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@MaxwellAlumni
.
We're 100 years old and still
#1
! 🎉 The Maxwell School ranked
#1
overall in a survey of its peers and is highly ranked in ten subspecialties, according to the 2024-25 U.S. News & World Report Best Public Affairs Schools rankings.
#Maxwell100
#EverStrive
We are thrilled to announce that Syracuse University’s Maxwell School ranks
#1
in the 2023
@USNewsEducation
Best Public Affairs Schools survey! 🍊🏆
#BestGradSchools
Congratulations to Professor
@sgadarian
on being named the inaugural Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking, a position funded with a generous gift by its namesake.
@SUPoliSci
Congrats to Prof.
@baobaofzhang
for being named an AI2050 Early Career Fellow by
@SchmidtFutures
. The fellowship provides up to $200K to support her research. Partnering with
@cndp_us
, she will study the governance of AI systems.
@SUpolisci
In Jan. 2024,
@SUPoliSci
prof.
@sgadarian
will take on a new role at the
#MaxwellSchool
—associate dean for research. She will oversee the school’s growing research portfolio, creating the infrastructure to support faculty and student research. Congrats!
We are proud to announce the Maxwell School
@SyracuseU
is once again ranked
#1
in the nation for graduate education in public affairs according to the latest 2021
@USNewsEducation
reputational survey!
#BestGradSchools
Distinguished Professor Mark Monmonier's "How to Lie with Maps" named one of eight essential books for geographers. "Monmonier reveals the ways in which maps tell only one side of any story, reflecting the views and biases of their makers."
@SUGeographer
Syracuse University’s Maxwell School ranks
#1
in the nation for public affairs according to the annual
@USNewsEducation
reputational survey. The school also received high marks across a wide range of subspecialties within public affairs.
#BestGradSchools
Congratulations to
@JennMJacksonPhD
for being awarded $20,000 for their research project "Race, Risks, and Responses: Mapping Black Americans’ Response to Group Threat."
@SUPoliSci
Read more about the project:
Happy first day of classes, Maxwell! Special welcome to the incoming undergraduate class - the first students in the history of the University who specifically applied for admission to the Maxwell School. Looking forward to a great year!
#SUWelcome
#SyracuseU
🍊📚
The Maxwell School is ranked
#1
overall in a survey of its peers and is highly ranked in ten subspecialties, according to the 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Public Affairs School rankings.
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Maxwell alumna Donna Shalala told graduates at
@SyracuseU
's Commencement Ceremony to “Define the future in your individual relationships. The simplest kind gestures, however insignificant they may seem, can be woven into a brilliant tapestry of compassion, love and strength.”
Congratulations to
@SUPoliSci
prof
@JennMJacksonPhD
on being recognized for their commitment to inclusion and accessibility through prioritizing students’ mental health and making lessons, assignments & class materials accessible through numerous mediums.
Congratulations to Professor
@AudieKlotz
on receiving the 2020 Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Organization Section of the
@isanet
!
@SUPoliSci
Tina Nabatchi, a leading scholar on citizen participation, collaborative governance, & conflict resolution, & on challenges in public admin, has been named the inaugural Joseph A. Strasser Endowed Professor in Public Administration.
@nabatchi
@Maxwell_PAIA
Congratulations to
@smonnat
along w/
@jennkarasmontez
, Doug Wolf & Emily Wiemers on securing a $1.95 mil
@NIH
grant to examine the impacts of state COVID-19 mitigation policies on adult psychological health, drug overdose and suicide.
@SULernerCenter
During holiday break, MPA student Cole Ware, his mother, and grandmother made this gingerbread version of Maxwell Hall (standalone, pre-Eggers Hall). They worked full days for two weeks. His family has a long gingerbread tradition, and has done other schools Cole attended.
"To many Iranians, the expression of support for the 'great Iranian people' from a man who put Iran on his Muslim travel ban rings rather hollow" says Prof
@M_Boroujerdi
.
@SUPoliSci
Congrats to Assistant Professor Ying Shi, who has been named a William T. Grant Scholar and received a $350,000 award to explore Asian American students’ exposure to victimization and hate crimes in school.
