Friday, April 27, 2012
Fed Event: May 2, 4-6 PM, at GWU
Help celebrate public service!
Maryland School of Public Policy students are invited to attend and participate in a Salute to the Next Generation forum next Wednesday, May 2, 4-6pm, at GWU, as part of Public Service Recognition Week.
Please join a discussion on the importance of the next generation of public sector leaders, highlighting the forthcoming Pathways Programs as an important new way to attract the best and brightest graduate students to federal service.
After a refreshment break, you are invited to participate in small-group discussions on designing Pathways programs in several career areas, including budgeting & financial management and cyber-security.
RSVP to communications@naspaa.org. Please include your name and state that you are an MSPP student.
Fed Event on May 1st at 12:15 PM
Public Policy Analysis: Changing the Corporate Playing Field in Public Affairs
Tuesday Policy Forum
May 1, 2012, 12:15-1:20 PM, 1203 Van Munching Hall
A recent development in the American corporate world is the creation of in-house public policy analysis capabilities at leading American business corporations. Helaine Klasky is directing such an effort at General Electric. She will discuss the extent of this trend and the factors that are motivating businesses to expand their own abilities to undertake public policy analyses of the kind traditionally taught at schools of public policy. If this trend continues, it could have important implications for public policy schools, including closer relations with the American business community, and wider markets for the services of public policy analysts.
About the Speaker
Helaine Klasky was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended the University of California at Berkeley where she earned a BA in political science and graduated with honors in 1986. While working full-time, she earned a Masters of International Relations from American University and a Masters of Education from the University of Virginia.
In 1986, Helaine moved to Washington, DC where she began her government service. She was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Treasury and Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Public Affairs at the United States Trade Representative. She began her career in government working on Capitol Hill in the U.S. Senate for Senator Kennedy and DeConcini and spent ten years at the U.S. Department of State.
Following her government service, Klasky was Associate Vice President and Director of Public Affairs for Yale University and Special Assistant to the President. In her role at Yale, she oversaw strategic communications and public affairs to support the university’s major initiatives.
She joined GE in October 2009 and leads their global public affairs initiatives. With her team based in the US and around the world, Helaine is responsible for developing and implementing global public affairs strategies around key public policy issues, working closely with the business, government relations and communications teams.
Tuesday Policy Forum
May 1, 2012, 12:15-1:20 PM, 1203 Van Munching Hall
A recent development in the American corporate world is the creation of in-house public policy analysis capabilities at leading American business corporations. Helaine Klasky is directing such an effort at General Electric. She will discuss the extent of this trend and the factors that are motivating businesses to expand their own abilities to undertake public policy analyses of the kind traditionally taught at schools of public policy. If this trend continues, it could have important implications for public policy schools, including closer relations with the American business community, and wider markets for the services of public policy analysts.
About the Speaker
Helaine Klasky was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended the University of California at Berkeley where she earned a BA in political science and graduated with honors in 1986. While working full-time, she earned a Masters of International Relations from American University and a Masters of Education from the University of Virginia.
In 1986, Helaine moved to Washington, DC where she began her government service. She was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Treasury and Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Public Affairs at the United States Trade Representative. She began her career in government working on Capitol Hill in the U.S. Senate for Senator Kennedy and DeConcini and spent ten years at the U.S. Department of State.
Following her government service, Klasky was Associate Vice President and Director of Public Affairs for Yale University and Special Assistant to the President. In her role at Yale, she oversaw strategic communications and public affairs to support the university’s major initiatives.
She joined GE in October 2009 and leads their global public affairs initiatives. With her team based in the US and around the world, Helaine is responsible for developing and implementing global public affairs strategies around key public policy issues, working closely with the business, government relations and communications teams.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Fed Event: Friday, April 27th
Friday, April 27, 2012 at 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Environmental Policy Roundtable: "Mineral Resources and the Endangered Species Act"
Featuring Paul B. Smyth, of counsel at Perkins Coie LLP in Washington, D.C., specializing in environmental, energy and natural resources law.
Environmental Policy Roundtable: "Mineral Resources and the Endangered Species Act"
Featuring Paul B. Smyth, of counsel at Perkins Coie LLP in Washington, D.C., specializing in environmental, energy and natural resources law.
Fed Event: May 2nd, 3 PM
Clean Air and Public Health Roundtable and Jobs Info Session
Laura Kate Anderson, Field Organizer, Environment Virginia
Dr. Becky Dawson, Assistant Professor of Global and Community Health
Dr. Paul Gorski, Assistant Professor of Integrated Studies, founder of EdChange
Wednesday, May 2
3:00 pm
Johnson Center-Room E (3rd floor)
George Mason University
4400 University Dr
Fairfax, VA 22030
(Parking is available at the Mason Pond parking deck)
Join Environment Virginia and George Mason experts for a discussion on clean air, public health, and social activism. Air pollution from coal-fired power plants and other sources has devastating impacts on our health, even here in Northern Virginia. Find out what the problems are, who is most affected, what we're doing about it, and what you can do to help.
Environment Virginia is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy group, and they're hiring! If you're interested in lobbying and organizing for clean air and our other environmental priorities, come find out about our available jobs and internships, too.
Laura Kate Anderson, Field Organizer, Environment Virginia
Dr. Becky Dawson, Assistant Professor of Global and Community Health
Dr. Paul Gorski, Assistant Professor of Integrated Studies, founder of EdChange
Wednesday, May 2
3:00 pm
Johnson Center-Room E (3rd floor)
George Mason University
4400 University Dr
Fairfax, VA 22030
(Parking is available at the Mason Pond parking deck)
Join Environment Virginia and George Mason experts for a discussion on clean air, public health, and social activism. Air pollution from coal-fired power plants and other sources has devastating impacts on our health, even here in Northern Virginia. Find out what the problems are, who is most affected, what we're doing about it, and what you can do to help.
Environment Virginia is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy group, and they're hiring! If you're interested in lobbying and organizing for clean air and our other environmental priorities, come find out about our available jobs and internships, too.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Fed Event: Friday, April 27th at 12:15 PM
WHAT: Mineral Resources and the Endangered Species Act
WHEN: Friday 12:15 - 1:30pm April 27, 2012
WHERE: 1113 Van Munching Hall
WHO: EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN US! (Please forward to any interested parties)
This week EESG will be hosting Paul Smyth. Paul B. Smyth is of counsel at Perkins Coie LLP in Washington, D.C., specializing in environmental, energy and natural resources law. He was previously the Associate Solicitor for the Division of Mineral Resources (2009-2010) in the Department of the Interior’s Office of the Solicitor in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Smyth will be speaking about his experiences with the Endangered Species Act and mineral and land rights in the American West. Mr. Smyth will discuss these issues from the perspective of the federal government.
