A tragedy in Ashlee Newman’s family created a new legislative advocate.

Among graduate students at Maxwell this fall are its two new Robertson fellows — the third pair funded by the Robertson Foundation for Government.

The journal Chronos celebrates the best of undergraduate scholarship in the field of history — as judged by undergraduates themselves.

Bioarchaeologist Shannon Novak is marrying physical and social science to capture the life stories of New York City church congregants who died well more than a century ago.

As happens in every graduate program at Maxwell, projects such as Spring Street Presbyterian help establish student careers.

Last summer, design students from SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts spent six weeks in Hong Kong at an international workshop on design and aging, accompanied by design professors who are also faculty affiliates of the Aging Studies Institute.

Brian Taylor’s award-winning new book details how a corrupt political system has left Russian citizens hungry for something better.

Shannon Novak has made an accomplished career of reconstructing long-ago lives from scant (yet rich) remains.

The new professorship, a joint appointment in sociology and social work, recognizes the scholarship of Marjorie Cantor, which advanced understanding of the lifestyles of older persons, care-giver support systems, and the needs of elders across class and culture.

Over a long career, Michael Barkun has studied the ways political, religious, and other social groups react to perceived threats.

According to Harry Lambright, climate change is not only a challenge of policy, industry buy-in, and international cooperation, but a technological Everest comparable to the moon shot.

The latest edition of Lou Kriesberg’s classic text examines new evidence on how to wage conflicts less destructively.

Maxwell’s undergrad program in international relations serves a rising tide of students who know globalism as something more than just a slogan.

New series will explore ethics, citizenship, and public responsibility.

Historical archaeologists Doug Armstrong and Theresa Singleton moved into new, state-of-the-art labs down the hall in Lyman, with expanded and upgraded space for research and teaching.

Michael Kranish’s book, published amid the campaign, is lauded for providing a rare complete and balanced view of the enigmatic presidential candidate.

Since 2007, the U.S. State Department has funded Maxwell to host up-and-coming Middle Eastern leaders and academics interested in bringing democratic traditions back to their homelands. Little did anyone guess how quickly and dramatically democracy would assert itself throughout that region — where these special Maxwell alumni have sometimes played direct roles.

Kate Clark is working to make Philadelphia more liveable for its growing senior citizen population — to the benefit of all.

Year in and year out, students decide to supplement classroom instruction by organizing full-fledged scholarly conferences on a topic of special interest. It’s hard work. (And this spring there were three.)