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On the Path

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

January 31, 2011

New Friends

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.

September 1, 2010

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.

September 1, 2010

Uncensored

As an embedded trainer with the Afghan National Army, Benjamin Tupper became an NPR correspondent and now the author of a forthcoming book.

June 21, 2010

One Korea

How a collaboration in public management and information technology hints at the peninsula’s political future.

December 23, 2009

See related: Foreign Policy, Student Experience

A Different Lincoln

Anyone who has seen the Abraham Lincoln statue that anchors the Maxwell courtyard can’t forget it. But who is this Lincoln, and where did he come from?

December 21, 2009

Understanding Korea

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.

September 1, 2009

See related: International Affairs

Gerry's Gang

The Cramers made a remarkable, $2-million gift to SU’s Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT), in which Maxwell and SU’s College of Law are partners.

September 1, 2008

See related: Giving

The Truths Behind the Myth of Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman is an American heroine, but her life story is shrouded in myth and exaggeration. Thanks to the work of Maxwell faculty members and students, the genuine contributions of Tubman’s life are coming to light.

June 23, 2008

The Old Rules No Longer Apply

How SU’s Institute for Security and Counterterrorism is partnering with one of the world’s most prestigious counterterrorism institutes to help understand and combat unprecedented threats.

June 20, 2007

The Courts and Public Opinion

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

September 1, 2006

See related: Government, Law

Better Brand of Leader

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.

September 1, 2006

See related: Giving

Man of the World

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

June 1, 2006

Where Hunger Is

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

September 1, 2004

See related: Food Security, Nutrition

Putting the Purpose in P.A.

Dwight Waldo’s death last fall prompted a reappreciation of the man’s impact on his profession. His calm but persistent suggestion that public administration is something more than a job ultimately won out.

June 21, 2001

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