Maxwell School Events Calendar

Career Development Events

• Social Impact Pitch Competition: Building Healthier Communities Through Innovation

  April 03, 2026, 12 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT

  Bird Library, 114

  Watch Syracuse students pitch innovative public health solutions for a chance to win $5,000. Join the Social Impact Pitch Competition and support the next generation of changemakers.

• CMC Workshop: Salary Negotiation with Professor Emerita Catherine Gerard

  March 27, 2026, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 112

  This interactive workshop, hosted by the Conflict Management Center, will provide some of the basic strategies to feel comfortable and confident through the salary negotiation process.

• Liberty Bell's Electronic Ring: The Establishment and Production of Online Hate 1983-1995

  January 23, 2026, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 151

  Ph.D. candidate Ian Glazman-Schillinger presents “Liberty Bell's Electronic Ring: The Establishment and Production of Online Hate, 1983-1995.”

• Workshop | From Manuscript to Book: Publishing with a University Press

  October 07, 2025, 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  This faculty workshop focuses on assembling a book proposal, finding publishers, converting a dissertation to a book, additional projects, the production process, marketing and publicity, and more.

• Advice From an Ex-Editor: Some Things to Think About When You're Submitting an Article Manuscript

  April 09, 2025, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Bird Library, Peter Graham Scholarly Commons (Room 114 )

  Joshua Piker, former editor of the William & Mary Quarterly, will urge authors to think about the publishing process from within the context of their own scholarship and professional trajectory.

• GIS Day

  November 20, 2024, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 220

  A day-long event featuring workshops, panel discussions, a career talk and a reception.

• Maxwell's Graduate BIPOC and International Student Mentoring Program Networking Event

  November 11, 2024, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 220

  Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your networking skills and expand your professional connections! Our special guest, Kelli Young, director of the Palmer Career Center, will share her expertise.

• Conflict Management Center Presents: Interest-Based Problem Solving

  November 01, 2024, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 204

  Interest-Based Problem Solving is an approach to addressing conflict that seeks to identify and satisfy the underlying interests of all parties.

• State and Local Economic Development Panel

  October 18, 2024, 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, Maxwell Auditorium

  Join the Palmer Career Center for a state and local economic development panel.

• Master Class Series - Critical Issues Faculty Panel

  October 18, 2024, 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 209

  Ahead of the November election, faculty experts discuss key public health, national security, education and environmental governance issues that U.S. policymakers are facing.

• Conflict Management Center Presents: Group Facilitation

  October 11, 2024, 12 p.m.-3 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220

  Become familiar with the fundamentals of group facilitation and familiarize yourself with the roles and skills used in group facilitation in this workshop hosted by Professor Tina Nabatchi.

• Conflict Management Center Presents: Basic Conflict Management Skills

  September 27, 2024, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 204

  This workshop will help you understand the fundamentals of conflict management theory, including how various conflict styles affect the way you and others deal with conflict.

• Conflict Management Center Presents "Interest-Based Problem Solving"

  December 01, 2023, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. EST

  Maxwell Hall, 204

  Please consider joining the Conflict Management Center for our interest-based problem-solving workshop.

• Group Facilitation Skills Workshop

  October 27, 2023, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 204

  Hosted by the Conflict Management Center, this workshop will help you understand the fundamentals of group facilitation.

• Sociology Department Book Workshop: Prema Kurien

  October 05, 2023, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 204B

  Prema Kurien’s manuscript, “Claiming Citizenship: Race, Religion, and Belonging Among New Ethnic Americans,” will be discussed in detail.

• A Conversation with Tom Steyer

  April 11, 2023, 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220

  Join us for a fascinating conversation with former 2020 presidential candidate, philanthropist, investor, businessman and climate activist Tom Steyer. The conversation will be led by Jay Golden, Pontarelli Professor of Environmental Sustainability & Finance and director of the Dynamic Sustainability Lab at Syracuse University.

• Design Thinking Workshop

  March 31, 2023, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 204

  This training will be led by James Fathers, professor of design studies in the School of Visual and Performing Arts. Fathers focuses on sustainability, universal design and design in a development context. Registration is required.

• Conflict Management Center Workshop

  February 17, 2023, 12 p.m.-3 p.m. EST

  Maxwell Hall, 204

  This workshop will be led by Catherine Gerard, former director of the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC) at Maxwell School, Syracuse University. Registration is required.

• Autonomous Systems Policy Institute (ASPI) welcomes Lockheed Martin to the Schine Student Center

  February 15, 2023, 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m. EST

  Schine Student Center, 228 NY

  This event is designed to learn more about the organization and employment opportunities. We have three spokesperson (s) in attendance for Lockheed Martin: Kevin Maring, LM Fellow; Jason Zion, Hardware Engineering Manager; and Joshua Mathews, Project Engineering Associate Manager.

• CPR Methods Seminar: Python 101: Coding for Beginners (Xue Zhang)

  February 02, 2023, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 060

  CPR Methods Seminar: Python 101: Coding for Beginners (Xue Zhang).