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CCE student named first Blackstone LaunchPad Engagement Scholar
Kennedy Patlan ’18, a major in citizenship and civic engagement in the Maxwell School, has been named the first Blackstone LaunchPad Engagement Scholar at Syracuse University. The Engagement Scholar position was created as a part of the LaunchPad’s goal to grow social enterprise ventures across the campus.

Van der Vort discusses LGBT groups, trans military ban in Wash Post
Eric van der Vort '13 MA (PSc), a PhD candidate in political science, discusses how LGBT organizations and factions that used to battle one another are now working together and what it means for the future in his article "How the LGBT movement came together to fight Trump’s transgender military ban," that was published in the Washington Post.

Sam Jackson '16 MA (PSc) discusses militia movement in Washington Post
Sam Jackson '16 MA (PSc), a PhD candidate in social science, examines the complicated history of how racial identity has influenced the militia movement in his article "Don’t assume the militias at the Charlottesville rally were white supremacists. This is what they believe now," published in the Washington Post.

MPA student Jonathan Beeler publishes article on Trump, Arpaio
Jonathan Beeler, an MPA student at the Maxwell School, writes about what the pardon of Joe Arpaio could mean to an already fearful immigrant community in North Carolina in his article, "Trump’s Arpaio Comments Stoke Fear," published on the Human Rights Watch website.

Maxwell School welcomes the 2017 - 2018 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows
Executive Education welcomes the ninth cohort of Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows, who are spending the 2017-2018 year at the Maxwell School in graduate academic study, professional development, networking and cultural exchange. The twelve fellows are mid-career professionals from emerging democracies and developing countries.

Undergraduate research gets major boost from new program
Syracuse’s Center for Fellowship & Scholarship Advising (CFSA) recently chose nine undergraduate researchers, including several students majoring in the social sciences at the Maxwell School, to participate in the newly created Young Research Fellows Program (YRFP).

VIDEO: Geo major Maizy Ludden forages urban wild edible food for study
Maizy Ludden ’19 BA (Geo), a scholar in the Renée Crown University Honors Program, is conducting research that is literally taking her into the field (and on her bike) to gather information about food that’s growing in unlikely places.

SU shines at American Sociological Association meeting in Montreal
More than two-dozen researchers from the Department of Sociology are presenting cutting-edge research on social inclusion at the American Sociological Association (ASA)’s 112th Annual Meeting in Montreal.

Policy studies student Marcus Lane reflects on Syracuse experiences
Marcus Lane Jr. is a rising junior studying policy studies at Maxwell. He is also a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program. This summer, Lane is one of four university students from around the United States engaged in the prestigious Montgomery Fellowship at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago.

Logan Strother article on Confederate symbols published in LSE blog
Logan Strother '13 MA (PSc), a PhD candidate in political science at the Maxwell School, co-authored an article on the relationship between support of Confederate symbols in public spaces in the South and knowledge of Civil War history that was published in the London School of Economics U.S. Centre's daily blog, American Politics and Policy.

PhD student Jennifer Brooks receives ASA Grad Student Paper Award
Jennifer Brooks, a PhD student in sociology, is the recipient of the American Sociological Association Disability and Society Section 2017 Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award for the paper, “Just a Little Respect: Differences in Job Satisfaction among Individuals With and Without Disabilities.”

Van der Vort '13 MA (PSc) publishes article on playful protesting
Eric van der Vort '13 MA (PSc), a PhD candidate in political science, discusses the use of playful elements to keep protesters engaged and active in his article, "Playful Politics Can Make Protest More Effective," published on the Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research website.

Incoming MPA student Ryan Gross named 2017 Tillman Scholar
Ryan Gross, an incoming student in Syracuse University’s #1-ranked master of public administration program in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has been named a 2017 Tillman Scholar in a cohort of 61 U.S. service members, veterans and military spouses across the nation.

James Tatum '17 MPA article on Detroit bankruptcy in Urban Lawyer
James Tatum III '17 MPA explores the City of Detroit's decision to file for bankruptcy in 2013, and the debate about whether it would sell art housed within the Detroit Institute of Arts to pay creditors in his article, "Monetizing Masterpieces in Detroit's Bankruptcy," published in the Spring 2017 issue of The Urban Lawyer.

Logan Strother '13 MA (PSc) article on Confederate flag in Wash Post
Logan Strother '13 MA (PSc), a PhD candidate in political science at the Maxwell School, co-authored an article, "The Confederate flag largely disappeared after the Civil War. The fight against civil rights brought it back," which was published in the Washington Post.

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