Winter 2022 Issue Masthead

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Tracking COVID’s Toll

Pandemic research by Maxwell faculty and students is shaping policy and perception on everything from aging to opioid addiction.

December 21, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Food Security, Mental Health, Parenting & Family, United States

For Doctoral Student, Afghanistan Is an Elusive Home

Sohrob Aslamy grew up in a tight-knit Afghan community in Phoenix, Arizona, longing for a home he’d never visited. As an undergraduate at the University of Washington, he studied Near Eastern languages and civilization and interned with Sahar Education International, a nonprofi t that supports girls’ and women’s education in northern Afghanistan.
December 20, 2021

See related: Afghanistan, International Affairs, Race & Ethnicity, Refugees

Anger, Despair and Seeds of Hope

Maxwell alumni wonder whether the changes they worked for in Afghanistan will endure after the ‘heartbreaking’ U.S. withdrawal.

December 17, 2021

See related: Afghanistan, Civil Rights, Foreign Policy, Gender and Sex, Human Rights, International Affairs

Resident Expert: Economist Mary Lovely to Serve at Library of Congress

The nine-month appointment begins on Jan. 3, 2022, and includes full access to the Library’s collections, which are the largest in the world, and an office in the Library of Congress overlooking the Supreme Court Building.
December 9, 2021

See related: China, Congress, Promotions & Appointments

Winders Served on Panel Advising FAA Policy on Small, Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Professor Jamie Winders was one of five panelists on a Congressionally mandated report exploring the policies and procedures related to the registration of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
October 25, 2021

See related: Autonomous Systems, Government, United States

Couple’s Gift Seeks to Ease the Burden of First-Generation Students

Kenneth ’80 and Mindy Sosne ’81 have pledged $100,000 to establish an endowed scholarship at their alma mater. The Kenneth and Mindy Sosne Scholarship will be awarded to first-generation students at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. “We’ve made a path for ourselves, professionally and financially, and now we want to give back,” says Mindy. “We want to make others’ lives easier.”
October 22, 2021

See related: Giving

Public Housing Violence Research Earns Top Honor

Madeleine ‘Maddy’ Hamlin, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in geography at the Maxwell School, was one of 8 doctoral students to have been named an H.F. Guggenheim Emerging Scholar. The $25,000 award supports and recognizes promising graduate-student researchers in their final year of writing a doctoral dissertation.
October 20, 2021

See related: Awards & Honors, Crime & Violence, Housing, Student Experience

In Memoriam: Vernon L. Greene, Pioneer in the Study of Aging

Professor Emeritus of Public Administration and International Affairs Vernon Greene, who passed away on October 10 at the age of 77, saw the aging process as much more than a person getting old, and his vision helped build Syracuse University’s reputation as a national leader in gerontology, home of the Aging Studies Institute (ASI) and the Center for Aging and Policy Studies (CAPS).
October 19, 2021

See related: Aging, In Memoriam

Johannes Himmelreich Named to Syracuse Surveillance Technology Work Group

Himmelreich, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs, is one of five community members named to the group that Syracuse Mayor Walsh says will ensure “surveillance tools are implemented in a safe and well-governed way.”
October 11, 2021

See related: Autonomous Systems, Promotions & Appointments, State & Local

Sociologist Jennifer Karas Montez Named University Professor

The prestigious distinction is granted to faculty who excel in their fields and who have made extraordinary scholarly contributions as judged by their peers nationally and internationally.
October 1, 2021

See related: Awards & Honors, Promotions & Appointments

In Memoriam: Joseph Strasser, ‘Forever an Important Figure in our History’

He was among the Maxwell School’s most generous benefactors.

September 27, 2021

See related: Giving, In Memoriam

Maxwell School Announces Montonna Professor, Dean’s Award Recipients

Osamah F. Khalil, associate professor of history and chair of the undergraduate program in international relations, was recently awarded the Dr. Ralph E. Montonna Endowed Professorship for the Teaching and Education of Undergraduates.
September 23, 2021

See related: Awards & Honors, Giving, Promotions & Appointments

2021 Robertson Fellows Committed to Public Service

Paul-Donavon Murray and Jacob Emont joined the graduate student ranks at the Maxwell School, pursing dual master’s degrees in public administration and international relations.
September 21, 2021

See related: Academic Scholarships, Congress, International Affairs, Labor, Student Experience

Three Faculty Members Named O’Hanley Scholars

Each was selected for outstanding teaching, scholarship and other accomplishments, including success with external grant support and service to the institution.
September 17, 2021

See related: Giving, Promotions & Appointments

Lisa Gordon '90 MPA to be honored at Orange Circle Awards ceremony

Lisa Y. Gordon ’90 M.P.A., president and chief executive officer of Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, is among the 2021 Orange Circle Award winners honored during Coming Back Together 2021.
September 2, 2021

See related: Awards & Honors

At Maxwell, NY’s 57th Governor Was ‘All Competence and Hard Work’

Kathy Hochul ’80 B.A. (PSc) is the first woman to hold the state’s highest office. 

August 28, 2021

See related: New York State, State & Local

Jay Golden Named Inaugural Pontarelli Professor

The professorship is funded with a gift from Kenneth A. Pontarelli ’92 B.S. (Econ) and his wife, Tracey.
August 24, 2021

See related: Promotions & Appointments

Leonard Lopoo Named Volcker Chair at Maxwell School

A faculty member since 2004, he additionally serves as the director of the Center for Policy Research and director and co-founder of the Maxwell X Lab. 
August 19, 2021

See related: Promotions & Appointments

In Memoriam: Montgomery Meigs, Retired General and Former Bantle Chair

Montgomery C. Meigs, a retired four-star general who commanded U.S. Army forces in Europe and served as the Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business and Government Policy at the Maxwell School, died on July 6, 2021, in Austin, Texas. He was 76.
July 29, 2021

See related: In Memoriam, Veterans

Four Maxwell Students Named 2021 Boren Fellows

Four students in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs have been named as recipients of the 2021 Boren Fellowship. The fellowship, sponsored by the National Security Education Program, funds immersive foreign language study abroad experiences for graduate students who plan to work in the federal national security arena.
July 9, 2021

See related: Awards & Honors, Study Abroad

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