Mr.Smyth served in many legal capacities at Interior, including Counselor to the Solicitor and Director of the Indian Trust Litigation Office, Deputy Associate Solicitor, Division of Land and Water Resources, Acting Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals, Deputy Associate Solicitor, Division of Energy and Resources. In 2010, the American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy and Resources selected Mr. Smyth as its Government Attorney of the Year. Mr. Smyth received the Department of the Interior’s Distinguished Service Award in 2008 and Presidential Meritorious Executive Awards in 2002 and 2007. He has practiced law for over 37 years and has broad experience in natural resources, energy and environmental law.
WHEN: Friday 12:15 - 1:30pm April 27, 2012
WHERE: 1113 Van Munching Hall
WHO: EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN US! (Please forward to any interested parties)
This week EESG will be hosting Paul Smyth. Paul B. Smyth is of counsel at Perkins Coie LLP in Washington, D.C., specializing in environmental, energy and natural resources law. He was previously the Associate Solicitor for the Division of Mineral Resources (2009-2010) in the Department of the Interior’s Office of the Solicitor in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Smyth will be speaking about his experiences with the Endangered Species Act and mineral and land rights in the American West. Mr. Smyth will discuss these issues from the perspective of the federal government.
Mr.Smyth served in many legal capacities at Interior, including Counselor to the Solicitor and Director of the Indian Trust Litigation Office, Deputy Associate Solicitor, Division of Land and Water Resources, Acting Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals, Deputy Associate Solicitor, Division of Energy and Resources. In 2010, the American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy and Resources selected Mr. Smyth as its Government Attorney of the Year. Mr. Smyth received the Department of the Interior’s Distinguished Service Award in 2008 and Presidential Meritorious Executive Awards in 2002 and 2007. He has practiced law for over 37 years and has broad experience in natural resources, energy and environmental law.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Fed Event: Brody Forum Presents Jacob Klerman | "Public Policy Opportunities" on May 2
Pizza Served: RSVP by Monday, April 30th Wed. May 2nd, 5:30-6:30 PM, 1113 Van Munching Hall
The Brody Forum Presents:"Public Policy Research: The View from the Private Sector"
Featuring Jacob A. Klerman, Principal Associate and Fellow of Social and Economic Policy, Abt Associates
The Brody Forum Presents:"Public Policy Research: The View from the Private Sector"
Featuring Jacob A. Klerman, Principal Associate and Fellow of Social and Economic Policy, Abt Associates
Fed Event: Thursday April 26th
Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Van Munching Hall Rm. 1203
CISSM Forum - The H5N1 Flu Experiments: Finding a Way Forward
CISSM Presents, "The H5N1 Flu Experiments: Finding a Way Forward," by Barbara Jasny, Deputy Editor for Commentary, Science
Fed Event: April 25th, 12:15 PM
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 12:15 pm - 1:20 pm
1207 Van Munching Hall
Development Circle
"Finding your Niche in International Development: Is this a road for you, and how do you pursue it?"
Featuring Lena Zezulin, Pension Reform Advisor, U.S. Embassy
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Fed Events
Monday (4/23): Roundtable discussion: What is human rights?A discussion of different conceptions of human rights and how it affects us today.
Featured guest: STAND director Daniel Solomon, Valerie Kirkpatrick, Human Rights Watch DC Office
Terrapin Room B, 6pm.
Wednesday (4/25): Discussion - Apartheid, racism, and segregation
Students for Justice in Palestine and Alpha Phi Alpha
Juan Ramon Jimenez Room in Stamp, 5-7pm.
Wednesday (4/25): Road of Resistance: Burma
A screening of "The Road", a documentary exploring ethnic genocide in eastern Burma, shot by four friends from CA.
Hosted by: UMD Campaign for Burma
Jimenez 0205, 7:00 pm.
FB event: http://www.facebook.com/events/341955069187336/
Friday (4/27): Back-to-back documentary Screeners: “In Search of Human Rights and Global Justice” Series
A double feature screening of "Granito: How to Nail a Dictator" (2011, Guatemala) and "Prosecutor" (2011).
Hosted by: Beyond the Classroom
1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1, 3:30 pm-7:00 pm.
FB event: Granito: http://www.facebook.com/BeyondtheClassroomUMD#!/events/376025622441714/
FB Event: Prosecutor: http://www.facebook.com/BeyondtheClassroomUMD#!/events/206536689458786/
Web: www.BeyondTheClassroom.umd.edu
Featured guest: STAND director Daniel Solomon, Valerie Kirkpatrick, Human Rights Watch DC Office
Terrapin Room B, 6pm.
Wednesday (4/25): Discussion - Apartheid, racism, and segregation
Students for Justice in Palestine and Alpha Phi Alpha
Juan Ramon Jimenez Room in Stamp, 5-7pm.
Wednesday (4/25): Road of Resistance: Burma
A screening of "The Road", a documentary exploring ethnic genocide in eastern Burma, shot by four friends from CA.
Hosted by: UMD Campaign for Burma
Jimenez 0205, 7:00 pm.
FB event: http://www.facebook.com/events/341955069187336/
Friday (4/27): Back-to-back documentary Screeners: “In Search of Human Rights and Global Justice” Series
A double feature screening of "Granito: How to Nail a Dictator" (2011, Guatemala) and "Prosecutor" (2011).
Hosted by: Beyond the Classroom
1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1, 3:30 pm-7:00 pm.
FB event: Granito: http://www.facebook.com/BeyondtheClassroomUMD#!/events/376025622441714/
FB Event: Prosecutor: http://www.facebook.com/BeyondtheClassroomUMD#!/events/206536689458786/
Web: www.BeyondTheClassroom.umd.edu
Fed Event: Tuesday Policy Forum Presents Nathan Hultman | “The Insufficiency of Sustainable Development: Why a New Innovation Agenda is Needed for the
The Insufficiency of Sustainable Development: Why a New Innovation Agenda is Needed for the Rio+20 Conference
April 24, 2012
12:15-1:30 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall
Nathan Hultman is Director of Environmental and Energy Policy Programs at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, and Associate Director of the Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He is also a non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Washington DC. His research focuses on international climate policy, green growth, and private sector decisions to undertake low-carbon energy technology investments. Current projects include an evaluation of energy technology innovation policies for emerging economies; low-carbon investment decisions in Brazil, India, Korea, and South Africa; nuclear and biofuel energy transitions in Brazil, Sweden, and the USA; the Clean Development Mechanism and Technology Mechanism under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; and US energy technology portfolios. He has participated in the UN climate process since the Kyoto meeting and is a contributing author to the IPCC. Before joining the University of Maryland, Dr. Hultman held a faculty appointment at Georgetown University and was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Science, Innovation, & Society at the University of Oxford. He holds a Ph.D. in Energy & Resources from the University of California, Berkeley.
