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Maxwell alum Chris Meek speaks with Fox News about empowering veterans
Chris Meek '92 BA (Econ/PSc), current EMPA student and Chairman of SoldierStrong, was interviewed on Fox News for the segment "Capitol Hill explores ways to empower veterans through tech." Meek discusses how technology can help injured veterans get back on their feet.

Maxwell students Marcus Lane, Taj Harris receive Clements Awards
Tajanae (Taj) Harris '20 BA (Anth) and Marcus Lane '19 BA (PSt) were among the 2018 recipients of the Mark and Pearle Clements Internship Award. The award is intended to enable Syracuse University students to undertake unique internships that wouldn't be possible without financial help.

Student Antonio Michel discusses participatory budgeting in PA Times
"A Bright Hope in The City of Lights," written by MPA student Antonio Michel, was published in PA Times. Michel writes about the success of participatory budgeting — a decision-making process through which citizens deliberate and negotiate over the distribution of public resources — in Paris, France.

London, Hoy paper on same-sex sexuality, heterosexuals published in SC
"The experience and meaning of same‐sex sexuality among heterosexually identified men and women: An analytic review," written by Andrew London and PhD candidate Aaron Hoy '14 MA (Soc), was published in Sociology Compass. Their research review shows heterosexual individuals make sense of their experiences with same‐sex sexuality in many complex ways.

Maxwell students receive Fulbright UK Summer Institute grants
Kevin Treadway, a freshman history and political science major, and Janaisa Walker, a sophomore policy studies major, have been named as student cultural ambassadors through the US-UK Fulbright Commission’s UK Summer Institute program. The Fulbright UK Summer Institutes are fully funded three- to four-week summer study programs for first- and second-year U.S. undergraduates.

Maxwell celebrates graduates, faculty at Commencement Weekend 2018
Service. Leadership. Citizenship. The core values of the Maxwell community were on display at the 164th Syracuse University Commencement weekend celebrating the outstanding accomplishments of 2018 graduates and faculty.

Drew Kinney '14 MA (PSc) publishes article on Jerusalem's status
PhD candidate Drew Kinney '14 MA (PSc) discusses the significance of Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and placement of the United States embassy in the Holy City in his article "Implications for Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital," published on the Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research website.

History student Tammy Hong named 2018 Seinfeld Scholar
Tammy Hong, a history major in the Maxwell School, has been named a Syracuse University 2018 Seinfeld Scholar. The Seinfeld Scholar Program recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to the beauty of the world, to human values and to ending human abuse anywhere in the world.

Maxwell students selected for 2018-19 Fulbright awards
Luke Chadwick, a senior majoring in economics and international relations, and Sara Schleicher, a senior majoring in political science, were selected to participate in the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Program. Chizobam Nwagwu, a senior majoring in policy studies, was selected to receive a Fulbright research grant.

Maxwell student Tojeiro discusses participatory healthcare in PA Times
MA (IR/Econ) student Carol Tojeiro discusses Brazil's success in being able to effectively engage its citizens on a variety of issues and in a variety of public institutions in her article "A Participatory Health Care System: What Can We Learn from Brazil?" published in PA Times.

Maxwell students selected as 2018-19 Remembrance Scholars
Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2018-19 Remembrance Scholars. The scholarships were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—the 35 students who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Geography student Jade Rhoads earns prestigious Pickering Fellowship
Jade Rhoads, a senior majoring in geography and minoring in global security studies, has been named a 2018 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellow. She is one of only 30 recipients chosen from hundreds of applicants from more than 200 colleges and universities around the nation.

MPA student Antonio Michel piece on DACA published in Foreign Affairs
"The dream goes on, but the alarm is still set," written by MPA student Antonio Michel, was published (in Spanish) in Foreign Affairs Latin America. Michel describes the present of DACA and the dreamers under the current administration and the potential outcomes of the extended decision that needs to be made by the Legislative branch.

Anthropology student Danielle Schaf is SU’s first Beinecke Scholar
Danielle Schaf, a junior majoring in anthropology at the Maxwell School, is a recipient of a 2018 Beinecke Scholarship. The program encourages and enables highly motivated students of exceptional promise to pursue opportunities available to them and to be courageous in the selection of a graduate course of study in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Asna Ali '18 MPA discusses public spaces, Pakistani women in PA Times
"Building Public Spaces for Women in Pakistan," written by MPA student Ansa Ali, was published in PA Times. Ali discusses a grassroots collective — Girls at Dhabas — that is pushing the boundaries on women's access to public spaces in Pakistan.

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