Moderates Opt Out
Danielle Thomsen’s book explores how the current political climate discourages politicians with moderate views from seeking national office.
Border Hopping
Anthropologist John Burdick is not only a faculty member conducting research overseas (like so many others). His research team, in fact, spans the globe.
Lookin’ for a Job
The annual student-organized networking trips to Washington and New York accelerate career planning and a student’s understanding of life after Maxwell.
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Helping Hand
At a time when America is sorting out its larger role in the world, experts remind us that U.S. aid is often much appreciated.
Beyond Anyone’s Control
Renee Levy discusses the geopolitical dimensions of insurgents, criminals, and radical Islamists, who florish in areas in Afghanistan and Pakistan under a lack of government control. These are among 150 such "black spots" identified by researchers working to map global insecurity as part of an interdisciplinary project in Maxwell’s Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
The Enemy Online
While the term terrorism still conjures up images of bombs and snipers, the frightening future of terrorism resides across the Internet.
China: It's Complicated
The web of relationships and mutual benefits between America and China is too complex to dismiss with campaign rhetoric.
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.
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Quicken the Sense of Public Duty
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Broad Mission
The Tenth Decade Scholars award demonstrates how citizenship cuts across the disciplines.
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Veil of Darkness
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Action Plans
Its first graduates demonstrate how Citizenship and Civic Engagement nurtures more than understanding.
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Showing Off
An annual poster fair celebrates undergraduate scholarship.
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Breaking the Ice
In advance of President Obama’s well-publicized trip to Alaska, two Maxwell professors were invited to advise stakeholders on shipping-channel icebreakers.
Dual Perspectives
Mincheol Song and Jiyeon Oh are South Korean students at Maxwell pursuing a new two-nation degree.
Celebrating Harriet Tubman
The archeological efforts of Douglas Armstrong and his students will be on display at a new national park honoring the former slave and abolitionist.
Contraband Over Time