Sultana talks to The Sanctuary for Independent Media about divesting from fossil fuels
Farhana Sultana, associate professor of geography and the environment, says "a divestment from fossil fuels signals a commitment to ending climate breakdown, to have climate justice, and to think about equitable and just transitions toward regenerative economies and societies that move away from fossil fuels."
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Maxwell sociologists appointed to leadership roles at ASA
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Purser named Montonna Professor, recognizing work with undergraduates
The Dr. Ralph E. Montonna Endowed Professorship for the Teaching and Education of Undergraduates fund is designed to provide support, in the form of a supplemental research fund, to a professor with notable engagement in undergraduate education. Gretchen Purser, associate professor of sociology, received this year's award.
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Catherine Gerard concludes 15 years of leadership at PARCC
After serving as its director or co-director since 2005, Catherine Gerard has stepped down from her leadership role at the Maxwell School’s renowned Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC), effective July 1, 2020. Gerard will continue as an adjunct professor of public administration and associate director for the Executive Education Programs at Maxwell, and also continue her work as co-director of the Collaborative Governance Initiative at PARCC.
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Dean’s Office, CPR fund summer project assistantships
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Nabatchi quoted in Washington Post article on American bureaucracy
"Every candidate has campaigned on a bureaucracy-bashing theme," says Tina Nabatchi, Joseph A. Strasser Endowed Professor in Public Administration. "That message has gotten through to affect people’s confidence in government."
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Humphrey Fellows workshop, Coronavirus serves as case study
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African Outlook
Jok Madut Jok, professor of anthropology, "brings regional expertise on a part of the world that is critically important from a security standpoint,” says John McPeak, a professor of public administration and international affairs. “He also adds a new perspective on issues of humanitarian relief, post-conflict reconstruction, immigration and refugee flows, and negotiations."
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Maxwell faculty co-edit new book on intractable conflicts
Developing States, Shaping Citizenship: Service Delivery and Political Participation in Zambia
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The Revolution Within: State Institutions and Unarmed Resistance in Palestine
Sultana discusses the universal right to water on Princeton Environmental Institute podcast
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Ten Maxwell experts to speak at upcoming NASPAA conference
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Maxwell announces promotions, tenure for six faculty
“The faculty promoted are nationally recognized scholars, outstanding teachers, and engaged in making their work accessible to broader audiences in an effort to shape future research, and dialogue and practice,” said David M. Van Slyke, dean of the Maxwell School.
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Public Affairs and the Multifront Attack on Climate Change
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Syracuse University Announces the Establishment of New Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
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Film and Discussion: The Hand That Feeds
060 Eggers Hall, the Global Collaboratory
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Labor Studies Working Group presents a screening of the award-winning documentary film The Hand That Feeds followed by a discussion with the film's director, Rachel Lears.
About the Film: Shy sandwich-maker, Mahoma Lopez, unites his undocumented immigrant coworkers to fight abusive conditions at a popular New York restaurant chain. The epic power struggle that ensues turns a single city block into a battlefield in America’s new wage wars.
This event is co-sponsored by The
Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC) and the
Department of Anthropology,
Department of Sociology, and the
Department of Geography at the Maxwell School and the
Food Studies Program at the Falk College of Syracuse University.
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