ABSTRACT
Twenty years ago, delegates met in Rio de Janeiro for the UN Conference on Environment and Development, also known as the Earth Summit. That meeting sought to implement a new vision of sustainable development via the ambitious Agenda 21 and new treaties on biodiversity and climate change. This June, Brazil will again be hosting another major earth summit — the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, but known as “Rio+20.” With an equally ambitious agenda—covering energy, cities, food, water, oceans, disasters, and even jobs—this meeting provides an opportunity to revisit and redefine our failed international policies. In this talk, I discuss the successes and failures of the first Earth Summit, the role of massive international meetings in influencing the policy discourse, and evaluate the agenda for Rio+20. I argue that “sustainable development”, while capturing global consensus on a set of fraught and disparate topics, does not promise the transformative change that will be necessary to achieve development and environmental goals. I outline an alternative approach to “green growth” that foregrounds innovation rooted in diverse development contexts, and discuss possible policy approaches to realizing that outcome.
April 24, 2012
12:15-1:30 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall
Nathan Hultman is Director of Environmental and Energy Policy Programs at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, and Associate Director of the Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He is also a non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Washington DC. His research focuses on international climate policy, green growth, and private sector decisions to undertake low-carbon energy technology investments. Current projects include an evaluation of energy technology innovation policies for emerging economies; low-carbon investment decisions in Brazil, India, Korea, and South Africa; nuclear and biofuel energy transitions in Brazil, Sweden, and the USA; the Clean Development Mechanism and Technology Mechanism under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; and US energy technology portfolios. He has participated in the UN climate process since the Kyoto meeting and is a contributing author to the IPCC. Before joining the University of Maryland, Dr. Hultman held a faculty appointment at Georgetown University and was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Science, Innovation, & Society at the University of Oxford. He holds a Ph.D. in Energy & Resources from the University of California, Berkeley.
ABSTRACT
Twenty years ago, delegates met in Rio de Janeiro for the UN Conference on Environment and Development, also known as the Earth Summit. That meeting sought to implement a new vision of sustainable development via the ambitious Agenda 21 and new treaties on biodiversity and climate change. This June, Brazil will again be hosting another major earth summit — the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, but known as “Rio+20.” With an equally ambitious agenda—covering energy, cities, food, water, oceans, disasters, and even jobs—this meeting provides an opportunity to revisit and redefine our failed international policies. In this talk, I discuss the successes and failures of the first Earth Summit, the role of massive international meetings in influencing the policy discourse, and evaluate the agenda for Rio+20. I argue that “sustainable development”, while capturing global consensus on a set of fraught and disparate topics, does not promise the transformative change that will be necessary to achieve development and environmental goals. I outline an alternative approach to “green growth” that foregrounds innovation rooted in diverse development contexts, and discuss possible policy approaches to realizing that outcome.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Fed Event: April 24th
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 7:00pm – 9:00pm
2517 Van Munching Hall (Executive Dining Room – Above Rudy’s Café)
Lecture 7:00pm – 8:30pm, Light fare reception 8:30pm – 9:00pm
ADVANCE Lecture -- The Great Recession: Impact on Workers and Retirees
Featuring Courtney Coile, Wellesley College | Special Introduction by Nancy K. Kopp, Maryland State Treasurer
During the "Great Recession" that began in late 2007, the U.S. experienced the loss of nearly 9 million jobs, as well as sharp downturns in the stock and housing markets. How have these economic events affected U.S. households? This talk will explore this question, with a particular focus on how job losses and losses in equity and housing markets late in a worker's career may affect his or her retirement decision and subsequent well-being during retirement.
RSVP at http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/coile/rsvp.html
2517 Van Munching Hall (Executive Dining Room – Above Rudy’s Café)
Lecture 7:00pm – 8:30pm, Light fare reception 8:30pm – 9:00pm
ADVANCE Lecture -- The Great Recession: Impact on Workers and Retirees
Featuring Courtney Coile, Wellesley College | Special Introduction by Nancy K. Kopp, Maryland State Treasurer
During the "Great Recession" that began in late 2007, the U.S. experienced the loss of nearly 9 million jobs, as well as sharp downturns in the stock and housing markets. How have these economic events affected U.S. households? This talk will explore this question, with a particular focus on how job losses and losses in equity and housing markets late in a worker's career may affect his or her retirement decision and subsequent well-being during retirement.
RSVP at http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/coile/rsvp.html
Fed Event: April 24th at 7 PM
7:00-9:00 PM
"The Great Recession: Impact on Workers and Retirees"
Featuring Dr. Courtney Coile, Associate Professor of Economics at Wellesley College
Reception to follow
Start Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 7:00 pm
End Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Location: Executive Dining Room – Van Munching Hall (above Rudy’s Café)
"The Great Recession: Impact on Workers and Retirees"
Featuring Dr. Courtney Coile, Associate Professor of Economics at Wellesley College
Reception to follow
Start Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 7:00 pm
End Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Location: Executive Dining Room – Van Munching Hall (above Rudy’s Café)
Fed Event: Thurs. April 19th at 12:15 PM
12:15-1:30 PM
CISSM Forum - Conflict Prevention & Stabilization at State
CISSM Presents, "Conflict Prevention & Stabilization at State," by Ambassador Patricia M. Haslach, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Conflict and
Stabilization Operations, State Department
Start Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 12:15 pm
End Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Location: Van Munching Hall Rm. 1203
CISSM Forum - Conflict Prevention & Stabilization at State
CISSM Presents, "Conflict Prevention & Stabilization at State," by Ambassador Patricia M. Haslach, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Conflict and
Stabilization Operations, State Department
Start Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 12:15 pm
End Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Location: Van Munching Hall Rm. 1203
Fed Event: MSPP Cybersecurity Seminar
Google UMD CyberSecurity Seminar
Thursday, April 19th at 5:30 PM
Atrium of Van Munching Hall
"International Issues and Engagement in Cybersecurity"
Featuring Christopher Painter, U.S. State Department, Coordinator for Cyber Issues
MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Registration is required: http://talks.cs.umd.edu/talks/59
For more information, contact: Carolyn Flowers, 301.405.2163 or cflowers@umd.edu
Thursday, April 19th at 5:30 PM
Atrium of Van Munching Hall
"International Issues and Engagement in Cybersecurity"
Featuring Christopher Painter, U.S. State Department, Coordinator for Cyber Issues
MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Registration is required: http://talks.cs.umd.edu/talks/59
For more information, contact: Carolyn Flowers, 301.405.2163 or cflowers@umd.edu
Friday, April 13, 2012
Fed Event:Development Circle | Transitional Justice in West Africa | April 18, 2012
At the next Development Circle Forum:
Transitional Justice in West Africa
with Dr. David Backer, Assistant Director, Center for International Development and Conflict Management
Date: Weds, April 18, 2012
Time: 12:15-1:20pm
Place: Van Munching Hall, Room 1207
(Lunch will be served)
Hosted by the International Development Council.
