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2017-18 Remembrance Scholars to be honored at Convocation Oct. 27

The 2017-18 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding students from this year’s senior class, many of whom are Maxwell scholars, will be held Friday, October 27, at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The Remembrance Scholarships, among the most prestigious scholarships awarded by the University, were founded as a tribute to the 270 people, including 35 Syracuse University students studying abroad through Syracuse University, who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. 
October 26, 2017

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Hermann to receive the William Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate Teaching

Margaret "Peg" Hermann, the Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs and director of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, will receive the 2017 William Wasserstrom Prize for the Teaching of Graduate Students at the Doctoral Hooding Ceremony on Friday, May 12, at 5 p.m. in the Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium. The Wasserstrom Prize is named for the great English professor at the University who died in 1985. Since then, the prize is awarded every year to a faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences who embodies Wasserstrom’s gift as a graduate seminar leader, research and dissertation director, and advisor and role model.
May 11, 2017

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Maxwell faculty, students honored at One University Awards event

Syracuse University held the inaugural One University Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, April 25, in Hendricks Chapel, honoring dozens of members of the University community for their scholarship, teaching, academic achievement, leadership and service. The following Maxwell faculty member and students were among the honorees:
April 24, 2017

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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

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Broad Mission

The Tenth Decade Scholars award demonstrates how citizenship cuts across the disciplines.

June 1, 2016

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Inaugural Thompson Scholars Named

New fund honors Syracuse University supporters Jean and Dick Thompson
November 2, 2015

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Robertson Fellows Named at Maxwell School

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University has named its sixth cohort of Robertson Fellows, funded by the Robertson Foundation for Government (RFFG).

September 29, 2015

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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

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Robert McClure’s Citizenship Legacy

Robert McClure, with 43 years on the political science and public affairs faculty, has long been one of the School's staunchest advocates of teaching citizenship — the founding mission of the School. 
September 1, 2012

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Maxwell School of Syracuse University Names Two Robertson Fellows

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University enters its second year of collaboration with the Robertson Foundation for Government by naming the two newest Robertson Fellows.

October 11, 2011

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