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Audie Klotz Named Inaugural Heighberger Family Faculty Fellow of Public Service
The fellowship was created to honor the highly accomplished public service careers of alumnus Eric Heighberger ’93 and his spouse, Genevieve.
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Maxwell Student Earns National Public Service Award
Gerome Banks, an online executive MPA student and federal program manager, will be recognized at ASPA’s annual conference in late March.
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Stuart Bretschneider Honored With Kooiman Award by Public Management Review
The award honors the best paper published in the academic journal, Public Management Review.
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Maxwell Executive MPA Student Earns Prestigious Cal-ICMA Ethical Hero Award
Christine Cordon, city manager of Westminster, California, has been recognized for ethical leadership in local government.
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Robert Rubinstein Receives Distinguished Service Award
The Maxwell professor will receive the honor at the Society for Applied Anthropology’s annual meeting in March 2026.
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Gretchen Purser Honored With 2026 Public Sociology Award
The award is given by the Eastern Sociological Society to recognize sociologists whose innovative research is paired with meaningful public engagement.
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Latin American Studies Association Honors Gladys McCormick With Book Prize
The Howard F. Cline Book Prize in Mexican History recognizes outstanding scholarship and will be presented in Paris this spring.
Erin Hern Shares Expertise on Gender Discrimination for OECD
The Maxwell associate professor was an invited lead discussant for the organization as it prepares to update its Social Institutions and Gender Index, a widely used measure of international gender inequality.
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IDJC Names Veteran News Exec Merrill Brown as Visiting Fellow for Spring 2026
Brown will study existing and evolving business models across the media landscape and new ways to sustain quality journalism.
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Badi Baltagi Named 2025 Great Arab Minds Award Laureate in Economics
Often described as the “Arab Nobel,” the award honors exceptional Arab scholars, scientists and thinkers whose work advances knowledge and benefits humanity.
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Meghan Kelly Honored as Keynote Lecturer for AAG
A specialty group of the American Association of Geographers has selected the assistant professor to give remarks at its annual meeting.
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Maxwell Honors Dean Emeritus John Palmer with Cramer Horizon Award
The school’s highest award was presented to the former dean, University Professor and senior statesman who “embodies Maxwell’s mission.”
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Bernard Appiah Receives K. Everett M. Rogers Award for Advancing Public Health Communication
The annual award honors a pioneering communications theorist.
Internship Offers Up-Close View of Culture, History and Engagement
Elise Christopher ’25 B.A. (Anth) says she was honored to support work to uplift diaspora cultures through her summer internship with the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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MPH Alumna Awarded Prestigious Applied Epidemiology Fellowship in Seattle
Aspiring to a career in wastewater epidemiology, Catherine Faruolo hopes to expand on the knowledge, skills and perspective she gained at Syracuse.
Maxwell Students Research Impact of Redlining as 2024-26 Lender Fellows
Tommy DaSilva, Darla Hobbs, Jamea Candy Johnson and Sabrina Lussier are exploring housing as a critical determinant of social and health inequities under the guidance of Miriam Mutambudzi.
Maxwell X Lab Receives Journal’s Best Paper Award for Chicago Study
The Journal of Behavioral Public Administration honored the researchers for their paper detailing findings in a study of at-home lead testing kit return rates.
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PhD Candidates’ Work Recognized by American Political Science Association
Jingding Wang, Hannah Radner and Nicholas D’Amico were honored in recognition of their research on citizenship, government and politics.
IDJC Welcomes Fall 2025 Visiting Fellows Nathaniel Rakich and Miranda Spivack
The IDJC Visiting Fellows program brings in thought leaders in journalism, politics or public affairs to collaborate with Syracuse University students and faculty. Now in its first full year, the program is designed to deepen public understanding of democratic institutions and civic life through research, teaching and public engagement.
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Baobao Zhang Awarded NSF CAREER Grant to Study Generative AI in the Workplace
$567,491 from the National Science Foundation will support groundbreaking work on how generative AI is reshaping productivity, satisfaction and skill development.
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