Future of Education Forum
From: Dec 10 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Dec 10 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall
William E. Kirwan | “Not college for all, but college for more” Washington Post, June 7
William E. Kirwan, Chancellor of the University System of Maryland since August 1, 2002, is a nationally recognized authority on critical issues shaping the higher education landscape. He served as President of Ohio State University for four years (1998-2002) and President of the University of Maryland, College Park for 10 years (1988-1998). Prior to his presidency, he was a member of the University of Maryland faculty for 24 years.
Robert J. Samuelson | “It’s time to drop the college-for-all crusade” Washington Post, May 28
In his weekly column, Robert J. Samuelson explores political, economic and social issues. He began his journalism career as a reporter on The Washington Post's business desk in 1969 and started writing his column in 1977. He is the author of The Good Life and Its Discontents: the American Dream in the Age of Entitlement, 1945-1995" (1995) and The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: the Past and Future of American Affluence (paperback 2010).
http://publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/future-education-forum
Monday, December 10, 2012
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Fed Event: "A Big Plan for Addressing the Crisis of Democracy"
CISSM FORUM Dec 6 2012 - 12:15pm- 1:30pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
"A Big Plan for Addressing the Crisis of Democracy"
by Steven Kull, Director, Center on Policy Attitudes, and Senior Research Scholar, CISSM
Steven Kull is a senior research scholar at CISSM and director of the Center on Policy Attitudes (COPA). Kull directs the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA), a joint program of COPA and CISSM, and the Program for Public Consultation, a joint program of COPA and the Maryland School of Public Policy. For the last 18 years he has conducted in-depth studies of public opinion on public policy issues. He has worked extensively with U.S. Congressional staffers, State Department officials, and officials at the United Nations to develop surveys that help policymakers gain greater insight into the public values and beliefs related to the public policy issues these policymakers deal with. He has consulted with or testified to the U.S. Congress, NATO, and the European Commission.
He plays a central role in the BBC World Service Poll of global opinion and the polls of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. His articles have appeared in Political Science Quarterly, Foreign Policy, Public Opinion Quarterly, Harpers, The Washington Post, and other publications. His most recent book is Feeling Betrayed: The Roots of Muslim Anger at America (Brookings). He also co-authored Misreading the Public: The Myth of a New Isolationism (Brookings). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the World Association for Public Opinion Research.
1203 Van Munching Hall
"A Big Plan for Addressing the Crisis of Democracy"
by Steven Kull, Director, Center on Policy Attitudes, and Senior Research Scholar, CISSM
Steven Kull is a senior research scholar at CISSM and director of the Center on Policy Attitudes (COPA). Kull directs the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA), a joint program of COPA and CISSM, and the Program for Public Consultation, a joint program of COPA and the Maryland School of Public Policy. For the last 18 years he has conducted in-depth studies of public opinion on public policy issues. He has worked extensively with U.S. Congressional staffers, State Department officials, and officials at the United Nations to develop surveys that help policymakers gain greater insight into the public values and beliefs related to the public policy issues these policymakers deal with. He has consulted with or testified to the U.S. Congress, NATO, and the European Commission.
He plays a central role in the BBC World Service Poll of global opinion and the polls of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. His articles have appeared in Political Science Quarterly, Foreign Policy, Public Opinion Quarterly, Harpers, The Washington Post, and other publications. His most recent book is Feeling Betrayed: The Roots of Muslim Anger at America (Brookings). He also co-authored Misreading the Public: The Myth of a New Isolationism (Brookings). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the World Association for Public Opinion Research.
Fed Event: White House Office of Science & Technology
Tuesday Policy Forum
Dec 4 2012 - 12:15pm - 1:30pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
Steve Fetter: Reflections on years in the White House Office of Science and Technology
Dec 4 2012 - 12:15pm - 1:30pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
Steve Fetter: Reflections on years in the White House Office of Science and Technology
Fed Event: "Obama and Iran--Between War and Peace"
CISSM FORUM
Nov 29 2012 - 12:15pm- 1:30pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
"Obama and Iran--Between War and Peace"
by Trita Parsi, President, National Iranian American Council
Trita Parsi is the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. He is the founder and president of the National Iranian American Council and an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign politics, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He is the author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States (Yale University Press 2007), for which he conducted more than 130 interviews with senior Israeli, Iranian and American decision-makers. Treacherous Alliance is the silver medal winner of the 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations.
Parsi's new book A Single Roll of the Dice - Obama's Diplomacy with Iran (Yale University Press) was released early 2012. He interviewed 70 high-ranking officials from the U.S., Iran, Europe, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Brazil—including the top American and Iranian negotiators—for this book. Parsi uncovers the previously unknown story of American and Iranian negotiations during Obama's early years as president, the calculations behind the two nations' dealings, and the real reasons for their current stalemate.
