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Moderates Opt Out

Danielle Thomsen’s book explores how the current political climate discourages politicians with moderate views from seeking national office.

February 9, 2018

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.

February 9, 2018

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.

February 9, 2018

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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.

February 9, 2018

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

February 9, 2018

Putin the Meddler

As ever, to understand Russia you must know the man in charge.

February 9, 2018

The Enemy Online

While the term terrorism still conjures up images of bombs and snipers, the frightening future of terrorism resides across the Internet.

February 9, 2018

China: It's Complicated

The web of relationships and mutual benefits between America and China is too complex to dismiss with campaign rhetoric.

February 9, 2018

Online and Intense

Maxwell's new online EMPA is structured to meet the demands of the highly experienced, ambitious students it attracts.

January 1, 2018

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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.

January 1, 2018

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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.

January 1, 2018

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Quicken the Sense of Public Duty

Maxwell’s new dean, David M. Van Slyke, takes the Athenian Oath very seriously. And he views the Maxwell School — with all its complexity and plurality and disciplinary cross-currents — as uniquely prepared to uphold it.
December 16, 2016

Broad Mission

The Tenth Decade Scholars award demonstrates how citizenship cuts across the disciplines.

June 1, 2016

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Veil of Darkness

William Horrace uses an economist’s analytical approach to study whether traffic-stop patterns reveal racial bias by police officers.
June 1, 2016

Action Plans

Its first graduates demonstrate how Citizenship and Civic Engagement nurtures more than understanding.

June 1, 2016

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Showing Off

An annual poster fair celebrates undergraduate scholarship.

May 2, 2016

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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.

February 1, 2016

Dual Perspectives

Mincheol Song and Jiyeon Oh are South Korean students at Maxwell pursuing a new two-nation degree.

February 1, 2016

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.

February 1, 2016

Contraband Over Time

According to Andrew Cohen, evolving attitudes toward smuggling reflect the economic priorities of a different era.
December 22, 2015

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