Media, Law & Policy
American Enterprise Institute President to Speak on ‘Abundance without Attachment’
Arthur C. Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute and former Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government at the Maxwell School, will speak on 鈥淎bundance without Attachment鈥 Thursday, Nov. 12, at 4:30 p.m. in the Strasser Legacy Room,…
Newhouse Honors 50 Alumni at ’50Forward’ Gala in New York City
The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications last week honored 50 accomplished alumni at 鈥50Forward,鈥 a gala event in New York City observing 50 years of the Newhouse School and celebrating the strength of the school as it moves into…
Inaugural Thompson Scholars Named
The Maxwell School has named two graduate students in public administration and international affairs as the inaugural Jean and Dick Thompson Graduate Scholars. The Jean and Dick Thompson Endowed Graduate Scholarship was established in the spring of 2015 by the…
College of Law Announces Winners of 2015 Grossman Trial Competition
College of Law students Ibrahim Lawton L鈥17 and Khadijah Peek L鈥16, representing the plaintiffs, won the 38th Annual Lionel O. Grossman Trial Competition. Representing the defendants were finalists John Boyd II L 鈥16 and Steven M. Nelson L 鈥16. Judge…
SPIN Auction Helps Law Students Pursue Public Interest Careers
Social justice, children鈥檚 rights, veteran鈥檚 rights, civil liberties鈥攖hese are just some of the community issues that College of Law students can help address with funds raised at the annual Public Interest Auction hosted by the 黑料不打烊 Public Interest Network (SPIN)….
Shubha Ghosh Named Crandall Melvin Professor of Law, Director of Technology Commercialization Law Program
The College of Law announced that Shubha Ghosh will join the faculty as the Crandall Melvin Professor of Law and director of the Technology Commercialization Law Program (TCLP). In January 2016, Professor Ghosh will teach “Technology Transfer” and related subjects…
Stromer-Galley Becomes President of Association of Internet Researchers
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Jennifer Stromer-Galley聽was installed as president of the Association of Internet Researchers, one of the earliest academic associations to take up topics related to the Internet, at its annual conference last week. The association…
Scholar Spotlight: Nina Rodgers ’16
Nina Rodgers, one of the 2015-16 Remembrance Scholars, applied to college with the idea of becoming a sports physician. But when she was rejected from some of her top schools for pre-med, she indulged her passion for journalism and applied…
For Second Year, College of Law Outperforms State Bar Exam Average
College of Law graduates have again outperformed the New York State bar passage average. The recently released July 2015 results show that 79 percent of first time test takers from New York American Bar Association-approved law schools passed the exam,…
Maxwell School Names Inaugural Tenth Decade Faculty Scholars
Dean James B. Steinberg has announced the creation of a new faculty award, the Maxwell School Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar, to recognize and encourage excellence in citizenship teaching, research and public engagement at the Maxwell School. Three current Maxwell School…