Spring 2008

• "The Truths Behind the Myth of Harriet Tubman" A Maxwell historian and a Maxwell archaeologist, each in his own way, is helping to rediscover the historical truth beyond the legend.  >> read it here
• "Slave Trade Studies at Maxwell" Other projects by which Maxwell is creating better understanding of the African diaspora. >> read it here
• "Dateline Maxwell" News of the School includes:
  • Dean Mitchel Wallerstein's five-year progress report  >> read it here
  • Mehrzad Boroujerdi and Middle East Studies  >> read it here
  • The new master's in public diplomacy  >> read it here
  • The M.P.A. capstone projects  >> read it here
  • Madonna Harrington Meyer's new role  >> read it here
• Alumni Profiles: Stephen Lisauskas, helping rescue Springfield, Mass.; Ford Rowan, consulting for Middle East understanding; and health-care policy expert James Tallon.

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Fall 2007

• "Doing Good" The undergraduate major in policy studies graduates students with the goal of making the world a better place and the skills to actually do it.  >> read it here
• "Genuine Do-Gooder" As the long-time director of Public Affairs, Bill Coplin has become something of an icon within the Maxwell undergraduate community. >> read it here
• "Undergraduates at Maxwell" Though Maxwell is a graduate school, thousands of undergraduates sit in its classrooms and engage its faculty.  >> read it here
• "Dateline Maxwell" News of the School includes:
  • Maxwell's part in the new SU fund-raising campaign  >> read it here
  • INSCT and the "New Battlefields" project  >> read it here
  • The Deloitte Challenge  >> read it here
  • Documentary film and history  >> read it here
• Alumni Profiles: Robert Duffy, from police chief to Rochester mayor ; Nancy Ely-Raphel, working through State to help humanity; and Colin Irwin and the "peace polls."

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Spring 2007

• "PARC Present and Past" Taking stock of Maxwell's Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts on its 20th birthday. >> read it here
• "What Is Collaborative Governance?" PARC's newest emphasis is the study of how organizations and governments work together.  >> read it here
• "Where Does Generosity Come From?" Arthur Brooks's research on philanthropy yields new understanding about why people give.  >> read it here
• "A Desire to Do Good" Nonprofit studies and management has quickly become one of Maxwell's most popular concentrations.  >> read it here
• "The Old Rules No Longer Apply" Maxwell and the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism have partnered with an Israeli university to study this crucial topic. >> read it here
• "Dateline Maxwell" News of the School includes:
  • The Moynihan Institute's new East Asia program  >> read it here
  • Middle East young leaders visit campus  >> read it here
  • Unusual students in the Master of Social Science program  >> read it here
  • The Fiscal Wake-Up Tour comes to Maxwell Auditorium  >> read it here
• Alumni Profiles: Chance Briggs and the Pakistan earthquake ; economic policy wonk Mary Daly.
• History Lesson: Bernard Fall's pivotal few years as a Maxwell student.

2006

• "Getting in the Game" Maxwell faculty experts share their concerns and hopes for the state of American citizenship. >> read it here
• "A Boost for Citizenship Studies . . . and Civil Liberties" Two recent gifts help Maxwell in these important disciplines.  >> read it here
• "The Courts and Public Opinion" A new SU institute helps make sense of the sometimes controversial nexus between the judiciary, politics, and media.  >> read it here
• "Dateline Maxwell" News of the School includes:
  • The Phanstiel gift supports public leadership  >> read it here
  • Studying Latin America and the Caribbean  >> read it here
  • Summer studies in the dangerous Middle East  >> read it here
  • Alasdair Roberts writes on government secrecy  >> read it here
  • How the Snow Fellows marry their MPA to public service  >> read it here
• Alumni Profiles: Amy Best and youth culture; video producer Paul Yoo.
• History Lesson: George Maxwell's gift and vision. 

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Spring 2006

• "India: Government and the Challenges of Change" Maxwell helps a government meet the demands of prosperity. >> read it here
• "Roots in South Asia" The South Asia Center showcases Maxwell's scholarly strengths in the region.  >> read it here
• "Doing Good and Teaching Well" The many links between Maxwell and Teach For America.  >> read it here
• "Man of the World" The very international life of Sam Goekjian.  >> read it here
• "Dateline Maxwell" News of the School includes:
  • Two historians, two new books, and the Pigott Fund  >> read it here
  • IR students overseas as Global Europe Scholars  >> read it here
  • SATSA: Security studies outside the classroom  >> read it here
  • Catherine Bertini brings her U.N. experience to the faculty   >> read it here
  • Rosemary O'Leary writes on "guerrilla government"   >> read it here
• Alumni Profiles:  At work in the wake of Katrina: Jack Stephens, "Chet" Drozdowski, Kara DeSantis, Rachel Roberts (read it here)
; and city developer Mulugetta Birru.

