Events for the Week of March 28

FGS EVENTS:

Social Media Do’s and Don’ts Workshop

WHEN: Monday, March 28 (2:00-3:00pm) and Tuesday, March 29 (11:00am-12:00pm)
WHERE: 2407 Marie Mount Hall
DESCRIPTION: Most everyone has a Facebook and/or Twitter account, but are you putting out there what you want potential employers to see? In a world where everyone and their grandmother knows how to use the internet, your social media pages are critically important. What you are publishing reflects who you are, and understanding the Do's and Don'ts of social media is important as you seek internships and future employment.
LINK: http://goo.gl/forms/7GZkshCKX2

UMD EVENTS:

Peace Corps Information Session

WHEN: Monday, March 28 (12:00-1:00pm)
WHERE: 3100 Hornbake Library, University Career Center & The President’s Promise
DESCRIPTION: Serving in the Peace Corps is a great way to immerse yourself in a new culture, learn a new language, and have the experience of a lifetime. Join us at this information session to learn about Volunteer experiences, have your questions answered, and gain tips to guide you through the application process. Food provided!
LINK: https://umd-csm.symplicity.com/students/index.php?s=event&ss=is&mode=form&id=25e3d8020d0a92c0192d597348155610

Peruvian Ambassador, Dr. Luis Miguel Castilla: Outlooks and Challenges for 2016

WHEN: Thursday, March 31 (12:00-1:15pm)
WHERE: Van Munching Hall, SPP Atrium
DESCRIPTION: Dr. Luis M. Castilla, Ambassador of Peru to the US, will speak on "Outlooks and Challenges for 2016" as part of the Maryland Global Leaders lecture series. All members of the campus community are welcome. Light lunch and beverages will be served.
LINK: http://publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/peruvian-ambassador-luis-miguel-castilla-outlooks-and-challenges-2016-0

Women Leading Women & Fireside Chat with Textron

WHEN: Thursday, March 31 (5:00-6:00pm for chat, 6:30-8:30pm for Women Leading Women)
WHERE: Frank Auditorium, Van Munching Hall
DESCRIPTION: Join female UMD alumnae from Textron, a leading defense company with brands such as Cessna and Bell Helicopter, to learn how women are taking this industry by storm and the career opportunities available in business, engineering and technology.

Afterwards, mingle with panelists over refreshments and join other UMD students and alumnae for the fifth annual Women Leading Women event, a moderated forum that showcases our fearless female Terp trailblazers in business and celebrates women from the classroom to the boardroom. Meet role models, hear their inspirational stories and engage in meaningful dialogue on what it means to be a female executive in non-traditional career fields.
LINK: https://www.cvent.com/Surveys/Welcome.aspx?s=3fd32ac6-dd63-4004-b45f-55e95ffc2c6a

Sustainability in Business Talk
WHEN: Wednesday, March 30 (8:00pm)
WHERE: 1330 Van Munching Hall
DESCRIPTION: Come out to hear Robert Zeinstra from Toyota speak about the evolution of the Toyota Prius and how the company has stayed committed to sustainability, through both its mission and branding. 

Sustainable businesses are essential to our future and we hope you come and see how large corporations are making strides towards being more environmentally friendly.

The dress code for this event is business casual, and dinner will be provided. 
LINK: https://www.facebook.com/events/991203917615440/

DC EVENTS:

The Human Cost of Welfare: The System Hurts the People It’s Supposed to Help

WHEN: Monday, March 28 (12:00-1:30pm)
WHERE: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., 20001
DESCRIPTION: Featuring the authors Phil Harvey, Chief Sponsor, DKT Liberty Project; and Lisa Conyers, Director of Policy Studies, DKT Liberty Project; moderated by Michael Tanner, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute.

Every year, federal, state, and local governments spend nearly $1 trillion to fight poverty, yet millions of Americans remain trapped in poverty with little hope for the future. Could the welfare system itself be part of the problem? Phil Harvey and Lisa Conyers make the case that our current welfare system has failed the poor, hurting the very people it is supposed to help. They suggest that good intentions are not enough and that if we truly want to reduce poverty, we need to understand the limits of government and radically reform our approach to welfare.

