Maxwell School Events Calendar

Centennial Events

• The Transformative Power of AI: How is Technology Changing Our Lives?

  June 20, 2024, 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m. PDT

  Westin St. Francis, 335 Powell Street San Francisco, CA, United States

  Join Maxwell and Syracuse University for an evening exploring the impact of artificial intelligence in technology.

• The Transformative Power of AI in Entertainment

  June 18, 2024, 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m. PDT

  Playa Studios, 11260 Playa Court Culver City, CA, United States

  Join Maxwell and Syracuse University in Los Angeles for an evening exploring the impact of artificial intelligence on the entertainment industry.

• Maxwell School Centennial Celebration in Washington, DC

  May 31, 2024, 6 p.m.-10 p.m. EDT

  8 and G Streets N.W. Washington, D.C., United States

  Please join Maxwell for the school’s centennial celebration in Washington, D.C., at the National Portrait Gallery.

• Geography and the Environment- Donald Meinig Lecture

  April 25, 2024, 4:30 p.m.-5:45 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220, The Strasser Legacy Room

  Cynthia Brewer, professor of geography at Penn State University, will present "Making Beautiful Maps Using GIS Tools."

• The Right to Property and Economic Development in India

  April 17, 2024, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  The Sawyer Law and Politics Program will host Dr. Namita Wahi, a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, and founding director of the Land Rights Initiative.

• Orange in Albany Reception

  April 16, 2024, 5 p.m.-7:30 p.m. EDT

  150 State Street 4th Floor Albany, NY, USA

  Join Dean David M. Van Slyke, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Dean Michael J. Frasciello, College of Professional Studies, and fellow SU alumni at a special reception.

• Taking Tutoring to Scale in Metro Nashville Public Schools: A Multi-Year Analysis

  April 11, 2024, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 060

  Matthew Kraft, associate professor of education and economics at Brown University, presented at the 2024 Jerry Miner Lecture.

• MPA Class of 1974 Panel Discussion and Lunch

  April 11, 2024, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, Dr. Paul and Natalie Strasser Legacy Room, Room 220

  Join Maxwell and the MPA Class of 1974 for a conversation and lunch with the Public Administration and International Affairs department.

• MPA Class of 1974 Reception

  April 10, 2024, 4 p.m.-6 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, Founders' Room

  Join the Maxwell MPA Class of 1974 for a special reception during Syracuse University's 50th & 60th reunion celebration!

• Maxwell MPA Class of 1974 Reunion

  April 10, 2024-April 13, 2024

  Maxwell M.P.A. Class of 1974 50th Reunion - April 10-13, 2024

• Total Solar Eclipse Extravaganza

  April 08, 2024, 2:50 p.m.-3:50 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, Lincoln Courtyard

  Watch the cosmic curtain fall as the moon steals the spotlight from the sun. Free eclipse glasses provided.

• Africa, African Diasporas and the Caribbean: Archaeology and Heritage Studies (Day 2)

  April 06, 2024, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. EDT

  Hall of Languages, 107

  The Anthropology Department will bring together students, alumni and invited speakers to recognize the contributions of Professor Emeritus Douglas V. Armstrong.

• Africa, African Diasporas and the Caribbean: Archaeology and Heritage Studies (Day 1)

  April 05, 2024, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220, The Strasser Legacy Room

  The Anthropology Department will bring together students, alumni and invited speakers to recognize the contributions of Professor Emeritus Douglas V. Armstrong.

• Otey Scruggs Memorial Lecture Featuring Jennifer V. Evans

  March 29, 2024, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220

  Jennifer Evans, professor of history at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, will present "Illiberal Memory and Transatlantic Hate Networks in the Twentieth- and Twenty-First Centuries"

• Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics

  March 28, 2024, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, Strasser Legacy Room, 220 Eggers Hall

  Sendhil Mullainathan (Chicago Booth) will present the ninth annual Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics.

• Centennial Celebration (with cake!)

  March 28, 2024, 1 p.m.-2 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, Commons

  Celebrate Maxwell's centennial with cake! Have your photo taken with Otto, check out our centennial map and tell us how you ever strive.

• Democracy, Authoritarianism and Nationalism: India in Comparative Perspective

  March 22, 2024, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, Maxwell Auditorium

  The State of Democracy Lecture Series welcomes Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Laurence S. Rockefeller Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton University.

• Campaign 2024: Super Tuesday and Beyond

  March 01, 2024, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  The State of Democracy Lecture Series will host "Campaign 2024: Super Tuesday and Beyond."

• Ever Strive for Diversity and Inclusion

  February 21, 2024, 12 p.m.-3 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 220

  Sean Drake, assistant professor of sociology, will give a presentation on the recent history of school segregation and desegregation efforts in the U.S., followed by a discussion.

• Phanstiel Lecture: Honourable Marc Garneau

  November 16, 2023, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 220

  "A Canadian Perspective on Public Service: From Following to Leading," with the Honourable Marc Garneau, former Canadian minister of foreign affairs and member of Parliament.