Events for the Week of May 9

FGS EVENTS:

Federal and Global Fellows and IVSP Spring Networking Breakfast

WHEN: Wednesday, May 11 (9:30am-12:00pm)
WHERE: FGS Office (2407 Marie Mount Hall)
DESCRIPTION: Please join our office for our final networking event of the year! You all have been great students all year long, so take the beginning of your Reading Day to stop by, grab some coffee, and complete your Spring Check-In! Besides opportunity to wish you all well in your exams, chat, network and get updates, we can also review your progress to ensure you are all set to collect your graduation cords and receive notation for completion of the program.  
LINK: RSVP

U.S. Department of State Spring 2017 Internship Workshop

WHEN: Friday, May 13 (11:00am-1:00pm) OR Tuesday, May 17 (11:00am-1:00pm)
WHERE: FGS Office (2407 Marie Mount)
DESCRIPTION: Our office will be conducting two workshops for those of you interested in applying for internship at the Department of State for Spring 2017. The application (http://careers.state.gov/intern/student-internships) has not open yet, but should open soon.  The application dateline would normally around the 1st week of July, so if you start preparing now, you’ll have ample of time to familiarize yourself with the process and put together a great application.

If you wish to apply to Department of State internship, we highly recommend that you attend this workshop before applying.

Please bring a HARD copy of your resume to the meeting.

Please note that much of the information and tips of the State workshop is transferable to other types of applications.  So feel free to attend the State workshops for tips that are transferable to other applications.

LINK: http://goo.gl/forms/DnlkSiUzg2

UMD EVENTS:

Cities and Immigrants in Southeast Asia: The Case of Colonial Rangoon

WHEN: Monday, May 9 (4:00-6:00pm)
WHERE: 2110 Taliaferro Hall
DESCRIPTION:  Our paper lays out the broad contours of urban development in Southeast Asia, focusing on a case study of Rangoon between 1860 and 1940. In this period Rangoon was the most important rice port in the world and immigrants comprised an extremely high proportion of the population —much higher, for example, than was the case in New York, long considered the quintessential “immigrant city.”  An analysis of Rangoon’s economic role in Burma (and in the British Empire) will afford us insight into a variety of important questions relating to economic development, and shed light on the dynamics of migration flows in (and around) Southeast Asia during the age of high imperialism.  We shall also detail some of the profound social and political effects of massive immigration on the city of Rangoon itself.

Peter A. Coclanis is Albert R. Newsome Distinguished Professor of History and Director of the Global Research Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill. He works primarily in U.S., Southeast Asian, and global economic and business history and has published widely in all of these areas. His most recent book is Rice: Global Networks and New Histories (Cambridge University Press, 2015) edited with Francesca Bray and Edda Fields-Black.

Angelo Coclanis (MA/MSc– Columbia and London School of Economics) has focused his research on the social and economic impact of Indian migrant labor in Rangoon (1886-1932). He currently teaches history at the Solebury School in Bucks County, PA.
LINK: http://history.umd.edu/events/cities-and-immigrants-southeast-asia-case-colonial-rangoon?mini=2016-5&&date=2016-5

Whiting-Turner Lecture: Will Clean Energy Take Our Economy to the Cleaners?

WHEN: Thursday, May 12 (4:30-6:00pm)
WHERE: 1110 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building, Stanley Zupnik Hall
DESCRIPTION: In 2009 when the Obama–Biden ticket was inaugurated into office, they set out to accomplish the following aspirational goals:

-          Implement an economy-wide cap-and-trade systems to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 83% of 2005 levels by 2050;

-          Save more oil than we import from the Middle East and Venezuela by 2019;

-          Ensure 10% of our electricity comes from renewables in 2012 and 25% by 2025;

-          Put one million plug-in hybrid vehicles on the road by 2015; and

-          Create five million jobs by investing $150 billion over 10 years to catalyze private efforts to build a clean-energy future.

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And in the 2011 State of the Union address, the President put forth a goal to reach 80% clean electricity by 2035. The Office of the Under Secretary for Energy at the US Department of Energy put together a plan to realize these goals, along with the cost of attaining 80% clean electricity by 2035. This talk will summarize this "Strategic Technology Energy Plan (STEP)" and progress made on achieving this plan to date, and highlight the unique role of run-of-river hydroelectric power generation in carrying out STEP.

The speaker, Kristina M. Johnson, is the co-founder and CEO of Cube Hydro Partners, LLC, a clean-energy infrastructure company focused on building and operating hydropower plants in North America. Cube Hydro is backed by ISquared Capital with $900MM in equity and currently operates fifteen plants on eight rivers in six eastern states.

Prior to Cube Hydro, Dr. Johnson served as Under Secretary of Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. As Under Secretary, she was responsible for unifying and managing a broad $10.5 billion Energy and Environment portfolio, including an additional $37 billion in energy and environment investments from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.
LINK: http://eng.umd.edu/html/events/index.php?mode=4&id=11468

DC EVENTS:

STEM education and future generations of American investors, technologists, and explorers

WHEN: Monday, May 9 (10:00-11:00am)
WHERE: Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium
DESCRIPTION: On May 9, the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence (21CSI) at Brookings will host NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Dean Kamen, founder of FIRST, for a discussion of the future of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education in America. With increasingly complex problems emerging throughout government and with economic competitiveness at the fore of so many public debates, STEM education has the potential to deliver mission success and continued prosperity. But questions remain about how STEM programs should be implemented and which skills should be promoted and where.

As leaders in areas of the public and private sectors that rely heavily on STEM-related skills and knowledge, Bolden and Kamen will speak to the state of STEM education across the country, why making it a national priority is critical, and how educators and policymakers can better promote STEM in the nation’s future workforce. John Allen, senior fellow and co-director of 21CSI, will moderate discussion.

