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Maxwell Faculty, Staff and Students to be Recognized at 2025 One University Awards Ceremony

The One University Awards Ceremony, an annual event to honor members of the Syracuse University community who are making a difference through academics, scholarship, creative work and dedicated service, will be held Friday, April 11, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel.

April 10, 2025

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Jok Discusses South Sudan’s Fragile Peace Agreement and Its President in Geeska, Reuters Articles

“Africa’s newest state has remained trapped in a cycle of civil unrest and perpetual peace agreements that have not translated into real peace for its citizens. As it stands, all indications are that the fragile peace is in danger, as President Salva Kiir has ordered the house arrest of his rival, Vice President Riek Machar,” says Jok Madut Jok, professor of anthropology.

April 2, 2025

de Nevers Comments on Greenland-US Relations, Usha Vance’s Visit in Nexstar Article

“I think there are plenty of people in Greenland who would like to have good and close ties with the United States. But that doesn’t mean they want to be part of the United States. They want independence,” says Renée de Nevers, associate professor of public administration and international affairs. 

March 31, 2025

Taylor Talks to CBS News, CNN About the Presidential Phone Calls and the Russia-Ukraine War

“If you look at what the Kremlin put out, based upon the phone call between presidents Trump and Putin, their characterization of it was much more sober and it was clear that Putin reiterated his constant talking points about the need to get to what he calls the ‘root causes’ of the conflict,” says Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.

March 20, 2025

Huber Weighs In on the Trump Administration’s Claim of a US Energy Crisis in ABC News Article

The development of the U.S. as a fossil fuel superpower is a “brazen disregard” for climate action, says Matt Huber, professor of geography and the environment.

March 17, 2025

Taylor Speaks with LiveNOW from FOX and UNITED24 About the Latest With Ukraine

“The way the U.S. is going about it is not inclined to make a ceasefire take place and last. All the pressure at the moment seems to be on the Ukrainians to show that they're willing to settle and that they want peace. But the country that started the war is Russia and its Russia that's on the attack,” says Brian Taylor, professor of political science.

March 11, 2025

McCormick Discusses the Impact of Trump’s Tariffs on Mexico in Business Insider, NBC News Articles

“The consequences of pushing the Mexican economy into a forced and deep recession is that, if anything, it will actually make people have to resort to informal economic activity, which oftentimes is illicit,” says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.

March 6, 2025

Taylor Speaks With NPR LA’s ‘AirTalk’ About the Rising Tensions Between Ukraine and Trump

“One thing I would call attention to is that President Trump and Russian President Putin had an hour and a half long conversation last week. And since that conversation Trump has repeated multiple Putin talking points about the war,” says Brian Taylor, professor of political science.

February 26, 2025

The Shadow Gospel: How Anti-liberal Demonology Possessed U.S. Religion, Media, and Politics

Whitney Phillips, Mark Brockway

Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science, has co-authored “The Shadow Gospel: How Anti-liberal Demonology Possessed U.S. Religion, Media, and Politics” (The MIT Press, 2025). The book explores the American right, evangelical rhetoric and attacks on liberalism over the last eight decades.

February 26, 2025

Taylor’s ‘Russian Politics’ One of Forbes’ Must-Read Books to Understand Russia, the War in Ukraine

“Syracuse University professor Brian Taylor, author of ‘Russian Politics: A Very Short Introduction,’ packs a wealth of analysis and interesting facts into a compact book,” writes Stuart Anderson, senior contributor at Forbes.

February 18, 2025

Patchy Internalization: Transnational Migration and Local Buildings in the Bosnian Borderland

Azra Hromadžić

“Patchy Internalization: Transnational Migration and Local Buildings in the Bosnian Borderland,” authored by Associate Professor of Anthropology Azra Hromadžić, was published in Society.

February 17, 2025

Bankrolling the Belgrade Bandits? Civil Society, NGOs, and Foreign Aid Localization in Serbia

Catherine E. Herrold

“Bankrolling the Belgrade Bandits? Civil Society, NGOs, and Foreign Aid Localization in Serbia,” authored by Catherine Herrold, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, was published in Public Administration and Development.

February 17, 2025

Collective Action, Trusted Messengers, and UNITE HERE's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jenny Breen, Gretchen Purser

“Fighting to Survive: Collective Action, Trusted Messengers, and UNITE HERE's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic,” co-authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Gretchen Purser, was published in Labor Studies.

February 17, 2025

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McCormick Talks to InSight Crime About Trump’s Tariffs on Mexico

“Tariffs will hurt the Mexican economy, which will further weaken the Mexican system and the rule of law, and that’s going to make Mexico much more vulnerable to further incursions from organized crime,” says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.

February 6, 2025

Claiming Citizenship: Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization among New Americans

Prema A. Kurien

Prema Kurien, professor of sociology, examines the political mobilization strategies of people of South Asian and Indian descent in the United States. She also traces how immigrants reshape the host society, both conforming to aspects of that society while also transforming it to meet their unique needs. (Oxford University Press, 2025)

January 31, 2025

Plural Climate Storylines to Foster Just Urban Futures

Maria Rusca, Alice Sverdlik, Farhana Sultana, et al.

Co-authored by Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment, this study's framework generates storylines with the potential to advance transformative policies and new pathways towards climate-just futures. Published in Nature Cities.

January 27, 2025

Acknowledging the Historic Presence of Justice in Climate Research

Brendan Coolsaet, Julian Agyeman, Prakash Kashwan, Danielle Zoe Rivera, Stacia Ryder, David Schlosberg, Farhana Sultana

Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment, and co-authors argue that recognizing and acknowledging historical foundations, academic and grassroots contributions for climate justice is the first step towards achieving justice in mitigation and adaptation. Published in Nature Climate Change.

January 27, 2025

Lamis Abdelaaty, Collaborators, Awarded $2 Million in ERC Funds for Refugee Law Research

The associate professor of political science is part of a three-person team that will investigate the conditions that make international refugee law effective.

January 27, 2025

McCormick Quoted in InSight Crime Article on Trump’s Impact on Anti-Crime Efforts in Latin America

“There’s so much more on the table in terms of the overall portfolios of some of these organizations,” says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.

January 24, 2025

De Nevers Comments on Trump's Call for the US to Acquire Greenland in Newsweek Article

“Trump's threats to use military force to acquire Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark, undercut efforts to preserve this core principle, and implicitly legitimate President Putin's own efforts to gain territory by force,” says Renée de Nevers, associate professor of public administration and international affairs.

January 16, 2025

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PARCC Summer Institute for Creative Collaboration and Conflict

School of Management, Rooms 003, 004, 202

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Interpersonal Conflict Resolution Skills 

MAY 16 - MAY 21 (Monday - Friday 9am-5pm; Saturday 9am-12pm)

Instructor: Neil Katz  

This course enhances communication and rapport-building skills to interact more effectively and solve problems creatively. It provides a foundation in reflective listening, problem solving, assertion, and managing conflicts among needs and values. The course includes theory, demonstrations, skill practice, and critique, as well as a workplace mediation component. It is designed to have immediate and wide applicability in interpersonal and group settings.


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