@CPRMaxwell
@wtgrantfdn
Congratulations to everyone graduating this weekend! Our Maxwell faculty members have some advice for you as you head off to do big things! 🎉 🎓
Alumni, what's your advice to graduating students? Let us know ⬇️
Congratulations to Prof.
@AudieKlotz
on being awarded the 2023 Wasserstom Prize for Graduate Teaching! “Audie exemplifies Prof. Wasserstrom’s legacy in scholarship, research and teaching excellence," says
@ArtSciencesSU
Interim Dean Lois Agnew.
@SUPoliSci
Congratulations to Assistant Professor
@simonweschle
, this year’s recipient of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research. Weschle will be the featured speaker at Maxwell's Graduate Convocation on May 13.
@SUPoliSci
Prof Jennifer Karas Montez has been awarded the prestigious
@CarnegieCorp
Fellowship to support her research on health disparities among US states. Congratulations Jennifer!
#CarnegieFellows
@jennkarasmontez
Professor Farhana Sultana has been awarded the 2019 Glenda Laws Award by the
@theAAG
. The annual award/honorarium recognizes outstanding contributions to geographic research on social issues. Congratulations
@Farhana_H2O
!
@SUGeographer
Thank you to U.S. Rep.
@Liz_Cheney
for joining us yesterday for a conversation about the Jan. 6 insurrection, polarization, disinformation and more. She urged dedication "to the recognition that this Republic only survives if individuals step forward to defend her."
@rittergaus
“Violent protest to overturn state certified election results to retain power is anarchy in support of dictatorship. The revolt they attempted is not a legitimate form of protest...it was an act of sedition.” Read Dean David Van Slyke's full statement:
Congratulations to
@lenburman
on being appointed by the Dept of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis to its Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building within the US, a newly formed committee promoting expanded access to federal data.
@CPRMaxwell
Congratulations to Professor Len Lopoo on being named the Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics at Maxwell! Lopoo succeeds Leonard Burman, named the inaugural Volcker Chair in 2014.
@CPRMaxwell
@MaxwellXLab
We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Autonomous Systems Policy Institute. Watch
#SyracuseU
Chancellor Syverud’s remarks & symposium keynote Travis Mason
@tgmason
via livestream at
#ASPI
Via
@PostOutlook
: "If time is a political resource of value, then anything you can do to force people to spend their time on what you want them to do, not the work they would want to do, is effective," says Prof
@alixabeth
.
@SUPoliSci
@profmusgrave
Join us in congratulating Chris Faricy, associate professor of political science, who has been named the inaugural Hicker Family Professorship in Renewing Democratic Community.
@cgfaricy
@SUPoliSci
Dimitar Gueorguiev, assistant professor of political science, is this year's recipient of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research. Congratulations,
@DIMITARGUEORGU1
!
@SUPoliSci
Prof.
@RyeGriffiths
received an
@NSF
grant to research war patterns. He will look at how “data-driven work on conflict prior to the early 20th century is centered on Europe and ignores hundreds of independent states in other parts of the world.”
@SUPoliSci
The 2021 Class of AAG Fellows has been announced! Congratulations to the 10 individuals honored. The title of AAG Fellow is conferred for life and, once designated, AAG Fellows remain part of this ever-growing advisory body.
Congratulations to Professor
@melovely_max
! She will be serving as Library of Congress Chair in U.S.-China Relations at the
@KlugeCtr
beginning in January 2022.
Professor
@Alan_Allport
's "Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War: 1938-1941" won the
@HistoriaHWA
2021 Crown Award for nonfiction. Congratulations!
Congratulations to Professor
@Murphytes
on being awarded the
@FEEGI9
book prize for "The Creole Archipelago: Race and Borders in the Colonial Caribbean!"
"Murphy’s book does everything well," writes the prize committee.
We’re pleased to share
@sethkjolly
’s appointment to chair of
@SUPoliSci
. As associate professor, he teaches courses on European politics, quantitative methods, comparative political parties, ethnic conflict and the European Union.
@SUMoynihanInst
Congratulations to
@Prof_FSultana
on being one of 15 geographers named to
@theAAG
's first cohort of its Elevate the Discipline program!
#ElevateGeo
Read more ➡️
.
