Professor Emeritus Daniel Mahoney, Ph.D. was selected as the recipient of the prestigious Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s 2023 Paolucci Award: Conservative Book of the Year for his book, The Statesman as Thinker: Portraits of Greatness, Courage, and Moderation.In order to be...
E.J. Dionne, political scientist and syndicated columnist with The Washington Post, will discuss the place of ideas in modern American politics during a virtual lecture presented by Assumption University on Thursday, April 22, at 7 p.m. via Zoom. In 1981, the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moy...
What are the roles of institutions in American life? Yuval Levin, Ph.D., director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), will discuss this question and more during “A Conversation with Yuval Levin,” a virtual lecture presented by Assumption Un...
Chase Davenport ’22, a political science major with minors in economics and global studies, was recently appointed as student representative for the Selectboard of his hometown of Princeton. Davenport, who will serve this one-year term as a deliberating but non-voting member of the Board, ho...
Furthering its mission of encouraging the convergence of scholarship and statesmanship, the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Center at Assumption University recently launched the Moynihan Model Senate Project. This program provides Assumption students the opportunity to simulate historical and contemporary S...
Assumption and The Institute of World Politics (IWP) have partnered to offer students an opportunity to earn an undergraduate degree from Assumption and a Master of Arts from IWP in the areas of international affairs, national security, and intelligence. “IWP’s mission is aligned with A...
The Toronoto Globe and Mail, an international publication that is read by more than 1.5 million, published a column authored by Professor of Political Science and Chair of Assumption's Department of Political Science, Geoffrey Vaughan, D.Phil. In his column, "Impeachment was never meant to be a...
Assumption University Provost Greg Weiner, Ph.D., and director of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Center for Scholarship and Statesmanship at the University, authored an opinion editorial piece on the power of the United States Supreme Court, The Supreme Court majority should resist the temptation ...
Madison Piel ‘20, a political science major from Marlborough, CT, was selected for a prestigious internship with College to Congress on Capitol Hill this summer. Of 1,000 applicants, only 19 were selected for the 2019 program. College to Congress is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization ...
College Factual has recognized Assumption’s political science program as one of the top 25 best political science programs for the money in its 2019 Best Value Colleges for Political Science & Government rankings. Assumption, ranked in the top five percent of programs nationwide, was also name...
LIVING THE MISSIONAs a political science major, Matthew Brennan ’12 learned many important lessons, among the most valuable of them the need to serve with compassion. After graduating, Brennan carried with him a quote from the Venerable Father Emmanuel d’Alzon: “The secret of our influence...
Assumption has announced the establishment of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Center for Scholarship and Statesmanship, an endeavor with national reach that will cultivate thoughtful citizens who are inspired by the late senator’s example to appreciate the link between ideas and action. The I...
Assumption has announced that Greg Weiner, Ph.D., associate professor of political science, has been named the next provost of the institution, effective the next academic year. Prof. Weiner’s appointment follows the announcement that current Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Lo...
Assumption University Political Science Professors Greg Weiner, Ph.D., and Geoffrey Vaughan, Ph.D., have offered differing perspectives on the United States Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, which have been published on national platforms...
Lawrence O’Donnell will reflect upon years of serving as a staffer to Sen. Daniel Patrick MoynihanThe political analyst, actor, writer and host of MSNBC’s The Last Word, Lawrence O’Donnell, will present a lecture titled “A Personal Reflection on Daniel Patrick Moynihan: The Scholar ...
