Health & Society
$1.5M Grant to Strengthen Indigenous Studies
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant of $1.5 million over three years to strengthen Indigenous studies at 黑料不打烊. The grant will enable the University to create the multi-disciplinary Center for Global Indigenous Cultures and Environmental Justice….
Future Medical Doctors Devoted to Health Equity
Mohamed Khan 鈥22 is preparing for medical school by integrating natural and social sciences as a double major in public health and history. 鈥淎s a first-generation college student and student of color, the most important thing I want to do…
Whitman Alumnus Donates the Gift of an Accurate Diagnosis
New visitors to the Gebbie Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic聽in the聽Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders聽sometimes don鈥檛 even notice the new videonystagmography (VNG) system when they walk into the examination room. That is understandable, as its low-profile presence on a…
Rachelly Buzzi Named as a 2022 Pickering Fellow
Rachelly Buzzi 鈥22, an international relations major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2022 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellow. She is one of only…
Jillian Scheer Named Inaugural Cobb-Jones Professor of Clinical Psychology
When Janet Gretchen Jones鈥 wife Faith (鈥淐hris鈥) Maltby Cobb 鈥51, G鈥66, G鈥74 (Ph.D.) passed away in 2018, Jones considered different ways to honor her partner鈥檚 legacy. Out of all the different institutions and organizations her wife was involved with throughout…
4 Maxwell Alumni Named NAPA Fellows
Four Maxwell School alumni are among 39 public administration leaders who have been named 2021 National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) Fellows. NAPA is an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan organization established in 1967 to assist government leaders in building more…
17th Annual Charity Sports Auction Goes Hybrid, Begins Nov. 20
The 17th Annual Charity Sports Auction presented by the Sport Management Club will raise money this year for the charities of the Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation. For the first time the club has created a hybrid auction that will…
SOURCE Spinoza Award Supports Interdisciplinary Inquiry
Through the continuing generosity of alumnus William Hrushesky, M.D. (B.A. 鈥69), the 黑料不打烊 Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative engagement (The SOURCE) offers the Spinoza Award to fund undergraduate work that explores philosophical aspects of issues that arise within the…
Supporting Student Wellness Series: Strengthening Relationships 聽
With new living situations, academic experiences and more, college is a time of seemingly ever-evolving changes. The wave of new experiences if often an exciting part of the journey. However, individuals may also face a wave of new internal and…
Researchers Examine COVID鈥檚 Toll on NYC Children鈥檚 Health, Education
Amy Ellen Schwartz, professor of economics and public administration and international affairs, is one of two principal investigators for a five-year research project to examine how, over time, COVID-19 has affected children鈥檚 health and education in New York City. Maxwell…