Political Science News and Events
Does Crisis Lending Help China Win Friends and Influence People?
The article, co-authored by Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of International Affairs Daniel McDowell, was published in World Development.
See related: China, Economic Policy
Music Exec Jacqueline Saturn ’90 Named 2026 A&S | Maxwell Convocation Speaker
The Maxwell alumna is president of Virgin Music Group North America, one of the world’s leading partners to independent labels, artists and entrepreneurs.
See related: Alumni Experience, Student Experience
NBC Sports Broadcaster Mike Tirico ’88 to Speak at Commencement
The ‘Sunday Night Football’ play-by-play voice and NBC Olympics primetime host, who began his broadcasting career at Syracuse University's own WAER-FM, will address graduates May 10.
See related: Alumni Experience, Awards & Honors, School History
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Seva Gunitsky | Autocratic Resilience in the Age of AI
Eggers Hall, 341
Seva Gunitsky (Univ. of Toronto) will discuss three AI governance strategies—panopticism, discourse management and agency alignment—and link them to old institutional tradeoffs in closed regimes.
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Prosecutors, Voters, and the Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America: The Case of Lava Jato
Virtual
Ezequiel González-Ocantos (Oxford Univ.) will discuss how the transnational bribery investigation spread throughout Latin America, paralyzed economies, upended elections and collapsed governments.