@Prof_FSultana
@MaxwellSU
is a human geographer known for her groundbreaking research on political ecology, climate justice, and water governance utilizing policymaking, environmental justice, and development planning in the Global South
#ElevateGeo
Via
@CarbonBrief
: "Knowledge production and circulation are skewed and incomplete, and this distorts and impoverishes public discourse on important topics. Ultimately, this has deleterious consequences in policies and practice," says
@Prof_FSultana
.
Twelve students have enrolled in this semester’s first-ever offering of the D.C.-based Executive Master in International Relations degree, and together they reflect the extraordinary promise of this unique midcareer program.
@CSIS
@MaxwellAlumni
Via
@TeenVogue
: "Starting the conversation can seem daunting, but it can also be a gateway to a host of other meaningful interactions about systemic prejudices and inequality," writes Asst Prof
@JennMJack
.
@SUPoliSci
@Campbell_SU
Professor
@sgadarian
's "Pandemic Politics" was reviewed in
@ForeignAffairs
. "The book is a sophisticated study, based on voluminous data, of US politics as revealed by the strains and stresses of the pandemic."
@SUPoliSci
Congratulations to Professor
@bdtaylor_SU
on being named the new director of Maxwell's Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs! He will take over the role previously held by Peg Hermann on Sept. 1.
@SUPoliSci
.
@NewhouseSU
Dean Lorraine Branham stood for integrity & truth in journalism. Today, we mourn the loss of a pillar in the fight for a free press that promotes the greater good, citizenship, & civility. Our condolences to her family, friends & colleagues.
Congratulations to Professor
@alixabeth
on being selected as a 2020-21 Laurance Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellow at Princeton University's Center for Human Values!
@Campbell_SU
A little personal news that I have been sitting on for months: in 2020/21 I will be a Laurance Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellow at Princeton University's Center for Human Values.
This
#WomensHistoryMonth
we’re proud to celebrate the retirement of Margaret Hermann, the longtime leader of
@SUMoynihanInst
and an admired teacher, advisor and mentor to countless students in her 25 years at Maxwell. Read more:
@SUPoliSci
Congratulations to Professor
@LAbdelaaty
on receiving
@APSAtweets
Migration and Citizenship section's Best Book Award for "Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees" (
@OxUniPress
)!
@SUPoliSci
Congrats to Prof.
@tmksyracuse
on being named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow! The fellowship will support his research on free speech in democracies, ultimately funding a book project titled “Extremist Speech and Democratic Backsliding.”
@GuggFellows
@SUPoliSci
“It is more than five times as large as any tax increase enacted since. And even if it falls short of the campaign’s projections, it would be the largest peacetime tax increase in American history,” says Professor
@lenburman
.
@CPRMaxwell
@RonBrownstein
History professor
@abu_layla
was awarded the Dr. Ralph E. Montonna Endowed Professorship for the Teaching & Education of Undergrads. In addition,
@SUPoliSci
professor
@daniel_mcdowell
& economics professor
@kbuzard7
received Dean' s awards. Congrats!
Congratulations to Professor
@nabatchi
for receiving the 2019 Leslie A. Whittington Excellence in Teaching Award & PhD student David Schwegman for being named a 2019
@NASPAA
Emerging Scholar.
#NASPAA2019
A team of Maxwell researchers (
@smonnat
, Alexandra Punch, Joe Boskovski & Len Lopoo) will receive approx $500K over 3 years in support of their research on different opioid court treatment interventions across NYS.
@CPRMaxwell
@MaxwellXLab
@SULernerCenter
“The use of financial sanctions against issuers of potential rival currencies, in particular China and its yuan, should face a higher bar of scrutiny,” says
@daniel_mcdowell
at the
@FinancialCmte
hearing on preserving the dollar's dominance.
Watch: ➡️
Via
@NewsHour
: Prof
@emilythorson
says negative misinformation about a politician of an opposing party is hard to shake, even after people learn the original story was false. She describes these lingering doubts as "belief echoes."
@SUPoliSci
@MoNscience
Join us in congratulating
@Murphytes
, associate professor of history, for being named a New Directions Fellow by
@MellonFdn
. The distinction comes with a three-year, $289,000 grant. Read more ⬇️
Prof Farhana Sultana addresses critical issues of the misuse of free speech in higher education and the increasing threats to academic freedom.
@Farhana_H2O
@SUGeographer
@ACMEJournal