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Jackson wins Tenth Decade grant to study Black Americans, group threat

Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science, has been awarded $20,000 for their research project "Race, Risks, and Responses: Mapping Black Americans’ Response to Group Threat."  The grant is part of a special call to Maxwell faculty offering Tenth Decade Project funding to support research and initiatives that confront systemic racial inequality.

September 21, 2020

See related: Black, Grant Awards, United States

Maxwell sociologists appointed to leadership roles at ASA

Three professors of sociology at the Maxwell School, all affiliated with the University’s Aging Studies Institute, have been named to leadership roles within the American Sociological Association (ASA), the premiere professional organization for scholarly research in sociology.
September 14, 2020

See related: Promotions & Appointments

Humphrey Fellow credits LaunchPad for entrepreneurial experience

Maxim Glagolev, a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, started Geeklama, an online coding school that makes quality live coding lessons available to all kids. The Blackstone LaunchPad helped connect him with U.S. experts in specialized areas such as incorporation and finance as Geeklama launched in this country.

September 14, 2020

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Remote Humphrey project supports Congressional voting by proxy

Marco Konopacki was looking forward to closing out his Humphrey Fellowship year working in House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s Washington, D.C., office. But the novel coronavirus pandemic upended his plans, and he flew home to Brazil. There he, like the rest of the Maxwell School’s 2019 cohort, conducted his professional affiliation remotely.
September 14, 2020

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Lux addresses international conference on COVID-19 challenges

“A key aspect of the Humphrey Fellowship program at Maxwell is the ability for fellows to generate a transformative impact upon return to their countries,” says Steven Lux, director of Maxwell’s Executive Education program. “We strive to maintain these connections as it both informs theory and practice.”

September 14, 2020

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Van Slyke keynotes Oxford conference on social impact

Dean David Van Slyke delivered the keynote address at the Blavatnik School of Government's Government Outcomes Lab 2020 Social Outcomes Conference at Oxford University. 
September 4, 2020

See related: Awards & Honors, Government

Scholars join faculty for 2020-21; new chairs announced

Five tenure-track faculty members have joined the Maxwell School for the 2020-21 academic year. In addition, three current faculty members have been named chairs of their academic departments.
September 2, 2020

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Mitchell joins Procyon Partners as managing director

Prior to joining Procyon Partners, which is an an independent, employee-owned financial management firm, Steven J. Mitchell ’90 B.A. (Econ) served as managing director of wealth management, as well as a Pinnacle Council and Pinnacle Circle member at UBS, where he worked for twelve years.

September 1, 2020

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Purser named Montonna Professor, recognizing work with undergraduates

The Dr. Ralph E. Montonna Endowed Professorship for the Teaching and Education of Undergraduates fund is designed to provide support, in the form of a supplemental research fund, to a professor with notable engagement in undergraduate education. Gretchen Purser, associate professor of sociology, received this year's award.

August 31, 2020

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In Athenian Oath, EMPA grad hears ‘call to action for democracy'

Christopher Cartwright ’90 takes to heart the Athenian Oath’s call to “leave things better than we find them.” Cartwright, who earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and journalism and has worked in federal financial management with the U.S. Department of Commerce for 30 years, led the recitation of the Oath at this spring’s graduate convocation hosted by the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs.
August 28, 2020

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