Transitional Justice in West Africa
with Dr. David Backer, Assistant Director, Center for International Development and Conflict Management
Date: Weds, April 18, 2012
Time: 12:15-1:20pm
Place: Van Munching Hall, Room 1207
(Lunch will be served)
Hosted by the International Development Council.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Fed Event: Monday, April 16th
Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program
Critical Conversations on Civic Issues: “People Power” Series presents:
An Evening with Mike Tidwell:“The Environmental Movement to Stop the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Project”
Monday, April 16, 2012, 7:00-9:00 pm
1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1
Panelists include:
• Mike Tidwell, Executive Director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) and author of the 2007-2008 University of Maryland First Year Book
“The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and Coming Death of America’s Coastal Cities.”
• James V. Riker, Director, Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program, University of Maryland
To celebrate Earth Day (early), please join us for a panel discussion to understand the dynamics shaping the growing global movement to solve one of the most daunting challenges of our time – global climate change! The panel will focus on the largest environmental protests in the United States in the 21st century that led to the arrest of over 1,200 citizens who were protesting the proposed Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Project that would ship carbon-intensive oil from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. On January 19, 2012, President Obama rejected the permit for this 1,700 mile pipeline. What strategies led to this successful effort to stop this project? What are the lessons for the environmental movement in future campaigns to prevent global climate change?
All are welcome!
The “People Power Series” is Sponsored by Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program, Office of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.
WWW.BeyondTheClassroom.umd.edu
Critical Conversations on Civic Issues: “People Power” Series presents:
An Evening with Mike Tidwell:“The Environmental Movement to Stop the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Project”
Monday, April 16, 2012, 7:00-9:00 pm
1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1
Panelists include:
• Mike Tidwell, Executive Director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) and author of the 2007-2008 University of Maryland First Year Book
“The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and Coming Death of America’s Coastal Cities.”
• James V. Riker, Director, Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program, University of Maryland
To celebrate Earth Day (early), please join us for a panel discussion to understand the dynamics shaping the growing global movement to solve one of the most daunting challenges of our time – global climate change! The panel will focus on the largest environmental protests in the United States in the 21st century that led to the arrest of over 1,200 citizens who were protesting the proposed Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Project that would ship carbon-intensive oil from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. On January 19, 2012, President Obama rejected the permit for this 1,700 mile pipeline. What strategies led to this successful effort to stop this project? What are the lessons for the environmental movement in future campaigns to prevent global climate change?
All are welcome!
The “People Power Series” is Sponsored by Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program, Office of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.
WWW.BeyondTheClassroom.umd.edu
Fed Event: Tuesday Policy Forum MSPP Faculty Candidate Katharine Abraham | "Adding Worksharing to the U.S. Employment Policy Arsenal" | April 17th
Adding Worksharing to the U.S. Employment Policy Arsenal
Tuesday Policy Forum MSPP Faculty Candidate
April 17, 2012
12:15-1:20 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall
Katharine G. Abraham is a member of the Council of Economic Advisers and is responsible for offering the President objective advice on the formulation of economic policy. Abraham is currently on leave from the University of Maryland, where she is a faculty associate in the Maryland Population Research Center and a professor in the Joint Program in Survey Methodology.
Abraham’s research has included work on employment and unemployment, labor market policy and the measurement of economic activity.
Nominated by President William J. Clinton, Abraham served as Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 1993-2001. Prior to that, she held appointments in the Department of Economics, University of Maryland; the Brookings Institution; and the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is a Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists and of the American Statistical Association; holds an honorary doctorate from Iowa State University; and is a past Vice-President of the American Economic Association.
Dr. Abraham earned her B.S. in Economics from Iowa State University in 1976 and her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1982.
Tuesday Policy Forum MSPP Faculty Candidate
April 17, 2012
12:15-1:20 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall
Katharine G. Abraham is a member of the Council of Economic Advisers and is responsible for offering the President objective advice on the formulation of economic policy. Abraham is currently on leave from the University of Maryland, where she is a faculty associate in the Maryland Population Research Center and a professor in the Joint Program in Survey Methodology.
Abraham’s research has included work on employment and unemployment, labor market policy and the measurement of economic activity.
Nominated by President William J. Clinton, Abraham served as Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 1993-2001. Prior to that, she held appointments in the Department of Economics, University of Maryland; the Brookings Institution; and the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is a Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists and of the American Statistical Association; holds an honorary doctorate from Iowa State University; and is a past Vice-President of the American Economic Association.
Dr. Abraham earned her B.S. in Economics from Iowa State University in 1976 and her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1982.
Fed Event: Google-UMD Cybersecurity Seminar
Featuring:
Christopher Painter
US State Department
Coordinator for Cyber Issues
“International Issues and Engagement in Cybersecurity”
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
School of Public Policy:
Atrium - Van Munching Hall (VMH)
University of Maryland, College Park
For More Information Contact:
Carolyn Flowers
301 405 2163
cflowers@umd.edu
Registration is required:
http://talks.cs.umd.edu/talks/59
Christopher Painter
US State Department
Coordinator for Cyber Issues
“International Issues and Engagement in Cybersecurity”
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
School of Public Policy:
Atrium - Van Munching Hall (VMH)
University of Maryland, College Park
For More Information Contact:
Carolyn Flowers
301 405 2163
cflowers@umd.edu
Registration is required:
http://talks.cs.umd.edu/talks/59
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Fed Event: Policy Chat with Craig Lewis, SEC Chief Economist
Policy Chat with Craig Lewis, SEC Chief Economist
April 25, 2012, 1:30pm, 2511 Van Munching Hall
http://ter.ps/craiglewis
The Center for Financial Policy at the Smith School of Business invites you to a Policy Chat with Craig Lewis, SEC Chief Economist and Director of the Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation at 1:30pm on April 25. He will meet with faculty and students in an informal setting to chat about a regulatory issue of current importance. The objective of this chat is to generate research interests, ideas, and possible collaborations among the faculty, students and agency economists.
To register for this Policy Chat, please visit http://ter.ps/craiglewis
For more information about this event, please contact Michelle Lui, Assistant Director of the Center for Financial Policy (mlui@rhsmith.umd.edu) or Haluk Ünal, Professor of Finance (hunal@rhsmith.umd.edu).
