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Stories of Service: Miguel Pica and Janina Rios
In celebration of veterans, the University recognizes the experiences and stories of student, faculty and staff veterans. These stories are just some of the many from among the veteran and military-connected community members on campus whom the University is dedicated…
Ajello Fellows Create Open Data Repository of Electric Grid in Vietnam
In many ways, Nguyen Phan Bao Linh and Yu En Hsu seem like opposite sides of the same coin: both are international students enrolled in the Maxwell School鈥檚 No. 1-ranked master of public administration (M.P.A.) program, both are among the…
What Can Russia Expect From a Biden Presidency?
In January 2020, former Vice President Joseph Biden pledged to not only 鈥渋mpose real costs on Russia鈥 for its transgressions at home and abroad but also 鈥渞enew the U.S. commitment to arms control for a new era.鈥 As such, it…
Peace Corps, Fulbright Evacuees Find Community, Opportunity at Maxwell School
On a Monday morning in mid-March, Jeremy Gonzalez opened his email and learned he was being immediately evacuated from his Peace Corps post in West Timor, Indonesia. Although the COVID-19 pandemic had already prompted travel restrictions around the world, his…
New Threats, Familiar Challenges: Maxwell School Responds to COVID-19
How are scholars and practitioners across policy areas鈥攅conomics, public health, education, social welfare鈥攔esponding to the myriad impacts of the novel coronavirus? That鈥檚 what Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs Colleen Heflin wanted to know, and who better to ask…
黑料不打烊 Researchers Collaborate with Harvard, Georgia Tech, Resources for the Future to Give Environmental Policies Context
The electrical sector comprises companies that generate, transmit and distribute electric power. Every industry, business and member of the public is a customer and, therefore, a stakeholder. The electrical sector also encompasses public regulatory agencies. All combined, the sector accounts…
Army National Guard Member Builds Experience through Defense Comptrollership Program
If money makes the world go around, then military finance officers are a vital link connecting our nation鈥檚 military and its commitment to the U.S. taxpayer. For Major Chinedu Nwankwoala, a member of the National Guard, a career in finance…
Professor Lasch-Quinn Explores the Meaning of Life in New Book
In her new book, 鈥淎rs Vitae: The Fate of Inwardness and the Return of the Ancient Arts of Living鈥 (Notre Dame Press), Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, professor of history in the Maxwell School, explores Americans鈥 stirring interest in ancient Greco-Roman philosophies including…
‘Western Wildfires鈥擳here Is No ‘Silver Bullet,’ but There Are Things To Be Done’
Jacob Bendix, professor of geography and the environment in the Maxwell School, wrote an op-ed for The Hill titled 鈥淲estern wildfires 鈥 there is no 鈥榮ilver bullet,鈥 but there are things to be done.鈥 Bendix teaches pyrogeography, which refers to…
Yingyi Ma Named Provost Faculty Fellow
Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost John Liu has recently announced the appointment of faculty member Yingyi Ma to serve as a Provost Faculty Fellow, focused on internationalization. 鈥淲e are incredibly fortunate that Professor Ma will be serving as a Faculty…