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Hopes for Liberia grow from a student’s perseverance

“I realized I can do anything I want to link my personal history to public service,” said Thompson Scholar Debah Tiah, a refuge from Liberia who is pursuing an MPA at Maxwell.

October 22, 2019

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Nabatchi and Schwegman earn NASPAA distinctions

Maxwell School professor, Tina Nabatchi, and a PhD student in public administration, David Schwegman, were each individually honored at the recently concluded NASPAA annual conference in Los Angeles.

October 22, 2019

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Syracuse University mourns passing of Life Trustee J. Patrick Barrett

Barrett served on the University’s Board of Trustees for more than three decades. He also was a member of the Maxwell School Advisory Board from 1991-97, and supported various academic and athletic initiatives. He passed at the age of 82 after a brief battle with leukemia.

October 21, 2019

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Meier to receive Duncombe Award for educational excellence

Kenneth Meier, a distinguished scholar in residence in the School of Public Affairs at American University, received the Duncombe Award in 2019. The award honors former Maxwell professor of public administration William Duncombe.

October 18, 2019

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Maxwell alumnus named vice president of equity and inclusion

Don Sawyer was named vice president for equity and inclusion at Quinnipiac University. Saywer is responsible for engaging the community in critical conversations and helping train faculty, staff, and students in diversity.

October 15, 2019

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Silverstein to study religion, prosocial values among millennials

The degree to which religion is decoupled from prosocial goals and spirituality in contemporary young adults is one of many research questions to be addressed in the project “Spirituality and Prosocial Values in the Absence of Religion Among Millennials and Their Families.” This study will be led by Merril Silverstein, the Marjorie Cantor Endowed Professor of Aging Studies in the Falk College and the Maxwell School.

October 14, 2019

See related: Religion, United States

Sociologists Montez and Monnat earn NIH grants

Maxwell School sociology faculty members lead research teams that were recently awarded R24 grants from the National Institute on Aging, a division of the National Institutes of Health. Jennifer Karas Montez, professor of sociology, is a co-principal investigator, and Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, is a co-investigator on the first of these highly competitive five-year grants.

October 11, 2019

See related: Grant Awards, Longevity, U.S. Health Policy

NAPA names four fellows from Maxwell School faculty

Four Maxwell School faculty members have been selected to join the National Academy of Public Administration as 2019 Academy Fellows. NAPA is a congressionally chartered, nonpartisan, and nonprofit academy providing expert advice to government leaders in building and managing more effective, efficient, accountable, and transparent organizations.

October 8, 2019

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Leadership seminars support the National Forum for Black Public Administrators

Thirteen senior public servants came to Maxwell for a three-day program as part of the NFBPA Executive Leadership Institute.

October 7, 2019

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Siddiki projects awarded NSF and USDA funding

Saba Siddiki, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, has been awarded two grants for projects beginning this fall. One will support the work of the Institutional Grammar Research Initiative and the other is for project work on urban food action plans to advance human well-being and health, environment, and equity goals.

October 3, 2019

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