Travel Plans
Thanks to the generosity of one “citizen of the world,” dozens of budding scholars have chased far-flung intellectual goals.
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The Investor
Gerry Cramer was the perfect friend of the Maxwell School - generous, visionary, and ultimately trusting. Cramer passed away on February 13, 2018.
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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.
Ideas for Tomorrow
The Tenth Decade Project will support programs to prepare Maxwell for the challenges of its second century, with citizenship (broadly understood) at its core.
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Amazing Lives
A fully renovated and upgraded Eggers Hall public events room now honors the parents of alumnus Joseph Strasser.
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Look Who’s 90
Last fall, the Maxwell School’s year of 90th-anniversary celebrations started big, with an array of special scholarly events, a school-wide 1920s-themed party, and a star-studded celebration in the nation’s capital.
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Good Idea
The pioneering Public Diplomacy Program was well-timed to serve the trends and challenges of international advocacy.
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The More Things Change - Maxwell's 90th Anniversary
Syracuse University opened its new School of Citizenship and Public Affairs on October 3, 1924, headquartered in Slocum Hall and not yet named for its then-anonymous donor . . .
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The More Things Change
Universities traditionally aim “to train minds and to strengthen character” and “to transmit the accumulated learning and culture of ages on to each rising generation,” said former president Herbert Hoover, at the dedication of Maxwell Hall. "This institution especially has led in endeavor to lift public administration to a profession,” he added.
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