After the program, participants will take audience questions.
LINK: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2016/05/09-stem-education-future-generations

Power Play: Energy and Manufacturing in North America

WHEN: Tuesday, May 10 (9:00-10:30am)
WHERE: Woodrow Wilson Center, 6^th Floor
DESCRIPTION: The Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, Canada Institute, and the International Monetary Fund are pleased to invite you to our launch of the book "Power Play: Energy and Manufacturing in North America." Despite the recent fall in energy prices, fuller development of energy resources in North America has potentially important implications for global energy markets and the competitiveness of North American manufacturing industries. The book "Power Play: Energy and Manufacturing in North America" describes the transformation of the energy landscape in North America due to the upsurge in unconventional energy production since the mid-2000s and tells the story of the energy-manufacturing nexus from the perspective of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, and the region as a whole. Based on the research done at the International Monetary Fund, the book discusses the energy boom and its macroeconomic implications for the three countries individually and for the region overall, exploring also how the changing energy landscape can affect the potential benefits of greater integration across the three North American economies
LINK: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/power-play-energy-and-manufacturing-north-america

Educational Series on Affordable Medicines, Impact of Federal Policy on Innovation, Competition, and Costs

WHEN: Tuesday, May 10 (10:00-11:30am)
WHERE: Bipartisan Policy Center
DESCRIPTION: The Bipartisan Policy Center is hosting three educational forums to inform the national conversation on affordable medicines. The purpose of these forums is to seek an understanding of how private sector decisions and public sector policies impact the prices of drugs and their costs to the health care system. They will highlight what is known about the present system and explore the full range of viewpoints on this issue. BPC hopes each convening will explore how best to support medical innovation while ensuring access and affordability for patients.

Please join us for the second of these forums on May 10, where we will address how existing federal statutes and regulations impact pharmaceutical innovation, market competition, and costs.
LINK: http://bipartisanpolicy.org/events/educational-series-on-affordable-medicines-federal-policy/

Challenges Ahead for U.S. Global Competitiveness

WHEN: Wednesday, May 11 (10:30am-12:00pm)
WHERE: Bipartisan Policy Center
DESCRIPTION: Join our event to understand global company decision-making and U.S. competitiveness, hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center, the Organization for International Investment (OFII), and PwC. More than 100 CFOs of global companies already investing in the United States shared their insight in PwC and OFII’s 2016 CFO Insourcing Survey. We will unveil the new survey results and discuss the future outlook with CFOs, business leaders, and policy experts.

Given U.S. subsidiaries of global companies employ 6.1 million American workers and have much at stake in America’s future economic competitiveness, their global perspectives can help policymakers address barriers to growth in the United States. Relevant issues to be explored include U.S. tax reform efforts and international trends, global slowdown concerns and its impact on the United States, America’s skilled labor shortage, the future of trade liberalization, and quality of American infrastructure.
LINK: http://bipartisanpolicy.org/events/challenges-ahead-us-global-competitiveness/

Mexico and the United States: Combating Illicit Finance Together

WHEN: Thursday, May 12 (1:00-2:00pm)
WHERE: Woodrow Wilson Center, 5^th Floor
DESCRIPTION: Mexico and the United States enjoy strong cooperation across a range of issues, including in their common goal of combating illicit financial activity. Money launderers and their associates pose a challenge to financial and regulatory authorities in Mexico and the United States due to the diversity of the means they use to move money illegally, and the speed with which financial flows – both legitimate and illegitimate – cross the shared border. This situation, if unaddressed, has the potential to undermine the financial systems in both countries and to impede both legitimate trade and the further integration of our economies.

Mexico and the United States are approaching this issue within a cooperative framework to further strengthen their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (AML/CFT) regimes. Join us for a discussion with senior representatives from each government to learn about the illicit financial threats both countries face and the innovative approaches they are undertaking to address this common challenge.
LINK: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/mexico-and-the-united-states-combating-illicit-finance-together

Events for the Week of May 2

UMD EVENTS:

UMD Arabic and Persian Flagship Student Research Colloquium

WHEN: Tuesday, May 3 (11:00am-3:45pm)

WHERE: Adele H. Stamp Student Union, Margaret Brent Room B
DESCRIPTION: Arabic & Persian Flagship students will present original undergraduate research within their chosen field. Panelists will discuss language and culture related themes and give their abstracts in Arabic or Persian (with translation). To gain credit for this event, you have to attend one of the panel discussions in full and write a description on what you learned from each of the presenters.

Program:

Arabic Panel I

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Maya Hardimon, Matthew Wheeler, Brooke Blankenship, Aaron Bhatt

Persian Capstone Panel

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Bahareh Ghonsul Asia, Ida Yousofi, Jay Ritch, Ashley Kiani

Researchers' Reception & Lunch

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

(RSVP required - please email arabic@umd.edu)

Roshangar Undergraduate Journal

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Mitra Namiranian, Jason Prior & Matt Hermane

Arabic Panel II

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Allyson McCarthy, Marina Farrugia, Hassanatu Savage
LINK: https://sllc.umd.edu/events/umd-arabic-persian-flagship-student-research-colloquium

Climate Action 2016 Forum

WHEN: Wednesday, May 4 (9:00am-4:30pm)
WHERE: Adele H Stamp Student Union
DESCRIPTION: The University of Maryland will host the Climate Action 2016 forum on campus. In support of the objectives of the Climate Action 2016 multi-stakeholder summit in Washington DC, the forum serves to engage a wide range of individuals who are interested in shaping the climate implementation agenda. This will be an opportunity to discuss and explore the research and analytical approaches needed to produce effective climate action.
LINK: http://umd.edu/climate_forum_2016#sthash.Efe5yUGw.dpuf

