Maxwell School News and Commentary

"I am interested in community organizing, particularly around issues such as incarceration, housing segregation, juvenile justice and police accountability. I imagine that my future career would pertain to one of those areas," says Marcus Lane Jr., a junior policy studies major. Marcus is one of four students across the country engaged in the Montgomery Fellowship at the American Bar Foundation.

“This year’s SU Fulbright awardees were exceptionally qualified as strong students and researchers, but most of all through their engagement in community activism while at SU. Their experiences, often with Syracuse’s refugee communities or local schools, were evidence of their commitment to language and education,” says Susan Wadley, Ford Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies.

"The amount of experience that I gained as a policy studies major is monumental. The head of the department, Professor Bill Coplin, gives students numerous professional and academic opportunities to prepare us for life after college," says Dante Moss, a junior policy studies and political science dual major, about his experience at Syracuse.

The annual statewide New York Business Plan Competition offers the largest prizes of any student business competition in the world—a total of $160,000 was awarded at this year’s competition.

In total, 35 Syracuse University students were celebrated at a convocation, memorializing those lost in the bombing of Pan Am 103. The Remembrance Scholarships are among the most prestigious scholarships awarded by Syracuse University.