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Robin Lamott Sparks heads End Hunger Connecticut!

Robin Lammott Sparks is the new executive director for End Hunger Connecticut!, an organization dedicated to eliminating hunger and promoting healthy nutrition in Connecticut.
May 13, 2019

Winders named faculty representative to SU Board of Trustees

Jamie Winders, professor of geography in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, is best known for her interdisciplinary work on international migration and contributions to geography’s engagements with race, labor and social reproduction.

May 9, 2019

Philip Racicot named athletic director at Keene State

Philip Racicot ’15 B.A. (PSc) joins Keene State Athletics with more than 20 years of experience in athletics.

April 30, 2019

INSCT welcomes five national security experts as Distinguished Fellows

The Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT), a collaboration between the SU College of Law and the Maxwell School, added five senior national security experts to its leadership team as Distinguished Fellows. They are leading experts in the field of national security law and policy.
April 22, 2019

Tricia Russell appointed chief of staff for Senator Cory Booker

Tricia Russell ’05 B.A. (PSt/PSc) is chief of staff for Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey. She was formerly chief of staff for U.S. Representative Josh Gottheimer and Representative Steve Israel.

April 18, 2019

Derek Slap sworn in as Connecticut State Senator

Derek Slap ’95 B.A. (IR) was recently sworn in as a Democratic state senator for the 5th State Senate District of Connecticut. Slap is also the vice president of marketing and communications at the UConn Foundation and a lecturer in political science at Yale University.

April 17, 2019

Salvador del Solar named Prime Minister of Peru

Salvador Del Solar, former de Sardon Glass Fellow, served as culture minister for about a year under former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.

April 4, 2019

Conti joins Meridian International to help build global programs

Katie Conti ’18 B.A. (IR) is a special assistant for the GlobalConnect Division of the Meridian International Center, a nonprofit, nonpartisan diplomatic and global leadership institution. Conti was previously a staff assistant at the Brookings Institution and a summer intern at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

April 2, 2019

Maxwell announces new faculty members, program chair

The academic year begins at the Maxwell School with the arrival of several new faculty members. In addition, Renée de Nevers, associate professor of public administration and international affairs (PAIA), is the new chair of the Social Science Doctoral Program.
September 10, 2018

Maxwell announces promotions, tenure for eight faculty

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University is pleased to announce the promotion of the following distinguished individuals to professor in their field. 
June 18, 2018

Gift funds professorship and research in energy, environmental policy

Peter Wilcoxen, professor of public administration and international affairs, will serve as the inaugural Ajello Professor in Energy and Environmental Policy. The professorship was created from a $250,000 gift from Maxwell School alumnus James Ajello ’76 M.P.A.

March 8, 2018

Maxwell names Montgomery Gruber Professor, O'Hanley Faculty Scholars

Andrew Wender Cohen, professor of history, has been announced as the recipient of the Montgomery Gruber Professorship. Additionally, the O’Hanley Faculty Endowed Fund for Faculty Excellence, which serves to help recognize, reward and retain excellent teachers at the school, announced three new scholars: Azra Hromadžić, associate professor of anthropology; Natalie Koch, associate professor of geography; and Rebecca Schewe, assistant professor of sociology. 

September 14, 2017

Quicken the Sense of Public Duty

Maxwell’s new dean, David M. Van Slyke, takes the Athenian Oath very seriously. And he views the Maxwell School — with all its complexity and plurality and disciplinary cross-currents — as uniquely prepared to uphold it.
December 16, 2016

Jennifer Karas Montez named Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies

In recognition of her contributions to the field of aging studies, Jennifer Karas Montez, assistant professor of sociology, has been named the Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies for the academic years 2016-17 through 2018-19.
August 24, 2016

Maxwell School Names Ronald P. O’Hanley New Advisory Board Chairman

Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has named Ronald P. O’Hanley chairman of its advisory board.
July 20, 2015

Career Head Start

The Presidential Management Fellowship and Excelsior Service Fellowship provide promising top grads (including more than a few from Maxwell) entrée into government careers.
June 28, 2015

Four Maxwell School Professors Named O’Hanley Scholars

The Maxwell School of Syracuse University is honoring four inspirational teachers and scholars as the first O’Hanley Faculty Scholars. 

March 7, 2014

Maxwell School Professor Selected to Head Prominent Washington Think Tank

Arthur Brooks to become president of the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.
July 15, 2008

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