Thursday, December 8, 2011

2012 Summer Internship Opportunities

2012 SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT
The Governments Division of the U.S. Census Bureau is accepting applications for its 2012 Summer Internship Program. The Summer Internship Program consists of a paid, ten week core program in the Washington, DC area. Candidates selected for participation in the Summer Internship Program will begin their employment on or about June 4, 2012.

Internships offer qualified applicants an opportunity to work in one or more of the following areas:
Education, Library, Public Finance, Employment, Public Pensions, Government Organization, and Criminal Justice Statistics;
Federal Audit and Reporting Programs;
Information Systems and Technology; or
Statistical Research and Methodology.

The summer internship program consists of a combination of substantive work, equivalent to that of an entry level professional, and a series of technical and substantive training seminars. We seek individuals at all levels (B.A., M.A., and Ph.D) who are self‐starters and highly motivated with excellent analytic, quantitative, computer, and communication skills. Requirements include U.S. citizenship and enrollment in a degree‐seeking program.

For more information or to apply, please send your resume and transcripts via e‐mail to:

GOVS.Recruitment@census.gov

We are also able to accept resumes and transcripts by mail, if needed, at:

2011 Summer Internship Program
U.S. Bureau of the Census
GOVS 5K055
4600 Silver Hill Road
Washington, DC 20233

The Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau are Equal Opportunity Employers and encourage applications from all sources.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Federal Internship/Fellowship Opportunities for 2012

White House Internship Program

This hands-on program is designed to mentor and cultivate today’s young leaders, strengthen their understanding of the Executive Office and prepare them for future public service opportunities. Interns are placed in various offices throughout the White House, and are given varying tasks, such as conducting research, managing incoming inquiries, attending meetings, and writing memos. Apply HERE.



Application Due Date: January 22, 2012 (for Summer 2012 Term: 5/29/12 - 8/10/12)

Eligible Applicants: Undergraduate/Graduate Students, Recent Graduates, Veterans

Compensation: College credit, unpaid

Application Materials: Two Essays, Current Resume, Two Letters of Recommendation

Website/Contact: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/internships



White House Initiative on AAPIs Internship Program

The WHIAAPI Internship Program offers students the opportunity to work on a wide range of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) issues, including education, health, sustainable neighborhoods, economic development, civil rights, and labor and employment. In addition to assisting with research on those topics, interns will help write policy memos and proposals, coordinate events, and conduct outreach to national and local AAPI organizations, elected officials, and ethnic media outlets. Apply HERE.



Application Due Date: March 15, 2012 (for Summer 2012 Term: 6/12 – 8/12)

May 15, 2012 (for Fall 2012 Term: 8/12 – 12/12)

Eligible Applicants: Undergraduate/Graduate Students

Compensation: College credit, unpaid

Application Materials: Statement that describes (1) one issue that affects the AAPI community, (2) a strategy that you would implement at the Initiative to address it, and (3) the organizations and/or federal agencies with whom you would collaborate.

Website/Contact: www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/aapi/internships

whitehouseaapi@ed.gov



Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF)

The Presidential Management Fellowship Program is a flagship leadership development program for advanced degree candidates interested in federal government work. The Program attracts and selects the best candidates through a rigorous application and selection process – all with the intention of developing a cadre of potential government leaders. More information HERE.



Application Due Date: PMF Class of 2012 application closed. Class of 2013 applications due in Fall 2012

Eligible Applicants: Final Year Graduate Students

Compensation: Salary, benefits, leadership development training

Application Materials: Refer to the Presidential Management Fellowship website for more information.





FEDERAL AGENCY INFORMATION

This list contains internship information for the individual agencies that comprise the White House Initiative on AAPI’s Interagency Working Group and/or President Obama’s Cabinet.



For more internship/employment information for students and/or recent graduates, be sure to visit http://www.usajobs.gov/studentjobs.



Department of Labor

· Visit: http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/internprogram.htm

· For more information, also email wilkerson.vance@dol.gov.



Department of State

· Visit: http://careers.state.gov/students



Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

· Visit: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/



Corporation for National and Community Service

· Visit: http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/employment/index.asp



Department of Agriculture

· Visit: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=INTERN_SCHOLAR&parentnav=USDAEMP_SERVICES&navtype=RT



Department of Commerce

· Visit: http://hr.commerce.gov/Careers/StudentCareerOpportunities/index.htm



Department of Defense

· Visit: http://www.whs.mil/HRD/Apply/SpecialEmployment/StudentEmploymentPrograms/Index.cfm



Department of Education

· Visit: http://www2.ed.gov/students/prep/job/intern/index.html



Department of Energy

· Visit: http://jobs.energy.gov/entry-level-students



Department of Health and Human Services

· Visit: http://www.hhs.gov/careers/student/index.html



Department of Homeland Security

· Visit: http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/careers/gc_1286805780388.shtm



Department of Housing and Urban Development

· Visit: http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/careers/gc_1286805780388.shtm



Department of the Interior

· Visit: http://www.doiu.nbc.gov/intern.html



Department of Justice

· Visit: http://www.justice.gov/careers/student-opportunities.html



Department of Transportation

· Visit: http://careers.dot.gov/stuopp.html



Department of the Treasury

· Visit: http://www.treasury.gov/careers/hq-careers/Pages/Summer-Internship-Programs.aspx



Department of Veterans Affairs

· Visit: http://www.va.gov/jobs/



Environmental Protection Agency

· Visit: http://www.epa.gov/careers/stuopp.html



Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

· Visit: http://eeoc.gov/eeoc/jobs/internships.cfm



Federal Communications Commission

· Visit: http://transition.fcc.gov/internships/



National Aeronautics and Space Administration

· Visit: http://www.nasajobs.nasa.gov/studentopps/employment/default.htm



Office of Management and Budget

· http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/recruitment_default



Social Security Administration

· Visit: http://www.ssa.gov/careers/student1.htm



United States Trade Representative

· Visit: http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/human-resources/employment/student-internship-program

**EESG** 12/9 A model for funding environmental/agricultural conservation projects

**EESG** 12/9 Dr. Sara Tangren - A model for funding
environmental/agricultural conservation projects
Environmental Policy RoundtableFriday, December 9, 2011Room 1113 Van
Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm
Dr. Sara Tangren, an adjunct faculty at the Department of Plant
Sciences and Landscape Architecture, works with the Maryland State
Highway Administration and USDA on the research and development of a
native seed industry in Maryland. She is the founder of the
nonprotfit Chesapeake Natives and works with the University of
Maryland Arboretum in their on-the-ground efforts to protect rare
plant populations.
In the spirit of the roundtable, Dr. Tangren will generate an active
dialog with the audience by first giving a brief presentation
illustrating:1. An environmental/agricultural problem that needs to be
solved2. The resources currently available to address the problem3. A
possible model for increasing those resources
She has found a potential source of non-federal dollars for plant
conservation projects in Maryland that is estimated to bring in
$200,000 per year. Unfortunately that amount does not address the
magnitude of the need. Dr. Tangren will propose a model that will use
the annual flow of non-federal dollars to attract money from other
sources. This model envisions a statewide program that would benefit
small farms, provide students with summer internships, protect
Maryland's rare plant populations, and generate its own goodwill and
public support. Audience members will be asked to provide
constructive feedback on the proposed model.
We look forward to seeing you at our discussion!
For more information please contact the EESG Team:policy.ecolecon@gmail.com
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http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/ecolecon

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Internship Posting

Opportunity for women interested in public policy.

Women & Public Policy Summer Internship
Internship Dates | May 21 – July 27, 2012

More info: http://plen.org/programs/summer-internship/

An internship in Washington is the best way to learn how public policy is made and whether it’s a career you want.

Through PLEN, you’ll secure an internship directed at your specific interests. PLEN helps you focus on what organizations will give you the best experience, help you develop a resume and land the spot you want, and coach you through the application process.

Once in Washington, you’ll meet at least weekly with PLEN and other PLEN interns to process your experience, expand your contacts by meeting with women leaders, and exchange information and impressions with other interns.

You’ll also participate in PLEN skill-building sessions to begin developing important career-related expertise in areas like networking, job interviewing, and salary negotiations.

Application Deadline December 31, 2011 (postmarked by this date)
Students interested in interning at a government agency should notify PLEN no later than October 14, 2011
View the 2011 Summer Schedule of speakers and events.

Intern Blog Profile:

Follow the 2011 PLEN summer interns as they blog about their experiences living and working in DC and share valuable tips on how to make the most out of a summer internship. Each week, PLEN will profile a different woman to show how her experiences and how her internship inspires her. Be sure to read the rest of the posts on the PLEN Intern Blog!

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Juana Hernandez

LinkedIn | Blog



2010 New Leaders Fellow
Center for Progressive Leadership
2009 California Scholar
Harry S. Truman Foundation
2008 Public Policy Fellow

PPIA Program




Internship Posting

Opportunity for sophomores and juniors!

The Drum Major Institute is recruiting the next generation of policy leaders!

The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy created DMI Scholars to identify progressive college activists from underrepresented communities and train them in the skills necessary to succeed in entry-level public policy positions. We are pleased to announce that applications are now available for the 2012 Class of DMI Scholars! To apply, please download the application here: http://bit.ly/DMIScholars2012

*DMI Scholars is a “Public Policy 101” for young people who want to keep our country moving forward.* Our two-week DMI Scholars Summer Institute will be in New York City during Summer 2012. There, Scholars will learn to approach problems through a policy lens and meet people on the frontlines fighting for fair and just public policy. After our intensive summer training, we will help students throughout the year explore careers in the field through internships and follow-up trainings.

