New Knowledge - Tapping Into Maxwell’s Scholarly Distinction
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Syracuse’s Black History Maker: DC Community Organizer Charles ‘Chuck’ Hicks ’69
The Maxwell School alumnus became the first Black president of the Student Government Association and helped form the Black Student Union.
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Maxwell Partners with Newhouse to Launch Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship in DC
A joint initiative of the Newhouse and Maxwell schools, the institute will promote nonpartisan, evidence-based research and dialogue in the public interest and support the work of faculty and students.
See related: Centennial, Government, Media & Journalism, School History, Washington, D.C.
Win-Win-Win Situation
Maxwell School’s X Lab is helping the City of Syracuse collect overdue property taxes by redesigning their letters with a graphic, attention-grabbing message that has resulted in nearly $100,000 of unlikely payments. The X Lab, created a year and a half ago, has the potential for other scholars, offering students real-world sandboxing opportunities and working with public and nonprofit clients at a lower cost than private consultants.
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David Bennett Knows America
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University website features the history of Maxwell’s VIP visitors
As part of its ongoing initiative to highlight historical content during SU’s 150th anniversary year, the Syracuse University website now includes a report on well-known figures from politics and public life who have visited and spoken at the Maxwell School.
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Undergrads@Maxwell: Guidance
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A Bachelor's at Maxwell: Tapping into Maxwell's Best
“Tomorrow’s careers will require individuals with critical and synthetic thinking, analytical and analogical reasoning, written and oral presentation skills, and diverse and global experiences,” says Maxwell Dean David Van Slyke. “That’s a tall order for any university, school or program. But at the Maxwell School, these have always been our goals, and undergraduates will find professors, staff, fellow students and alumni who share this broad outlook.”
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Dwight Waldo Started It All
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INSCT renamed SU Institute for Security Policy and Law
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Urge to Serve
A new program helps veterans convert their sense of community investment to civic engagement and political office.
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Worthy Endeavors
As undergraduate programs have become more visible, Maxwell donors—many of them alumni of the undergraduate majors themselves—have grown more eager to support those programs.
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95-Year-Old Maxwell School Welcomes its First Freshman Class
Beginning this fall, for the first time ever, students planning to major in the social sciences applied and were admitted directly to the Maxwell School. Prior to this, students applied to A&S, and they became a Maxwell student only if they declared a Maxwell major, usually sometime around the end of their sophomore year.
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Big Data and PA Careers
“There’s been an explosion in the quantity and forms of data available to support organizational decision making,” says Robert Bifulco, chair of public administration and international affairs. Assistant Professor Matthew M. Young asserts that soon, all public administration employees will be expected to have data analysis skills.
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Syracuse University Announces the Establishment of New Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
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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.
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Climate Change in the Classroom
New courses and a new major meet University-wide student interest in the challenges of energy, environment, and sustainability.
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SU, JPMorgan Chase collaboration opens path to political careers for veterans
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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.
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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.
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