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Baldanza gift supports undergraduate research
Maxwell School selected to host 2018 Mandela Washington Fellows
The Mandela Washington Fellowship empowers young African leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, mentoring, networking, professional opportunities, and local community engagement. The cohort of fellows hosted by the Maxwell School will be part of a larger group of 700 Mandela Washington Fellows hosted at 27 institutions across the United States this summer.
Harkin estate gift supports Birkhead-Burkhead Fund
Alumnus James M. Harkin ’76 M.S.Sc./’78 Ph.D. (SSc) and his wife, Lucille Boilard-Harkin, have made estate plans that will provide ongoing scholarship support to students in Maxwell’s M.P.A. degree program. The gift will support Maxwell’s Birkhead-Burkhead Fund, of which James Harkin was a founding donor in 1987.
Professors secure grant to study chemicals of concern in NY waterways
Francine D’Amico named teaching professor at the Maxwell School
The dean of the Maxwell School has appointed Francine D’Amico to the position of teaching professor in the International Relations Program. The promotion recognizes D’Amico’s accomplishments in teaching, advising, service, and curricular and co-curricular development since joining the Maxwell School in 2000.
Khalil's America's Dream Palace among Foreign Affairs' Best of 2017
Mitra gives keynote at Workshop in Economic Research at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Devashish Mitra, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs, argues that trade has been beneficial to developing countries in Asia, with competition leading to higher productivity, lower price-cost markups and lower poverty.
Online and Intense
Maxwell's new online EMPA is structured to meet the demands of the highly experienced, ambitious students it attracts.
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Challenge Will Fund Undergrad Research
A new gift to Maxwell will help underwrite undergraduate research and scholarship, potentially to the tune of $125,000.
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What Ralph Ketcham Meant to Maxwell
Ralph Ketcham taught citizenship at Maxwell longer than most of us have been alive. And, while doing so, he championed an approach to citizenship education that virtually defines the Maxwell School.
See related: In Memoriam