Monday, April 25, 2016

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.

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/

6th 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, 5th 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, 6th 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

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