Parsi was born in Iran but moved with his family at the age of four to Sweden in order to escape political repression in Iran. His father was an outspoken academic and non-Muslim who was jailed by the Shah and then by the Ayatollah. He moved to the United States as an adult and studied foreign policy at Johns Hopkins’ School for Advanced International Studies where he received his Ph.D.
He founded NIAC to provide a non-partisan, non-profit organization through which Iranian-Americans could participate in American civic life. NIAC is a vocal proponent of dialogue and engagement between the US and Iran, which Parsi consistently has argued would enhance our national security by helping to stabilize the Middle East and bolster the moderates in Iran.
Parsi has followed Middle East politics through work in the field and extensive experience on Capitol Hill anthe United Nations. He is frequently consulted by Western and Asian governments on foreign policy matters. Parsi has worked for the Swedish Permanent Mission to the UN, where he served in the Security Council, handling the affairs of Afghanistan, Iraq, Tajikistan and Western Sahara, and in the General Assembly's Third Committee, addressing human rights in Iran, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Iraq.
Parsi studied for his Doctoral thesis on Israeli-Iranian relations under Professor Francis Fukuyama at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. In addition to his PhD, he holds a Master's Degree in International Relations from Uppsala University and a Master's Degree in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics. He has served as an adjunct professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University SAIS, an adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute and as a Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC.
He is fluent in Persian/Farsi, English, and Swedish. Parsi's articles on Middle East affairs have been published in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, Jane's Intelligence Review, the Nation, The American Conservative, the Jerusalem Post, The Forward, and others. He is a frequent guest on CNN, PBS’s Newshour with Jim Lehrer, NPR, the BBC, and Al Jazeera.
About the CISSM Forum
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. CISSM also sponsors special events on campus and in downtown Washington, D.C.
Nov 29 2012 - 12:15pm- 1:30pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
"Obama and Iran--Between War and Peace"
by Trita Parsi, President, National Iranian American Council
Trita Parsi is the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. He is the founder and president of the National Iranian American Council and an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign politics, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He is the author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States (Yale University Press 2007), for which he conducted more than 130 interviews with senior Israeli, Iranian and American decision-makers. Treacherous Alliance is the silver medal winner of the 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations.
Parsi's new book A Single Roll of the Dice - Obama's Diplomacy with Iran (Yale University Press) was released early 2012. He interviewed 70 high-ranking officials from the U.S., Iran, Europe, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Brazil—including the top American and Iranian negotiators—for this book. Parsi uncovers the previously unknown story of American and Iranian negotiations during Obama's early years as president, the calculations behind the two nations' dealings, and the real reasons for their current stalemate.
Parsi was born in Iran but moved with his family at the age of four to Sweden in order to escape political repression in Iran. His father was an outspoken academic and non-Muslim who was jailed by the Shah and then by the Ayatollah. He moved to the United States as an adult and studied foreign policy at Johns Hopkins’ School for Advanced International Studies where he received his Ph.D.
He founded NIAC to provide a non-partisan, non-profit organization through which Iranian-Americans could participate in American civic life. NIAC is a vocal proponent of dialogue and engagement between the US and Iran, which Parsi consistently has argued would enhance our national security by helping to stabilize the Middle East and bolster the moderates in Iran.
Parsi has followed Middle East politics through work in the field and extensive experience on Capitol Hill anthe United Nations. He is frequently consulted by Western and Asian governments on foreign policy matters. Parsi has worked for the Swedish Permanent Mission to the UN, where he served in the Security Council, handling the affairs of Afghanistan, Iraq, Tajikistan and Western Sahara, and in the General Assembly's Third Committee, addressing human rights in Iran, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Iraq.
Parsi studied for his Doctoral thesis on Israeli-Iranian relations under Professor Francis Fukuyama at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. In addition to his PhD, he holds a Master's Degree in International Relations from Uppsala University and a Master's Degree in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics. He has served as an adjunct professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University SAIS, an adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute and as a Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC.
He is fluent in Persian/Farsi, English, and Swedish. Parsi's articles on Middle East affairs have been published in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, Jane's Intelligence Review, the Nation, The American Conservative, the Jerusalem Post, The Forward, and others. He is a frequent guest on CNN, PBS’s Newshour with Jim Lehrer, NPR, the BBC, and Al Jazeera.
About the CISSM Forum
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. CISSM also sponsors special events on campus and in downtown Washington, D.C.