If you can’t make it to the event, you can watch it live online at www.cato.org/live and join the conversation on Twitter using #CatoEvents. Follow @CatoEvents on Twitter to get future event updates, live streams, and videos from the Cato Institute.
LINK: http://www.cato.org/events/human-cost-welfare-how-system-hurts-people-its-supposed-help

China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative and Implications For Global Infrastructure Development

WHEN: Monday, March 28 (2:00-3:30pm)
WHERE: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), 1616 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20036
DESCRIPTION: The CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies and Project on Prosperity and Development cordially invite you to a report roll out:

China's 'Belt and Road' Initiative and Implications for Global Infrastructure Development

Featuring

Ziad Haider Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, Bureau of Economics and Business Affairs, US Department of State

John Hurley Director, International Debt and Development Policy, US Department of the Treasury

Olin Wethington Founder and Chairman, Wethington International LLC

Christopher Johnson Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS

Moderated by

Daniel Runde Director, Project on Prosperity and Development; William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis, CSIS

Please join the Project on Prosperity and Development and the Freeman Chair in China Studies for the launch of our joint report assessing China's One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative and the US' approach to infrastructure development. The report contrasts China's comprehensive, state-led OBOR initiative with the multiple instruments the US government and private sector deploy to support global infrastructure development. After revealing the reports recommendations for integrating these tools as part of a broader strategic approach to infrastructure development, our panel of experts and practitioners will share unique insights on topics related to capacity, financing, practical economic gain, and geostrategic ambition, as well as implications for Asian regional and global trade patterns and realignment.
LINK: http://csis.org/event/chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-and-implications-global-infrastructure-development

Democracy in Crisis in Turkey
WHEN: Tuesday, March 29 (2:00-3:30pm)
WHERE: 2200 Rayburn House Office Building
DESCRIPTION:  Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party has been increasingly successful in muzzling the country’s once outspoken press. The dramatic decline in press freedom in Turkey has included government-imposed bans on reporting on controversial topics, witch hunts against journalists amid accusations of “terrorism,” and prosecuting journalists for stories perceived to be insulting to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

This assault on media freedom has escalated dangerously in the past several months, with the Turkish government demonstrating a willingness to seize control over entire news outlets—on March 4, a Turkish court ordered the seizure of one of Turkey’s most widely circulated opposition newspapers, Zaman. A new Bipartisan Policy Center report, Mechanisms of Control: How Turkey is Criminalizing Dissent and Muzzling the Press, discusses the issue.

Please join us for a timely panel discussion with Turkish journalists about the state of press freedom in Turkey, and its impact both on Turkey’s democracy and its relationship with the United States.
LINK: http://bipartisanpolicy.org/events/media-freedom-turkey/

Solar Power and Resilient Design for Schools and Shelters

WHEN: Tuesday, March 29 (2:00-3:30pm)
WHERE: 121 Cannon House Office Building, Independence Avenue SE and 1^st Street SE
DESCRIPTION: The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to a briefing about a “solar secure” recreation center in Brooklyn and a “high performance” school in Kentucky that are benefiting their communities as well as those who use the buildings. This briefing will show how sustainable public buildings can collectively reduce emissions and clear the air, especially in disadvantaged communities where energy utilities are often sited. Case studies will feature buildings—both in urban and in rural areas—that are improving public health and driving economic growth, while protecting and serving their communities and neighborhoods even during emergencies.

This briefing will feature a retrofit project in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City and a net-zero energy high school in rural Kentucky, as well as projects incorporating sustainability principles in Prince George's County, Maryland. After being devastated by Hurricane Sandy and left without power for days, the historic Red Hook Recreation Center was transformed into a community space and safe refuge with the installation of a solar power and battery system. For vocational students near Lexington, Kentucky, the Locust Trace AgriScience Center embodies the principles of sustainability. With daylit classrooms and low-impact land development, the buildings and campus provide hands-on learning of new skills for today’s jobs with minimal energy/water use and low carbon emissions. The Redevelopment Authority (RDA) of Prince George's County, MD, is developing mixed-income/mixed-use projects and affordable housing in urban communities near transit centers using sustainability principles that promote walkability, green design, and energy and water efficiency.
LINK: http://www.eesi.org/briefings/view/032916buildings

