of the Ivory Tower

Maxwell’s Kristi Andersen is part of a small cast of Central New York scholars who convene weekly to reflect on public events and issues — all for the benefit of a local television audience. This they have done now more than 500 times!

June 28, 2015

What Do You Think

June 5, 2015

Ideas for Tomorrow

The Tenth Decade Project will support programs to prepare Maxwell for the challenges of its second century, with citizenship (broadly understood) at its core.

January 1, 2015

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