Fed Event: A Poverty and Opportunity Agenda: What’s in Store for the Next Four Years
A Poverty and Opportunity Agenda: What’s in Store for the Next Four Years
Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 9:00 — 11:30 am
The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC
Following an election in which President Obama scored a large victory in the Electoral College, Democrats increased their majority in the Senate, and Republicans maintained control of the House, intense pressure remains – particularly from Republicans – to reduce spending on safety net programs as a means of addressing the nation’s deficit. In addition, tax increases on higher income families will likely be part of the mix.
On December 5, the Center on Children and Families at Brookings and Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity will hold an event to examine the impact of the election on programs affecting the poor and contributing to opportunity for economic advancement. How has the election affected threats to enact major cuts in anti-poverty programs like Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)?
To answer this and related questions, we will hear from two major political figures within the Democratic Party and the Republican Party as well as a panel of experts with extensive experience in previous administrations. Speakers will take questions from the audience. This event will be live webcast. Participants can submit questions for the panel prior to the event using the hashtag #talkpoverty.
To RSVP for this event, please call the Office of Communications at 202.797.6105
Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 9:00 — 11:30 am
The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC
Following an election in which President Obama scored a large victory in the Electoral College, Democrats increased their majority in the Senate, and Republicans maintained control of the House, intense pressure remains – particularly from Republicans – to reduce spending on safety net programs as a means of addressing the nation’s deficit. In addition, tax increases on higher income families will likely be part of the mix.
On December 5, the Center on Children and Families at Brookings and Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity will hold an event to examine the impact of the election on programs affecting the poor and contributing to opportunity for economic advancement. How has the election affected threats to enact major cuts in anti-poverty programs like Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)?
To answer this and related questions, we will hear from two major political figures within the Democratic Party and the Republican Party as well as a panel of experts with extensive experience in previous administrations. Speakers will take questions from the audience. This event will be live webcast. Participants can submit questions for the panel prior to the event using the hashtag #talkpoverty.
To RSVP for this event, please call the Office of Communications at 202.797.6105
Monday, November 19, 2012
Upcoming Fed Events
Tuesday Policy Forum
From: Nov 27 2012 - 12:15pm- 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
Alan Ehrenhalt was an executive editor of GOVERNING. He is currently the information director for the Pew Center on the States and a lecturer in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland.
CISSM Forum
Nov 29 2012 - 12:15pm - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
"Obama and Iran--Between War and Peace"
by Trita Parsi, President, National Iranian American Council
Trita Parsi is the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. He is the founder and president of the National Iranian American Council and an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign politics, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He is the author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States (Yale University Press 2007), for which he conducted more than 130 interviews with senior Israeli, Iranian and American decision-makers. Treacherous Alliance is the silver medal winner of the 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations.
Parsi's new book A Single Roll of the Dice - Obama's Diplomacy with Iran (Yale University Press) was released early 2012. He interviewed 70 high-ranking officials from the U.S., Iran, Europe, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Brazil—including the top American and Iranian negotiators—for this book. Parsi uncovers the previously unknown story of American and Iranian negotiations during Obama's early years as president, the calculations behind the two nations' dealings, and the real reasons for their current stalemate.
Parsi was born in Iran but moved with his family at the age of four to Sweden in order to escape political repression in Iran. His father was an outspoken academic and non-Muslim who was jailed by the Shah and then by the Ayatollah. He moved to the United States as an adult and studied foreign policy at Johns Hopkins’ School for Advanced International Studies where he received his Ph.D.
He founded NIAC to provide a non-partisan, non-profit organization through which Iranian-Americans could participate in American civic life. NIAC is a vocal proponent of dialogue and engagement between the US and Iran, which Parsi consistently has argued would enhance our national security by helping to stabilize the Middle East and bolster the moderates in Iran.
Parsi has followed Middle East politics through work in the field and extensive experience on Capitol Hill anthe United Nations. He is frequently consulted by Western and Asian governments on foreign policy matters. Parsi has worked for the Swedish Permanent Mission to the UN, where he served in the Security Council, handling the affairs of Afghanistan, Iraq, Tajikistan and Western Sahara, and in the General Assembly's Third Committee, addressing human rights in Iran, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Iraq.
Parsi studied for his Doctoral thesis on Israeli-Iranian relations under Professor Francis Fukuyama at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. In addition to his PhD, he holds a Master's Degree in International Relations from Uppsala University and a Master's Degree in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics. He has served as an adjunct professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University SAIS, an adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute and as a Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC.
He is fluent in Persian/Farsi, English, and Swedish. Parsi's articles on Middle East affairs have been published in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, Jane's Intelligence Review, the Nation, The American Conservative, the Jerusalem Post, The Forward, and others. He is a frequent guest on CNN, PBS’s Newshour with Jim Lehrer, NPR, the BBC, and Al Jazeera.
