Maxwell School Events Calendar

• Executive MPA Online Admissions Webinar

  May 13, 2026, 6 p.m.-7 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  For prospective students interested in learning more about Maxwell's executive master of public administration (E.M.P.A.) online program.

• 2026 Syracuse University Commencement

  May 10, 2026, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. EDT

  The Dome

  Syracuse University Commencement is an all-university ceremony where Syracuse University's chancellor and president ceremoniously confers degrees.

• 2026 Maxwell School Undergraduate Convocation Ceremony

  May 09, 2026, 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. EDT

  The Dome

  Jacqueline Saturn ’90 B.A. (PSc), Maxwell Advisory Board member and president of Virgin Music Group North America, will deliver the alumni keynote address.

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Yun Joo An

  May 08, 2026, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  During this webinar, Yun Joo An (Indiana University) will present “Tax Sensitivity and Bond Valuation.”

• 2026 Maxwell School Graduate Convocation

  May 08, 2026, 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. EDT

  Hendricks Chapel

  The Maxwell School will celebrate the Class of 2026 graduate students. A reception will immediately follow the ceremony.

• Psychedelics and Public Health

  May 01, 2026, 12 p.m.-2 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 155

  Professor Dessa Bergen-Cico, MPH candidate Michael Lovier and Sahar Rajput (MAPS) will present “Responding to Adverse Experienced, Post-Use Integration and Emerging Policy.”

• Maxwell 2026 Awards of Excellence and DC Spring Alumni Reception

  April 30, 2026, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. EDT

  1333 New Hampshire Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C.

  Maxwell alumni and friends are invited to join the school's spring alumni evening in Washington, D.C., featuring the 2026 Awards of Excellence followed by a reception.

• Anthropology Undergraduate Research Presentations

  April 30, 2026, 4 p.m.-6 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 111

  Graduating seniors in the Anthropology Department will present their capstone research projects.

• CPR Graduate Student Poster Reception

  April 30, 2026, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220

  CPR graduate students will present their work as part of the CPR graduate student poster reception.

• AANHPI Heritage Month Event – Fireside Chat with Junko Takeda

  April 30, 2026, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 204

  Professor of History Junko Takeda will share excerpts from her memoir-in-progress, which draws on her experiences growing up as an undocumented Asian immigrant child.

• Fourteenth Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Scholarship Research Poster Session

  April 28, 2026, 3 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220

  Join us for our annual recognition of student research achievement in the social sciences. View the display of undergraduate research projects and meet the student participants.

• USA @ 250: Democratic Decline in Comparative Perspective

  April 27, 2026, 12:45 p.m.-2:05 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  This session will be led by Thomas Keck, professor of political science and Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics.

• Master of Public Health (MPH) Forum - Day 3

  April 27, 2026, 12:45 p.m.-2:05 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, The Dr. Paul and Natalie Strasser Legacy Room (Eggers 220)

  Master of public health (MPH) students will present capstone projects addressing today's pressing public health challenges.

• Symposium | South Asia's Publics

  April 24, 2026 At 3 p.m.-April 25, 2026 At 5:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220, Dr. Paul and Natalie Strasser Legacy Room

  This symposium hosted by the South Asia Center at Syracuse University is dedicated to exploring interconnected questions about collective public life and scholarship on South Asia and beyond.

• Turkish Culture and Conversation Table

  April 24, 2026, 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Come to the Turkish Table! All levels welcome!

• French Culture and Conversation Table

  April 24, 2026, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 111

  Do you want to learn more about French culture and language? Come to the French Table! All levels welcome.

• Emotional Functioning and Mental Health Across the Dementia Caregiving Experience

  April 24, 2026, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. EDT

  Lyman Hall, 312

  Jenna Wells, assistant professor of psychology at Cornell University, will present “Emotional Functioning and Mental Health Across the Dementia Caregiving Experience.”

• Caileigh Glenn | Countermeasures: Targeted Financial Sanctions and Government Hostility

  April 24, 2026, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  In this talk, Caileigh Glenn (Middlebury College) presents research from her current book project on the conditions that prompt government hostility in response to U.S. targeted financial sanctions.

• Soft Power at a Crossroads: Public Diplomacy, US Credibility, and the Future of Global Influence

  April 24, 2026, 12 p.m.-3 p.m. EDT

  Newhouse 3, Room 432/434 (I-3 Center)

  This moderated expert roundtable discussion will feature practitioners and specialists in public diplomacy, journalism and media freedom, international development, and foreign policy.

• Rivers of Power: How an Ancient Force Rules Us Still

  April 23, 2026, 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220

  Larry Smith, John Atwater and Diana Nelson University Professor of Environmental Studies at the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, will present at the Donald W. Meinig Undergrad Lecture.