Playing to the Edge: American intelligence in the Age of Terror
WHEN: Wednesday, March 30 (5:30-6:30pm)
WHERE: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), 1st Floor Conference Room, 1616 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C., 20036
DESCRIPTION: Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror
(Penguin Press, February 23, 2016) provides an in-depth look at the way U.S. intelligence has responded to terrorism in the aftermath of September 11 through the eyes of General Michael Hayden. General Hayden’s unique experience as both the Director of the NSA and CIA during a time when terrorist threats were on the rise, provides a firsthand look at some of the difficult decisions he had to make to in order to protect the United States. Please join us on March 30 as TNT Director Thomas Sanderson engages General Hayden in a critical discussion of the challenges faced by the intelligence community as the terrorist threat against the U.S. continuously changes. General Hayden will sign books at 5:00pm, followed by the discussion at 5:30pm. Books will be available for purchase on-site.
LINK: http://csis.org/event/playing-edge-american-intelligence-age-terror

Assessing the impact of foreign assistance: The role of evaluation

WHEN: Wednesday, March 30 (3:00-4:00pm)
WHERE: Brookings Institution, Saul/Zilkha Rooms, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
DESCRIPTION: On March 30, Global Economy and Development at Brookings and the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) will host Gayle Smith, administrator of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for an address on the fifth anniversary of the USAID policy on evaluation.

A principal recommendation of the Presidential Policy Determination on Global Development, signed by President Obama in 2010, was greater accountability for U.S. foreign assistance funds, including evaluation of development programs. In 2011, USAID adopted a formal policy on evaluation and since has average some 200 evaluations a year.

Among the issues that will be addressed during the event are the success and challenges in implementing the evaluation policy, the use of alternative evaluation methods, and building a system and process for turning evaluations into learning. Administrator Smith will be introduced by Brookings Senior Fellow George Ingram. Following her address he will moderate a panel discussion of Ruth Levine, Wade Warren, and Jodi Nelson.
LINK: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2016/03/30-impact-foreign-assistance

NSA Diversity in Intelligence
WHEN: Thursday, March 31 (3:00-8:00pm)
WHERE: NSA Headquarters, Ft. Meade, MD
DESCRIPTION: SA will be hosting its annual Diversity in Intelligence on Thursday, March 31st, 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm, at NSA Headquarters in Ft. Meade, MD and would like to extend an invitation to your students.  Students interested in internship and full-time opportunities are encouraged to attend.  STEM students are encouraged to attend, but all majors are welcome to participate!!

This is a site visit which showcases our agency, our various career opportunities and also gives students the opportunity to network with agency employees. Please see the attached invitation for details.
IMPORTANT: As a reminder, students who would like to participate must provide their own transportation to NSA.
LINK: http://umdgeog.blogspot.com/2016/02/nsa-diversity-in-intelligence-thursday.html

The emerging law of 21^st century war

WHEN: Friday, April 1 (10:00am-12:00pm)
WHERE: Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
DESCRIPTION: As the threats posed by violent extremism rise worldwide, governments are struggling to respond in ways that are both effective and in conformity with international and domestic laws. Halting terrorist financing, online recruitment and radicalization, and cyberwarfare are just some of the areas that demand a careful balancing of multiple interests including the protection of freedom of speech, religion, privacy and the Internet. Tools employed in more recent warfare such as the use of drones, private security contractors, and controversial detention tactics add further complexity to the delicate tension between protecting security and human rights. The transnational nature of terrorism requires better international cooperation and coordination across multiple disciplines, as well as greater coherence amongst legal regimes.

On April 1, the Foreign Policy program at Brookings and The Hague Institute for Global Justice will host legal expert Harold Hongju Koh to deliver the Third Annual Justice Stephen Breyer Lecture on International Law, which addresses critical issues of international law, justice, and policy. Koh will offer an in-depth discussion about the future of international norms as they relate to cybersecurity and counterterrorism.

We are also honored to feature Ard van der Steur, the Netherlands minister for justice and security and current chair of the European Council of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers, will provide a national and European perspective on these issues. Ingrid van Engelshoven, deputy mayor of The Hague, will provide brief opening remarks. Following the keynote presentation, Koh; Minister van der Steur; and Michèle Coninsx, president of Eurojust, will join a panel discussion moderated by Abi Williams, president of The Hague Institute for Global Justice. After the program, the speakers will take questions from the audience.
LINK: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2016/04/01-21st-century-war-law-koh