About the CISSM Forum
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. CISSM also sponsors special events on campus and in downtown Washington, D.C.
From: Nov 27 2012 - 12:15pm- 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
Alan Ehrenhalt was an executive editor of GOVERNING. He is currently the information director for the Pew Center on the States and a lecturer in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland.
CISSM Forum
Nov 29 2012 - 12:15pm - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
"Obama and Iran--Between War and Peace"
by Trita Parsi, President, National Iranian American Council
Trita Parsi is the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. He is the founder and president of the National Iranian American Council and an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign politics, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He is the author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States (Yale University Press 2007), for which he conducted more than 130 interviews with senior Israeli, Iranian and American decision-makers. Treacherous Alliance is the silver medal winner of the 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations.
Parsi's new book A Single Roll of the Dice - Obama's Diplomacy with Iran (Yale University Press) was released early 2012. He interviewed 70 high-ranking officials from the U.S., Iran, Europe, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Brazil—including the top American and Iranian negotiators—for this book. Parsi uncovers the previously unknown story of American and Iranian negotiations during Obama's early years as president, the calculations behind the two nations' dealings, and the real reasons for their current stalemate.
Parsi was born in Iran but moved with his family at the age of four to Sweden in order to escape political repression in Iran. His father was an outspoken academic and non-Muslim who was jailed by the Shah and then by the Ayatollah. He moved to the United States as an adult and studied foreign policy at Johns Hopkins’ School for Advanced International Studies where he received his Ph.D.
He founded NIAC to provide a non-partisan, non-profit organization through which Iranian-Americans could participate in American civic life. NIAC is a vocal proponent of dialogue and engagement between the US and Iran, which Parsi consistently has argued would enhance our national security by helping to stabilize the Middle East and bolster the moderates in Iran.
Parsi has followed Middle East politics through work in the field and extensive experience on Capitol Hill anthe United Nations. He is frequently consulted by Western and Asian governments on foreign policy matters. Parsi has worked for the Swedish Permanent Mission to the UN, where he served in the Security Council, handling the affairs of Afghanistan, Iraq, Tajikistan and Western Sahara, and in the General Assembly's Third Committee, addressing human rights in Iran, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Iraq.
Parsi studied for his Doctoral thesis on Israeli-Iranian relations under Professor Francis Fukuyama at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. In addition to his PhD, he holds a Master's Degree in International Relations from Uppsala University and a Master's Degree in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics. He has served as an adjunct professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University SAIS, an adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute and as a Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC.
He is fluent in Persian/Farsi, English, and Swedish. Parsi's articles on Middle East affairs have been published in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, Jane's Intelligence Review, the Nation, The American Conservative, the Jerusalem Post, The Forward, and others. He is a frequent guest on CNN, PBS’s Newshour with Jim Lehrer, NPR, the BBC, and Al Jazeera.
About the CISSM Forum
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. CISSM also sponsors special events on campus and in downtown Washington, D.C.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Fed Event:Global Dimensions of Human Environmental Change Seminar
When : Thursday, November 15, 2012 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Where : Dept. of Geographical Sciences : 1124 LeFrak Hall
Event Type(s) : Seminar
Please join the Department of Geographical Sciences (DoGS) this Thursday for the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Seminar Series in 1124 LeFrak Hall. Dr. Sabine O'Hara, Dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of the District of Columbia, will speak on Sustaining Economics for a Sustaining Planet. There will be a Meet & Greet session with Dr. O'Hara, along with light refreshments , at 3:00 p.m. Dr. O'Hara's discussion will follow at 3:30. For additional information, please see the DoGS website, or contact Dr. Klaus Hubacek: Hubacek@umd.edu. We look forward to seeing you there!
Website: www.geog.umd.edu/content/human-dimensions-global-change-seminar-series-current
For more information, contact:
Klaus Hubacek
UMD DoGS
+1 301 405 4050
hubacek@umd.edu
www.geog.umd.edu/facultyprofile/Hubacek/Klaus
Where : Dept. of Geographical Sciences : 1124 LeFrak Hall
Event Type(s) : Seminar
Please join the Department of Geographical Sciences (DoGS) this Thursday for the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Seminar Series in 1124 LeFrak Hall. Dr. Sabine O'Hara, Dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of the District of Columbia, will speak on Sustaining Economics for a Sustaining Planet. There will be a Meet & Greet session with Dr. O'Hara, along with light refreshments , at 3:00 p.m. Dr. O'Hara's discussion will follow at 3:30. For additional information, please see the DoGS website, or contact Dr. Klaus Hubacek: Hubacek@umd.edu. We look forward to seeing you there!
