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Cameron MacPherson '16 BA (IR) named as SU's first Mitchell Scholar

A graduate student in Pan African studies has been named a recipient of the George J. Mitchell Scholarship for graduate study in Ireland. He is one of 12 U.S. students selected from more than 300 applications for the award. With the award, he will study intercultural theology at Trinity College, Dublin. 

November 28, 2017

In Memoriam: History Professor Cissie Fairchilds Remembered for Generosity, Spirit

Cissie Fairchilds, a professor emerita of history in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, voluntarily set aside personal time in her day to talk about dissertations or early modern European history with students.
November 28, 2017

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Lovely discusses the US trade deficit on Marketplace

Mary Lovely, professor of economics, helps explain the connection between trade gaps and budget deficits on the Marketplace segment "Taxes, trade deficits and peanut butter.
November 27, 2017

Lambright weighs in on nominee for NASA administrator in WIRED

"He [President Trump] doesn’t have to be an advocate of climate change research," says Harry Lambright, professor of public administration and international affairs. "But he has to neutralize the idea that he is a climate change denier."

November 22, 2017

Reeher discusses 2017 voter turnout in CNY in Eagle News

"When you raise people’s political attention level, they’re more likely to go vote," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
November 21, 2017

Lewis discusses military base realignments and closures in PA Times

Minchin Lewis, adjunct professor of public administration and international affairs, discusses the impact of military base realignments and closures in his article "Predicting the unpredictable: BRAC impact on Local Government," 
November 21, 2017

McDowell article on future of China's currency published in Journal of Contemporary China

Daniel McDowell & David A. Steinberg
November 21, 2017

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Bifulco comments on Say Yes to Education in Cleveland.com article

Robert Bifulco, associate dean and chair of public administration and international affairs, was quoted in the Cleveland.com article "Will Say Yes to Education scholarship program boost Cleveland's economy?" Bifulco believes in the program, stating that the primary goal is to intervene in students lives, with humanitarian effects being larger than economic impacts.
November 20, 2017

Gueorguiev book China's Governance Puzzle reviewed in Foreign Affairs

"The authors skillfully blend the latest statistics on corruption with illuminating case studies to argue that enlisting the Chinese public to monitor the bureaucracy would yield better results than continuing the current heavy-handed crackdown that targets corrupt individuals one at a time," claims a review of a book co-authored by Associate Professor of Political Science Dimitar Gueorguiev.

November 17, 2017

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