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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

See related: Promotions & Appointments

IR student-refugee starts interpreter business for other CNY refugees

Khadijo Abdulkadir, an undergraduate international relations student at the Maxwell School, was the subject of the Syracuse.com story "‘A star’ refugee starts business to speak for other Syracuse refugees, in 20 languages." Abdulkadir, a Somali refugee who came to Syracuse ten years ago speaking no English, says her business "will offer services to refugees that we did not have when we came here. It will be by refugees, for refugees." 02/18/19
February 18, 2019

Model UN team named distinguished delegation at conference in DC

A Syracuse University/Maxwell team participating in the National Model United Nations (NMUN) conference in November was named a “Distinguished Delegation” for its portrayal of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Thirteen students majoring in international relations participated as delegates in this academic conference, which drew approximately 1,000 college and university students from over three dozen countries to our nation’s capital for a simulation of global diplomacy.  
December 3, 2018

See related: Foreign Policy, International Governmental Organizations, Model U.N.

Student Spotlight: Dina Eldawy Named Marshall Scholar

The international relations and citizenship and civic engagement major is the second student in SU history to receive the honor. 
December 3, 2018

D'Amico receives 2018 James Duah-Agyeman Award for Faculty

From the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Syracuse University: It is fitting that the recipient of the 2018 James Duah-Agyeman Award for Faculty is the other Dr. D. on campus: Dr. Francine D’Amico.
September 21, 2018

See related: Awards & Honors

Yaqi Kang '18 BA (Econ/IR) takes community seriously in the snow city

Yaqi Kang recalls her experiences shifting from the tropical climate of her hometown in southeast China to Syracuse, affectionately known as "Snow City" in China.  
September 19, 2018

D'Amico elected to National Model UN Board of Directors

NMUN, which elected Francine D'Amico, teaching professor of international relations to the board of directors, is a nonprofit organization that advances understanding of the United Nations and contemporary international issues by providing quality education experiences that emphasize collaboration and cooperative resolution of conflict. 

September 7, 2018

See related: Model U.N.

Alexis Dorner '18 BA (IR/PSc) publishes article on Nuclear Ban Treaty

Alexis Dorner
August 17, 2018

Maxwell celebrates graduates, faculty at Commencement Weekend 2018

Commencement weekend for graduates of the Maxwell School at Syracuse University began on Friday, May 11 in Hendricks Chapel with Maxwell’s 2018 Graduate Convocation honoring Master’s and doctoral degree candidates across the school’s scholarly and professional programs.
May 18, 2018

See related: Student Experience

It All Started Here: The Very First Model League of Nations Assembly (Model UN) Was Held at Maxwell

Almost a century ago, a Maxwell faculty member turned a top-of-the-head idea into a student exercise in diplomacy—and basically invented Model UN.

May 15, 2018

See related: Centennial, Foreign Policy, International Governmental Organizations, Model U.N.

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