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Policy Studies student Kyle Rosenblum named 2020 Senior Class Marshal

The Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience has announced Kyle Rosenblum, a student in Maxwell's Policy Studies Program, and Serena Ogie Evah Omo-Lamai as the Senior Class Marshals for the Class of 2020. As Senior Class Marshals, Rosenblum and Omo-Lamai will represent and lead their class during Syracuse University’s 166th Commencement ceremony.

Elise Roberts awarded grant from the Smith Richardson Foundation

Elise Roberts, a PhD candidate in political science, received a research grant from the Smith Richardson Foundation. The grant’s funds will go towards supporting Roberts’s dissertation research, “Aiding War or Developing Peace? International Aid and the Breakdown of Post-Conflict Peace,” which examines the effect of foreign aid in post-conflict states and the processes of conflict relapse.

Bifulco, Schwegman research accountability‐driven school closures

"Who Benefits from Accountability‐Driven School Closure? Evidence from New York City," co-authored by Robert Bifulco and PhD student David Schwegman, was published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.

Four Maxwell students named 2019 Syracuse University Scholars

Dina Eldawy (International Relations/Citizenship and Civic Engagement), Crystal Letona (Policy Studies), Danielle Schaf (Anthropology), and Nathan Shearn (Anthropology) were among the twelve seniors named as the 2019 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor that the University bestows.

Veteran Katy Quartaro '20 EMPA finds new ways to achieve goals

Katy Quartaro, a student in the executive master of public administration program at the Maxwell School, joined the Marine Corps in 2008 with the goal of making the world a better place. Today she remains on her path with the help of Syracuse University's student veteran resources.

IR student-refugee starts interpreter business for other CNY refugees

Khadijo Abdulkadir, and undergraduate international relations student, was the subject of the Syracuse.com story "‘A star’ refugee starts business to speak for other Syracuse refugees, in 20 languages." Abdulkadir, a Somali refugee, says her business "will offer services to refugees that we did not have when we came here. It will be by refugees, for refugees."

PhD student Uğur Altundal cited in Newsweek article on passports

Research by Uğur Altundal, a PhD student in political science at the Maxwell School, was cited in the Newsweek article "Ranked: The World's Least Powerful Passports in 2019." "Despite the important progress made in overall global mobility," Altundal and co-author Omer Zarpli write, "there remains a significant ‘global mobility divide’, with some passports much more powerful than others."

Model UN team named distinguished delegation at conference in DC

The Syracuse University-Maxwell School Model United Nations team was named a “Distinguished Delegation” for its portrayal of the the Arab Republic of Egypt at the National Model United Nations conference held November 9-11, 2018, in Washington, DC. Thirteen students majoring in international relations participated as delegates in the academic conference.

IR/CCE student Dina Eldawy named second Marshall Scholar in SU history

Dina Eldawy, an international relations and CCE student, has been named a 2019 recipient of the prestigious Marshall Scholarship. She is the second Marshall Scholar in Syracuse University history. Funded by the British government, the Marshall Scholarship finances outstanding American students to study in the United Kingdom.

Shybalkina, Bifulco article on participatory budgeting published

"Does Participatory Budgeting Change the Share of Public Funding to Low Income Neighborhoods?," co-authored by PhD student Iuliia Shybalkina and Robert Bifulco, was published in Public Budgeting & Finance. Shybalkina and Bifulco measure the effects of participatory budgeting on the allocation of capital funding among areas of different income levels within NYC council districts.

Four Maxwell students selected as 2019 PMF finalists

The Maxwell School is proud to announce that four of its current students have been selected as finalists for the highly competitive 2019 Presidential Management Fellows Program (PMF).

Maxwell's first-ever Huxley scholar has found her intellectual home

From the moment Brielle Valenza stepped foot in the Maxwell Auditorium as a first-year student, she knew she had come to the right place. "The sense of history in that room is palpable."

PhD student Angie Mejia publishes paper on mental health, ethnicity

Angie Mejia's paper "Young, Foreign, and Depressed in America: Ruminations of an Immigrant to Prozac Nation" was published in Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies. Mejia, a PhD student in sociology, writes "... this autoethnography aims to challenge sociological analyses on the subjective experience of mental health and most plots found in psychiatric memoirs written by U.S. (White) women.

Geo PhD student Emily Bukowski publishes paper on Dutch elm disease

"Using the commons to understand the Dutch elm disease epidemic in Syracuse, NY," written by PhD student Emily Bukowski '14 MA (Geog), was published in Geographical Review. Bukowski argues "that elms and their pests are viewed as components of the urban commons but understanding them as such does not align with what strategies managers are able to enact in the patchwork of property ownership that occurs in cities."

PhD student Jen Brooks publishes paper on disability, job satisfaction

"Just a Little Respect: Differences in Job Satisfaction Among Individuals With and Without Disabilities," written by PhD student Jennifer Brooks '17 MA (Soc), was published in Social Science Quarterly. Brooks explores the relationship between disability and job satisfaction; and examines how differences in job satisfaction between workers with and without disabilities may reflect educational attainment and perceived workplace respect.

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