Edit	Title	Name	Show icon	Quote	Degree and Year	Affiliation	Read more links	Tags	Last Modified	Published
Edit	PAIA - MPA - Molly Checksfield - I am Maxwell.	Molly Checksfield	Yes	While earning my M.P.A. at Maxwell, I worked as a graduate assistant with the Aging Studies Institute and earned a certificate in Health Services Management and Policy. Today, I am pursuing my life’s passion and directing a study that will provide the National Institute on Aging with a 10-year research agenda in behavioral and social sciences focused on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.”	’16 (M.P.A.)	Program Officer, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.	Visit the Aging Studies Institute	MPA Alumni Graduate Study	5/5/2022	12/20/2021
Edit	DC - Rachelly Buzzi	Rachelly Buzzi	Yes	As a first-generation Latina college student and first-generation American, I want to join the Foreign Service because I firmly believe in the transformative diplomatic power of representing the diversity of our country...I want to promote peace, analyze policy and aid people abroad.”	’22 B.A. (IR)	2022 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellow; Maxwell Washington semester, fall 2021	Read more about Rachelly’s experiences in D.C. and Syracuse	Alumni Undergraduate	7/31/2023	12/15/2021
Edit	DC - Elizabeth Fomegne	Elizabeth Fomegne	Yes	After earning my Maxwell M.P.A., I was accepted to the Presidential Management Fellow program, ended up interviewing with a Maxwell alumna at the CDC and being hired… and that started my career in public health.”	’04 B.F.A., ’09 M.P.A.	Director, Office of Policy and Planning, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services	Read MPA Alumna Works to Improve the Health and Well-being of America’s Families	DC MPA Graduate Study Alumni	5/11/2022	12/9/2021
Edit	DC - Kristen Patel - To Syracuse, DC, Hong Kong and back	Kristen Patel	No	Distinguished alumna Kristen (Kris) Patel is the Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor of Practice in Korean and East Asian Affairs, teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in D.C. and Syracuse. With more than 25 years of experience leading intelligence and analytics programs in the public and private sectors, Patel returns to Maxwell directly from HSBC’s Compliance Office in Asia-Pacific, where she built and managed regional financial crime intelligence capability for one of the world’s largest banks.	’90 Econ/PST	Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor of Practice in Korean and East Asian Affairs	Read the full announcement	Alumni Faculty Economics Department	8/21/2023	12/9/2021
Edit	DELETE? DC - TEMP	Professor Impressive	Yes	I would love to see a testimonial here from a faculty member talking about the experience of working with undergrads in DC. Something that expresses both the quality of students and their enthusiasm for working with them. That is, I'd like an undergrad to look at this page and feel buoyed by the opportunity to work with supportive and enthusiastic faculty, not intimidated by their pedigree. A chummy photo of them interacting (talking in an animated way) would also be great."		Adjunct Professor, Maxwell-in-Washington Program			2/5/2022	12/9/2021
Edit	DC - Roza Vasileva - I am Maxwell.	Roza Vasileva	Yes	Maxwell gave me a push—especially through the internship at the World Bank—to explore ICT for development. I took classes in international programs and foreign affairs, all in the evening, while earning credit for the World Bank internship during the day.”	’13 (M.P.A./M.A. in international relations)	ICT and open data consultant, The World Bank	Read more about Roza’s experience	DC Alumni Graduate Study MPA MAIR	5/4/2022	12/9/2021
Edit	CEPA - Cybersecurity Risks	Peter Wilcoxen	Yes	Our research focuses on the different effects of privacy, security and integrity measures on the operation of the grid and energy markets, including impacts on the stability of the gird, the privacy of participants and the trustworthiness of the market—that is, can participants be confident that payments are fair and that prices are not overly volatile?”		Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs; Director, Center for Environmental Policy & Administration	Read the announcement		8/5/2024	12/6/2021
Edit	CEPA - Linh Nguyen - Ajello Fellows Create Open Data Repository of Electric Grid in Vietnam	Linh Nguyen	Yes	"Yu En and I are two people who are completely different with skill sets... She taught me how to work with numbers, and I helped her with context and policy," says Linh Nguyen of her classmate Yu En Hsu and their work creating an open access database for sustainability researchers. ”A very important part of donor sponsored programs is to take away the burden of thinking about money when you are working on a wicked problem."	M.P.A. '21	C.A.S. in Data Analytics for Public Policy	Read More Give Now	MPA Graduate Study Alumni CAS	5/4/2022	12/6/2021
Edit	XLAB - Helping Syracuse thrive		No	Lia Chabot arrived at Syracuse University with a passion for economics and graduated with two degrees—and the Chancellor's Award for Public Engagement—that reflect her academic and research prowess, compassion, and commitment to activism. Working with the City of Syracuse Department of Neighborhood and Business Development and the Maxwell X Lab, Chabot's data analysis revealed potential mortgage fraud that resulted in litigation.			Read more Support student research		8/2/2024	12/3/2021
Edit	Geo - Research Award Maddy Hamlin	Madeleine Hamlin	Yes	I’ve really found an intellectual home in geography. It is a small field in the U.S., yet one I think is important and well-positioned to tackle some of the major issues we’re facing, from climate change to mass incarceration.”	’17 M.A./M.P.A.	2021 Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Emerging Scholar; doctoral student, geography	Public housing violence research earns top honor for PhD candidate	Alumni MPA Graduate Study	5/5/2022	11/30/2021