Maxwell School News and Commentary

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David Bennett Knows America

Probably no one knows American history like David H. Bennett. He’s been teaching it at Maxwell for more than 50 years.
Though retired, he will teach his recent-history course one last time this fall.
. . . Because David Bennett sees history being made before our very eyes.
June 21, 2020

See related: Centennial, Political Parties, School History, U.S. Elections, United States

University website features the history of Maxwell’s VIP visitors

As part of its ongoing initiative to highlight historical content during SU’s 150th anniversary year, the Syracuse University website now includes a report on well-known figures from politics and public life who have visited and spoken at the Maxwell School.

February 6, 2020

See related: Centennial, School History

Dwight Waldo Started It All

In 1968, a Maxwell professor with no patience for the “dispassionate bureaucrat” model assembled young scholars to tackle the era’s upheavals.
December 12, 2019

See related: Centennial, School History

INSCT renamed SU Institute for Security Policy and Law

The institute’s new name and identity reflect this growth in topics and activities, and it acknowledges the Institute’s longstanding flexibility in addressing evolving security challenges—both within the United States and around the world—through interdisciplinary research, teaching, public service and policy analysis.

November 11, 2019

See related: Centennial, School History

Urge to Serve

A new program helps veterans convert their sense of community investment to civic engagement and political office.

September 1, 2019

See related: Centennial, Government, Student Experience, Veterans

Worthy Endeavors

As undergraduate programs have become more visible, Maxwell donors—many of them alumni of the undergraduate majors themselves—have grown more eager to support those programs.

September 1, 2019

See related: Centennial, Giving

95-Year-Old Maxwell School Welcomes its First Freshman Class

Beginning this fall, for the first time ever, students planning to major in the social sciences applied and were admitted directly to the Maxwell School. Prior to this, students applied to A&S, and they became a Maxwell student only if they declared a Maxwell major, usually sometime around the end of their sophomore year.

August 27, 2019

See related: Centennial, New York State, School History, Student Experience

Syracuse University Announces the Establishment of New Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

The symposium convened faculty, scholars and experts for a daylong discussion about governance opportunities and challenges prompted by the rapidly developing field of autonomous systems.
June 19, 2019

See related: Autonomous Systems, Centennial, School History

First Class

Maxwell always served undergraduate social science students. But, for this fall’s incoming class, admission to Maxwell is direct and the “Maxwell freshman” is official.

June 1, 2019

See related: Centennial, Student Experience

Climate Change in the Classroom

New courses and a new major meet University-wide student interest in the challenges of energy, environment, and sustainability.

June 1, 2019

See related: Centennial, Energy, Environment, New York State, Sustainability, U.S. Education

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