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MPA grad turned Excelsior Fellow: 'It’s an honor to work with the state'

Ari Epstein ’14 M.P.A. was accepted into New York’s two-year Excelsior Service Fellowship Program.
September 20, 2021

Thompson quoted in Spectrum piece on Kathy Hochul, Biden attending SU

Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science, was quoted in the Spectrum News article, "Sitting U.S. president, NY governor both earned degrees at Syracuse University."
September 2, 2021

At Maxwell, NY’s 57th Governor Was ‘All Competence and Hard Work’

Kathy Hochul ’80 B.A. (PSc) is the first woman to hold the state’s highest office. 

August 28, 2021

Alumna Oversees Students in NYS Assembly Where She Once Interned

Vanessa Salman ’17 B.A. (PSc) found her experience as an intern with the New York State legislature so powerful she returned for a full-time position after graduating from Maxwell.
June 23, 2021

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