Sustainable for Whom? Regional Planning for Neighborhoods, Jobs and Housing

WHEN: Wednesday, May 4 (7:00pm)
WHERE: 0204 ARC
DESCRIPTION: All across the country, suburban planners and residents are grappling with how to handle pressures to adapt to demographic shifts, changing housing preferences, and growing infrastructure costs – all while making their communities more sustainable. Karen Chapple, a Professor on City and Regional Planning from the University of California Berkeley will be presenting the kickoff event for “Makeover Montgomery 3,” keeping the earlier thematic ideas in mind.
LINK: http://www.arch.umd.edu/mapp/lecture/sustainable-whom-regional-planning-neighborhoods-jobs-and-housing

Women in Aeronautics and Astronautics - Guest Speaker Dr. Sandra H. Magnus
WHEN: Wednesday, May 4 (5:00-6:00pm)
WHERE: 1202 Martin Hall, Resnik Lecture Hall
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Sandra “Sandy” Magnus is the Executive Director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the world’s largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession.


Born and raised in Belleville, Ill., Dr. Magnus attended the Missouri University of Science and Technology, graduating in 1986 with a degree in physics and in 1990 with a master’s degree in electrical engineering. She received a Ph.D. from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech in 1996.

Selected to the NASA Astronaut Corps in April, 1996, Dr. Magnus flew in space on the STS-112 shuttle mission in 2002, and on the final shuttle flight, STS-135, in 2011. In addition, she flew to the International Space Station on STS-126 in November 2008, served as flight engineer and science officer on Expedition 18, and returned home on STS-119 after four and a half months on board. Following her assignment on Station, she served at NASA Headquarters in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. Her last duty at NASA, after STS-135, was as the deputy chief of the Astronaut Office.
While at NASA, Dr. Magnus worked extensively with the international community, including the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), as well as with Brazil on facility-type payloads. She also spent time in Russia developing and integrating operational products and procedures for the International Space Station.

Before joining NASA, Dr. Magnus worked for McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company from 1986 to 1991, as a stealth engineer. While at McDonnell Douglas, she worked on internal research and development and on the Navy’s A-12 Attack Aircraft program, studying the effectiveness of radar signature reduction techniques.

Dr. Magnus has received numerous awards, including the NASA Space Flight Medal, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and the 40 at 40 Award (given to former collegiate women athletes to recognize the impact of Title IX).

Arts Journalism in the Digital Age

WHEN: Thursday, May 5 (2:00-3:00pm)

WHERE: 3200 Knight Hall
DESCRIPTION: Digital media and the Internet are changing the way the arts are discussed, accessed and consumed. How does this change the way we practice arts journalism? How do the immediacy and wide reach of social media affect the role of the arts writer? What are the challenges and opportunities for both arts journalists and practitioners in this new landscape?

We bring together a panel of distinguished speakers, each with a diverse body of experience in writing about the arts, to discuss these questions.

Join us for a panel discussion with:

Robert Bettmann; Day Eight & Bourgeon

Sarah Kaufman; The Washington Post

Rebecca J. Ritzel; University of Maryland

John Stoltenberg; DC Metro Theater Arts
LINK: http://merrill.umd.edu/events/arts-journalism-in-the-digital-age/

Hot Weather, Heated Argument

WHEN: Thursday, May 5 (4:00-6:00pm)
WHERE: 0106 Francis Scott Key
DESCRIPTION: Last year all the world’s governments agreed that they must radically change their economies to avoid dangerous climate change, relying on nothing but the word of a few thousand scientists. What does it take to make science trustworthy? One way to answer this essential question is by looking at the story of the discovery of global warm-ing. In a history that stretches back to the nineteenth century, generations of scientists deployed a remarkable variety of methods, evidence, and social mechanisms, cooperating and arguing with one another, to work out what humans might be doing to our planet’s climate. Beginning in the 1970s, the public and politicians became engaged in the discussion. By 2000 the scientific community had reached near certainty. But political argument redoubled, even as theoretical impacts of global warming began to show up in the real world.

LINK: http://history.umd.edu/events/hot-weather-heated-argument?mini=2016-05&date=2016-05 - Must RSVP to millercenter@umd.edu

“Communication, Health & Poverty: Notes from the Field”

WHEN: Friday, May 6 (12:00-1:00pm)
WHERE: 0200 Skinner Hall
DESCRIPTION: Join us for an invigorating talk entitled "Communication, Health & Poverty: Notes from the Field" given by the Spring 2016 Center for Health and Risk Communication Distinguished Speaker, Dr. K. "Vish" Viswanath from Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
LINK: http://www.healthriskcenter.umd.edu/spotlight/poster_vish.pdf

DC EVENTS:

Mexican Civil Society’s Battle Against Corruption: #Ley3de3

WHEN: Wednesday, May 4 (9:00-10:30am)
WHERE: Woodrow Wilson Center, 6^th Floor
DESCRIPTION: The Wilson Center's Mexico Institute is pleased to invite you to our event "Mexican Civil Society's Battle Against Corruption: #Ley3de3." Prominent members of Mexican civil society will discuss the mechanisms being pursued to create a proper legal framework to fight corruption in Mexico. In particular, they will discuss the current status and challenges of a "citizen initiative" known as #Ley3de3, which is currently being discussed in the Mexican Congress. This initiative represents the first time in Mexico's history that civil society has come together to take legislative processes against corruption into their own hands. #Ley3de3 was broadly backed by civil society (more than 600 thousand signatures in favor of it) but is currently frozen in Congress due to lack of agreement between political parties.