Website: www.geog.umd.edu/content/human-dimensions-global-change-seminar-series-current
For more information, contact:
Klaus Hubacek
UMD DoGS
+1 301 405 4050
hubacek@umd.edu
www.geog.umd.edu/facultyprofile/Hubacek/Klaus
Monday, November 12, 2012
fed event: Friday: "Faces of Development" event
This upcoming Friday, November 16, ProDev will be hosting a conference hosting speakers from organizations such as The Grameen Foundation and Peace Corps. This is a great way to learn more about the international development field and all the various ways that you can contribute to the movement. The event will be between 11am – 5pm in the Prince George's Room of the Stamp Student Union. Refreshments will be served.
MIDCM is gladly supporting ProDev in putting together this event. The flyer is attached!
We hope to see many of you there!
Fed Event: Impact of US Electoral Politics on the Black Community (Forum)
Subject : Impact of US Electoral Politics on the Black Community (Forum)
When : Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Where : Nyumburu Center : Multipurpose Room
Please come out the next Black Male Initiative's Community Forum on Wednesday November 14th at 7 PM. The topic of discussion will center around the Impact of US Electoral Politics on the Black Community. How has the US's political structure aided, obstructed or pacified African-American's continued struggle to address myriad issues, including the Prison Industry Complex, Disproportionate Unemployment and Income rates, as well as (in general) Institutional Racism? This event is FREE and will take place at the Nyumburu Cultural Center's Multipurpose Room. This event will be hosted and moderated by students and community activists.
Website: theblackmaleinitiative.sharepoint.com/Pages/Aboutus.aspx
For more information, contact:
Solomon Comissiong
The Black Male Initiative
+1 301 314 8439
solomon@umd.edu
theblackmaleinitiative.sharepoint.com/Pages/Aboutus.aspx
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Fed Event: Maryland Global Leaders Program Presents H. E. Michael Collins, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States | November 12
The School of Public Policy and University of Maryland Institute for International Programs present the first Maryland Global Leaders Program, featuring a conversation with H. E. Michael Collins, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States.
About the Speaker
Michael Collins became Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States on 18 September 2007 following presentation of his credentials to President Bush. He is the 16th person to occupy the post of Irish Ambassador to the US since 1924. Since his appointment, Ambassador Collins has travelled to all the major centres in the United States. With a particular focus on supporting Irish business and economic development, Ambassador Collins has also spoken extensively on contemporary Ireland and the Northern Ireland peace process. Ambassador Collins was named “Diplomat of the Year” by the Los Angeles World Affairs Council in May 2008.
Prior to his Washington appointment, Ambassador Collins worked for six years, on secondment from the Department of Foreign Affairs, as Second Secretary-General at the Department of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister of Ireland). In that capacity he worked closely with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, Prime Minister Blair and the Northern Ireland political parties on the Northern Ireland peace process. Between 2001 and 2007 he was a participant at all the major peace process events that culminated with the 2006 St Andrews Agreement and the formation of the Northern Ireland Executive on 8 May 2007. He was also with the Taoiseach during his landmark address to the Parliament at Westminster in May of that year and, as Ambassador, when the Taoiseach addressed a Joint Meeting of the US Congress in May 2008.
During his time at the Department of the Taoiseach, Ambassador Collins was also responsible for European Union issues, including Ireland’s EU presidency in 2004 as well as all UN and international affairs. He was also a member of the Board of the Royal Irish Academy (International Affairs). He travelled extensively with the Taoiseach on all his official visits and most notably on the major trade promotion visits that the Taoiseach led to China (2005), India (2006) and the Gulf (2007).
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Fed Event: CISSM, POSTPONED "The Roots of Anti-Americanism in Pakistan", Nov. 15th, 12:15 PM, 1203 VMH
CISSM FORUM | NOVEMBER 15, 2012
POSTPONED "The Roots of Anti-Americanism in Pakistan"
by Madiha Afzal, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, and CISSM Research Fellow
Madiha Afzal received her PhD in Economics from Yale University. Her dissertation examined voter rationality and legislator behavior in Pakistan and India. Afzal received her Bachelor's degree (with honors) in Economics from the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
She has been a consultant to the World Bank and conducted fieldwork and participated in survey design and analysis for a qualitative gender study in Pakistan. Her research interests range from studying elections to the functioning of the bureaucracy, to examining ethnic violence, community participation, decentralization and corruption in South Asia. Afzal grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, and Montreal, Canada, and currently lives in Washington, D.C.
About the CISSM Forum
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. CISSM also sponsors special events on campus and in downtown Washington, D.C.
