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Innovation Orange: Assistant Professor Evan Weissman
Assistant Professor of Food Studies Evan Weissman (from both Falk College and the Maxwell School) conducts research on a topic that impacts every human being: the food system. Weissman’s background is in studying land-use pressure and farmland preservation From the…
Trump’s NASA Nominee was Smart Move, says Expert O’Keefe
Many concerns have met the President’s nominee for NASA Administrator. While his political background deters some, Maxwell Professor Sean O’Keefe writes an op-ed in The Hill on why this may actually be a benefit to the position. “But if history…
Margaret Himley to Conclude Tenure as Associate Provost for International Education and Engagement, Return to Faculty in Fall 2018 Semester
Over the past six years, Margaret Himley has logged just shy of 150,000 airline miles. As ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s associate provost for international education and engagement, she has crisscrossed the globe in her work leading the University’s critical international education initiatives…
In President Trump’s New Travel Ban, We See the Original Muslim Ban
Elizabeth Cohen, associate professor of political science at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Maxwell School and a researcher of immigration and citizenship, remarks on the newest travel ban unveiled by the Trump Administration. “In President Trump’s new travel ban we see the original…
Summer Internship Places Student in Halls of U.S. Capitol
Andrew Regalado ’20 knew he wanted to spend the summer living and interning in Washington, D.C. He just had to figure out how to make it work. The Chino Hills, California, native pursued scholarships and applied for a role with…
Why Didn’t the World End on Saturday?
While it may not have made it into the mainstream, there were some who predicted an end to the world last Saturday. Some Christian Zionists were committed to this theory, but Maxwell Emeritus Professor Michael Barkun? Not so much. “Improvisational…
McCormick Named to Jay and Debe Moskowitz Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations
Gladys McCormick, an historian who focuses on Mexico–U.S. relations as well as conducting research on Latin America and the Caribbean, has been named to the Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations at the Maxwell School of Citizenship…
Maxwell School Mourns Legendary Teacher, Scholar Ralph Ketcham
Ralph Ketcham, one of the longest-serving and most beloved and influential professors in the history of the Maxwell School, died on April 26 after a brief illness. He was 89. A Memorial Service will be held Monday, Sept. 25, at 3…
Gov. Christine Todd Whitman to Keynote Tanner Day at Maxwell School
The Honorable Christine Todd Whitman, former EPA Administrator (2001 – 2003) and former New Jersey governor, will deliver the keynote address at Tanner Day at Maxwell, a series of lectures and panel discussions focused on the “Future of Citizenship and…
Militia Men in Charlottesville Not Supremacists,
As alt-right protesters and other counter demonstrators flooded the streets in Charlottesville, Virginia last month, another group made its presence known, and garnered a large amount of concern online. This was the militia men, a group of heavily-armed men with…