For more information on Ley3de3, visit www.ley3de3.mx.
LINK: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/mexican-civil-societys-battle-against-corruption-ley3de3

What does climate change have to do with Zika, and how is the US responding?

WHEN: Wednesday, May 4 (9:00-11:00am)
WHERE: Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium
DESCRIPTION: The expanded range of disease-carrying mosquitos may be yet another emerging threat of rising temperatures—and its one that affects children, in particular. The spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the Zika virus thought to cause microcephaly in infants (as well as yellow fever, dengue fever, and chikungunya), has caused growing concern.

As the mosquito’s reach nears the southern United States, and more Americans traveling abroad become infected with Zika, the Obama administration has responded with a $1.9 billion dollar initiative, causing wrangling in Congress about how to pay for it.

On May 4, Princeton University and the Brookings Institution will host an event to mark the release the spring 2016 issue of The Future of Children. The title of the issue is "Children and Climate Change." The journal contains nine chapters dealing with various effects of climate change on children. Also released on May 4 will be a policy brief, "Children and Temperature: Taking Action Now," which reviews the threat posed to children's health by rising temperatures, especially the link between rising temperatures and the spread of mosquitoes and the Zika virus.

The event will focus on the Obama administration’s response to the Zika virus and will include a keynote address by Debra Lubar, Director, Office of Appropriations, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The event will also feature remarks by a panel of experts with extensive knowledge about the impact of rising temperatures on children’s health. All participants will take questions from the audience.
LINK: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2016/05/04-what-does-climate-change-have-to-do-with-zika

Power and Change in Iran: Dynamics of Contention and Conciliation

WHEN: Thursday, May 5 (9:30-10:30am)
WHERE: Woodrow Wilson Center, 5^th Floor
DESCRIPTION: Drawing from their contributions to the recently published book, Power and Change in Iran: Dynamics of Contention and Conciliation, (co-edited by Daniel Brumberg and Farideh Farhi), Daniel Brumberg and Shadi Mokhtari will shed light on political and social struggles that are shaping Iran's domestic politics and its evolving engagement in the Middle East and wider global arena. Their presentations will highlight insights from the scholars who contributed to this volume, including Farideh Farhi, Kevan Harris, Payam Mohseni, Shervin Malekzadeh, Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Koroush Rahimkhani, Yasmin Alem, Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, Mehrangiz Kar, and Azadeh Pourzand.
LINK: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/power-and-change-iran-dynamics-contention-and-conciliation

Chinese Nuclear Thinking: U.S. Perspectives

WHEN: Thursday, May 5 (10:30am-12:00pm)
WHERE: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC, 20036
DESCRIPTION: Chinese nuclear experts think about nuclear weapons very differently from their U.S. counterparts. They use different terminology and contrasting security paradigms to discuss and make decisions on nuclear policy. How can Washington and Beijing promote an effective dialogue and shared understanding despite their disparate approaches?

Join us for the latest discussion in our series on Chinese nuclear thinking. Li Bin will present the findings of his recent, groundbreaking ‪‪article on the topic, Linton Brooks will comment, and Rose Gottemoeller will offer remarks on the Sino-U.S. dialogue on nuclear issues. Carnegie President William J. Burns will introduce the event, and Evan Medeiros will moderate.
LINK: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/05/05/chinese-nuclear-thinking-u.s.-perspectives/ixeg

America’s place in the world

WHEN: Thursday, May 5 (3:30-5:00pm)
WHERE: Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium
DESCRIPTION: On May 5, the Brookings Project on International Order and Strategy (IOS) will host a discussion on America’s global role and the release of the newest edition of Pew Research Center’s series, “America’s Place in the World.” This survey explores American views of U.S. foreign policy today and the role of U.S. leadership abroad. The study also looks at which national security threats concern Americans the most.

Carroll Doherty, director of political research at Pew Research Center, will open the discussion by explaining the survey’s findings. Senior Fellow Robert Kagan, author of “The World America Made” (Vintage Books, 2013), will talk about the implications of the survey for U.S. support of the international order. Derek Chollet, former assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs and author of the forthcoming book “The Long Game” (Public Affairs, 2016), will offer insight into how these findings fit with President Obama’s worldview. Laure Mandeville, U.S. bureau chief for Le Figaro, will contribute an international perspective on American politics and U.S. power abroad.

Margaret Brennan, CBS foreign affairs correspondent, will moderate the discussion. Senior Fellow Thomas Wright, director of IOS, will provide brief opening remarks.

After the program, the speakers will take questions from the audience.
LINK: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2016/05/05-americas-place-in-the-world

What Gridlock and Polarization Mean for American Democracy

WHEN: Friday, May 6 (9:30-11:00am)
WHERE: Bipartisan Policy Center, 1225 Eye St. NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC, 20005
DESCRIPTION: Partisan polarization has deep roots in and a large impact on our political system. As polarization has worsened, Congress and the administration have been less willing and able to confront some of the largest public policy questions facing the country. Is the status quo sustainable?

Join us, along with the National Capital-Area Political Science Association, on May 6 as a panel of contributors to the new book American Gridlock: The Sources, Character, and Impact of Political Polarization weigh in on polarization in the public, national institutions, states, and media and the implications for the future of functioning American democracy.
LINK: http://bipartisanpolicy.org/events/what-gridlock-and-polarization-mean-for-american-democracy/

Brexit – in or out? Implications of the United Kingdom’s referendum on EU membership

WHEN: Friday, May 6 (9:00am-12:30pm)
WHERE: Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium
DESCRIPTION: On June 23, voters in the United Kingdom will go to the polls for a referendum on the country’s membership in the European Union. As one of the EU’s largest and wealthiest member states, Britain’s exit, or “Brexit”, would not only alter the U.K.’s institutional, political, and economic relationships, but would also send shock waves across the entire continent and beyond, with a possible Brexit fundamentally reshaping transatlantic relations.