April 25, 2012, 1:30pm, 2511 Van Munching Hall
http://ter.ps/craiglewis
The Center for Financial Policy at the Smith School of Business invites you to a Policy Chat with Craig Lewis, SEC Chief Economist and Director of the Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation at 1:30pm on April 25. He will meet with faculty and students in an informal setting to chat about a regulatory issue of current importance. The objective of this chat is to generate research interests, ideas, and possible collaborations among the faculty, students and agency economists.
To register for this Policy Chat, please visit http://ter.ps/craiglewis
For more information about this event, please contact Michelle Lui, Assistant Director of the Center for Financial Policy (mlui@rhsmith.umd.edu) or Haluk Ünal, Professor of Finance (hunal@rhsmith.umd.edu).
Fed Event: Development Circle
At this week's Development Circle, Birtukan Midekssa will speak about the diminishing civic engagement and systematic narrowing of political space for civil society, the media, and political parties in Ethiopia due to legal restrictions after the elections of 2005. A former defense attorney and federal judge, Ms. Midekssa was imprisoned for her leadership in the pro-democracy opposition movement in Ethiopia. She will discuss the challenges confronting the opposition, as well as their historical roots, and offer specific recommendations for strengthening multi-party democracy in Ethiopia.
Date: Weds, April 11, 2012
Time: 12:15-1:20pm
Place: 1203 Van Munching Hall
(Lunch will be served)
Hosted by International Development Council.
Date: Weds, April 11, 2012
Time: 12:15-1:20pm
Place: 1203 Van Munching Hall
(Lunch will be served)
Hosted by International Development Council.
Fed Event: CISSM FORUM 4/12
CISSM Forum | April 12, 2012
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm, 1203 Van Munching Hall
"Human Security:Rethinking Afghanistan"
Lisa Schirch, Founding Director, 3P Human Security, and a Research Professor, Eastern Mennonite University
Lisa Schirch is the founding director of 3P Human Security, a partnership for peacebuilding policy. 3P connects policymakers with global civil society networks, facilitates civil-military dialogue and provides a conflict prevention and peacebuilding lens on current policy issues. Schirch is also a Research Professor at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, and Policy Advisor for the Alliance for Peacebuilding.
A former Fulbright Fellow in East and West Africa, Schirch has worked in over 20 countries in conflict prevention and peacebuilding, most recently in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and Lebanon. Schirch has written four books and numerous articles on conflict prevention and strategic peacebuilding. Her current research interests include the design and structure of a comprehensive peace process in Afghanistan, conflict assessment and program design, civil-military relations, and the role of the media in peacebuilding.
Schirch holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Waterloo, Canada, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason 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 open to the public (no RSVPs required) and is supported by the Yamamoto-Scheffelin Endowment for Policy Research. For further information about the CISSM Forum contact cissm@umd.edu.
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm, 1203 Van Munching Hall
"Human Security:Rethinking Afghanistan"
Lisa Schirch, Founding Director, 3P Human Security, and a Research Professor, Eastern Mennonite University
Lisa Schirch is the founding director of 3P Human Security, a partnership for peacebuilding policy. 3P connects policymakers with global civil society networks, facilitates civil-military dialogue and provides a conflict prevention and peacebuilding lens on current policy issues. Schirch is also a Research Professor at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, and Policy Advisor for the Alliance for Peacebuilding.
A former Fulbright Fellow in East and West Africa, Schirch has worked in over 20 countries in conflict prevention and peacebuilding, most recently in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and Lebanon. Schirch has written four books and numerous articles on conflict prevention and strategic peacebuilding. Her current research interests include the design and structure of a comprehensive peace process in Afghanistan, conflict assessment and program design, civil-military relations, and the role of the media in peacebuilding.
Schirch holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Waterloo, Canada, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason 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 open to the public (no RSVPs required) and is supported by the Yamamoto-Scheffelin Endowment for Policy Research. For further information about the CISSM Forum contact cissm@umd.edu.
Fed Event: **EESG Maryland's Genuine Progress Indicator
WHAT: Maryland's Genuine Progress Indicator
WHEN: Friday 12:15 - 1:30pm April 13, 2012
WHERE: 1113 Van Munching Hall
WHO: EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN US! (Please forward to any interested parties)
This week at EESG, Sean McGuire, the Director of Sustainable Policies at Maryland's DNR and UMD graduate, will discuss Maryland's Genuine Progress Indicator. The GPI is designed to measure economic welfare where GDP is lacking. Sean will discuss how Maryland developed their GPI, lessons learned, how they're using it, and where it's headed.
Visit Maryland DNR's webpage for more info on the GPI: http://www.green.maryland.gov/mdgpi/index.asp
We look forward to seeing you at our discussion!
** Your EESG Team
WHEN: Friday 12:15 - 1:30pm April 13, 2012
WHERE: 1113 Van Munching Hall
WHO: EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN US! (Please forward to any interested parties)
This week at EESG, Sean McGuire, the Director of Sustainable Policies at Maryland's DNR and UMD graduate, will discuss Maryland's Genuine Progress Indicator. The GPI is designed to measure economic welfare where GDP is lacking. Sean will discuss how Maryland developed their GPI, lessons learned, how they're using it, and where it's headed.
Visit Maryland DNR's webpage for more info on the GPI: http://www.green.maryland.gov/mdgpi/index.asp
We look forward to seeing you at our discussion!
** Your EESG Team
Friday, April 6, 2012
Fed Event TODAY
WHAT: Environmental Policy Making
WHEN: Friday 12:15 - 1:30pm April 6, 2012
WHERE: 1113 Van Munching Hall
WHO: EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN US! (Please forward to any interested parties)
This week the Ecological Economics Student Group will be hearing from Dr. Robert Nelson of the Policy School. His talk is titled “Normative Underpinnings of Environmental Policy Making: The Role of Secular Religion.” The talk will be based on his recent book, The New Holy Wars: Economic Religion versus Environmental Religion in Contemporary America (Penn State Press, 2010).
Environmental policy making is not only an exercise in scientific analysis but also involves the application of core values to environmental issues. These values are often left implicit in environmental policy debate but it is important to have an understanding of these values, if the debate is to be fully informed. There are two particularly important sources of values that are commonly brought to bear, the values that underlie the thinking of economists and the values that underlie the thinking of environmentalists – derived from what might be called the secular religion of economics and the secular religion of environmentalism.
WHEN: Friday 12:15 - 1:30pm April 6, 2012
WHERE: 1113 Van Munching Hall
WHO: EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN US! (Please forward to any interested parties)
This week the Ecological Economics Student Group will be hearing from Dr. Robert Nelson of the Policy School. His talk is titled “Normative Underpinnings of Environmental Policy Making: The Role of Secular Religion.” The talk will be based on his recent book, The New Holy Wars: Economic Religion versus Environmental Religion in Contemporary America (Penn State Press, 2010).
