In a major NSF study, Maxwell geographers help rural Guyanese assess the true worth of the land on which they depend.

Maxwell’s new research center was founded by Syracuse University alumnus, ad man, and later-life fitness enthusiast Sid Lerner, who views good health as a product of good policy, enhanced with good PR.

At a time when citizens are perhaps more aware of economic issues than ever, Syracuse University is establishing an endowed faculty chair at Maxwell to nurture an interdisciplinary understanding of economic forces in public affairs. The chair honors former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker.

The study of gerontology at Syracuse — including research done in Maxwell’s Center for Policy Research — has gotten a boost with a new Aging Studies Institute and a named professorship. Already prominent, SU’s gerontological programs are poised for growth and greater recognition.

The Maxwell School has attracted a new national fellowship program that promotes careers in the federal government.

When the Near East Foundation searched for a collegiate home, they found eager partners in Syracuse University — and, especially, in Maxwell and the Middle Eastern Studies Program.

Before there was an “NGO sector,” young people who wanted to go overseas and change lives joined the Peace Corps. They still do. Among hundreds of alumni who served in the Corps, we reached out to these seven to see how the experience nourished their public-service psyche and connected to their Maxwell education.

The Donald P. and Margaret Gregg Professorship and the new Korean Peninsula Affairs Center will make Maxwell a locus for study of this complicated little corner of the world.

A new Syracuse University institute, co-sponsored by Maxwell, will study how media, politics, and the judiciary sometimes collide and sometimes collude.

Howard Phanstiel’s $5-million gift – the largest one-time contribution ever made to Maxwell by an individual donor – creates a new faculty chair serving Phanstiel’s vision for promoting great leadership in the public sector.

From its beginning, Sam Goekjian’s life has always carried him across borders.

Maxwell geographers are working with Syracuse-area governments and NGOs to bring a geographic understanding to questions of poverty and malnutrition.