With DMI’s network and expertise, DMI Scholars will become the future Legislative Directors, Policy Analysts and Advisors who fuel the progressive movement with new ideas and effective advocacy.

Applicants should be sharp, creative college sophomores and juniors with a passion for changing the world, strong communication skills, and an interest in exploring public policy as a vehicle for their activism. We strongly encourage students of color, immigrants, members of the LGBTQ community and students from low-income and working class backgrounds to apply. All expenses are paid.

*Application deadline: January 31, 2012.*

To learn more, download the application: http://bit.ly/DMIScholars2012

To apply, send application materials to Afton Branche at abranche@drummajorinstitute.org.

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Juana Hernandez

LinkedIn | Blog



2010 New Leaders Fellow
Center for Progressive Leadership
2009 California Scholar
Harry S. Truman Foundation
2008 Public Policy Fellow

PPIA Program

Monday, December 5, 2011

Fed Event: Dec. 8th, 12:15 PM

CISSM Forum | December 8, 2011
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD


"Space Security and
National Security"

Amb. Gregory L. Schulte, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy

Schulte - resizedAmbassador Gregory L. Schulte has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy since May 2010.

Ambassador Schulte was U.S. Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations in Vienna, where he was dispatched by President Bush in 2005 and extended by President Obama through June 2009. Ambassador Schulte helped report Iran to the UN Security Council, implement the U.S. nuclear cooperation agreement with India, and establish international nuclear fuel banks. After Vienna, Ambassador Schulte spent ten months as a Senior Visiting Fellow at the National Defense University’s Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Mr. Schulte served three tours in the White House under two Presidents. As Executive Secretary of the National Security Council from 2003 to 2005, Mr. Schulte traveled extensively with President Bush, oversaw the White House Situation Room, and was responsible for NSC emergency readiness after 9/11. As Senior NSC Director for Southeast European Affairs from 2000 to 2002, Mr. Schulte advised Presidents Clinton and Bush on U.S. diplomacy and military deployments in Bosnia and Kosovo and oversaw U.S. efforts to bring democracy to Serbia and prevent civil war in Macedonia. As Special Assistant to the President from 1998 to 1999, Mr. Schulte advised President Clinton on the Kosovo crisis and oversaw interagency planning and decision-making for the NATO air campaign and subsequent deployment of KFOR and a UN mission.

From 1992 to 1998, Mr. Schulte was assigned to the NATO Headquarter in Brussels. As Director for Crisis Management and Operations and Director for Nuclear Planning, Mr. Schulte helped NATO adapt its planning and posture after the end of the Cold War. As Director of the Bosnia Task Force, Mr. Schulte helped NATO organize its first out-of-area deployments and its first collaboration with the UN. Mr. Schulte was the first civilian outside the theater of operations to be awarded the NATO Medal.

Mr. Schulte is a member of the Senior Executive Service and has received two Presidential Rank Awards. Mr. Schulte previously served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as Principal Director for Requirements, Plans and Counterproliferation Policy, Director for Strategic Forces Policy, and Assistant for Theater Nuclear Forces Policy. He began his career in 1983 as a Presidential Management Intern.

Mr. Schulte graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1980 and earned a Master in Public Administration from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School in 1983. He runs marathons, recently completing his sixth, in Paris.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Fed Event TODAY

CISSM Forum: "Understanding WMD Proliferation"--Nancy Hayden

Thursday, December 1st, 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM, 1203 Van Munching

Nancy Hayden is a program manager at Sandia National Laboratories, where she is responsible for support to the Counter WMD Analysis Cell, a fusion center within the Department of Defense. Hayden is an expert in strategic decision-making analysis for multi-dimensional international security environments. For more than 20 years, she has worked on a range of federal initiatives, including projects at the Department of Energy, Department of Defense, and Department of Homeland Security. Most recently she served as a senior fellow at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), working to develop a research program to understand and respond to threats from extremist organizations. She also served as a science advisor to DTRA's Threat Reduction Advisory Panel on Intelligence. Hayden has an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley, and is working to complete her Ph.D in policy studies at the Maryland School of Public Policy.

Website: cissm.umd.edu/forum/display.php?id=551

For more information, contact: Jonas Elliott Siegel, jsiegel@umd.edu

Fed Event: TOMORROW, Dec. 2nd, 1 PM

Friday, December 2, 2011, 1:00 PM to 3 PM, 1107 STAMP

Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth: An Updated Presentation

Peter Kelley of Al Gore's Climate Reality Project gives an updated presentation based upon the "An Inconvenient Truth" documentary, detailing global warming's deadly progress by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it and what we can do about it. Peter Kelley is also a communications mentor to the UMD Solar Decathlon team. {Will appear in FYI on Nov 30, 2011

Web Address:www.accnrg.org

Other Contact Information:
Eric Schurr Mtech 301.405.3889 schurr@umd.edu www.mtech.umd.edu

Fed Event: Martin Luther King in the Age of Obama

http://www.freestuff.umd.edu/events.cfm?mode=detail&eventID=15186

Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 12 PM-1:30 PM, Nyumburu Center

Martin Luther King in the Age of Obama

Martin Luther King in the Age of Obama will explore the efforts that made the Martin Luther King National Memorial a reality, the role organizations play in social movements, and the unfinished business of the civil rights era in an age where we also have an African American President. The distinguished panelist include LeRoy Lowery, the inaugural chief operating executive of the Martin Luther King Memorial Foundation and son of Joseph Lowery (SCLC), Dr. Waldo Johnson, Jr., past chairmen of the Alpha Phi Alpha Educational Foundation and Assoc. Professor of Social Work at the University of Chicago, and Dr. Rashawn Ray of the UMD Sociology Department. {Will appear in FYI on Nov 19, 2011


Web Address:www.bsos.umd.edu/aasp/

Other Contact Information:
Marci G Deloatch African American Studies Department +1 301 405 1158 mdeloatc@umd.edu www.bsos.umd.edu/aasp/

Fed Event-CJSA Death Penalty Guest Speaker TOMORROW

CJSA Death Penalty Guest Speaker TOMORROW

Tomorrow evening at 6pm, CJSA will be hosting an information session about the Death Penalty by Kenneth Graves. Kenneth served as CJSA president last year, and it would be great if we had a large turnout to support him. He has worked hard on putting this presentation together, so if you are available please stop by. It will begin around 6pm in room 2205 Lefrak Hall. Please try to come out to support Kenneth! Your CJSA officers

Upcoming Federal Events

Tuesday Policy ForumTuesday, December 6, 2011 at 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
1207 Van Munching Hall

Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 12:15 pm - 1:20 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
Public Finance Presentation
"Do Donors Penalize Nonprofit Organizations with Accumulated Wealth?"Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 9:00 am - 10:15 am
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Choate Room, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036

CISSM Releases New StudyCenter for International and Security Studies at Maryland and the Program on International Policy Attitudes releases new study "Faith and Global Policy Challenges"

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Choate Room
1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 12:15 pm - 1:20 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall

Public Finance Presentation
"The Political Economy of Cutting Budgets"
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall

More info available at: http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/?view=list

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Fed Event: *EESG** 12/2 – Nutrient trading to improve water quality

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE SEMINAR

**EESG** 12/2 – Nutrient trading to improve water quality

Environmental Policy Roundtable
Friday, December 2, 2011, Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm

Dr. Michelle Perez is a Senior Associate at the World Resources
Institute (WRI) where she serves on the Water Quality Team in the
People and Ecosystems Program. At WRI, Michelle leads the Mississippi
River Basin project to determine the economic and environmental
feasibility of nutrient trading to address hypoxia in the Gulf of
Mexico. Nutrient trading between sewage treatment plants and farmers
is being increasingly used as a key policy tool to improve the
cost-effectiveness of policies that cap pollution to specific water
bodies. Michelle’s presentation will highlight findings from WRI
analyses on the efforts to geographically prioritize conservation
funds and to allow trading to achieve clean water goals. She will also
address the many socio-political, technical, and economic barriers to
implementing trading.

Michelle also leads WRI’s Farm Bill project to improve the
environmental effectiveness of the federal conservation programs
through geographic targeting of financial assistance funds. Prior to
this position, Michelle served as Senior Analyst with the
Environmental Working Group and worked on international energy
efficiency issues in China, India, Mexico, and the Philippines for the
Alliance to Save Energy. In Spring 2010, Michelle received a doctorate
in environmental policy from the University of Maryland School of
Public Policy for her research comparing agricultural regulations in
Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. Michelle has a Masters degree in
environmental policy from Maryland and an undergraduate degree in
biology from Occidental College.

We look forward to seeing you at our discussion!

For more information please contact the EESG Team:
policy.ecolecon@gmail.com

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http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/ecolecon

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Federal Event: TODAY-Panel Event: "Humanitarian Crisis and Refugees in the Horn of Africa"

Please join us for what is sure to be an interesting panel event tomorrow evening!

“Humanitarian Crisis and Refugees in the Horn of Africa”
Tuesday, November 29, 6:30 PM
Riggs Alumni Center

A discussion with:

· Charity Tooze, Senior Communication Officer – The UN Refugee Agency

· Dr. Wanjiru Kamau, Founder & CEO – African Immigrant and Refugee Foundation

· Ahmed Elmi, Chairman – Somali American Community Association

REMINDER: Tuesday Policy Forum Featuring John Shea | “Is It 1937 Yet?: The Return of Deficit Orthodoxy ” | November 29

Is It 1937 Yet?: The Return of Deficit Orthodoxy
Tuesday Policy Forum

November 29, 2011
12:15-1:30 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall


John Shea
Associate Professor and
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Economics
University of Maryland

John Shea, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the UMD Department of Economics, recently returned to Maryland after serving at the Treasury Department as deputy assistant secretary for macroeconomics.