Environmental policy making is not only an exercise in scientific analysis but also involves the application of core values to environmental issues. These values are often left implicit in environmental policy debate but it is important to have an understanding of these values, if the debate is to be fully informed. There are two particularly important sources of values that are commonly brought to bear, the values that underlie the thinking of economists and the values that underlie the thinking of environmentalists – derived from what might be called the secular religion of economics and the secular religion of environmentalism.
Fed Event; Tuesday Policy Forum Featuring Philip Joyce | “The Congressional Budget Office: Honest Numbers, Power, and Policy Making” | April 10th
The Congressional Budget Office: Honest Numbers, Power, and Policy Making - Tuesday Policy Forum
April 10, 2012, 12:15-1:30 PM, 1207 Van Munching Hall
Philip Joyce is Professor of Management, Finance and Leadership at the Maryland School of Public Policy. He formerly served as Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration at The George Washington University. He also directed the PhD program in Public Policy and Administration at GW.
Professor Joyce's teaching and research interests include public budgeting, the Congressional budget process, performance measurement, and intergovernmental relations. He is the author of-The Congressional Budget Office: Honest Numbers, Power, and Policy Making (Georgetown University Press, 2011). He is also co-author of two other books--, Government Performance: Why Management Matters and Public Budgeting Systems, 8th Edition. He is the author of more than 50 other publications (including book chapters and articles), appearing in outlets such as the Public Administration Review, Public Budgeting & Finance, The Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Administration and Society, and the Handbook of Government Budgeting. His 1993 article, "Using Performance Measures for Federal Budgeting: Proposals and Prospects" was reprinted in Classics of Public Administration (1997). Professor Joyce is Editor of Public Budgeting and Finance, is a Past President of the American Association and Budget and Program Analysis and is a Past Chair of ASPA's Center on Accountability and Performance (CAP).
April 10, 2012, 12:15-1:30 PM, 1207 Van Munching Hall
Philip Joyce is Professor of Management, Finance and Leadership at the Maryland School of Public Policy. He formerly served as Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration at The George Washington University. He also directed the PhD program in Public Policy and Administration at GW.
Professor Joyce's teaching and research interests include public budgeting, the Congressional budget process, performance measurement, and intergovernmental relations. He is the author of-The Congressional Budget Office: Honest Numbers, Power, and Policy Making (Georgetown University Press, 2011). He is also co-author of two other books--, Government Performance: Why Management Matters and Public Budgeting Systems, 8th Edition. He is the author of more than 50 other publications (including book chapters and articles), appearing in outlets such as the Public Administration Review, Public Budgeting & Finance, The Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Administration and Society, and the Handbook of Government Budgeting. His 1993 article, "Using Performance Measures for Federal Budgeting: Proposals and Prospects" was reprinted in Classics of Public Administration (1997). Professor Joyce is Editor of Public Budgeting and Finance, is a Past President of the American Association and Budget and Program Analysis and is a Past Chair of ASPA's Center on Accountability and Performance (CAP).
Fed Event: Remember to Register! The Emerging Markets Forum, April 13 2012
The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business invites you to explore the transformative role of women in emerging markets. This is sure to be an enriching event, but space is limited. Register today!
Women as Entrepreneurs, Consumers and Agents of Change
Friday, April 13, 2012 – 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center – Pavilion Room
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20004
Once underrepresented in business, women in emerging markets are becoming a powerful economic force – as business leaders, entrepreneurs and newly empowered consumers – causing businesses to stand up and take notice.
Join us for the latest knowledge, resources and best practices on this important topic.
Leading an impressive roster of speakers is business executive Carly Fiorina (Smith MBA ’80), Chairman and CEO of Carly Fiorina Enterprises and founder of the Fiorina Foundation. The Foundation supports The One Woman Initiative, operating under the premise that the world benefits when one woman is empowered.
Other distinguished speakers include:
Rupert Scofield – President and CEO, FINCA and author of The Social Entrepreneur’s Handbook
Rohini Pande – Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University
Shari Berenbach – Director, Microenterprise Development, USAID
Please join the Robert H. Smith School of Business for this exciting event – and register today to secure your reservation.
For more information, go to www.rhsmith.umd.edu/EmergingMarkets or contact Christopher Olson by e-mail or phone at 301-405-4824.
Women as Entrepreneurs, Consumers and Agents of Change
Friday, April 13, 2012 – 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center – Pavilion Room
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20004
Once underrepresented in business, women in emerging markets are becoming a powerful economic force – as business leaders, entrepreneurs and newly empowered consumers – causing businesses to stand up and take notice.
Join us for the latest knowledge, resources and best practices on this important topic.
Leading an impressive roster of speakers is business executive Carly Fiorina (Smith MBA ’80), Chairman and CEO of Carly Fiorina Enterprises and founder of the Fiorina Foundation. The Foundation supports The One Woman Initiative, operating under the premise that the world benefits when one woman is empowered.
Other distinguished speakers include:
Rupert Scofield – President and CEO, FINCA and author of The Social Entrepreneur’s Handbook
Rohini Pande – Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University
Shari Berenbach – Director, Microenterprise Development, USAID
Please join the Robert H. Smith School of Business for this exciting event – and register today to secure your reservation.
For more information, go to www.rhsmith.umd.edu/EmergingMarkets or contact Christopher Olson by e-mail or phone at 301-405-4824.
Fed Event: Development Circle Forum | Democratization in Ethiopia | April 11, 2012
At the next Development Circle, Birtukan Midekssa will speak about the diminishing civic engagement and systematic narrowing of political space for civil society, the media, and political parties in Ethiopia due to legal restrictions after the elections of 2005. Ms. Midekssa is a leader of the pro-democracy opposition movement in Ethiopia. Hailed as the Aung San Suu Kyi of her country, she was sentenced to life in prison in 2005. After eighteen months she was released from prison and founded the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ). In 2008, she was arrested again and remained in prison for nearly two more years. Prior to entering politics, Ms. Midekssa served as a defense attorney and federal judge, rendering numerous court decisions in support of the rule of law and in defense of fundamental constitutional liberties.
Date:Weds, April 11, 2012
Time: 12:15-1:20pm
Place: 1203 Van Munching Hall
(Lunch will be served)
Hosted by International Development Council.
Date:Weds, April 11, 2012
Time: 12:15-1:20pm
Place: 1203 Van Munching Hall
(Lunch will be served)
Hosted by International Development Council.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Fed Event: Tomorrow, 4:15 OM, VMH 1101
Ambassador Richard Benedick is guest speaker in a Policy Class--International Environmental Agreements class tomorrow, Wednesday, April 4th. Time: 4:15pm to 6:45pm in VMH 1101. All are welcome to attend. Seating, however, is very limited in VMH 1101.
