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Strasser Professorship deepens alum’s philanthropic legacy at Maxwell
A new, $3-million philanthropic commitment from alumnus Joseph Strasser ’53 BA (History)/’58 MPA will create a permanently endowed and named professorship in public administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, while also building on a legacy of giving that places Strasser among the most significant Maxwell donors of all time.

Maxwell alum Chris Meek speaks with Fox News about empowering veterans
Chris Meek '92 BA (Econ/PSc), current EMPA student and Chairman of SoldierStrong, was interviewed on Fox News for the segment "Capitol Hill explores ways to empower veterans through tech." Meek discusses how technology can help injured veterans get back on their feet.

London, Hoy paper on same-sex sexuality, heterosexuals published in SC
"The experience and meaning of same‐sex sexuality among heterosexually identified men and women: An analytic review," written by Andrew London and PhD candidate Aaron Hoy '14 MA (Soc), was published in Sociology Compass. Their research review shows heterosexual individuals make sense of their experiences with same‐sex sexuality in many complex ways.

Maxwell celebrates graduates, faculty at Commencement Weekend 2018
Service. Leadership. Citizenship. The core values of the Maxwell community were on display at the 164th Syracuse University Commencement weekend celebrating the outstanding accomplishments of 2018 graduates and faculty.

Econ alum Mary Daly discusses inclusion in economics profession in FT
"Economics trails the sciences in attracting a diverse student mix," written by Mary Daly ’91 MPhil (Econ)/’94 PhD (Econ), was published in Financial Times. Daly discusses the need to change attitudes about women in the economics profession.

Drew Kinney '14 MA (PSc) publishes article on Jerusalem's status
PhD candidate Drew Kinney '14 MA (PSc) discusses the significance of Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and placement of the United States embassy in the Holy City in his article "Implications for Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital," published on the Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research website.

Hamish Gibbs ’17 BA (Geog) named Saint Andrew’s Society of NY Scholar
Hamish Gibbs ’17 BA (Geog) has been named the recipient of a 2018 Saint Andrew’s Society of New York Scholarship. The award is granted to two students in the United States each year who are of Scottish descent, and it funds one year of graduate study in Scotland.

PhD student Drew Kinney '14 MA (PSc) publishes article on ME crisis
"The Middle East Crisis: Trump, Syria, Russia, Iran, Israel and More," written by PhD student Drew Kinney '14 MA (PSc), was published on the Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research website.

Winter ’18 Perspective features undergrad research, Ralph Ketcham
The Winter 2018 edition of Maxwell Perspective was recently printed and mailed to all alumni, faculty, staff, students, and other friends of the Maxwell School. At the same time, online editions of many of the articles are now available at the Maxwell Perspective website.

PhD student Fabiola Ortiz discusses harassment on NY farms with NPR
Fabiola Ortiz '16 MA (Anth) and PhD student in anthropology was interviewed for the segment "A Sexual Harassment Nightmare in Rural New York" on NPR's Latino USA. "When you are an undocumented farmworker, you have very little resources," says Ortiz, who studies New York dairy farmworkers.

Baldanza gift supports undergraduate research
The Baldanza Endowment for Undergraduate Excellence will meet expenses associated with undergraduate research and experiential learning. It will also help fund Maxwell’s annual Celebration of Undergraduate Scholarship, an event held near the end of each academic year to share and reward undergraduate research projects.

Harkin estate gift supports Birkhead-Burkhead Fund
Alumnus James M. Harkin ’76 MSSc/’78 PhD (SSc) and his wife, Lucille Boilard-Harkin, have made estate plans that will provide ongoing scholarship support to students in Maxwell’s MPA degree program. The gift will support Maxwell’s Birkhead-Burkhead Fund, of which James Harkin was a founding donor in 1987.

Maxwell researchers contribute to book on health of aging veterans
Several faculty members and a PhD candidate from the Maxwell School’s Department of Sociology and Syracuse University’s Aging Studies Institute have contributed to a groundbreaking new book, Long-Term Outcomes of Military Service: The Health and Well-Being of Aging Veterans, published by the American Psychological Association.

Wolf, Arora study on PFL, nursing home costs featured in JPAM
"Does Paid Family Leave Reduce Nursing Home Use? The California Experience," by Douglas Wolf and Kanika Arora '15 PhD (PA), finds that California’s Paid Family Leave act appears to have reduced the rate of nursing home usage among the older population which could produce a substantial reduction in Medicare and Medicaid costs.

Fulbright recipient from Maxwell flourishes in living, learning abroad
A semester and a summer abroad with SU Abroad and two highly competitive national awards—a Fulbright and a Boren Scholarship—have kept Frederick "Rick" Cieri '17 BA (IR) exploring and learning abroad for the better part of the last three years.

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