He received his PhD in economics from MIT in 1990, and joined the Maryland faculty in 1996. He teaches graduate and undergraduate macroeconomics. His research is empirically oriented, and is frequently concerned with overcoming identification problems such as simultaneity. His research has examined topics such as the short-run response of prices and quantities to demand shocks, the response of consumption to predictable movements in labor income, the impact of parental income on children's labor market success, and the short-run impact of technological change on industry activity. His current projects include a study of nominal illusion in major league baseball decision-making. Publications include "Do Supply Curves Slope Up?" Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1993; "Union Contracts and the Life Cycle-Permanent Income Hypothesis," American Economic Review, 1995; "Does Parents'Money Matter?" Journal of Public Economics, 1999; and "Complementaritiesand Comovements", Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2002.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Fed Event: CISSM Forum | December 1, 2011 | Nancy Hayden

"Understanding WMD Proliferation: Applying Complex Adaptive Systems Theory"

Nancy Hayden, Program Manager, Sandia National Laboratories

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm, 1203 Van Munching HallNancy Hayden is a program manager at Sandia National Laboratories, where she is responsible for support to the Counter WMD Analysis Cell, a fusion center within the Department of Defense. Hayden is an expert in strategic decision-making analysis for multi-dimensional international security environments. For more than 20 years, she has worked on a range of federal initiatives, including projects at the Department of Energy, Department of Defense, and Department of Homeland Security. Most recently she served as a senior fellow at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), working to develop a research program to understand and respond to threats from extremist organizations. She also served as a science advisor to DTRA’s Threat Reduction Advisory Panel on Intelligence. Hayden has an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley, and is working to complete her Ph.D in policy studies at the Maryland School of Public Policy.

The CISSM Forum is a weekly policy forum held on Thursdays, from 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm in room 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, Maryland. The CISSM Forum is supported by the Yamamoto-Scheffelin Endowment for Policy Research. For further information about the CISSM Forum contact cissm@umd.edu.

Upcoming Federal Foreign Policy Events in DC

Tuesday (29 November)



Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi

http://www.brookings.edu/events/2011/1129_instant_city.aspx



Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam

http://www.heritage.org/events/2011/11/westmoreland



Advancing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A US - Iran Dialogue on Law, Policy, and Advocacy

http://www.stimson.org/events/advancing-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-a-us-iran-zdialogue-on-law-policy-and-advocacy/



Turkey after the Elections: What's Next?

http://www.elliottschool.org/events/calendar.cfm?fuseaction=ViewMonthDetail&yr=2011&mon=11#1710



The Al Qaeda Factor: Plots Against the West

http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=384&EventID=90009



Fair and Unfair Income Inequalities in Europe

http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=87&EventID=90633



Lepgold Lecture: Clash of Ideas and the Arab Spring

http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=242&EventID=89470



Christian Anti-Semitism: The Unfinished Reckoning

http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=349&EventID=88030



The Americas and the World: Public Opinion and Foreign Policy in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, And Peru

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-americas-and-the-world-public-opinion-and-foreign-policy-brazil-colombia-ecuador-mexico



The Occupy Movement in Global Perspective—Citizen Protest from Wall Street to the Arab Uprisings

http://cgs.gmu.edu/events/eFlyerOWSNov29.pdf



Services Trade and Investment: Unlocking Growth, Recovery and Jobs

http://www.itcdc.com/trade.php?p=5#315



Partnering for the 21st Century—International Conference on Economics, Politics, and Security of China and the USA

http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/?view=list



Haiti: Reconstruction and the Role of Women

http://www.usip.org/events/haiti-reconstruction-and-the-role-women



Designing an Afghan Peace Process in Comparative Perspective

http://www.usip.org/events/designing-afghan-peace-process-in-comparative-perspective



The Transnational Politics of China’s Resource and Environment Needs
www.sais-jhu.edu/connect



Tunisia: From Dictatorship to Democratic Era
www.sais-jhu.edu/connect



The Cold War
www.sais-jhu.edu/connect





Wednesday (30 November)



Gender Equality and Development: Discussing the 2012 World Development Report

http://www.cgdev.org/content/calendar/detail/1425683/



America's Challenge: Engaging a Rising China in the Twenty-First Century

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2011/11/30/america-s-challenge-engaging-rising-china-in-twenty-first-century/7g14



December 1941: 31 Days That Changed America and Saved the World

http://www.heritage.org/events/2011/11/december-1941



Intermarium: Post-Communism

http://www.iwp.edu/events/detail/intermarium-post-communism



Remembering Refugees: Stories from the 1947 Partition of India from Mumbai, and Beyond

http://www.elliottschool.org/events/calendar.cfm?fuseaction=ViewMonthDetail&yr=2011&mon=11#1715



IERES 50th Anniversary Discussion The EU at the Crossroads: Political and Economic Perspectives

http://www.elliottschool.org/events/calendar.cfm?fuseaction=ViewMonthDetail&yr=2011&mon=11#1696



Preserving Progress in Iraq, Part III: Iraq’s Police Development Program

http://www.internationalrelations.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1386



Compact of Free Association with the Republic of Palau: Assessing the 15-year Review

http://www.internationalrelations.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1385



The Bali Debrief: An Insider's Perspective of the November Summits

http://csis.org/event/bali-debrief-insiders-perspective-november-summits



Expulsion in Democracy: Rio de Janeiro

http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=43&EventID=90392



Islamic Pacifism: Global Muslims in the Post-Osama Era

http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=106&EventID=90496



Election and Government Turnover in Spain

http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=87&EventID=90583



Next Steps for the American Trade Agenda

http://www.uschamber.com/events/next-steps-american-trade-agenda



Our Own Worst Enemy? Institutional Interests and the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Expertise

http://www.american.edu/sis/calendar/index.cfm?id=3187258



U.S. - African Trade: AGOA 11 Years Out, 4 to Go

http://web.memberclicks.com/mc/community/eventdetails.do?eventId=331109&orgId=wdcsid&recurringId=0



Aiding Without Abetting: Making Civilian Assistance to Pakistan Work for Both Sides

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/aiding-without-abetting-making-civilian-assistance-to-pakistan-work-for-both-sides



Center for Complex Operations 7th International Lessons Learned Conference

http://www.ccoportal.org/event/2011/7th-international-lessons-learned-conference



I Assure You of Fresh Air: Incumbency, Choice and Cynicism in the Nigerian Elections of April 2011

www.sais-jhu.edu



International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Latest Economic Outlook for the Central Asia-Caucasus and the Role of Wider Trade Relations

www.sais-jhu.edu





Thursday (01 December)



How to Create a Unique Online Communications Strategy: David Roodman and His Open Book Blog

http://www.cgdev.org/content/calendar/detail/1425689/



Prospects for U.S.-Australia-India Trilateral Cooperation

http://www.heritage.org/events/2011/12/trilateral-cooperation



16th Annual Pearl Harbor Day Dinner

http://www.iwp.edu/events/detail/16th-annual-pearl-harbor-day-dinner



Hidden Forms of Human Trafficking: A Critical, Gendered Discussion

http://www.ips-dc.org/events/hidden_forms_of_human_trafficking_a_critical_gendered_discussion



Democracy Held Hostage in Nicaragua: Part 1

http://www.internationalrelations.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1384



Cuba Off Terrorist List

http://press.org/events/cuba-terrorist-list



The U.S.-India Commercial Relationship: The Knowledge Economy

http://www.itcdc.com/trade.php?p=5#316



U.S. Strategic Objectives Towards Iran

http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/hearing/?id=2abfe183-5056-a032-5265-161c863ea8ef



Rewiring the Diagram: Regional Conflict Management and Global Security

http://www.usip.org/events/rewiring-the-diagram-regional-conflict-management-and-global-security



Book Launch: "Politics, Identity, and Mexico's Indigenous Rights Movements" and "Popular Movements in Autocracies: Religion, Repression, and Indigenous Collective Action in Mexico"

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/book-launch-politics-identity-and-mexicos-indigenous-rights-movements-and-popular-movements



The Price of Freedom and Democracy: Defiant Bahrainis and the Arab Spring

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-price-freedom-and-democracy-defiant-bahrainis-and-the-arab-spring



Book Discussion: Showcasing the Great Experiment: Cultural Diplomacy and Western Visitors to the Soviet Union, 1921-1941

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/book-discussion-ishowcasing-the-great-experiment-cultural-diplomacy-and-western-visitors-to



Center for Complex Operations 7th International Lessons Learned Conference

http://www.ccoportal.org/event/2011/7th-international-lessons-learned-conference



The Global Financial Crisis and Reform of the International Financial Architecture: A Progress Report

www.sais-jhu.edu





Friday (02 December)



Japan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

http://www.brookings.edu/events/2011/1202_transpacific_partnership.aspx



Egypt: Is There a Way Forward?

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2011/12/02/egypt-is-there-way-forward/7nvt



Insights from Egypt's First Round of Voting

http://www.mei.edu/Events/Calendar/tabid/504/vw/3/ItemID/370/d/20111202/Default.aspx



Book Launch: Customary Justice and Rule of Law in War-Torn Societies

http://www.usip.org/events/book-launch-customary-justice-and-rule-law-in-war-torn-societies



Beyond Our Means: Why America Spends While the World Saves

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/beyond-our-means-why-america-spends-while-the-world-saves-0



Center for Complex Operations 7th International Lessons Learned Conference

http://www.ccoportal.org/event/2011/7th-international-lessons-learned-conference



Why a Europe Whole and Free Still Matters: A Central European Perspective

www.sais-jhu.edu

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Fed Event:Tuesday Policy Forum Featuring John Shea | “Is It 1937 Yet?: The Return of Deficit Orthodoxy ” | November 29

Is It 1937 Yet?: The Return of Deficit Orthodoxy

Tuesday Policy Forum

November 29, 2011
12:15-1:30 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall


John Shea, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the UMD Department of Economics, recently returned to Maryland after serving at the Treasury Department as deputy assistant secretary for macroeconomics.

He received his PhD in economics from MIT in 1990, and joined the Maryland faculty in 1996. He teaches graduate and undergraduate macroeconomics. His research is empirically oriented, and is frequently concerned with overcoming identification problems such as simultaneity. His research has examined topics such as the short-run response of prices and quantities to demand shocks, the response of consumption to predictable movements in labor income, the impact of parental income on children's labor market success, and the short-run impact of technological change on industry activity. His current projects include a study of nominal illusion in major league baseball decision-making. Publications include "Do Supply Curves Slope Up?" Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1993; "Union Contracts and the Life Cycle-Permanent Income Hypothesis," American Economic Review, 1995; "Does Parents'Money Matter?" Journal of Public Economics, 1999; and "Complementaritiesand Comovements", Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2002.

Friday, November 18, 2011

List of Upcoming Foreign Policy Events in DC

Monday (21 November)



A Bottom-Up View of the Continuing Conflict in South Kivu

http://csis.org/event/bottom-view-continuing-conflict-south-kivu



Russia's Public Chamber: Civil Society Representation and Public Policy Decision-Making

http://www.elliottschool.org/events/calendar.cfm?fuseaction=ViewMonthDetail&yr=2011&mon=11#1689



Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in Postcommunist Countries

http://www.elliottschool.org/events/calendar.cfm?fuseaction=ViewMonthDetail&yr=2011&mon=11#1693



China, Russia, and the Existing World Order: Seeking to Overthrow the Status Quo or Merely Pursuing Advantage within It?

http://www.elliottschool.org/events/calendar.cfm?fuseaction=ViewMonthDetail&yr=2011&mon=11#1702



The View from the Middle East: The 2011 Arab Public Opinion Poll

http://www.brookings.edu/events/2011/1121_arab_public_opinion.aspx



Food Policy in Disarray

http://www.ifpri.org/event/food-policy-disarray



A Foreign Affair: Fertility and Divorce Responses of Local Women Due to the Influx of Foreign Brides

http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/445



Book Discussion: Marooned in Moscow: The Story of an American Woman Imprisoned in Soviet Russia

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/book-discussion-imarooned-moscow-the-story-american-woman-imprisoned-soviet-russiai



Croatia's EU Accession and the Regional Approach to Enlargement

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/croatias-eu-accession-and-the-regional-approach-to-enlargement



The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon’s Last Uncontacted Tribes

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-unconquered-search-the-amazon%E2%80%99s-last-uncontacted-tribes





Tuesday (22 November)



Time for Change: A New Transatlantic Approach for the Western Balkans

http://csis.org/event/time-change-new-transatlantic-approach-western-balkans



Scott Peterson—Let the Words Encircle Me

http://www.usna.edu/MiddleEast/



Iran and International Pressure: An Assessment of Multilateral Efforts to Impede Iran’s Nuclear Program

http://www.brookings.edu/events/2011/1122_iran_nuclear_program.aspx



Migrants in Multiethnic Slovakia: Contemporary Problems and Historical Roots

http://www.elliottschool.org/events/calendar.cfm?fuseaction=ViewMonthDetail&yr=2011&mon=11#1695



International Panel on Fissile Materials: Managing Spent Fuel from Nuclear Power Reactors: Experience and Lessons from Around the World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l12RlWXLJxM&feature=bf_next&list=FLAYLUa3j79kUYAxhFtJHwAg&lf=mh_lolz



Republican Presidential Debate—National Security and Foreign Policy

http://www.aei.org/events/2011/11/22/republican-presidential-debate/



Author Event: The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes

http://www.ips-dc.org/events/author_event_the_unconquered_in_search_of_the_amazons_last_uncontacted_tribes



British Plans and Attempts at Subversion in Romania, 1939-44

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/british-plans-and-attempts-subversion-romania-1939-44

Fed Event: UMD Town Hall hosting Rep. Hoyer Nov 28

Monday, November 28, 2011
7:30 p.m.
The Atrium, Stamp Student Union
University of Maryland


The Center for American Politics and Citizenship, a research center through the Government and Politics department, is bringing the Honorable Steny Hoyer to campus Monday, November 28 at 7:30pm in the Atrium in Stamp. Representative Hoyer is the Democratic Whip in the US House of Representatives and his district encompasses most of the UMD community.

He'll be receiving the Tydings Award for Courage and Leadership in American Politics and a Town Hall style event on the economy and federal budget will follow so bring all your policy questions! The event is free but please RSVP to CAPC@umd.edu or 301.314.2736.

The Honorable Steny Hoyer
Democratic Whip, U.S. House of Representatives
Winner, Millard E. Tydings Award for Courage
and Leadership in American Politics

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Fed Event: Nov. 18th, 12:15 PM

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE SEMINAR

**EESG** 11/18 – Nuclear Power in the Post-Fukushima World - Richard C. Bell
Environmental Policy Roundtable


Friday, November 18, 2011, Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm

This week’s talk will focus on the post-Fukushima role of nuclear power in meeting world energy needs. Orders for new nuclear plants were picking up before Fukushima. But after the accident, German (world's 4th largest economy) has done an about-face and committed to phasing out nuclear. In Japan, the government fell over its handling of Fukushima, and the new administration has radically reduced the country's commitment to nuclear as the energy source of the future. Several recent reports from national and international energy agencies have found that with the proper government policies in place, renewable energy sources could completely replace nuclear and fossil fuels over the next decades while simultaneously reducing CO2 emissions.

Richard C. Bell is an author, editor, and political consultant who pioneered the use of online communications and social media in national electoral politics. He served as research director for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, new media director at the Democratic National Committee, vice president for communications at the Worldwatch Institute, and blogmaster for John Kerry’s presidential campaign. He lives in Washington, D.C. I am the co-author of a new e-book issued by Sierra Club Books, a 30th-anniversary updated edition of my 1982 book, Nukespeak, which won the 1982 National Council of Teachers of English George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language. For more info on the e-book, see the press release from Sierra Club Books. There is also a Nukespeak web site.

We look forward to seeing you at our discussion!

For more information please contact the EESG Team:
policy.ecolecon@gmail.com

Monday, November 14, 2011

Fed Event Nov. 29th

Partnering for the 21st Century: International Conference on Economics, Politics, and Security of China and the USA | November 29th

Space is limited | RSVP to cpppeinfo@umd.edu or 301-405-8754

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center

International Conference on Economics, Politics, and Security of China and the USA
Hosted by the Maryland School of Public Policy Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise

* Keynote Address by Frank Kramer, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs
* Co-sponsors: National University of Defense Technology in China and Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California San Diego
* Continental Breakfast 8:00 AM │ RECEPTION 5:00 PM (Rever Hall of Fame, Riggs Alumni Ctr)
* Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center | University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
* Space is limited. RSVP to cpppeinfo@umd.edu 301-405-8754 (Lunch will be served)

Fed Event: Voices of Social Change Presents: Triple Threats: Homelessness, Healthcare, and Oppression - Nov 16, 2011 at 5:30pm

Triple Threats: Homelessness, Healthcare, and Oppression
A Dialogue about Advocacy, Organizing, and Creating Change


Led by Adam Schneider from Healthcare for the Homeless

Wednesday, November 16, 2011
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Juan Ramón Jiménez Room, The Stamp


At least 3,000 people will experience homelessness on any given night in Baltimore – more than 30,000 over the course of a year. Statewide, more than 50,000 Marylanders are homeless annually.

The experience of homelessness causes health problems, exacerbates existing illnesses, and seriously complicates treatment. People who are homeless are sicker and die earlier than those who are housed. People experiencing homelessness are three-to-four times more likely to die prematurely than their housed counterparts.

What can be done?

Adam Schneider is Coordinator of Community Relations at Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) in Baltimore, where he works on state and local public policy and community initiatives related to issues of health and homelessness. Adam has been a lead organizer of several grassroots initiatives undertaken by people experiencing homelessness, and has worked as a case manager for people experiencing homelessness. Adam has developed and facilitated experiential community-learning initiatives in Baltimore and in Central Appalachia. In addition to his work at HCH, Adam teaches courses on philosophy, social theory and public policy at several area colleges and universities. He was arrested as part of the “Baucus 8” for disruption of Congress during the Senate Finance Committee’s hearings on health reform in May 2009.

Voices of Social Change invites you to join Adam in exploring the complexities of homeless, healthcare, policy, advocacy, and democracy in organizing.

Fed Event: *NEW SPEAKER | Tuesday Policy Forum Featuring Jennifer Cannistra | “Implementation of the Affordable Care Act” | November 15

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act Tuesday Policy Forum

November 15, 2011
12:15-1:30 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall


Jennifer Cannistra is Senior Advisor for Legal Affairs in the Office of Health Reform at the Department of Health and Human Services, where she works on implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Previously, she served as a policy analyst in the White House Office of Health Reform and for the Presidential Transition Team's health policy group. Ms. Cannistra has degrees from Princeton University, Oxford University, and Harvard Law School.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Fed Event: Nov. 17th, 7 PM

"Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct"

With P. M. Forni, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University



Thursday, November 17, 7:00 p.m.

Prince Georges Room, Stamp Student Union



Dr. Forni's books, "Choosing Civility" and his latest one, "The Thinking Life" will be on sale at the time of the lecture.



Admission is free!



This event is co-sponsored by: CIVICUS, the BSOS Dean's Office, and the Baha'I Chair for World Peace.

Fed Event: Cybersecurity Seminars

Cybersecurity Seminars at UMD, November 17 and December 1

You are invited to attend the next Google and University of Maryland Cybersecurity Seminars, featuring Larry Cox of SAIC on Nov. 17 and Douglas Maughan of the Department of Homeland Security on Dec. 1. Both talks will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building, Rm. 1110, on the University of Maryland's College Park campus. The events are free and open to the campus community and friends in industry, government and non-profit organizations. Registration is required.

Read More > https://mbanetworth.rhsmith.umd.edu/mbacop/articles.nsf/id/8nguas

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Fed Event: Tuesday Policy Forum Featuring Chiquita Brooks-LaSure | “Implementation of the Affordable Care Act” | November 15

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Tuesday Policy Forum

November 15, 2011, 12:15-1:30 PM, 1203 Van Munching Hall

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure is the Director of Coverage Policy in the Office of Health Reform (OHR) at HHS. The HHS OHR provides leadership and coordination of the development of the Administration’s policy agenda across agencies for the Affordable Care Act. Within OHR, Chiquita is responsible for policies regarding consumer protection, exchanges and Medicaid coverage.

Prior to joining HHS, she was on the Democratic staff of the House Ways & Means Committee. There, she played an integral role in the passage of the new health care reform law, working on issues related to health care coverage, Medicare Advantage and
Part D.

Prior to joining the Committee, Chiquita was a Director at Avalere Health, a strategic advisory group that advises clients on health policy. From 1999 to 2003, she worked at the Office of Management and Budget where she advised OMB and White House policy officials on Medicaid and SCHIP waivers, the uninsured, and Medicaid reform. Chiquita received her AB from Princeton University and her MPP from Georgetown University.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Internship Hunt/Interview Drop-In Hours

Drop-In Help in your Internship Hunt!
3103 Susquehanna Hall

Thursday, Nov. 10: 2-3:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 11: 2-3 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 14: 3-5 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 15: 2-4 p.m.



Help on resumes, how to cold-call, how to interview, where to send!

Need cheer-leading? Advice? On anything at all!

Come! Cookies available too!



On hand to help:


Dr. Joan Burton

Megan Monserez

Amos Cruz (Tuesday)

Rebecca Schwartz (Friday)

Fed Event: Ecological Economics Student Group 11/11/11

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE SEMINAR

**EESG** 11/11 – Salamander Conservation
Environmental Policy Roundtable

Friday, November 11, 2011, Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm

On November 11, 2011 the Ecological Economics Student Group will be
hosting Nick Caruso. Nick is a herpetologist who studies salamander
populations in the Appalachian and Smoky Mountains. These mountain
chains are home to the highest diversity of salamander species in the
world. The emerging infectious disease Chytridiomycosis is a leading
cause of worldwide amphibian declines and extinctions. Nick utilizes
historical data, intensive field work, and habitat modeling to
determine the state of salamander populations in the Eastern United
States. Nick’s work as a master’s student and as a full time field
technician is building a foundation for long term ecological studies
of salamanders. Join us Friday to hear about Nick’s current
investigations into the nature of these elusive animals and the
implications for future wildlife management.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Fed Event: Triple Threats: Homelessness, Healthcare, and Oppression

The Leadership & Community-Service unit in the Adele H. Stamp Student Union – Center for Campus Life regularly brings in speakers as part of our VOICES OF SOCIAL CHANGE series. Our goal is to invite engaging storytellers of social change to share their stories and dialogue with our students about important community issues.


We want to make sure that interested students hear about our program, so we look through Testudo to find classes that touch on the topics being visiting. We thought the students in your class this semester would be particularly interested in our upcoming program:


Triple Threats: Homelessness, Healthcare, and Oppression

A Dialogue about Advocacy, Organizing, and Creating Change

Wednesday, November 16th, 5:30-7:00pm, Juan Ramon Jimenez Room – The Stamp


We’d appreciate if you would forward this information to your students (see flyer pasted below and attached to this email). Some professors have also encouraged their students to attend by giving extra credit.

We know your students will find this program engaging and hope they can come! You are welcome, too!

Daniel Ostick


Daniel Ostick, PHD | Coordinator for Leadership Curriculum Development | Leadership & Community Service-Learning

Adele H. Stamp Student Union – Center for Campus Life | University of Maryland

0110 The Stamp; College Park, MD 20742 | 301.314.1347 | dostick@umd.edu

Monday, November 7, 2011

Fed Event: CISSM Forum | November 10, 2011 | Rear Admiral David W. Titley

"Climate Change, the Arctic,and National Security: A Navy Perspective"

Rear Admiral David W. Titley, Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy, Director, Maritime Domain Awareness and Space

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD


Titley - ResizedA native of Schenectady, N.Y., Rear Admiral Titley was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Commissioning program in 1980. Titley served over 10 years at sea, including a tour as navigator aboard USS Farragut (DDG 37), and tours as oceanographer aboard USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3), USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Carrier Group Six and U.S. 7th Fleet. Shore tours include serving on the staff of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and as the senior military assistant to the director of Net Assessment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Titley has commanded the Fleet Numerical Meteorological and Oceanographic Center in Monterey, and was the first commanding officer of the Naval Oceanography Operations Command. He served his initial flag tour as commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. Education includes a B.S. in Meteorology from the Pennsylvania State University, a M.S. in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography and Ph.D. in Meteorology, both from the Naval Postgraduate School. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI on Foreign Politics, International Relations and National Interest, and is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society. In 2009, Titley assumed duties as Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy and director, Task Force Climate Change. In 2011, he assumed responsibility for Navy Space and Maritime Domain Awareness.

Fed Events: START

Monday, Nov. 7

START’s Research Roundtable will feature Madiha Afzal, who will present on “Education and Public Opinion on Terrorism in Pakistan,” from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 7 in Symons Hall Room 3121.



Friday, Nov. 11

START will bring internationally recognized terrorism scholar Erica Chenoweth to the University of Maryland to discuss the research in her new book, “Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict.” The START Seminar will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 11 in the Margaret Brent Room 2112 in Stamp Student Union on campus.



**Please RSVP to Jessica Rivinius (rivinius@umd.edu) by Nov. 8 if you plan to attend.**



Thursday, Nov. 17

The Institute for Israel Studies at the University of Maryland is bringing to campus Samy Cohen to discuss Israel’s Asymetric Wars from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in Knight Hall Room 3202 (Gene Roberts Conference Room). Though this isn’t a START sponsored event, it aims to address “the Israeli strategy in the fight against terrorist acting under the guides of civilians or using the population as human shields.”



Monday, Dec. 5

START’s Research Roundtable will feature Nil Satana, who will present her latest research from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 5 in Symons Hall Room 3121.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Fed Event, Nov. 8th, 7:15 PM

*UMD **AMSA* The American Medical Student Association

*General Body Meeting-Speaker Lee Wilson*


*WHEN*: Tuesday, 11/8/11, 7:15pm

*WHERE*: STAMP Banneker Rm

*WHAT*: Come out and hear Lee Wilson from the Department of Health and
Human Services talk about his experiences with writing regulation for the
health care reform bill. His focus will be on mental health but he‚ll also
address other aspects of the legislation.

Fed EventL Monday, Nov.7th, 4 PM

Arming Mother Nature:
HOW MODERN SCIENCE AND THE COLD WAR GAVE BIRTH TO CATASTROPHIC ENVIRONMENTALISM


Monday, November 07, 2011
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
2110 Taliaferro


A talk by Jacob Hamblin, Professor of History, Oregon State University with commentary by Professor Robert Friedel, Department of History, UMD. Paper available in advance on website: www.history.umd.edu/HistoryCenter/

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Mr. Gary Hirshberg
FOUNDER & CEO of STONYFIELD FARM presents:

· HOW TO MAKE MONEY AND SAVE THE WORLD


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9
4:30PM-5:30PM
0130 TYD

Since 1983, Gary has overseen Stonyfield’s phenomenal growth, from its infancy as a seven-cow organic farming school to its current $360 million in annual sales. Stonyfield has enjoyed a compounded annual growth rate of over 24% for more than 18 years, by consistently producing great-tasting products and using innovative marketing techniques that blend the company’s social, environmental and financial missions.

Please join us as we welcome Mr. Gary Hirshberg to our campus to speak about the successes, challenges, and lessons learned during his time as “Ce-Yo” of Stonyfield Farm, one of the world’s leading organic dairy producers. Stonyfield Farm strives to “prove that healthy profits and a healthy planet are not in conflict and that, in fact, dedication to health and sustainability enhances shareholder value.” EVENT IS FREE. NO TICKETS REQUIRED. See flyer attached!

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Fed Event: Tuesday Policy Forum, Nov. 8th, 12:15 PM, 1203 VMH

Will Hispanics Decide the Next Election? The Growing Hispanic Vote
Tuesday Policy Forum

November 8, 2011, 12:15-1:30 PM, 1203 Van Munching Hall

Mark Hugo Lopez is Associate Director of the Pew Hispanic Center. Prior to joining the Center, Lopez was Research Director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) as well as a Research Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. His areas of expertise include labor economics, civic engagement, voting behavior and the economics of education. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Fed Event: **EESG** 11/4 – Market-based incentives for watersheds conservation in Bolivia

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE SEMINAR

**EESG** 11/4 – Market-based incentives for watersheds conservation in Bolivia
Environmental Policy Roundtable


Friday, November 4, 2011, Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm

Dr. Jose-Luis Izursa will discuss payment for watershed services
(PWS), a tool used to create incentives that influence choices and
behaviors of upstream land (mainly forests) and water managers and
downstream water users. With the right ingredients, good design and
effective agreements, a payment scheme makes restoration or
maintenance of watershed services beneficial to all parties. The
benefits for watershed services that were formerly seen as ‘free’ –
and therefore usually overlooked in economic decision-making – can be
subjected to the inflexibilities of negotiation and contractual
agreement or other mechanisms of the market that are used to shape
decision-making over changes in land use and management that are
critical to the sustainable use of watersheds. Dr. Izursa will use
the case study of Los Negros, Bolivia to show how markets for
watershed services operate, and how the design of payment schemes most
likely led to the program’s success.

Jose-Luis Izursa was the Director of Science and Research at Bolivia’s
Fundación Natura where his work focused on the design, management, and
evaluation of biodiversity-conservation programs utilizing innovative
social markets techniques. Prior to taking on his current role, Dr.
Izursa was a program coordinator for Conservation International and a
consultant for the World Wildlife Fund. He received his Ph.D. in
Marine, Estuarine, and Environmental Sciences; his M.Sc. in
Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology from the University
of Maryland and has won a number of honors and awards including the
Fulbright Scholarship and the Russell E. Train Education For Nature
Fellowship.
We look forward to seeing you at our discussion!

For more information please contact the EESG Te

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

REMEMBER TO RSVP! “Water is Rising: Climate Change and Culture in the South Pacific and Chesapeake Bay” | Featuring Dance and Chant Performances by Vi

RSVP to MSPP@UMD.EDU by October 31st

Water is Rising Panel and Performance | November 3
12:15 - 1:30 PM Van Munching Hall Atrium

The School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, provides graduate and post-graduate studies in a comprehensive range of domestic and international policy areas. Situated near the nation's capital, the school affords access for students and faculty to the broad spectrum of governmental and nongovernmental agencies that formulate and implement policies affecting the economy, the environment, welfare, children and families, and international relations.

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, is a vibrant community of artists, students and audiences, where great work happens both on- and offstage. We present approximately 1,000 events each year spanning all performing arts disciplines. Transformative performances, workshops, lectures, dialogues and other events featuring visiting artists from around the world, as well as students and faculty from the university's academic departments of music, dance and theatre, allow for unparalleled engagement.

Monday, October 31, 2011

"America the Vulnerable" Federal Event

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

The School of Public Policy Saul I. Stern Professorship of Civic Engagement and the Cybersecurity Center Host
"America the Vulnerable: The New Threat of Digital Espionage, Crime and Warfare"
Featuring Joel F. Brenner, Former Senior Counsel, National Security Agency

4:30 - 5:45 PM | Presentation and Q&A
5:45 - 6:15 PM | light refreshments served


MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall

RSVP to Cflowers@umd.edu | 301.405.2163

Mr. Brenner will be signing his new book, America the Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage, Crime and Warfare

"Leadership Challenges in Prince George's County" Federal Event, November 7th

Monday, November 7, 2011 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmTyser Auditorium | 1212 Van Munching Hall
"Leadership Challenges in Prince George's County"
Hosted by the College Park Scholars Public Leadership Program

* Speaker: Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker
* Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
* Venue: Tyser Auditorium | 1212 Van Munching Hall (Directions)
* RSVP: Ian Feller (ianfeller@comcast.net)

With a special performance by CAFE (Cultural Academy For Excellence) steel drum band: http://cafeyouth.org/. Refreshments will be served.

“Water is Rising: Climate Change and Culture in the South Pacific and Chesapeake Bay” Federal Event

Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 12:15 pm - 1:30 pmMSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall

"Water is Rising" Panel Discussion and Performance

The Maryland School of Public Policy and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Host

“Water is Rising: Climate Change and Culture in the South Pacific and Chesapeake Bay”
Featuring Dance and Chant Performances by Visiting Artists and a Moderated Panel Discussion

PANELISTS
Mikaele Maiava, Tokelau
Tony Busalacchi, Earth Systems Science Interdisciplinary Center, UMD
Eileen Shea, National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration
Edward Cameron, World Resources Institute

Moderated by Professor Nathan Hultman

MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall

Refreshments Served | RSVP to mspp@umd.edu by October 31st

http://www.waterisrising.com/

Upcoming Federal Events

Monday, October 31, 2011 at 10:00 am - 12:00 pmCrist Boardroom – Riggs Alumni Center
"The Defeat of the Shining Path – and the Story Not Told"

Hosted by The School of Public Policy and ESAN University, Peru

* Speakers: Current Leadership of the Peruvian military
* Time: 10:00AM – Noon
* Location: Crist Boardroom – Riggs Alumni Center
* RSVP: Goodhart@umd.edu

Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday Policy Forum

Lucian Pugliaresi, President, Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc.
“Floating in Oil and Natural Gas: The New Energy Abundance and Implications for U.S. Energy Policy"
1203 Van Munching Hall

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Tuesday Policy Forum Featuring Lucian Pugliaresi | “Floating in Oil and Natural Gas: The New Energy Abundance and Implications for U.S. Energy Policy”

Floating in Oil and Natural Gas
The New Energy Abundance and Implications
for U.S. Energy Policy


Tuesday Policy Forum

November 1, 2011, 12:15-1:30 PM, 1203 Van Munching Hall

Lucian (Lou) Pugliaresi has been President of Energy Policy Research Foundation (EPRINC) since February 2007 and managed the transfer of PIRINC from New York to Washington, DC. He previously served on the Board of Trustees of PIRINC before taking over the presidency. Since leaving government service in 1989, Mr. Pugliaresi worked as a consultant on a wide range of domestic and international petroleum issues. Mr.Pugliaresi has served in a wide range of government posts, including the National Security Council at the White House, Departments of State, Energy, and Interior, as well as the EPA. He has written various articles on energy issues published in the Oil and Gas Journal and other journals on Russian Petroleum, Energy Security and Energy Policy.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

**EESG** 10/28/2011 - Dr. Anne Frances - Native Plant Conservation at Naturserve

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE SEMINAR

Environmental Policy RoundtableFriday, October 28, 2010
Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm

This week the Environmental Economics Student Group will be hosting Dr. Anne Frances, Lead Botanist at Natureserve. Her diverse interests and experiences with native plant conservation, ethnobotany, and restoration ecology help her in coordinating Natureserve's efforts to protect rare plants and their ecosystems. Dr. Frances also uses the Natureserve Climate Change Vulnerability Index to assess plant species for susceptibility to climate change to help inform conservation decisions. Dr. Frances has received a BS in Biology from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, a MS from Florida International University, and a PhD from the University of Florida. Dr. Frances has worked in Costa Rica, Botanical Gardens, and the US Forest Service.

NatureServe is a non-profit conservation organization whose mission is to provide the scientific basis for effective conservation action. NatureServe and its network of natural heritage programs are the leading source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems. NatureServe represents an international network of biological inventories-known as natural heritage programs or conservation data centers-operating in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean.

http://natureserve.org/

We look forward to seeing you at our discussion.

Best,

Your EESG Team

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The Ecological Economics Student Group (EESG) is a student-organized forum for the presentation and discussion of ideas and new work within the broad domain of Ecological Economics and interdisciplinary environmental policy. This seminar is also offered for 1 credit as 'Ecological Economics and Development' (MEES 608N).
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Fed Event: Wed, Oct 26th, 4 PM

White House Internship Program: Employer Networking and Information Session
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 • 04:00PM - 05:00PM
Location: 3100 Hornbake Library - Multipurpose Room

Event Details:

White House Internship Program will present an information session on their Internship Program. They are interested in students from ALL majors.

Appropriate Attire:
Minimum attire for ALL sessions with employers present is business casual unless otherwise specified.

For additional information about this event:
contact Adrianne Bradford at abradfor@umd.edu

Tuesday Policy Forum Featuring Secretary Alexander M. Sanchez | "Maryland Economic Development and Workforce Creation" | October 25

Maryland Economic Development and Workforce Creation
Tuesday Policy Forum

October 25, 2011, 12:15-1:30 PM, 1203 Van Munching Hall

Alexander M. Sanchez was appointed Secretary of Maryland’s Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation by Governor Martin O’Malley in 2009 and is trusted to lead a department that protects and empowers Marylanders by safeguarding workers, protecting consumers, providing a safety net and cultivating a thriving workforce that can meet the demands of Maryland’s vibrant economy. Since assuming leadership of the Department, Sanchez has helped Governor O’Malley launch the Skills2Compete Maryland initiative to increase skills training and promote continuing education for incumbent workers. Sanchez co-chairs the initiative alongside Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown. In part due to the State’s skilled and educated workforce, even through the recent national economic downturn, Maryland’s unemployment rate has been among the lowest in the United States.

The Maryland Department of Labor employs more than 2,000 workers and has a budget of more than $315 million. The Department oversees seven critical divisions of Maryland State government, including the Division of Financial Regulation (the primary regulator for financial institutions chartered in Maryland); the Division of Labor and Industry (Apprenticeship & Training; Occupational Safety and Health; Prevailing Wage); the Division of Unemployment Insurance (overseeing the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, and all aspects of Benefits, Contributions and Appeals); the Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning (to increase employment, retention, occupational skill attainment and earnings of Maryland workers); the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing (managing 25 Boards and Commissions and responsible for licensing and regulating the activities of more than 200,000 individuals, corporations and partnerships), the Governor’s Workforce Investment Board (the Governor's chief policy-making body for workforce development); and the Maryland Racing Commission (overseeing and regulating the horse racing industry, including off-track betting sites and the Preakness).

Before joining the O’Malley-Brown administration, Sanchez served as Senior Vice President for Community Impact Leadership at the United Way of America – the nation’s largest charity. Sanchez oversaw the strategic investment of more than $4 billion in annual contributions. During his tenure at United Way, Sanchez used performance measures and outcomes to create new investment area frameworks that built upon the foundations of Education, Income and Health. Sanchez developed and launched the Financial Stability Partnership, an economic self-sufficiency initiative for working families. In 2008-2009, this partnership increased Earned Income Tax Credit refunds to $420 million and attracted additional corporate and foundation investments, establishing the United Way as Internal Revenue Service’s largest national partner. Other notable accomplishments include an expansion of the Success by 6/Born Learning project to more than 7 million parents and the growth of the 2-1-1 national health and human services information phone line to cover 81 percent of the country and respond to more than 14 million calls annually. Under Sanchez’s leadership, the organization made a national commitment for all chapters of the United Way to benchmark success and meet defined 10-year goals.

Prior to joining the United Way in 2005, Sanchez served as President and CEO of United Neighborhood Centers of America, a national, non-profit umbrella organization that fosters neighborhood pride and local decision-making to build better social conditions that help individuals and families lift themselves out of desperate social conditions in some of America's most threatened neighborhoods. During his tenure there, he developed job training and employment programs, earning an Annie E. Casey Foundation national family strengthening award grant partnership. Sanchez has also previously served as the Executive Director for the Hispanic National Bar Association & Foundation, where he increased membership more than 30 percent through promoting the interests of Hispanic attorneys, judges, law professors and law students throughout the United States.

Sanchez earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College, a Masters of Government Administration degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School. Among other awards, Sanchez has twice been named among the “100 Most Influential Hispanics” by Hispanic Business Magazine, most recently in 2010-11.

Fed Event: CISSM Forum | October 27, 2011 | Michael W. Klein

CISSM FORUM | October 27, 2011, 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm, 1203 Van Munching Hall

"Jobs, Exports, and Economic Recovery"

Michael W. Klein, Chief Economist, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Treasury Department

Michael W. Klein is Chief Economist in the Office of International Affairs, U.S. Treasury. He is on leave from the Fletcher School, Tufts University, where he is the William L. Clayton Professor of International Economic Affairs. He is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, an Associate Editor of the Journal of International Economics, and has served as a Visiting Scholar at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the International Monetary Fund.

Klein has published more than two dozen research articles on topics such as the nature and consequences of various exchange rate regimes, the effects of international factors on employment and wages, foreign direct investment, monetary policy, and political business cycles. These articles have appeared in journals such as the American Economic Review, the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, the European Economic Review, the International Economic Review, and the Journal of International Money and Finance. His most recent economics book is Exchange Rate Regimes in the Modern Era (2010, co-authored with Jay Shambaugh), and he has also published Job Creation, Job Destruction, and International Competition (2003), Mathematical Methods for Economics (2nd edition 2001), and the novel Something for Nothing (2011).

Thursday, October 13, 2011

MCC Event: A Conversation with President Kufuor and Daniel Yohannes on African Food Security

This is an upcoming event on African Food Security and Economic Development with the former President of Ghana.. It is being hosted by the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

The Millennium Challenge Corporation
cordially invites you to attend

A Conversation With
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor of Ghana
and MCC Chief Executive Officer Daniel Yohannes


Moderated by
Alan Beattie
International Economy Editor, Financial Times

Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, The National Press Club
529 Fourteenth Street NW, Thirteenth Floor, Washington, DC 20045


Refreshments will be served.

Click here to register.

On October 13, 2011, President Kufuor will accept the World Food Prize, an international award recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity, or availability of food in the world.

Under President Kufuor's leadership, Ghana became the first sub-Saharan African country to cut in half the proportion of its people who suffer from hunger and the proportion of its people living on less than one dollar per day.

At this event, MCC Chief Executive Officer Daniel Yohannes will discuss with President Kufuor the challenges and opportunities involved in improving food security and generating economic growth in West Africa.

The discussion will be moderated by Alan Beattie, International Economy Editor at the Financial Times and author of New York Times bestseller "False Economy: A Surprising Economic History of the World."


Space is limited.

Click here to register.

Fed Event: 10/14 at 12:15 PM

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE SEMINAR

**EESG** 10/14 – Tourism in Maasai communities: A chance to improve
livelihoods?


Environmental Policy Roundtable
Friday, October 14, 2011, Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm

Ecotourism and community-based tourism are frequently claimed to be
possible remedies for wildlife and natural resource conservation, but
research indicates that implementation and revenue sharing are far
from straightforward. Emmanuel Sulle will be presenting his research
on community-based tourism among Maasai communities in Tanzania in the
context of national policies that have increasingly devolved control
of natural resources to local communities. Among the topics he will
discuss are economic revenues generated from tourism growth, revenue
distribution to village communities and the constraints and conflicts
resulting from attempts to control or access resources.

Emmanuel Sulle is a second-year MPP student at the University of
Maryland, College Park. His research interests include the rational
use of natural resources as a tool for poverty reduction in developing
countries. Sulle has conducted a variety of research projects on
transparency of tourism revenue, community-based conservation,
wildlife management areas, biofuel production, land access and rural
livelihoods in Tanzania. Most recently his research has focused on
whether tourism provides opportunities for improved livelihoods among
Maasai communities as well as assessments of community-based wildlife
conservation in the Tarangire-Manyara Corridor in northern Tanzania.
Sulle earned a BA in Economics from St. Augustine University of
Tanzania (SAUT) in 2008.

We look forward to seeing you at our discussion!

For more information please contact the EESG Team:
policy.ecolecon@gmail.com

Monday, October 10, 2011

Fed Event: October 12th, 4:30 PM, National Security Agency (NSA)

You're Invited to a Special Golden Ticket Networking Event
with the National Security Agency (NSA)


October 12, 2011 • 4:30pm - 6:30pm, Prince George's Room, Stamp Student Union

~ NSA Presentation • Employer Panel • Networking Social • Light H'orderves ~

In partnership with the University Career Center at the University of Maryland, the NSA
has invited a special select few to attend this Golden Ticket Networking Event. This event is by invitation only.
Participants must present this email at the door to enter.

RSVP by October 6 to aryoun2@nsa.gov

Fed Event: CISSM FORUM, OCT 13th

October 13th, 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm, 1203 Van Munching Hall

CISSM Forum | "On Critical Infrastructure Protection and International Agreements"

by Nicolas Christin, Associate Director, Information Networking Institute at Carnegie Mellon University

Nicolas Christin is the Associate Director of the Information Networking Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, and a research faculty (Senior Systems Scientist) in CyLab, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Engineering and Public Policy. He holds a Diplôme d'Ingénieur from Ecole Centrale Lille, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Virginia. After a postdoc in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley, he joined Carnegie Mellon in 2005. He served for three years as resident faculty at CMU CyLab Japan, before returning to Carnegie Mellon's main campus in 2008. His research interests are in computer and information systems networks; most of his work is at the boundary of systems and policy research, with a slant toward security aspects. He has most recently focused on online crime, security economics, and psychological aspects of computer security. He equally enjoys field measurements and formal modeling.

Fed Event: Secretary Napolitano and Governor O'Malley on Campus October 11

President Loh’s office has informed us that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Governor Martin O’Malley will be on campus tomorrow, Tuesday, October 11, 2011, from 10:30 to 11:30 am. Please see attached flyer (text copied below).



This event is free and open to the public; please feel free to share this information with others.





The Honorable Janet Napolitano

Secretary of the

Department of Homeland Security



and



The Honorable Martin O’Malley

Governor of the

State of Maryland



Homeland Security in a Post 9/11 World



Tuesday, October 11, 2011

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Prince George’s Room

Adele H. Stamp Student Union

University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland

(Parking available in Union Lane Garage)





Please join President Wallace Loh as he welcomes Secretary Napolitano and Governor O’Malley to our campus to speak to students, faculty and staff about the homeland security architecture in a post 9/11 world. Secretary Napolitano and Governor O’Malley will discuss the responsibility we all share for making our communities more secure and resilient. Join us for this provocative discussion.





Event is free and open to the public. No tickets required.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Fed Event: Oct 11th, "Homeland Security Post 9/11"

Tuesday, Oct 11th, Prince George's Room of the Student Union, 10:30 AM-11:30 AM


Homeland Security Post 9/11


Secretary Napolitano and Gov OMalley will be talking.

Fed Event: CISSM Forum on Oct. 13th, 12:15 PM

CISSM Forum

"On Critical Infrastructure Protection and International Agreements"
Nicolas Christin, Associate Director, Information Networking Institute at Carnegie Mellon University

Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm, 1203 Van Munching Hall

Fed Event: Oct. 11th, 12:15 PM


Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm, 1207 Van Munching Hall


Tuesday Policy Forum

Donald G. Gifford, the Edward M. Robertson Research Professor of Law, University of Maryland School of Law
"Governing through Tort Litigation: Global Warming, Tobacco, and Lead"

Fed Event: Environmental Policy Roundtable, Friday, Oct 7th, 12:15 PM

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE SEMINAR


Environmental Policy Roundtable

Friday, October 7, 2011, Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm

This week at the Environmental Policy Roundtable, we will hear from two of our very own seminar members about their experiences in the Peace Corps.


After learning about the Peace Corps mission and history, returned Peace Corps volunteers Nicole Horvath and Anna McMurray will share their personal experiences with us. Nicole served in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania from 2005-2007 where she worked on integrating environmental education into the national curriculum. Anna volunteered in Panama and focused on community environmental education. Please join us on Friday to learn more about the Peace Corps! Potential recruits are encouraged to attend.


We look forward to seeing you at our discussion.

Best,

Your EESG Team


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The Ecological Economics Student Group (EESG) is a student-organized forum for the presentation and discussion of ideas and new work within the broad domain of Ecological Economics and interdisciplinary environmental policy. This seminar is also offered for 1 credit as 'Ecological Economics and Development' (MEES 608N).
EESG is on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/group.php?gid=112404058770759&ref=ts
Apologies for cross-posting

Monday, October 3, 2011

REMINDER! Tuesday Policy Forum Featuring Ben Wildavsky | "The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities are Reshaping the World" | October 4

The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities are Reshaping the World

Tuesday Policy Forum

October 4, 2011
12:15-1:30 PM
1207 Van Munching Hall


Ben Wildavsky is a senior scholar in Research and Policy at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. He is the author of The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World, which won the Frandson Award for Literature in the Field of Continuing Higher Education and is being translated into Chinese, Vietnamese, and Arabic. He also is coeditor of Reinventing Higher Education: The Promise of Innovation, published by Harvard Education Press in April 2011.

Before joining the Kauffman Foundation in 2006, Wildavsky was education editor of U.S. News & World Report, where he was the top editor of America's Best Colleges and America's Best Graduate Schools. Before joining U.S. News, he was budget, tax, and trade correspondent for National Journal, higher education reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, and executive editor of the Public Interest. His writing also has appeared in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, and many other publications. He blogs for the Chronicle of Higher Education's new global edition.

As a consultant to national education reformers, he has written several influential reports, including “A Test of Leadership,” the report of the Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education. He has been interviewed by CNN, Marketplace, The New York Times, and other media outlets. He also has spoken to audiences in the United States and abroad, including at Google, Berkeley, Columbia, Duke, Harvard, Wisconsin, the Economist's Human Potential conference, the American College of Greece, the London School of Economics, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the University of Melbourne, and the University of Sheffield.

Wildavsky graduated from Yale University (Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude). He is a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution.

Fed Event: Friday, Oct. 7th, 10 AM, Brookings Institution

Friday, October 07, 2011
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Where

Saul/Zilkha Rooms
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC



A BROOKINGS-LSE PROJECT ON INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT EVENT
Conversations about Climate Change Adaption: Displacement, Migration and Planned Relocation


Climate Change, Internal Displacement, Migration

Event Summary
The impact on human mobility from climate change has been the subject of increasing discussion in recent years. More than two decades ago, the first assessment report of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that the greatest single impact of climate change might be on human migration. The importance of the issue within the climate change discussion was more recently recognized by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Cancun in December 2010.

Contact: Brookings Office of Communications

Email: events@brookings.edu

Phone: 202.797.6105

On October 7, the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement will host a conversation exploring the potential impact of climate change on different forms of human mobility: migration, displacement and planned relocation. Panelists include Chaloka Beyani, co-director of the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement and the United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), Susan Martin from Georgetown University and Robin Mearns from the World Bank.

Senior Fellow Elizabeth Ferris, co-director of the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, will provide introductory remarks and moderate the discussion. After the program, panelists will take audience questions.

Fed Event: Oct. 6th, CISSM FORUM, VMH

October 6, 2011, 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm, 1203 Van Munching Hall

CISSM FORUM:"Trade Policy and U.S. Manufacturing"--Frank Vargo, Vice President, International Economic Affairs, National Association of Manufacturers

As Vice President for International Economic Affairs at the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), Frank Vargo is the association’s chief spokesman on trade issues. He is responsible for working with the NAM’s member companies to obtain Congressional legislation and Executive Branch trade policies that benefit America’s manufacturers in the global marketplace. He is a leading lobbyist for trade agreements, currency policies, and other actions to reduce foreign barriers to U.S. trade and investment. He is the principal private sector expert on industrial trade in the WTO Doha Round.

Prior to joining the NAM, Mr. Vargo had a three-decade trade policy career at the U.S. Department of Commerce. His various positions included serving as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for WTO Affairs and Trade Compliance. During his career at the Commerce Department, Mr. Vargo was awarded the President’s Distinguished Executive Award, the highest recognition a career government executive can receive. He received both his BS and MBA degrees from Indiana University.

The CISSM Forum is a weekly policy forum held on Thursdays, from 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm in room 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, Maryland. The CISSM Forum is supported by the Yamamoto-Scheffelin Endowment for Policy Research. For further information about the CISSM Forum contact cissm@umd.edu.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

List of Upcoming Federal Events

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm, 1207 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday Policy Forum: Ben Wildavsky, Senior Scholar in Research and Policy, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation "International Education"


Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm, 1203 Van Munching Hall
CISSM Forum

"Trade Policy and U.S. Manufacturing"\
Frank Vargo, Vice President, International Economic Affairs, National Association of Manufacturers

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm, 1203 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday Policy Forum: Donald G. Gifford, the Edward M. Robertson Research Professor of Law, University of Maryland School of Law"Governing through Tort Litigation: Global Warming, Tobacco, and Lead"

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Preinkert Fieldhouse Conference Room
Smart Growth Open House

Center for Smart Growth Open House
Preinkert Fieldhouse Conference Room

Staff from the NCSG and the Environmental Finance Center will present on projects and research. They will also highlight some of the data resources that the NCSG maintains. The open house will offer students an occasion to learn more about the NCSG and potentially identify data resources that may be useful for their class projects.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Fed Event: **EESG** 9/30 – Trends in Conservation and International Development

**EESG** 9/30 – Trends in Conservation and International Development
Environmental Policy Roundtable


Friday, September 30, 2011, Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm

Bronwyn Llewellyn is a Foreign Service Officer focused on the Environment with the United States Agency for International Development. A Conservation Ecologist by training, but an International Development practitioner by career choice, Bronwyn will address current and future trends in the often-conflicting fields of conservation and development. Using case studies from her work in Tanzania, Bronwyn will discuss how development projects can till under pristine forest for agriculture fields with no consideration for the water, pollinators and other critical ecosystem services these can provide, while Conservation projects sharply separate people from the natural resources they depend on.


So how can an ecologist work within a development agency without pulling her hair out? Luckily, Bronwyn has encountered some great success stories to keep her going during her work in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, and the US. Immediately before joining USAID she worked as the Monitoring and Evaluation officer for the WWF Coastal East Africa Initiative based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She has a Masters of Environmental Management at Duke University and a B.S. in Biology from Mount Holyoke College.

We look forward to seeing you at our discussion!

Best,

Your EESG Team



******
The Ecological Economics Student Group (EESG) is a student-organized forum for the presentation and discussion of ideas and new work within the broad domain of Ecological Economics and interdisciplinary environmental policy. This seminar is also offered for 1 credit as 'Ecological Economics and Development' (MEES 608N).
EESG is on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/group.php?gid=112404058770759&ref=ts

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Fed Event: 9/29, 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm, 1203 Van Munching Hall

CISSM FORUM | September 29, 2011
"The Evolution of Threat Reduction: From Cooperative to Coercive?"

Toby Dalton, Deputy Director, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace


The CISSM Forum is a weekly policy forum held on Thursdays, from 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm in room 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, Maryland.

Toby Dalton is the deputy director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment. An expert on nonproliferation and nuclear energy, his research focuses on cooperative nuclear security initiatives and the management of nuclear challenges in South Asia and East Asia.

From 2002–2010, Dalton served in a variety of high-level leadership positions at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Most recently, he was acting director for the office of nuclear safeguards and security, where he implemented the U.S. Next Generation Safeguards Initiative and international nuclear security programs.

Previously, he established and led the department’s office at the U.S. embassy in Pakistan, managing critical bilateral and multilateral nonproliferation issues and overseeing the implementation of U.S. nonproliferation and counterproliferation initiatives.

While at DOE, Dalton was also senior policy advisor to the office of nonproliferation and international security on issues relating to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, the nonproliferation regime, and a range of countries, including Pakistan, India, China, North Korea, and Israel. He also was detailed to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to provide support and guidance on nonproliferation and arms sales issues.

Prior to his work at DOE, Dalton was named a Luce Scholar for the Institute for Far Eastern Studies in Seoul, a research associate at the National Bureau of Asian Research, and a project associate for the Carnegie Nuclear Policy Program.

Dalton has authored numerous op-eds and journal articles, and contributed to the books Understanding New Political Realities in Seoul: Working toward a Common Approach to Strengthen U.S.-Korea Relations (The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, 2008) and The Future of U.S.-Korea-Japan Relations: Balancing Values and Interests (CSIS, 2002).

Internship: [Black Beltway] CBC Press Intern

Opportunity for communications intern:


The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) seeks an experienced communications intern to assist a busy press operation. Responsibilities will include but not limited to handling press inquiries for CBC; drafting press materials, website and new media content; scheduling press interviews; working closely with the CBC Communications Director; attending staff and CBC meetings. Candidates must have excellent writing and editing skills and the ability to produce materials quickly. Capitol Hill experience or newsroom experience are a plus. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and one writing sample to cbc.pressintern@gmail.com. No drop-ins or calls please. This is a non paid internship.

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Stephanie L. Young



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