On May 6, the Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE) at Brookings, in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America, King's College London, and Wilton Park USA, will host a discussion to assess the range of implications that could result from the United Kingdom’s referendum.

After each panel, the participants will take questions from the audience.
LINK: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2016/05/06-uk-eu-referendum-implications

Peace After Paris: Addressing Climate, Conflict, and Development

WHEN: Friday, May 6 (10:00-11:30am)
WHERE: Woodrow Wilson Center, 5^th Floor
DESCRIPTION: 2015 was a milestone year for international commitments on climate change, sustainable development, and peacebuilding. Where are the opportunities at the intersection of these processes to address climate security risks and build peace? What needs to happen in the next five years for these frameworks to achieve their long-term goals?

Nick Mabey, founder and Chief Executive of E3G, will provide his analysis of these processes with commentary by Ken Conca, author of An Unfinished Foundation: The United Nations and Global Environmental Governance, and Sherri Goodman, former deputy undersecretary of defense for environmental security and current Wilson Center public policy fellow.
LINK: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/peace-after-paris-addressing-climate-conflict-and-development

Events for the Week of April 25

FGS EVENTS

FGSM Alumni & Student Mixer

WHEN: Thursday, April 28 (5:30-7:30pm)

WHERE: Elephant & Castle, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20004
DESCRIPTION: Join the Federal and Global Semester staff in putting together our annual Alumni and Student happy hour mixer. Come and mingle with Federal and Global Fellows past and present to celebrate the end of the year!
RSVP: http://evite.me/T6qgXEUSKW

UMD EVENTS

Creating Change through the Political Process

WHEN: Monday, April 25 (5:00-6:30pm)
WHERE:1126 Taliferro Hall
DESCRIPTION: This panel discussion and forum aims to bring together local government officials and UMD students explore the challenges and benefits of engaging in local government and political processes in order to foster change; engage in dialogue around current issues affecting the College Park community and UMD students; and understand students' role and ability in influencing local government and political processes.

Undergraduate Research Day
WHEN: Wednesday, April 27 (1:00-4:00pm)
WHERE: Adele H. Stamp Student Union, Grand Ballroom
DESCRIPTION: This event is proudly sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Studies and the Maryland Libraries.  Undergraduate Research Day is held every April. Undergraduate Research Day 2015 was a great success.

With students involved in so many research opportunities, Undergraduate Research Day provides the perfect opportunity for them to share their work with the campus community.  Held each April, Undergraduate Research Day showcases current research, scholarship, and artistic endeavors.  Presentations, posters, and performances are open to the public and approximately 700 students participated in 2015, presenting 200 individual or team research projects.  Any work conducted as a part of a campus course, internship, or program is eligible for presentation.

This will count as a Federal/Global Semester event only if you are presenting your poster. Please reflect on the overall experience of submitting and presenting a poster for the event, and your thoughts of how it ran overall.
LINK: http://www.ugresearch.umd.edu/current-ugresearchday.html

Spatial Analysis GIS Workshop

WHEN: Thursday, April 28 (9:30am-12:00pm)
WHERE: 6101 McKeldin Library
DESCRIPTION: Come join the UMD Libraries for a FREE Spatial Analysis workshop. In this workshop, you will learn the five most common tools used in GIS analysis and perform geoprocessing tasks on both vector and raster data.

LINK/RSVP: Register at http://www.ter.ps/gisapr#sthash.37wKTZjT.dpuf

Stern Student Symposium: Mitigating Racial Injustice by Designing Non-Discriminatory Economic Policies for Minorities

WHEN: Thursday, April 28 (4:00-7:00pm)
WHERE: Van Munching Hall, SPP Atrium
DESCRIPTION: This student-led conference on an underappreciated policy topic will feature opening remarks by School of Public Policy Dean Robert Orr and a panel of UMD Assistant Professor of criminology and criminal justice Rashawn Ray; UMD Associate Professor of sociology Brian Johnson; Georgetown University Professor of sociology Leslie Hinkson; Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, director of the Racial Wealth Divide Project, Corporation for Enterprise Development; and Ashley Brown M.P.P. ’12, program associate, Center for Global Policy Solutions.

Student Organizers: Sharice Davis, Whitney Dixon, Shaudra Patterson, Michon Tart. Generous Support From: The Saul I. Stern Professor of Civic Engagement, I. M. “Mac” Destler

For further questions, please contact: sternsymposium@umd.edu.
LINK/RSVP: http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/saul-i-stern-symposium-mitigating-racial-injustice-designing-non-discriminatory-economic

Colonel Jimmy Blackmon - The Price of War
WHEN: Thursday, April 28 (4:30-5:30pm)
WHERE: 0131 Reckord Armory
DESCRIPTION: Colonel Jimmy Blackmon will be speaking on the Price of War based off his book entitled Pale Horse: Hunting Terrorists and Commanding Heroes with the 101st Airborne Division. Colonel Blackmon will be talking about current military engagements, and touching on his military leadership experiences. For more information about the Colonel, visit his website https://jimmyfblackmon.com/

6^th Annual Emerging Markets Forum: Doing Business with India: The Promise and the Perils

WHEN: Friday, April 29 (8:30am-4:15pm)
WHERE: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20004
DESCRIPTION: India is an emerging economic powerhouse and US-India commercial ties are of increasing importance to both countries. At a time when many emerging markets are facing economic difficulties, India remains a bright spot on the firmament - holding considerable promise, but also complex and difficult to navigate.

For these reasons, this year's Emerging Markets Forum will focus on doing business with India. Hosted by the Smith School's Center for International Business Education and Research, this year's conference will cover a wide range of topics.
LINK/RSVP: http://rhsmith.umd.edu/student-life-resources/signature-events/emerging-markets-forum

2016 Debate: The Market for Talent: What are the incentives? What should be the pay?

WHEN: Friday, April 29 (5:00pm)

WHERE: Frank Auditorium, Van Munching Hall
DESCRIPTION: Join Steven N. Kaplan (Booth School of Business, University of Chicago) and Roger Martin (Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto) to debate issues surrounding increasing levels of compensation going to financial, technology, and executive leadership sectors in the face of overall stagnating wages for American workers. These highly regarded scholars will question if this trend is problematic and, if so, how industry and government should approach the problem.

The event, hosted by Ed Snider Center and the Office of Executive Education, will take place Friday, April 29, 2016 at 5 p.m. in the Frank Auditorium and is open to the public.
LINK/RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xAsWQHtbs0adB_4bsYEPw0g2E8bFCBva0sbMIxF1J1U/viewform?edit_requested=true

DC EVENTS

China’s overseas investments in Europe and beyond

WHEN: Monday, April 25 (2:30-4:00pm)
WHERE: Brookings Institution, Saul/Zilkha Rooms
DESCRIPTION: For decades Chinese companies focused their international investment on unearthing natural resources in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In recent years, Chinese money has spread across the globe into diverse sectors including the real estate, energy, hospitality, and transportation industries. So far in 2016, Chinese investment in offshore mergers and acquisitions has already reached $101 billion, on track to surpass its $109 billion total for all of 2015. What do these investments reveal about China’s intentions in the West? How is China’s image being shaped by its muscular international investments? Should the West respond to this new wave, and if so, how?

On April 25, 2016, the Center on the United States and Europe and the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings will host the launch of "China’s Offensive in Europe" (Brookings Institution Press, 2016), the newly-published, revised book co-authored by Visiting Fellow Philippe Le Corre (with Alain Sepulchre). During the event, Le Corre will offer an assessment of the trends, sectors, and target countries of Chinese investments on the Continent. Following the presentation, Senior Fellow Mireya Solis will moderate a discussion with Le Corre and Senior Fellows Constanze Stelzenmüller and David Dollar.
LINK/RSVP: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2016/04/25-china-overseas-investment-europe-beyond

A Rage for Order; The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS

WHEN: Tuesday, April 26 (9:30-11:00am)
WHERE: Woodrow Wilson Center, 5^th Floor
DESCRIPTION: A Rage for Order is a narrative account of the Arab Spring’s unraveling, from the euphoric protests of Tahrir Square in 2011 to the televised atrocities of ISIS four years later. It is a story that takes place across five different countries and many characters, but all are united by a single arc: the collapse of political authority in the Arab world, and the unveiling of social conflicts—of tribe, of class, of religion—that had lain mostly dormant during the decades of dictatorship. The book narrates these spiraling crises through the eyes of a group of people who looked to the 2011 uprisings as a liberation, only to see their own lives torn apart in the aftermath.
LINK/RSVP: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/rage-for-order-the-middle-east-turmoil-tahrir-square-to-isis

Criminal Aliens Released by the Department of Homeland Security
WHEN: Wednesday, April 28 (9:30am)
WHERE: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building
DESCRIPTION: The Full House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will host a hearing to examine the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) policies and procedures relating to the release of criminal aliens and to assess the impact of those policies on public safety. Each year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement releases tens of thousands of criminal aliens eligible for deportation. After release, many go on to commit additional crimes. With new restrictions on immigration enforcement through the President’s executive actions, only narrow classes of removable aliens are priorities for arrest, questioning, detention, or removal. Therefore, millions of removable aliens will be able to remain in the country.
LINK: https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/criminal-aliens-released-by-the-department-of-homeland-security/

Food Safety in China: Regulatory revisions and consumer confidence

WHEN: Thursday, April 28 (10:00am-12:00pm)
WHERE: Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium
DESCRIPTION: China’s food safety challenges are well known. Exposés of unsafe foods have become all too common, especially after the 2008 scandal over melamine-tainted milk. From gutter oil to fake eggs to contaminated strawberries, the long list of food safety incidents in China has alarmed domestic and international consumers alike. In October 2015, China enacted its revised Food Safety Law, which aims to strengthen the regulation of food companies and enhance oversight along the supply chain. As with other issues, the key challenge rests not in setting regulations, but rather in enforcing them. Addressing China’s food safety woes is essential for maintaining the health and confidence of a steadily urbanizing population, increasing the competitiveness of the country’s agricultural sector, and meeting the needs of all food companies doing business in or with China.

On April 28, the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings will host an event to explore the evolving landscape of China’s food safety policies, consumer responses and initiatives, and the implications for related industries. Clement Leung, Hong Kong’s commissioner for economic and trade affairs in the United States, will deliver a keynote address on the roles of regulators, enforcers, and businesses in confronting the challenges of food safety in Hong Kong, drawing on his previous experience as Hong Kong’s director of food and environmental hygiene. Following Commissioner Leung’s remarks, a panel will evaluate the merits and limitations of China’s revised Food Safety Law, including challenges facing its implementation and lessons from the international community.
LINK/RSVP: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2016/04/28-food-safety-china-regulations-consumer-confidence

The Key to Nuclear Restraint

WHEN: Thursday, April 28 (3:30-5:00pm)
WHERE: Woodrow Wilson Center, 6^th Floor
DESCRIPTION: Why have some nations acquired nuclear weapons while others have refrained? In this seminar, Dr. Thomas Jonter will analyze Sweden’s Cold War plans to acquire nuclear weapons and explore why some states choose restraint.

