Bring your lunch to Peirce Hall's Leach Dining Room to learn about graduate programs in public policy and public administration from Catherine Herrold, associate professor of public administration andinternational affairs at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, She earned her B.A. at a small liberal arts college, Mount Holyoke, took her Ph.D. in public policy at Duke University, a top public policy school, and taught at Indiana University's Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs before moving to Syracuse. The Maxwell School is often touted as having the top public affairs program in the U.S. Herrold can answer your questions about what public policy programs are like and what they look for when admitting incoming masters (or PhD.). students.