Maxwell School News and Commentary
Steve Hagerty '93 MPA sworn in as Mayor of Evanston, Illinois
Steve Hagerty ’93 M.P.A., a businessman in Evanston, Illinois, was recently elected mayor of that city, running as a first-time candidate for public office.
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Hermann to receive the William Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate Teaching
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Banks speaks to media after the firing of FBI Director James Comey
In the current charged political environment, a national commission might be the only path to a new approach acceptable to both parties. “Trump couldn’t stand in the way of that” if Congress moves in that direction, says William C. Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs.
Maxwell students selected for 2017-18 Fulbright awards
“This year’s SU Fulbright awardees were exceptionally qualified as strong students and researchers, but most of all through their engagement in community activism while at SU. Their experiences, often with Syracuse’s refugee communities or local schools, were evidence of their commitment to language and education,” says Susan Wadley, Ford Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies.
Banks discusses the role of a special prosecutor in Business Insider
Karas Montez comments on US life expectancy in Reuters
Maxwell students awarded Critical Language Scholarships
Ana Monzon, a graduate student in public relations and international relations, Jade Rhoads, a junior majoring in geography and Russian language and literature, and Giovanna Saccoccio, a junior majoring in public relations and international relations all received the U.S. Department of State's Critical Language Scholarship to study Bahasa Indonesian, Russian, and Turkish, respectively.
Dante Moss ’18 PSt/PSc reflects on his time at Syracuse University
"The amount of experience that I gained as a policy studies major is monumental. The head of the department, Professor Bill Coplin, gives students numerous professional and academic opportunities to prepare us for life after college," says Dante Moss, a junior policy studies and political science dual major, about his experience at Syracuse.
PhD candidate Jessie Speer awarded ACLS Dissertation Fellowship
Jessie Speer, a Ph.D. candidate in geography, received the fellowship, which supports a year of research and writing to help advanced graduate students in the humanities and social sciences in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing.