Upcoming Federal Events

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TODAY: May 3rd-Barbara Walters Event: A Special Sadat Forum Times of Revolution: Egypt Then and Now.
Dr. Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, will moderate a Special Sadat Forum with Dr. Jehan Sadat, former first lady of Egypt and Ms. Barbara Walters, ABC News correspondent, creator and co-executive producer and co-host of The View. The event will be will be held on Tuesday, May 3, from 4:15 to 5:30pm in the Ina and Jack Kay Theatre of the Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Those interested in attending the Forum can RSVP via email at sadatforum@gmail.com or by calling 301-405-6734.

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May 5th, 12:15-1:30 PM, 1207 Van Munching Hall: Brody Public Policy Series Hosts Paul T. Decker -The Norman and Florence Brody Public Policy Series , "Public Policy Research: The View From the Private Sector." Pizza Provided!

* May 5th, 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm, 1203 Van Munching Hall. Kevin Jones, Research Scholar, Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)
Dr. Jones is a Research Scholar at the Center for International Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM). He has been a Non-Resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution, an IREX Fellow in Central Asia and a Guest Fellow at the Moscow office of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Dr. Jones has experience in researching, implementing and managing projects on civil conflict, crisis response, political transition, and economic development throughout the United States, Central Asia, Caucasus, Russia, and Ukraine. The majority of his research and publications have examined the key components and dynamics of civil violence in order to effectively prevent and respond to violent conflict.
Dr. Jones is an expert on Central Asia and specifically Kyrgyzstan. He lived in Kyrgyzstan for almost five years working with Peace Corps and USAID and is working on a book tentatively titled “The Dynamics of Political Protests” about the 2005 Kyrgyzstan Tulip Revolution.
The CISSM Forum is a weekly policy forum held on Thursdays, from 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm in room 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, Maryland. The CISSM Forum is supported by the Yamamoto-Scheffelin Endowment for Policy Research. For further information about the CISSM Forum contact cissm@umd.edu.

* May 6th, 12:15 PM, 1113 Van Munching Hall : Environmental Roundtable. Jeremy Peichel, University of Maryland graduate student in the PPCN Program. "Payment for Ecosystem Services."