Sweden’s leadership nearly chose develop a nuclear weapon in the 1960s, but instead steered their country to become one of the most recognized actors in the disarmament movement. Drawing on recently declassified documents from Sweden and the United States, Jonter will present a comprehensive analysis of the Swedish nuclear weapons program—and why it was abandoned.

Thomas Jonter is the author of The Key to Nuclear Restraint: Swedish Plans to Acquire Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War (2016), Director of the Stockholm University Graduate School of International Studies, Sweden, and Professor of International Relations at the Department of Economic History. He is a partner of the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project and has been visiting scholar at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Stanford University, and Cornell University. Professor Jonter is also chair of Swedish Pugwash and served as advisor to the Swedish delegation to the 2015 Review Conference to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, at the United Nations in New York.
LINK/RSVP: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-key-to-nuclear-restraint

Events for the Week of April 18

UMD EVENTS:

Fulbright Info Sessions

WHEN: Monday, April 18 (4:30pm); April 19 (12:00pm); April 20 (12:00pm); April 21 (4:30pm)
WHERE: 2403 Marie Mount Hall
DESCRIPTION: ATTENTION Juniors, Seniors and recent graduates: Are you interested in pursuing prestigious international research or English teaching opportunities after graduation?

Attend an info session to learn about the Fulbright Fellowship Program, the nation’s largest and most prestigious global fellowship program!

Fulbright awards are designed to give recent B.S./B.A. graduates (who are also US citizens) opportunities for international experience, personal enrichment and an open exchange of ideas with citizens of other nations. About 1800 Fulbright fully-funded grants are currently available to over 150 nations. There are two distinct types of grant: study/research awards for students who wish to investigate timely and significant topics abroad, and English Teaching Assistantships. You will find below some brief introductory information about Fulbright awards. For detailed information please visit the Fulbright US Student Program website at: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html

The National Scholarships Office at the University of Maryland is hosting information several workshops on Fulbright research and teaching opportunities – please RSVP using the links below if you plan to attend.
LINK: RSVP to fulbright@umd.edu

Different Color, Same Struggle (Ft. Felipe Luciano and Paul Pumphrey)
WHEN: Monday, April 18 (6:30-9:00pm)
WHERE: Adele H. Stamp Student Union, Grand Ballroom
DESCRIPTION: Meet iconic social justice activists from the Latino and African-American communities to discuss the intersectionality of the various prevalent social justice movements taking place today! Paul Pumphrey (Black Panther) and Felipe Luciano (Young Lord) will be guest speakers discussing their experiences and with our student body about the parallel struggles faced within the Black and Latino communities. The end goal is to ultimately to use their stories and experiences on how radical social movements of the past can help teach young activists of all cultural bakgrounds important lessons on coalition building and organizing for impact given recent events. Everyone is welcome!!
LINK/RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/different-color-same-struggle-ft-felipe-luciano-and-paul-pumphrey-tickets-24333026738

Power, Oppression & Resilience in our Food System: A Discussion on Diversity in Agriculture

WHEN: Tuesday, April 19 (6:00-7:30pm)
WHERE: 1123 Jull Hall
DESCRIPTION: Join the Institute of Applied Agriculture for a discussion of diversity and inclusion in agriculture. As a Maryland Dialogues on Diversity event, this workshop will explore issues of power and oppression in the food system, as well as offer aspects of diversity training. Sarah Vazquez of DC Fair Food/Student Farmworker Alliance and Zachari Curtis of Good Sense Farm & Apiary will facilitate this interactive discussion.

This event is part of the annual spring Sustainable Agriculture Tuesdays lecture series, in which guest speakers help us explore a different hot topic in agriculture each week.

LINK: http://iaa.umd.edu/news/events/power-oppression-and-resilience-our-food-system

Tanya Tagaq: Indigenous Rights/Indigenous Oppresion: Native Artists and Activism

WHEN: Wednesday, April 20 (12:00-1:15pm)
WHERE: 1203 Van Munching Hall
DESCRIPTION: For this discussion, Tanya will be joined by performance artists Maria Hupfield, Anishinaabe Native American from Canada and a member of Wasauksing First Nation, Ontario based in Brooklyn NY, and Anna Tsouhlarakis, Navajo/Creek, originally from New Mexico and currently based in Washington, DC. This discussion will include live performance and video and will be moderated by Stacy Kosko from the UMD Minor in International Development and Conflict Management and the Department of Government and Politics.
LINK/RSVP: http://publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/tanya-tagaq-indigenous-rightsindigenous-oppression-part-2

Emerging Global Health Threats in a Globalized World with NPR’s Jason Beaubien

WHEN: Wednesday, April 20 (2:00-4:00pm)
WHERE: Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center

DESCRIPTION: Global Health and Development Correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR), Beaubien reports on a range of health related issues across the globe. He's covered circumcision drives in Kenya, abortion in El Salvador, drug-resistant malaria in Myanmar and tuberculosis in Tajikistan. He was part of the NPR team that won a Peabody Award in 2015 for its extensive coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Welcome Remarks will be made by Dean Gregory Ball and Dean Jane Clark.

UnShelled: Startup Career and Internship Fair

WHEN: Thursday, April 21 (12:00-4:00pm)
WHERE: Adele H. Stamp Student Union, Colony Ballroom
DESCRIPTION: The UnShelled: Startup Career & Internship is a fun and informative opportunity for students to connect with new and innovative companies, explore opportunities and develop lasting relationships with representatives. The Washington, DC and Baltimore areas are home to many startups looking for talented, diverse, and creative people like you. Do not miss your opportunity to network with these unique firms!