POSTPONED "The Roots of Anti-Americanism in Pakistan"
by Madiha Afzal, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, and CISSM Research Fellow
Madiha Afzal received her PhD in Economics from Yale University. Her dissertation examined voter rationality and legislator behavior in Pakistan and India. Afzal received her Bachelor's degree (with honors) in Economics from the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
She has been a consultant to the World Bank and conducted fieldwork and participated in survey design and analysis for a qualitative gender study in Pakistan. Her research interests range from studying elections to the functioning of the bureaucracy, to examining ethnic violence, community participation, decentralization and corruption in South Asia. Afzal grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, and Montreal, Canada, and currently lives in Washington, D.C.
About the CISSM Forum
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. CISSM also sponsors special events on campus and in downtown Washington, D.C.
Fed Event: Towards Economic Recovery – Ireland’s Story
Towards Economic Recovery – Ireland’s Story
From: Nov 12 2012 - 12:15pm- 1:30pm
Location: MSPP Atrium in Van Munching Hall
The School of Public Policy and University of Maryland Institute for International Programs present the first Maryland Global Leaders Program, featuring a conversation with H. E. Michael Collins, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States. Ambassador Collins will discuss the impact of the Great Recession on Ireland, and Ireland’s plans for economic recovery.
Link: http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/towards-economic-recovery-%E2%80%93-ireland%E2%80%99s-story
From: Nov 12 2012 - 12:15pm- 1:30pm
Location: MSPP Atrium in Van Munching Hall
The School of Public Policy and University of Maryland Institute for International Programs present the first Maryland Global Leaders Program, featuring a conversation with H. E. Michael Collins, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States. Ambassador Collins will discuss the impact of the Great Recession on Ireland, and Ireland’s plans for economic recovery.
Link: http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/towards-economic-recovery-%E2%80%93-ireland%E2%80%99s-story
Fed Event: Post-Mortem Analysis of the 2012 Elections
Nov. 13, 3:30-5 PM
Special Events Room at McKeldin Library (room 6137)
What can we learn from this election? What divided the winners and losers? What will it mean for the coming years? The Center for American Politics and Citizenship, The Honors College, and the Library System of the University of Maryland will co-sponsor a Post-Mortem on the 2012 election on Tuesday, November 13 from 3:30 to 5:00 in the Special Events Room at McKeldin Library (room 6137). Experts from the Department of Government and Politics and the School of Public Policy will discuss the election results and their implications for policy making and governance. This event is open to the public.
CAPC welcomes three additional undergraduate research assistants for the Fall semester:
Noah Kim, a Senior, working toward a double degree in Physics and Government and Politics. He is returning after serving as a research assistant during the Summer.
Margarita Worth, a junior from Madrid, Spain, with a Government and Politics major and minor in French Studies.
Thom Koh, a recent graduate with Bachelor’s Degrees in Economics and Government Politics. A former undergraduate research assistant in 2010, he has returned to CAPC for Fall 2012 before entrance to law school
in Fall 2013.
Special Events Room at McKeldin Library (room 6137)
What can we learn from this election? What divided the winners and losers? What will it mean for the coming years? The Center for American Politics and Citizenship, The Honors College, and the Library System of the University of Maryland will co-sponsor a Post-Mortem on the 2012 election on Tuesday, November 13 from 3:30 to 5:00 in the Special Events Room at McKeldin Library (room 6137). Experts from the Department of Government and Politics and the School of Public Policy will discuss the election results and their implications for policy making and governance. This event is open to the public.
CAPC welcomes three additional undergraduate research assistants for the Fall semester:
Noah Kim, a Senior, working toward a double degree in Physics and Government and Politics. He is returning after serving as a research assistant during the Summer.
Margarita Worth, a junior from Madrid, Spain, with a Government and Politics major and minor in French Studies.
Thom Koh, a recent graduate with Bachelor’s Degrees in Economics and Government Politics. A former undergraduate research assistant in 2010, he has returned to CAPC for Fall 2012 before entrance to law school
in Fall 2013.
Fed Events: Government and Politics Major Events
November 9 – 1101 Morrill Hall – 11:00-12:00pm
Speaker: Jeffrey Milyo (University of Missouri)
November 30 – 1101 Morrill Hall – 11:00-12:00pm
Speaker: Frank Baumgartner (University of North Carolina)
Speaker: Jeffrey Milyo (University of Missouri)
November 30 – 1101 Morrill Hall – 11:00-12:00pm
Speaker: Frank Baumgartner (University of North Carolina)
Fed Event: Low income men in an era of rising inequality: challenges for families and public health
School of Public Health Center of Health Equity presents
Low income men in an era of rising inequality: challenges for families and public health
The Collegium of Scholars is a Maryland Center for Health Equity (M-CHE) forum, which through a range of activities, engages scholars in the exchange of meaningful discussions regarding the complexities and impact of race, racism, ethnicity, gender, class, and discrimination on health and wellness.
Join the Collegium of Scholars for a discussion with featured speaker, Dr. Kevin Roy, Associate Professor in Family Science, about the challenges that families, as well as public health professionals face with the population of low income men given rising inequality.
Feel free to bring a lunch.
Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Time: 12-1:30pm
Cost: Free; no registration necessary
Location: School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity Conference room
Website: www.healthequity.umd.edu
Low income men in an era of rising inequality: challenges for families and public health
The Collegium of Scholars is a Maryland Center for Health Equity (M-CHE) forum, which through a range of activities, engages scholars in the exchange of meaningful discussions regarding the complexities and impact of race, racism, ethnicity, gender, class, and discrimination on health and wellness.
Join the Collegium of Scholars for a discussion with featured speaker, Dr. Kevin Roy, Associate Professor in Family Science, about the challenges that families, as well as public health professionals face with the population of low income men given rising inequality.
Feel free to bring a lunch.
Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Time: 12-1:30pm
Cost: Free; no registration necessary
Location: School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity Conference room
Website: www.healthequity.umd.edu
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
More Federal Events
Wednesday, November 7th | 12:15-1:30pm
"What Happened and Why?--A Post-Election Conversation"
Mac Destler, Stern Professor, will moderate a conversation on the election results with Chris Foreman, professor and director of the School of Public Policy's social policy program; and Jeremy D. Rosner (PhD '07) is Executive Vice President at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner in Washington, DC, and is a leading pollster and strategic consultant for political parties, candidates, governments, NGOs, and corporations around the globe.
Monday, November 12th | 12:15-1:30pm
"Towards Economic Recovery – Ireland’s Story"
The School of Public Policy and University of Maryland Institute for International Programs present the first Maryland Global Leaders Program, featuring a conversation with H. E. Michael Collins, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States. Ambassador Collins will discuss the impact of the Great Recession on Ireland, and Ireland’s plans for economic recovery.
Monday, November 26th | 12:00-1:30pm
“Improved Efficiency and Effectiveness in a Resource Constrained Environment: Public and Private Perspectives on the Importance of Acquisition”
The Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise will host a luncheon panel discussion--the first of many under the Maryland School of Public Policy’s new acquisition program, headed by The Honorable Jacques S. Gansler, Ph.D., Professor and Roger C. Lipitz Chair in Public Policy and Private Enterprise (former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistic, US Department of Defense, from 1997 - 2001).
"What Happened and Why?--A Post-Election Conversation"
Mac Destler, Stern Professor, will moderate a conversation on the election results with Chris Foreman, professor and director of the School of Public Policy's social policy program; and Jeremy D. Rosner (PhD '07) is Executive Vice President at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner in Washington, DC, and is a leading pollster and strategic consultant for political parties, candidates, governments, NGOs, and corporations around the globe.
Monday, November 12th | 12:15-1:30pm
"Towards Economic Recovery – Ireland’s Story"
The School of Public Policy and University of Maryland Institute for International Programs present the first Maryland Global Leaders Program, featuring a conversation with H. E. Michael Collins, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States. Ambassador Collins will discuss the impact of the Great Recession on Ireland, and Ireland’s plans for economic recovery.
Monday, November 26th | 12:00-1:30pm
“Improved Efficiency and Effectiveness in a Resource Constrained Environment: Public and Private Perspectives on the Importance of Acquisition”
The Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise will host a luncheon panel discussion--the first of many under the Maryland School of Public Policy’s new acquisition program, headed by The Honorable Jacques S. Gansler, Ph.D., Professor and Roger C. Lipitz Chair in Public Policy and Private Enterprise (former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistic, US Department of Defense, from 1997 - 2001).
Monday, November 5, 2012
Upcoming Federal Events
Upcoming Events
Stern Professorship Post Election Discussion
From: Nov 7 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Nov 7 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Mac Destler, Stern Professor, will moderate a conversation with Bill Galston and Jeremy Rosner discussing the election results.
CISSM Forum
From: Nov 8 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Nov 8 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
"The Defense Budget in the Lame Duck"
by Russell Rumbagh, Director, Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program, Stimson Center
Towards Economic Recovery – Ireland’s Story
From: Nov 12 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Nov 12 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall
The School of Public Policy and University of Maryland Institute for International Programs present the first Maryland Global Leaders Program, featuring a conversation with H. E. Michael Collins, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States. Ambassador Collins will discuss the impact of the Great Recession on Ireland, and Ireland’s plans for economic recovery.
