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Mary Daly’s Crooked Path
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Scruggs Scholarship will benefit current undergrads
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Inaugural online EMPA grads celebrate at Convocation
“One fear of launching the program online was that students may not feel the same deep connection to their peers and faculty and the Maxwell community, so we were pleasantly surprised by the turnout for graduation on campus and will be working on planning a reunion soon,” said Nell Bartkowiak, director of the E.M.P.A. program.
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Harrington Meyer book Grandmothers at Work cited in LA Times
According to University Professor Harrington Meyer, grandmothers often share child-rearing duties and ease the childcare burden of working parents, a role that has only been increasing.
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Award honors alumna and former faculty member Rosemary O’Leary
The award, named after former Maxwell faculty member Rosemary O’Leary ‘88 Ph.D. (PA), recognizes the best article published in a public administration journal on the topic of women and public administration.
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Heather Newton heads mental illness organization in Rochester
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Robin Lamott Sparks heads End Hunger Connecticut!
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Deborah Pellow to receive Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate Teaching
Deborah Pellow, professor of anthropology, who is a multidisciplinary scholar that specializes in urban studies, the anthropology of space and place, and feminism, with emphasis on West Africa, was conferred this year's prize. The prize memorializes William Wasserstrom, a noted English professor at Syracuse.
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Humphrey Fellows celebrate year of new perspectives
The 2018-19 Humphrey Fellows recently celebrated ten months of academic study, professional development, and cultural exchange at Syracuse University. The Fellowship honor the late Senator and Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and his lifelong commitment to international cooperation and public service.
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Winders named faculty representative to SU Board of Trustees
Jamie Winders, professor of geography in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, is best known for her interdisciplinary work on international migration and contributions to geography’s engagements with race, labor and social reproduction.
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