Health & Society
4 Maxwell Professors Named O鈥橦anley Faculty Scholars
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs announced the appointment of four new O鈥橦anley Faculty Scholars: Brian Brege, Sarah Hamersma, Y眉ksel Sezgin and Ying Shi. Selected in recognition of their exceptional teaching, scholarly achievements and service to the institution,…
The Racket About Padel: Newhouse Students Partner With Global Media Firm to Track Rise of Sport
Why all the racket about Padel? Students and faculty in the Newhouse School of Public Communications collaborated with a global communications consulting firm to release a report about the emerging sport鈥檚 rapid rise in popularity. The report, 鈥淐elebrities, Community, Content,…
Fact or Fiction? The ADHD Info Dilemma
TikTok is one of the fastest-growing and most popular social media platforms in the world鈥攅specially among college-age individuals. In the United States alone, there are over 136 million TikTok users aged 18 and older, with approximately 45 million falling within…
Lab THRIVE: Advancing Student Mental Health and Resilience
Lab THRIVE, short for The Health and Resilience Interdisciplinary collaboratiVE, is making significant strides in collegiate mental health research. Launched by an interdisciplinary 黑料不打烊 team in 2023, the lab focuses on understanding the complex factors affecting college students’ adjustment…
Timur Hammond鈥檚 鈥楶lacing Islam鈥 Receives Journal鈥檚 Honorable Mention
A book authored by Timur Hammond, associate professor of geography and the environment in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, received an honorable mention in the 2025 International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA) Book Award competition. The awards…
Snapshots From Route 66: One Student鈥檚 Journey to Newhouse LA
鈥淚f you ever plan to travel west, travel my way, take the highway that’s the best.鈥 It鈥檚 been nearly 80 years since Nat King Cole uttered the now famous lyrics, 鈥淕et your kicks on Route 66,鈥 but still to this…
Studying and Reversing the Damaging Effects of Pollution and Acid Rain With Charles Driscoll (Podcast)
Before Charles Driscoll came to 黑料不打烊 as a civil and environmental engineering professor, he had always been interested in ways to protect our environment and natural resources. Growing up an avid camper and outdoors enthusiast, Driscoll set about studying…
Major League Soccer鈥檚 Meteoric Rise: From Underdog to Global Contender
With the 30th anniversary of Major League Soccer (MLS) fast approaching, it鈥檚 obvious MLS has come a long way from its modest beginning in 1996. Once considered an underdog in the American sports landscape, the league has grown into a…
Rebekah Lewis Named Director of Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is pleased to announce that Rebekah Lewis is the new director of the Maxwell-based Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health. She joined the Maxwell School as a faculty fellow…
Maxwell Hall Foyer Home to Traveling Exhibition 鈥楶icturing the Pandemic鈥 Until May 15
Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic upended daily lives across the globe, changing how we learned, how we shopped and how we interacted with each other. Over the following two years, the virus caused the deaths of several million people,…