Maxwell School News and Faculty Media, Opinion and Analysis

Alum Nick Armstrong Uses Data to Help Veterans Achieve Their Goals

November 15, 2021

Nick Armstrong '08 M.P.A./'14 Ph.D. (SSc) directs IVMF’s multi-disciplinary team of applied social scientists, evaluators, and data engineers to crunch the numbers and conduct applied research that empower government, industry and philanthropic decision making on veteran- and family-related issues.

A Pledge to Transform Education

November 8, 2021

A gift by Ben ’84 and Marcia Baldanza ’86 inspires a joint initiative aimed at closing the achievement gap by diversifying teachers.

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

October 22, 2021

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.”

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Public Housing Violence Research Earns Top Honor

October 20, 2021

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.

Alumna Amy Donahue Named Provost of US Coast Guard Academy

September 29, 2021

Donahue ’96 M.P.A./’00 Ph.D. (PA) serves as the principal adviser to the superintendent in all matters relating to the academic program and faculty.

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

September 27, 2021

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

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Alumni Spotlight: Alex Lynch '16 Brings Maxwell Lessons to the NYPD

September 21, 2021

He credits his citizenship and civic engagement senior action plan with shaping the course of his professional career.

MPA grad turned Excelsior Fellow: 'It’s an honor to work with the state'

September 20, 2021

Ari Epstein ’14 M.P.A. was accepted into New York’s two-year Excelsior Service Fellowship Program.

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

September 2, 2021

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.

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

August 28, 2021

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

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