Broad Mission
The Tenth Decade Scholars award demonstrates how citizenship cuts across the disciplines.
See related: Awards & Honors
Action Plans
Its first graduates demonstrate how Citizenship and Civic Engagement nurtures more than understanding.
See related: Student Experience
Showing Off
An annual poster fair celebrates undergraduate scholarship.
See related: Student Experience
Breaking the Ice
In advance of President Obama’s well-publicized trip to Alaska, two Maxwell professors were invited to advise stakeholders on shipping-channel icebreakers.
Dual Perspectives
Mincheol Song and Jiyeon Oh are South Korean students at Maxwell pursuing a new two-nation degree.
Celebrating Harriet Tubman
The archeological efforts of Douglas Armstrong and his students will be on display at a new national park honoring the former slave and abolitionist.
Contraband Over Time
Family Ties
A major, international conference, hosted by Syracuse University’s Aging Studies Institute, explored how aging citizens fit in and contribute — here and around the globe.
Robertson Fellows Named at Maxwell School
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University has named its sixth cohort of Robertson Fellows, funded by the Robertson Foundation for Government (RFFG).
See related: Awards & Honors
Growing Interest
Yüksel Sezgin takes over Middle Eastern Studies at a time when enrollment and programs are booming.
Team Approach
As the new Chapple Professor, Mark Rupert oversees the MAX Courses and helps champion the School’s team-taught approach to citizenship education.
Out of the Ivory Tower
Maxwell’s Kristi Andersen is part of a small cast of Central New York scholars who convene weekly to reflect on public events and issues — all for the benefit of a local television audience. This they have done now more than 500 times!
See related: Media & Journalism, New York State, State & Local
Career Head Start
See related: Awards & Honors, Promotions & Appointments, Student Experience
Amazing Lives
A fully renovated and upgraded Eggers Hall public events room now honors the parents of alumnus Joseph Strasser.
See related: Centennial, Giving, School History
Ideas for Tomorrow
The Tenth Decade Project will support programs to prepare Maxwell for the challenges of its second century, with citizenship (broadly understood) at its core.
See related: Centennial, Giving
Look Who’s 90
Last fall, the Maxwell School’s year of 90th-anniversary celebrations started big, with an array of special scholarly events, a school-wide 1920s-themed party, and a star-studded celebration in the nation’s capital.
See related: Centennial, School History
Sense and Sustainability
MPA student James Hacker spent the past year balancing studies with his leadership role in an increasingly influential website.
The Political Fray
Considering that the Maxwell School was designed from the start to engage with civic issues and public policy, it’s no surprise that the School has been politically active throughout its history — and scrutinized and criticized for its perceived political leanings.
Hard Lessons
Post-conflict project veteran Deborah Alexander led a panel discussion of Afghanistan at Maxwell’s new home in D.C.