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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 chosen for this...

E.J. Dionne will discuss the status of ideas in American politics today during a virtual event, a conversation with Assumption Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Greg Weiner, Ph.D.

Yuval Levin, Ph.D., director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), will discuss the roles of institutions in American life during a virtual lecture presented by Assumption University on Thursday, April 15, at 7:00p.m. via Zoom.

Assumption Univeristy political science major Chase Davenport ’22 has been named a student representative for the Selectboard of his hometown of Princeton.

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...

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 Assumption in...

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 to...

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 that...

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 named the...