Fall 2005

• "Once Upon a Time in Tehran" Former hostage Barry Rosen looks back 25 years, and at Iran today. >> read it here
• "Tough Neighborhood" Middle East scholars at Maxwell comment on the "Iran problem."  >> read it here
• "Uncertain Threat" Maxwell responds to the P.A. requirements of terrorism and national security.  >> read it here
• "Dateline Maxwell" News of the School includes:
  • The Maxwell Poll looks at politics and the judiciary  >> read it here
  • A new director at the Center for Environmental Policy and Administration  >> read it here
  • A donor's vision helps refurbish the Academic Village  >> read it here
  • Suzanne Mettler looks at the GI Bill and civic participation   >> read it here
• Alumni Profiles:  Geographer (and New Orleans flood-risk expert) Craig Colten; National Public Radio's Pam Fessler; and the new director of the National Zoo, John Berry.
• History Lesson: Ralph Ketcham's 50-plus years of citizenship education at Maxwell.  >> read it here 

Spring 2005

• "A Mission to Match the Moniker" How $10 million and a new name help transform the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs. >> read it here
• "To Pat" Maxwell spent March 14 celebrating Daniel Patrick Moynihan.  >> read it here
• "Dateline Maxwell" News of the School includes:
  • A new kind of P.A. student from China  >> read it here
  • Students hold forth at the international-development symposium  >> read it here
  • Underwater anthropology off the coast of Ghana  >> read it here
  • The life's work of geographer Donald Meinig   >> read it here
  • Tom Brokaw at the Bantle-INSCT Symposium  >> read it here
• Alumni Profiles:  Peruvian actor and political activist Salvador del Solar and the Kaiser Family Foundation's Victoria Rideout; also, Maxwell grads who head colleges and universities.
• History Lesson: Dean Emeritus Guthrie Birkhead takes the measure of Fred Burke.

Fall

• "No Matter How You Slice" Education and Medicaid as prime examples of financing issues that face state and local governments. >> read it here
• "On the Ground in Afghanistan" Maxwell alumni who risk their own well-being to help tap the hopefulness of a free and developing nation.  >> read it here
• "Dateline Maxwell" News of the School includes:
  • Bob McClure and a new era for the MAX courses  >> read it here
  • Maxwell's special history with the PPIA fellowships
  • Geography and hunger in the city of Syracuse  >> read it here
  • Montgomery Meigs and the curriculum of terrorism   >> read it here
• Alumni Profiles:  CIA veteran David Forden (>> read it here) and Coca-Cola historian Phil Mooney; graduate hiring trends.
• History Lesson: A new photo exhibition marks Maxwell's 80th anniversary.

Spring 2004

• "Wide Deep Differences" Party and voter polarization in the presidential campaigns of 2004. >> read it here
• "Democracy On Line" How the Internet is affecting elections.  >> read it here
• "City in Flames" Maxwell alumni in the behind-the-scene battles with wildfire.  >> read it here
• "Dateline Maxwell" News of the School includes:
  • Funding and naming the Moynihan Institute  >> read it here
  • Environmental Finance Center  >> read it here
  • The Campbell Institute's homeland security series
  • "Bunny" Jump retires   >> read it here
• Alumni Profiles:  Slovenian poet Ales Debeljak; Save the Children's Hajira Shariff; and antipoverty advocate Jessica Sotelo.
• History Lesson: Dean Appleby and democracy in India  >> read it here

Fall 2003

• "Age and the European Ideal" How demographic trends threaten Europe's generous pension systems. >> read it here

Related:
• Maxwell's new European Studies Center  >> read it here
• The special case of the Roma  >> read it here
• Student work on European issues  >> read it here
• "Dateline Maxwell" News of the School includes:
  • Q&A with the new dean, Mitchel Wallerstein   >> read it here
  • The Snow Fellows program  >> read it here
  • Maxwell's new supercomputing solution  >> read it here
  • A special gift to programs in physical anthropology   >> read it here
• Alumni Profiles:  Deborah Alexander, of service in Afghanistan; political advocate Octavio Hinojosa-Mier.
• History Lesson: The Russian Studies Program

Fall 2002

• "Think Global" How, over the course of roughly 10 years, Maxwell has answered the challenge to "internationalize."   >> read it here
  With articles also about:
• The International Relations Program  >> read it here
• The Global Affairs Institute  >> read it here
• International student enrollment  >> read it here
• "Dateline Maxwell" News of the School includes:
  • A new book for political interns  >> read it here
  • The Sawyer Chair's perpetuation of the public law tradition  >> read it here
  • An e-government expert on the faculty >> read it here
  • The first Brady Howell scholar  >> read it here
• Alumni Profile: Buddhist environmentalist Daniel Henning

Fall 2001

• "While the Dust Still Settles" Faculty essays on lessons we learned from the terrorist attacks.  >> read it here
• "Dateline Maxwell" News of the School includes:
  • NASPAA's teacher of the year, Stuart Bretschneider >> read it here
  • M.P.A. placement trends
  • Student research on women's civic organizations >> read it here
  • Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn's new book on race rhetoric >> read it here
• Alumni Profile: Chicago Blackhawk GM Mike Smith

Spring 2001

• "Putting the Purpose in P.A." A tribute to former faculty member Dwight Waldo. >> read it here
• "Voice of Reason" Daniel Patrick Moynihan (re)joins the faculty. >> read it here
• "Dateline Maxwell" News of the School includes:
  • National Security Studies >> read it here
  • Gender and Globalization >> read it here
  • Monmonier Book on Legislative Districts >> read it here
  • Meiklejohn Death (and speech from 1969) >> read it here
• Alumni Profile: Donna Shalala
• Alumni Profile: Kwabena Duffuor

Fall 2000

• "Who's Watching the Bank?" A study of the current debate over Social Security. Plus, Dean John Palmer's appointment to the S.S. Trust Fund Board. >> read it here
• "Class Acts II" More great teachers remembered.
• "Dateline Maxwell" News of the School includes:
  • Grad student Janelle Kerlin in Poland >> read it here
  • Future Leaders Program >> read it here
  • State of Democracy Lectures >> read it here
  • Bogdan Book on Adirondack Postcards >> read it here
• Alumni Profile: Elizabeth Kellar and Matt Reeves