In an informal and open exchange, Amb. Benedick will discuss his work on the acclaimed Montreal Protocol on ozone protection, the not-so-acclaimed Kyoto Protocol on climate change, and geoengineering as an approach to climate change mitigation.
Amb. Benedick is (from his Wikipedia page)…
President of the National Council for Science and the Environment. He is a former diplomat and was chief United States negotiator to the Montreal Protocol on protection of the ozone layer. He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy.
Ambassador Richard Benedick has played a major role in global environmental affairs as chief U.S. negotiator and a principal architect of the historic Montreal Protocol on protection of the ozone layer, and as Special Advisor to Secretaries-General of both the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 1992) and the International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994). After serving several years on Battelle’s International Advisory Board, he became in 1998 Deputy Director in the Environmental and Health Sciences Division at their Washington D.C. office of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and since 2001 is Senior Advisor to the PNNL-University of Maryland Joint Global Change Research Institute.
Since 1994 Dr. Benedick has also been President of the National Council for Science and the Environment, an organization of over 500 universities, scientific societies, industry and civic groups dedicated to improving the scientific basis for environmental decision making. He is concurrently Visiting Fellow since 1995 at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (Social Science Research Center). His acclaimed book, Ozone Diplomacy: New Directions in Safeguarding the Planet (Harvard University Press, 1991, enlarged ed. 1998; Japanese ed. 1999), was selected by McGraw-Hill for an anthology of twentieth-century environmental classics and is used in universities throughout the world. He has lectured at more than 80 professional bodies and universities, serves on several boards, and is consulted by international agencies, governments, foundations and industry. He has organized and/or presided over numerous international conferences and negotiations on environment, development, population, and science policy. In 2005, he served on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Analysis of Global Change Assessments. He currently focuses on climate policy and has promoted the concept of “an architecture of parallel regimes.” He is regularly cited by U.S. and international media.
Benedick was elected in 1991 to the World Academy of Art and Science, and in 2002 to the American Academy of Diplomacy, an association of 100 former cabinet secretaries, ambassadors, and statesmen “who have made notable contributions to American foreign policy.” He received the highest Presidential career public service honors (Distinguished and Meritorious Service Awards), the State Department’s John Jacob Rogers medal, and the 1997 United Nations Global Ozone Award and 2007 Twentieth Anniversary Ozone Award. Other distinctions include two State Department Superior Honor medals; visiting fellow, National Center for Atmospheric Research; senior fellow, World Wildlife Fund; Stimson Fellow in International Relations at Yale University; Phi Beta Kappa; Tönisssteiner Kreis; and awards from the Academy of Athens, the Climate Institute, the Holy See, and Population Reference Bureau. He has been in Who’s Who in America since 1980.
A career diplomat, Dr. Benedick served in Iran, Pakistan, Paris, Bonn, and Athens. As Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, he supervised policy formation and international negotiations on climate change, stratospheric ozone, biotechnology, tropical forests, oceans, wildlife conservation, and AIDS. Previously, he headed policy divisions at State Department responsible for global population policies and biomedical research, and for economic assistance and multilateral finance. In 1977, he was selected for the Senior Seminar, the U.S. government’s highest study program. He has led many international delegations and testified before the U.S. Congress and foreign parliaments, most recently in 2005 before the Senate on science and environmental policy.
Over 120 publications in the U.S. and abroad include Industrial Finance in Iran, From Amenemhet to Aswan: Transformation of the Nile, and articles/chapters published by, i.a., The American Assembly, American Physical Society, Aspen Institute, Max Planck Gesellschaft, National Academy of Sciences, and Scientific American. He holds an A.B. summa cum laude, Columbia; M.A. (honors, economics) Yale; D.B.A. Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration; Evans Fellow at Oxford, in metaphysical poetry; D.Sc. honoris causa, North Carolina State University, 2004.
All are welcome to join the class.
In an informal and open exchange, Amb. Benedick will discuss his work on the acclaimed Montreal Protocol on ozone protection, the not-so-acclaimed Kyoto Protocol on climate change, and geoengineering as an approach to climate change mitigation.
Amb. Benedick is (from his Wikipedia page)…
President of the National Council for Science and the Environment. He is a former diplomat and was chief United States negotiator to the Montreal Protocol on protection of the ozone layer. He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy.
Ambassador Richard Benedick has played a major role in global environmental affairs as chief U.S. negotiator and a principal architect of the historic Montreal Protocol on protection of the ozone layer, and as Special Advisor to Secretaries-General of both the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 1992) and the International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994). After serving several years on Battelle’s International Advisory Board, he became in 1998 Deputy Director in the Environmental and Health Sciences Division at their Washington D.C. office of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and since 2001 is Senior Advisor to the PNNL-University of Maryland Joint Global Change Research Institute.
Since 1994 Dr. Benedick has also been President of the National Council for Science and the Environment, an organization of over 500 universities, scientific societies, industry and civic groups dedicated to improving the scientific basis for environmental decision making. He is concurrently Visiting Fellow since 1995 at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (Social Science Research Center). His acclaimed book, Ozone Diplomacy: New Directions in Safeguarding the Planet (Harvard University Press, 1991, enlarged ed. 1998; Japanese ed. 1999), was selected by McGraw-Hill for an anthology of twentieth-century environmental classics and is used in universities throughout the world. He has lectured at more than 80 professional bodies and universities, serves on several boards, and is consulted by international agencies, governments, foundations and industry. He has organized and/or presided over numerous international conferences and negotiations on environment, development, population, and science policy. In 2005, he served on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Analysis of Global Change Assessments. He currently focuses on climate policy and has promoted the concept of “an architecture of parallel regimes.” He is regularly cited by U.S. and international media.
Benedick was elected in 1991 to the World Academy of Art and Science, and in 2002 to the American Academy of Diplomacy, an association of 100 former cabinet secretaries, ambassadors, and statesmen “who have made notable contributions to American foreign policy.” He received the highest Presidential career public service honors (Distinguished and Meritorious Service Awards), the State Department’s John Jacob Rogers medal, and the 1997 United Nations Global Ozone Award and 2007 Twentieth Anniversary Ozone Award. Other distinctions include two State Department Superior Honor medals; visiting fellow, National Center for Atmospheric Research; senior fellow, World Wildlife Fund; Stimson Fellow in International Relations at Yale University; Phi Beta Kappa; Tönisssteiner Kreis; and awards from the Academy of Athens, the Climate Institute, the Holy See, and Population Reference Bureau. He has been in Who’s Who in America since 1980.
