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The Unlikely Path

Former colleagues of Agehananda Bharati gather to mark 25 years since his passing.


February 9, 2018

Friendly Advice

Deborah Pellow is devoted to counseling anthropology undergrads, and will tell you it pays dividends for her and them.

February 9, 2018

Right-Hand Man

Mike Wasylenko returns to full-time teaching and research, having spent almost 20 years as the associate dean who keeps Maxwell humming.

February 9, 2018

Different Takes on the Topic

Fabiola Ortiz Valdez, an anthropology doctoral candidate at Maxwell, is shedding light on the stories and struggles of undocumented laborers, primarily from Mexico and Guatemala, who work on New York's dairy farms.

February 9, 2018

Why Afghanistan Matters

Fifteen years after 9/11 refocused American foreign policy — and the career of James Cunningham — the former ambassador says the collapse of Afghanistan remains an unacceptable option.

February 9, 2018

Moderates Opt Out

Danielle Thomsen’s book explores how the current political climate discourages politicians with moderate views from seeking national office.

February 9, 2018

Border Hopping

Anthropologist John Burdick is not only a faculty member conducting research overseas (like so many others). His research team, in fact, spans the globe.

February 9, 2018

Lookin’ for a Job

The annual student-organized networking trips to Washington and New York accelerate career planning and a student’s understanding of life after Maxwell.

February 9, 2018

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Helping Hand

At a time when America is sorting out its larger role in the world, experts remind us that U.S. aid is often much appreciated.

February 9, 2018

Beyond Anyone’s Control

Renee Levy discusses the geopolitical dimensions of insurgents, criminals, and radical Islamists, who florish in areas in Afghanistan and Pakistan under a lack of government control. These are among 150 such "black spots" identified by researchers working to map global insecurity as part of an interdisciplinary project in Maxwell’s Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

February 9, 2018

Putin the Meddler

As ever, to understand Russia you must know the man in charge.

February 9, 2018

The Enemy Online

While the term terrorism still conjures up images of bombs and snipers, the frightening future of terrorism resides across the Internet.

February 9, 2018

China: It's Complicated

The web of relationships and mutual benefits between America and China is too complex to dismiss with campaign rhetoric.

February 9, 2018

Reeher weighs in on DeFrancisco departing 50th district in Eagle News

"The interesting question it raises is whether the seat will change parties," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute. "That’s possible, given the district enrollment," adding "and with the Senate closely split, this particular election could become very important."

February 9, 2018

Lovely comments on rising US trade deficit in LA Times

"My concern would not be economic, it would be political," says Professor of Economics Mary Lovely regarding last year's rise in the U.S. trade deficit. “I’m afraid this will be more fuel for an aggressive trade stance toward China, afraid that will lead to retaliation by China, and I think it will cause job destruction in the United States as well as in China.”

February 9, 2018

Baldanza gift supports undergraduate research

A $125,000 challenge gift from Ben and Marcia Baldanza will help underwrite undergraduate research and scholarship at the Maxwell School. The Baldanza Endowment for Undergraduate Excellence will meet expenses associated with undergraduate research and experiential learning. It will help fund Maxwell’s annual Celebration of Undergraduate Scholarship, an event held near the end of each academic year to share and reward undergraduate research projects.
February 9, 2018

Mitra weighs in on India's tariff hikes in Wall Street Journal

Instead of raising tariffs India should have emulated China by reforming labor laws and maintaining a low-tariff regime on intermediate goods to attract export-oriented global manufacturing firms, according to Devashish Mitra, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs.

February 9, 2018

Lovely discusses US trade deficit, China in Washington Post

"They raise the already high risk of new U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports, almost certainly to be quickly followed by a carefully targeted Chinese response," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. "Unfortunately, while destructive of jobs both here and in China, these responses will not move the needle on the U.S. trade deficit."

February 7, 2018

Maxwell School selected to host 2018 Mandela Washington Fellows

The Mandela Washington Fellowship empowers young African leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, mentoring, networking, professional opportunities, and local community engagement. The cohort of fellows hosted by the Maxwell School will be part of a larger group of 700 Mandela Washington Fellows hosted at 27 institutions across the United States this summer.

February 7, 2018

Wasylenko discusses urban economic growth in CT Viewpoints

Michael Wasyleko talks about how economic grown in urban economies in Connecticut depend on technological change, and innovation to create a new knowledge of skilled and innovative workers.
February 7, 2018

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