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Where the World’s Researchers Come to Learn Their Craft

Jessica Youngman

The Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research draws graduate students and scholars from around the globe to Maxwell. 

July 27, 2026

Reeher Quoted in Newsweek Article on Sec. Marco Rubio Making Significant Gains in New 2028 Poll

“Rubio’s surge doesn’t surprise me. He has been more in the news lately, given the U.S. international posture, and he has managed to sound reasonable and grounded, in contrast to the defense secretary, for instance,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.

July 24, 2026

Khalil Talks With News4JAX About the Escalating Tensions in US-Iran War

“There's real danger here of an escalating conflict that could spill over into the broader Persian Gulf region with profound consequences, not just for the regional stability, but for the global economy. So there's no military solution here. What needs to happen is a good faith, negotiated settlement,” says Osamah Khalil, chair of the International Relations Undergraduate Program.

July 23, 2026

Murrett Discusses Ukraine’s Drone Capabilities With DW News

Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs, says he isn't terribly surprised by the long-range drone capabilities that Ukraine has been able to develop based on “the technology that Ukraine has brought to the battle so far and their ability to pivot very quickly and to do both short-range, medium-range and now long-range strikes over the vastness of the Russian land mass.”

July 22, 2026

Comparing Perceptions of Algae Feed Supplements for Dairy Cows

Amy K. Bentley, Rick Welsh, Lawrence Lam, Michelle K. Tynan, David Conner Open the ORCID record for David Conner, Nichole N. Price, Charlotte T. C. Quigley

The article, co-authored by Professor of Sociology Rick Welsh, was published in Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems.

July 22, 2026

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Maxwell Scholar Wins Fulbright to Study Bahamas Poaching, Border Security

Diane Stirling

Anthropologist Kyrstin Mallon Andrews will examine how illegal fishing affects the country's culture, economy, ecology and national security.

July 21, 2026

Mitra Speaks With Turbulence Podcast About Tariffs, Global Trade and India

Devashish Mitra, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs, argues that tariffs can't do what they promise: trade balances are governed by macroeconomics, not trade policy, and the cost of a tariff falls largely on the country that imposes it. 

July 20, 2026

Jok Weighs In on the Impact of South Sudan’s 15 Years of Independence in Al Jazeera Article

“South Sudan at the moment is a failed promise,” says Jok Madut Jok, professor of anthropology. “South Sudanese who had lived under brutal regimes in Sudan and had been excluded from money and development programmes, and were victims of security operations in the southern part, had hung their hopes on independence.”

July 17, 2026

Merril Silverstein Receives ASA Outstanding Mentoring Award

Jessieca Youngman

The sociology chair will be honored by the national association for his guidance of students and junior scholars in aging research.

July 17, 2026

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Murrett Discusses ‘New Phase’ in the US-Iran War With CBS News and Newsweek

“I think we're in a tit-for-tat right now, which it actually represents a new phase of the conflict between the United States and Iran. Certainly, we're on our fifth consecutive day of strikes, which seem to be getting more aggressive on both sides,” says Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs.

July 16, 2026

Studying Endangered Languages Earns Maxwell Student a Beinecke Scholarship

Kelly Homan Rodoski

Aaron Lener ’27, an international relations major, has followed an insight, that language is about power, from Homer, New York, to the halls of the Council of Europe.

July 15, 2026

Heflin Article Urging States to Measure Food Insecurity Published in Health Affairs Forefront

As they prepare to field the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for 2027, states can secure the important data necessary to guide policy and resource choices related to food security, writes Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs.

July 15, 2026

Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern’s ‘Will Work for Food’ Wins ASFS Book Award

The Association for the Study of Food and Society Book Award recognizes outstanding books about food published within the two previous calendar years, with prizes given in three categories: monograph, edited volume and first book.

July 13, 2026

Reeher Discusses Graham Platner, Impact on on Midterm Elections in Newsweek Article

“The situation certainly makes it much harder for any replacement to defeat Collins, and therefore it makes it one seat harder to retake the Senate,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.

July 9, 2026

Review - ‘On the Record: Papers, Immigration, and Legal Advocacy’

Fethi Keles

Part-time instructor of anthropology Fethi Keles's review of the book On the Record: Papers, Immigration, and Legal Advocacy, written by Susan Bibler Coutin, was published in the International Journal of Refugee Law.

July 9, 2026

From Toa Alta to Madrid, Maxwell Student Carries on Wanetik’s Spirit of Service

The annual Matthew Ross Wanetik Memorial Scholarship recognizes Maxwell undergraduate Angelie “Angie” Serrano Baéz for academic excellence and a deep commitment to service.

July 9, 2026

McDowell Research Cited in Bloomberg Article on US Dollar Dominance

“The role of politics in shaping the global currency hierarchy is seen as secondary to…baseline economic fundamentals,” wrote Daniel McDowell, professor of political science, for the Atlantic Council’s Geoeconomics Center. But that’s changing. “In the great global currency debate, market forces have never been more passé and political forces have never been so prominent.”

July 8, 2026

Creative Practice and Spatial Storytelling in the Cartographic Classroom

Simone Yoxall, Meghan Kelly, Cameron Kline, Rachel Ameen, Brooklyn Montgomery, Zuleima Vázquez-Carrillo, Calissa Brown

Co-authored by Assistant Professor of Geography and the Environment Meghan Kelly; Maxwell Ph.D. students Cameron Kline, Rachel Ameen and Brooklyn Montgomery; and Maxwell alum Simone Yoxall, the article was published in Cartographic Perspectives.

July 8, 2026

Demobilization by Policy Paradoxes

Selina Gallo-Cruz

The article, authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Selina Gallo-Cruz, was published in the Journal of Political Power.

July 8, 2026

Phanstiels Gift $1M to Maxwell School for Van Slyke Scholarship

Eileen Korey

Howie ’70, G’71, H’22 and Louise Phanstiel's gift, boosted by a $500,000 Syracuse Promise match, endows scholarship honoring Dean David M. Van Slyke and supporting future leaders.

July 8, 2026

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