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Maxwell Students, Alumni Named Finalists for the 2024 Presidential Management Fellows Program
Administered by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the fellows program is a flagship leadership development opportunity for advanced-degree candidates who, if selected, receive two-year appointments within federal agencies.
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Maxwell to Host 2024 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders
Beginning in mid-June, the Maxwell School will host 25 of Africa’s bright, emerging public management leaders for a six-week Leadership Institute, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
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High Honors: Public Health Student Recognized for Research Achievements
Falk College boasts a robust, collaborative research community in which students play an active role. Danny Baris (sport analytics), Sarah Dellett (nutrition science) and Mingxuan (Jessica) Li (public health) are three Falk students who have been recently honored for their research achievements.
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Catherine Herrold Receives Award to Study Locally Led Development in Serbia
The associate professor will analyze how Serbians organize for social change at the local level.
Mazza Fellowship Provides Local Government Experience to MPA Student Nate Cole
He is the fourth recipient of the Dominic F. Mazza County Management Fellowship, named in honor of a 1985 alumnus.
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Making a Safer World: Public Health Professor David Larsen Receives Fulbright Award
David Larsen, professor and chair of public health, is in Austria for the Spring 2024 semester after he received a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to teach and continue his wastewater surveillance research at the Medical University of Innsbruck.
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Maxwell Students Take Honors in City of Syracuse’s Inaugural Open Data Day
Encouraged by Associate Professor Michiko Ueda-Ballmer, the group of mostly MPA students used public data to address city transportation challenges.
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Gadarian’s ‘Pandemic Politics’ Named a Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2023
The associate dean’s research for the book was supported by a prestigious Carnegie Fellowship.
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Maxwell Students Among Those Named 2023-2025 Lender Center Student Fellows
Two Maxwell students are among the five selected as Lender Center for Social Justice student fellows and will work on a research project that examines American news media coverage and United States policymaking related to the war on terror.
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Yilin Hou Honored with 2023 Aaron Wildavsky Award for Lifetime Achievement
Provided by the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, the award honors his contributions to public administration, budgeting, financial management and fiscal policy analysis.
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Public Voices Fellowship Supports Baobao Zhang’s AI Research
The Maxwell School faculty member will use the fellowship to engage the public on perceptions and governance of artificial intelligence.
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Maxwell Sociologists Honored and Elected to Leadership Positions at ASA Annual Meeting
Prema Kurien and Janet M. Wilmoth received awards, and several faculty colleagues were elected to roles in the American Sociological Association.
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For McDonald, AAIDD Award is a Symbol of the Growing Interest in Advancing Disability Rights
The 2023 AAIDD Research Award that Falk College Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Public Health Katherine McDonald received in June “recognizes her lengthy track record of interest and accomplishment in the field of intellectual disability.”
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Trio of Maxwell Alumni Athletes Honored at Letterwinner Event
Kristyn Cook, Clothilde ‘Clo’ Ewing and John Wallace were celebrated for their athletic and career achievements.
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Robertson Fellows Aspire to Serve as Foreign Service Officers
Zoe Prin and Forrest Gatrell are pursuing dual master’s degrees in public administration and international relations at the Maxwell School.
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Executive Master’s Student Named Eisenhower USA Fellow
The fellowship supported Heather C. Fischer’s recent trip to Malaysia and Thailand to study forced labor in global supply chains.
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Sultana Named to First Cohort of American Association of Geographer’s Elevate the Discipline Program
One of 15 geographers from 11 states and the West Indies, Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment, will focus on climate and society.
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Two More Prizes Awarded to Tessa Murphy’s ‘Creole Archipelago’
The book garnered the Elsa Goveia Book Prize and the 2022 Mary Alice and Philip Boucher Book Prize.
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Michael Williams Honored with NATO-Fulbright Security Studies Award
He will spend four months conducting research and teaching in Brussels, Belgium.
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Students, Faculty Receive Spring 2023 SOURCE and Honors Research Grants
The awards support undergraduate research projects.
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