The Maxwell Citizenship Initiative aims to identify common interests in citizenship issues among faculty and students throughout the school, and then to provide new avenues and support for sharing ideas and collaborating. “Our goal,” says Prema Kurien, professor of sociology and one of the founders of the project, “is to create faculty clusters based on research interests.”

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

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