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Self-Determination
See related: Federal, State & Local, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Deep-Seated Sense of Justice
Business success enables Marvin Lender to support the causes that matter to him most. And few matter more than social justice — the focus of a new Syracuse University center bearing the Lender name.
See related: Giving, Social Justice
First Class
Maxwell always served undergraduate social science students. But, for this fall’s incoming class, admission to Maxwell is direct and the “Maxwell freshman” is official.
See related: Centennial, Student Experience
Alumni Spotlight: Looking for Maria Duval
Melanie Hicken and her CNN reporting partner detail a massive, decades-long scam that cost many their life savings. It’s all described in the reporters’ new book.
See related: Crime & Violence, United States
Climate Change in the Classroom
New courses and a new major meet University-wide student interest in the challenges of energy, environment, and sustainability.
See related: Centennial, Energy, Environment, New York State, Sustainability, U.S. Education
Mary Daly’s Crooked Path
See related: Economic Policy, Gender and Sex, Income, Race & Ethnicity, U.S. Education, United States
Free Speech Worldwide
An ambitious project assessing courts across the globe and their approaches to protected speech also provides opportunities for student research.
See related: Civil Rights, Student Experience, United States
Who Makes the Rules?
That will be just one question considered when a new Syracuse University institute, housed at Maxwell, addresses the policy issues and social impacts associated with drones, self-driving cars, and other autonomous systems.
See related: Autonomous Systems, Centennial
Voices at the Table
The inaugural Policy Camp introduced undergraduate students of color to career options in policy — and to the impact bolstered racial and cultural diversity can have across the public sector.
See related: Race & Ethnicity, Student Experience
One Big Weekend in the Adirondacks: The Future of Public Administration
This summer, Maxwell convened Minnowbrook at 50, an anniversary conference on the same hallowed ground. For most who attended, the times seemed no less volatile, and deciding how public administrators and scholars meet an era’s challenges proved anything but simple.
Where You Live
“Our life expectancy is increasingly being shaped by where we live in the U.S.,” says Jennifer Karas Montez, Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar of Aging Studies at Maxwell. It’s tempting to blame lifestyle-related behaviors, but “lifestyle behaviors are not root causes. They are symptoms of the environment and the social and economic deprivation that many parts of the country endure, thanks to decades of policy decisions.”
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Deeper Connections
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) program's reputation and Washington location provide Maxwell students and faculty regular access to a range of leaders and practitioners—to an extent not feasible in Syracuse,” says University Professor and Phanstiel Chair Sean O’Keefe ’78 M.P.A., who is charged with developing opportunities to further nurture Maxwell/CSIS collaboration.
See related: Centennial, School History
Travel Plans
Thanks to the generosity of one “citizen of the world,” dozens of budding scholars have chased far-flung intellectual goals.
See related: Centennial, Giving, Student Experience, Study Abroad
A Different Path to Journalism
Local Influence
The new mayor, Ben Walsh '05 M.P.A., highlights the number of alumni in Syracuse city and Onondaga County government.
See related: Government, State & Local
The Investor
Gerry Cramer was the perfect friend of the Maxwell School - generous, visionary, and ultimately trusting. Cramer passed away on February 13, 2018.
See related: Centennial, Giving, In Memoriam
Journalism and Ideals of Democracy
See related: Civil Rights, Government, Media & Journalism, Political Parties
It All Started Here: The Very First Model League of Nations Assembly (Model UN) Was Held at Maxwell
Almost a century ago, a Maxwell faculty member turned a top-of-the-head idea into a student exercise in diplomacy—and basically invented Model UN.
See related: Centennial, Foreign Policy, International Governmental Organizations, Model U.N.
The Tanner Lectures and Citizenship
Citizenship and Civic Engagement and the Policy Studies Major
At first glance, the new major in citizenship and civic engagement would seem to share a lot with another Maxwell major, policy studies. Both are interdisciplinary, nurture informed citizens, and emphasize action. But the similarities end there.