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For Doctoral Student, Afghanistan Is an Elusive Home

Sohrob Aslamy grew up in a tight-knit Afghan community in Phoenix, Arizona, longing for a home he’d never visited. As an undergraduate at the University of Washington, he studied Near Eastern languages and civilization and interned with Sahar Education International, a nonprofi t that supports girls’ and women’s education in northern Afghanistan.
December 20, 2021

See related: Afghanistan, International Affairs, Race & Ethnicity, Refugees

Anger, Despair and Seeds of Hope

Maxwell alumni wonder whether the changes they worked for in Afghanistan will endure after the ‘heartbreaking’ U.S. withdrawal.

December 17, 2021

See related: Afghanistan, Civil Rights, Foreign Policy, Gender and Sex, Human Rights, International Affairs

Grant Funds Syracuse Housing Research

Gretchen Purser, associate professor of sociology at the Maxwell School, is part of a three-member team that has received a $350,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to investigate how building local power among tenants can enhance community health and well-being.
December 17, 2021

See related: Grant Awards, Housing, New York State, State & Local

In Memoriam: Longtime Economics Professor Susan Gensemer

Susan Gensemer, who retired from the Maxwell School as an associate professor of economics, died on Nov, 10, 2021, at the age of 68.
December 16, 2021

See related: In Memoriam

Alumni Spotlight: Complementary Degree Program Benefits Lauren McNamara '21

Environment, Sustainability and Policy provided the foundation she needed to reach her career goals. 

December 9, 2021

See related: Environment, Student Experience

Resident Expert: Economist Mary Lovely to Serve at Library of Congress

The nine-month appointment begins on Jan. 3, 2022, and includes full access to the Library’s collections, which are the largest in the world, and an office in the Library of Congress overlooking the Supreme Court Building.
December 9, 2021

See related: China, Congress, Promotions & Appointments

Economist Mary Lovely to Join the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress

The nine-month appointment begins Jan. 3, 2022, and includes full access to the Library’s collections, which are the largest in the world.
December 9, 2021

See related: China, Promotions & Appointments

Student Spotlight: Rachelly Buzzi Named as a 2022 Pickering Fellow

Rachelly Buzzi ’22, an international relations major, has been named a 2022 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellow.
December 8, 2021

See related: Awards & Honors, Foreign Policy, Latin America & the Caribbean, Student Experience

Flores-Lagunes to Lead the American Society of Hispanic Economists

Flores-Lagunes’ three-year term will begin Jan. 1, 2022. He will serve as president-elect for the first year, president for the second year and past-president for the third and final year.
December 6, 2021

See related: Promotions & Appointments, Race & Ethnicity

For Humphrey Alumnus Nicolas Pichay, All the World’s a Stage

Nicolas Pichay's Humphrey year research informs “Lapulapu, Ang Datu ng Mactan,” a musical he wrote about a 16th-century Filipino hero. The show, presented Oct. 24 at Manila Metropolitan Theater, was part of the Philippines' commemoration of the 1521 Battle of Mactan and the arrival of Christianity in the country. The indigenous leader Lapulapu, a symbol of Filipino resistance, is remembered for defeating the forces of Ferdinand Magellan, who was killed in the battle.
November 24, 2021

See related: East Asia, South Asia, Student Experience

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