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Maxwell School of Syracuse University Receives Major Gift from Chicago
Businessman, Andrew Berlin The Maxwell School of Citizenship and
Public Affairs at Syracuse University announced today that it has
received a $500,000 endowment gift to fund faculty research relating
to issues of national security.

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Professor Catherine Bertini named to lead Maxwell's International
Relations Program The Maxwell School announced today that Catherine
Bertini, professor of practice in public administration, will become
chair of the School’s international relations program for the
remainder of the fiscal year, effective October 1, 2010.

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South Asia consortium awarded $1.7 million grant The Maxwell School of
Syracuse University announced today that the Cornell-Syracuse South
Asia Consortium has been awarded a $1.737 million, 4-year renewal
grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

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History professor Andrew Wender Cohen receives prestigious ACLS
fellowship for 2010-11 Andrew Wender Cohen, associate professor of
history at the Maxwell School and The College of Arts and Sciences,
has been awarded a 2010 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
fellowship.  This prestigious honor is given to scholars working in
the humanities and related social sciences.

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Maxwell School of Syracuse University celebrates ten-year association
with Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore The Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse, New York, celebrated the
tenth anniversary of its partnership with IIMB as well as the “Maxwell
India chapter” of its alumni network at a gala gathering in the
capital today.


Public Administration Professors Elected as Fellows. Professors
William Duncombe and David Van Slyke have been elected as Fellows of
the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), where they join
seven other Maxwell professors who have already received this
distinction.  New Fellows will be introduced to the Academy during the
2010 Fall Meeting in November at the NAPA offices in Washington, D.C.


Maxwell School Receives Major Gift from Andrew Berlin. The Maxwell
School of Citizenship and Public Affairs announced today that it has
received a $500,000 endowment gift to fund faculty research relating
to issues of national security.  The Andrew Berlin Family National
Security Research Fund has been established in honor of Professor
David H. Bennett and will operate through the Institute for National
Security and Counterterrorism. Read more.

Brian McLane to Receive Arents Award. Among this year’s winners of
SU’s George Arents Award is Brian McLane, in whose honor Maxwell
Advisory Board member Larry Bashe established the Brian McLane
Fellowship for Disability Studies in 2002 to support Maxwell students
dedicated to representing the interests of under-served individuals
and communities with disabilities. McLane will be awarded the Arents
Award for Excellence in Social Activism and Disability Rights at a
ceremony on October 15. Read more.

Reeher Authors Op-Ed Piece. Professor Grant Reeher authored a Post-
Standard op-ed about unexpected results from political polls in the
lead-up to New York State's 2010 gubernatorial race. Reeher was also
quoted in an Albany Business Review story about business lobbying
groups and gubernatorial candidate Carl Palladino.

"Iran's President Brings Political Baggage to NY." In an Associated
Press article about Iranian politics and the upcoming United Nations
visit by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Professor Mehrzad
Boroujerdi, in referring to the Iranian opposition movement, says that
"they have generally gotten rid of the Green Movement and now they are
fighting among themselves." Boroujerdi was also quoted in an
Associated Press piece about the two Americans still imprisoned in
Iran.

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