A career diplomat, Dr. Benedick served in Iran, Pakistan, Paris, Bonn, and Athens. As Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, he supervised policy formation and international negotiations on climate change, stratospheric ozone, biotechnology, tropical forests, oceans, wildlife conservation, and AIDS. Previously, he headed policy divisions at State Department responsible for global population policies and biomedical research, and for economic assistance and multilateral finance. In 1977, he was selected for the Senior Seminar, the U.S. government’s highest study program. He has led many international delegations and testified before the U.S. Congress and foreign parliaments, most recently in 2005 before the Senate on science and environmental policy.
Over 120 publications in the U.S. and abroad include Industrial Finance in Iran, From Amenemhet to Aswan: Transformation of the Nile, and articles/chapters published by, i.a., The American Assembly, American Physical Society, Aspen Institute, Max Planck Gesellschaft, National Academy of Sciences, and Scientific American. He holds an A.B. summa cum laude, Columbia; M.A. (honors, economics) Yale; D.B.A. Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration; Evans Fellow at Oxford, in metaphysical poetry; D.Sc. honoris causa, North Carolina State University, 2004.
All are welcome to join the class.
Fed Event: TONIGHT-Public Leadership presentation on "City Year" tonight 8-10 in CCC 1100
Thanks to Gemma d’Eustachio a first-year Public Leadership student, the School’s undergraduate Public Leadership Program is sponsoring a presentation on “City Year” tonight (April 3) , 8-10 p.m.in Cambridge Community Center (near Comcast) 1100. Gemma took part in this terrific program after her senior year in high school, and highly recommends it to both undergraduates and graduate students. Food will be served! For more on “city year” as a “gap year,” see www.cityyear.org. We hope to see you there.
For more information, contact Gemma at gemstone.gemma@gmail.com.
For more information, contact Gemma at gemstone.gemma@gmail.com.
Fed Event: April 5th, CISSM Forum
CISSM Forum | April 5, 2012: "The United States and the Arab Awakening"
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 open to the public (no RSVPs required) and is supported by the Yamamoto-Scheffelin Endowment for Policy Research. For further information about the CISSM Forum contact cissm@umd.edu.
Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland
Shibley Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, College Park, and non-resident senior fellow at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution. Before coming to the University of Maryland, he taught at several universities, including Cornell University, the Ohio State University, the University of Southern California, Princeton University, Columbia University, Swarthmore College, and the University of California at Berkeley, where he received his doctorate in political science.
Professor Telhami has also been active in the foreign policy arena. He has served as Advisor to the US Mission to the UN (1990-91), as advisor to former Congressman Lee Hamilton, and as a member of the US delegation to the Trilateral US-Israeli-Palestinian Anti-Incitement Committee, which was mandated by the Wye River Agreements and has served as an advisor to the United States Department of State. He also served on the Iraq Study Group as a member of the Strategic Environment Working Group. He has contributed to The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times and regularly appears on national and international radio and television. He has served on the US Advisory Group on Public Diplomacy for the Arab and Muslim World, which was appointed by the Department of State at the request of Congress, and he co-drafted the report of their findings, Changing Minds, Winning Peace. He has also co-drafted several Council on Foreign Relations reports on US public diplomacy, on the Arab-Israeli peace process, and on Persian Gulf security.
His best-selling book, The Stakes: America and the Middle East (Westview Press, 2003; updated version, 2004) was selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the top five books on the Middle East in 2003. His other publications include Power and Leadership in International Bargaining: The Path to the Camp David Accords (1990); International Organizations and Ethnic Conflict, ed. with Milton Esman (1995); Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East, ed. with Michael Barnett (2002), The Sadat Lectures: Words and Images on Peace, 1997-2008, ed. (2010), US Diplomacy in the Middle East 1989-2009, co-authored with Dan Kurtzer et al. (forthcoming) and numerous articles on international politics and Middle Eastern affairs. He has been a principal investigator in the annual Arab Public Opinion Survey, conducted since 2002 in six Arab countries.
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the board of the Education for Employment Foundation, several academic advisory boards, and has served on the board of Human Rights Watch (and as Chair of Advisory Committee of Human Rights Watch/Middle East). He has also served on the board of the United States Institute of Peace. Professor Telhami was given the Distinguished International Service Award by the University of Maryland in 2002 and the Excellence in Public Service Award by the University System of Maryland Board of Regents in 2006.
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 open to the public (no RSVPs required) and is supported by the Yamamoto-Scheffelin Endowment for Policy Research. For further information about the CISSM Forum contact cissm@umd.edu.
Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland
Shibley Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, College Park, and non-resident senior fellow at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution. Before coming to the University of Maryland, he taught at several universities, including Cornell University, the Ohio State University, the University of Southern California, Princeton University, Columbia University, Swarthmore College, and the University of California at Berkeley, where he received his doctorate in political science.
Professor Telhami has also been active in the foreign policy arena. He has served as Advisor to the US Mission to the UN (1990-91), as advisor to former Congressman Lee Hamilton, and as a member of the US delegation to the Trilateral US-Israeli-Palestinian Anti-Incitement Committee, which was mandated by the Wye River Agreements and has served as an advisor to the United States Department of State. He also served on the Iraq Study Group as a member of the Strategic Environment Working Group. He has contributed to The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times and regularly appears on national and international radio and television. He has served on the US Advisory Group on Public Diplomacy for the Arab and Muslim World, which was appointed by the Department of State at the request of Congress, and he co-drafted the report of their findings, Changing Minds, Winning Peace. He has also co-drafted several Council on Foreign Relations reports on US public diplomacy, on the Arab-Israeli peace process, and on Persian Gulf security.
His best-selling book, The Stakes: America and the Middle East (Westview Press, 2003; updated version, 2004) was selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the top five books on the Middle East in 2003. His other publications include Power and Leadership in International Bargaining: The Path to the Camp David Accords (1990); International Organizations and Ethnic Conflict, ed. with Milton Esman (1995); Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East, ed. with Michael Barnett (2002), The Sadat Lectures: Words and Images on Peace, 1997-2008, ed. (2010), US Diplomacy in the Middle East 1989-2009, co-authored with Dan Kurtzer et al. (forthcoming) and numerous articles on international politics and Middle Eastern affairs. He has been a principal investigator in the annual Arab Public Opinion Survey, conducted since 2002 in six Arab countries.
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the board of the Education for Employment Foundation, several academic advisory boards, and has served on the board of Human Rights Watch (and as Chair of Advisory Committee of Human Rights Watch/Middle East). He has also served on the board of the United States Institute of Peace. Professor Telhami was given the Distinguished International Service Award by the University of Maryland in 2002 and the Excellence in Public Service Award by the University System of Maryland Board of Regents in 2006.
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