Advance registration is not required.

LINK: http://www.umd.edu/30Days/#sthash.vX8wo23i.dpuf

DC EVENTS:

India at the global high table

WHEN: Thursday, April 20 (3:30-5:00pm)
WHERE: Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium
DESCRIPTION: In recent decades, India has taken on a growing global presence, one that has been seen as increasing even more since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office nearly two years ago. In a new book, “India at the Global High Table: The Quest for Regional Primacy and Strategic Autonomy” (Brookings Institution Press, 2016), former U.S. ambassadors Teresita Schaffer and Howard Schaffer explore how India is managing its evolving international role, assessing the country’s strategic vision and foreign policy, and the negotiating behavior that links the two.

On April 20, The India Project at Brookings will host a panel discussion to discuss the book and, particularly, four elements highlighted in it: India’s exceptionalism; its nonalignment and drive for “strategic autonomy;” its determination to maintain regional primacy; and, more recently, its surging economy.
LINK/RSVP:  http://www.brookings.edu/events/2016/04/20-india-at-global-high-table-schaffers

A Changing World, A UN in Progress: A Conversation with UN Secretary-General Candidate Natalia Gherman

WHEN: Wednesday, April 20 (4:00-5:00pm)

WHERE: Bipartisan Policy Center
DESCRIPTION: The nature of conflict has changed tremendously over the last decades, with the emergence of new actors and the scourge of international terrorism. The economic balance of power is shifting globally and transnational challenges to peace and sustainability persist. At the same time, there are renewed questions about the viability of mutual security arrangements in which some partners shoulder a greater burden than others. Against this backdrop the United Nations will vote this year to elect a new secretary-general to replace Ban Ki-moon.

Join us for a moderated conversation with UN secretary-general candidate Amb. Natalia Gherman to discuss her vision for the role of the UN in a changing world.
LINK/RSVP: http://bipartisanpolicy.org/events/united-nations-natalia-gherman/

A Stronger UN for a Peaceful World - Conversation with Ambassador Natalia Gherman
WHEN: Thursday, April 21 (4:00-5:00pm)
WHERE: 6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center
DESCRIPTION: The Women in Public Service Project and the Kennan Institute invite you to a discussion with Ambassador Natalia Gherman, candidate for United Nation Secretary General. Amb. Gherman will outline her unique perspective and goals for new UN leadership, before taking audience questions.

Ambassador Natalia Gherman has previously served as acting Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova. As a Chief Negotiator, she led Moldova towards the Association Agreement, Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, and visa liberalization regime with the EU. She served as Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the UN Agencies in Vienna and the OSCE, and Ambassador to Sweden, Finland, and Norway.
LINK/RSVP: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/stronger-un-for-peaceful-world-conversation-ambassador-natalia-gherman

Policies to Alleviate Food Insecurity: A Conversation with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

WHEN: Friday, April 21 (8:30-10:00am)
WHERE: Brookings Institution, Saul/Zilkha Rooms
DESCRIPTION: Food insecurity impacts one in seven households in the United States and affects families with a range of incomes—two-thirds of food insecure households have incomes above the poverty line. However, the safety net—including the highly effective Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that lifts tens of millions of people out of poverty—can play an important role in reducing food insecurity. In fact, recent studies have shown that SNAP’s impact extends beyond providing basic nutrition, also improving health outcomes, households’ financial well-being, and even the later-life outcomes of children with access to the program.

On April 21, The Hamilton Project will host a breakfast forum exploring policy solutions to alleviate food insecurity. In conjunction with the event, The Hamilton Project will also release a new set of economic facts on food insecurity, SNAP and nutrition-support programs. The forum will begin with opening remarks by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, followed by framing remarks from Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, director of The Hamilton Project. U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will then join in a fireside chat moderated by Robert Greenstein, founder and president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
LINK/RSVP: http://www.hamiltonproject.org/events/policies_to_alleviate_food_insecurity_a_conversation_with_u.s._agriculture

Change the World - Think Tank Consortium Conference and Career Fair
WHEN: Friday, April 22 (1:00-4:30pm)
WHERE: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, D.C.
DESCRIPTION:Conference attendees will learn about careers in international, domestic and local policy.  Segments will feature speakers from think tanks, government and business.  Students will also participate in speed mentoring sessions focusing on policy and research jobs and have a chance to talk with think tank representatives during networking session.

To register, individual students or groups should email TTDC-Conference2016@ceip.org.  In addition to name(s) and email(s), please note affiliation (intern and your "employer's" name) and student status (e.g., Undergraduate Junior or Senior, Master’s degree student, Ph.D. student, etc.).  Registrations will be confirmed within 5-7 business days of receipt of the information above.

2016 Merienda with the Philippine Embassy Youth Round Table

WHEN: Sunday, April 24 (1:00-5:00pm)
WHERE: Catholic University of America, Hannan Hall
DESCRIPTION: FIND, Inc. District VI and the Embassy of the Philippines cordially invite you to 2016 Merienda with the Philippine Embassy Youth Round Table at Catholic University of America.

Leadership throughout D6 is integral to our success not only as a District but also as individual organizations. Identifying and cultivating young leaders encourages students to take on more active roles in our community. From each school’s Director Boards and Executive Boards, to District E-Board and external organizations, there are many opportunities for student leadership. What kind of leaders are there? How do you engage the general populace effectively? The roundtable discussions will address these questions, specifically focusing on culture, media, collaboration, mentorship, and advocacy.
LINK: https://www.facebook.com/events/545079348987404/?active_tab=highlights