Tuesday Policy Forum
From: Nov 13 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Nov 13 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
Steve Fetter
Reflections on years in the White House Office of Science and Technology
12:15-1:30 PM | CISSM Forum
From: Nov 15 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Nov 15 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
"The Roots of Anti-Americanism in Pakistan"
by Madiha Afzal, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, and CISSM Research Fellow
Link: http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/mspp-events
Stern Professorship Post Election Discussion
From: Nov 7 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Nov 7 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Mac Destler, Stern Professor, will moderate a conversation with Bill Galston and Jeremy Rosner discussing the election results.
CISSM Forum
From: Nov 8 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Nov 8 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
"The Defense Budget in the Lame Duck"
by Russell Rumbagh, Director, Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program, Stimson Center
Towards Economic Recovery – Ireland’s Story
From: Nov 12 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Nov 12 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall
The School of Public Policy and University of Maryland Institute for International Programs present the first Maryland Global Leaders Program, featuring a conversation with H. E. Michael Collins, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States. Ambassador Collins will discuss the impact of the Great Recession on Ireland, and Ireland’s plans for economic recovery.
Tuesday Policy Forum
From: Nov 13 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Nov 13 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
Steve Fetter
Reflections on years in the White House Office of Science and Technology
12:15-1:30 PM | CISSM Forum
From: Nov 15 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Nov 15 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
"The Roots of Anti-Americanism in Pakistan"
by Madiha Afzal, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, and CISSM Research Fellow
Link: http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/mspp-events
Thursday, November 1, 2012
NSA Event on November 13th
National Security Agency (NSA) Women in Intelligence: Making a Difference
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 • 3:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Location: NSA Headquarters
Event Details:
National Security Agency (NSA) Women in Intelligence: Making a Difference
Panel Discussions
Keynote Address
Roundtable Group Discussions
Dinner with NSA Recruiters and Employees!
Space is limited! STEM majors encouraged to attend.
RSVP by October 26, 2012 with a copy of your resume to Chris Jones at cjones7@nsa.gov
Learn more at NSA.gov/Careers
For additional information about this event:
contact Chris Jones at cjones7@nsa.gov or www.nsa.gov/careers
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 • 3:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Location: NSA Headquarters
Event Details:
National Security Agency (NSA) Women in Intelligence: Making a Difference
Panel Discussions
Keynote Address
Roundtable Group Discussions
Dinner with NSA Recruiters and Employees!
Space is limited! STEM majors encouraged to attend.
RSVP by October 26, 2012 with a copy of your resume to Chris Jones at cjones7@nsa.gov
Learn more at NSA.gov/Careers
For additional information about this event:
contact Chris Jones at cjones7@nsa.gov or www.nsa.gov/careers
Fed Event: November 12th @ 5:30 PM
An Evening with Lynn Povich
November 12, 2012
Richard Eaton Theater, Knight Hall
5:30 p.m., Refreshments served
Lynn Povich made history as one of the 46 women who sued Newsweek magazine in 1970 -- the first sex discrimination suit against a media giant. The story went largely untold until now. Join Povich as she discusses "The Good Girls Revolt" -- her account of the signal events that changed American journalism and the workplace as a whole. She'll also discuss what has changed for young women today, and what has not.
Books will be available for sale at the event in the Knight Hall lobby where Lynn Povich will sign copies.
This event is co-sponsored by the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism, ADVANCE Program for Inclusive Excellence, Department of History, Department of Women's Studies, Robert H. Smith School of Business Center for Social Value Creation, Robert H. Smith School of Business Center for Leadership, Innovation and Change and UM Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
November 12, 2012
Richard Eaton Theater, Knight Hall
5:30 p.m., Refreshments served
Lynn Povich made history as one of the 46 women who sued Newsweek magazine in 1970 -- the first sex discrimination suit against a media giant. The story went largely untold until now. Join Povich as she discusses "The Good Girls Revolt" -- her account of the signal events that changed American journalism and the workplace as a whole. She'll also discuss what has changed for young women today, and what has not.
Books will be available for sale at the event in the Knight Hall lobby where Lynn Povich will sign copies.
This event is co-sponsored by the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism, ADVANCE Program for Inclusive Excellence, Department of History, Department of Women's Studies, Robert H. Smith School of Business Center for Social Value Creation, Robert H. Smith School of Business Center for Leadership, Innovation and Change and UM Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Fed Event: Nov. 8th, "The Defense Budget in the Lame Duck"
CISSM FORUM | NOVEMBER 08, 2012
"The Defense Budget in the Lame Duck"
By Russell Rumbagh, Director, Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program, Stimson Center
Russell Rumbaugh is director of the Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program. Before joining Stimson, Rumbaugh was the defense analyst on the Senate Budget Committee covering both the 050 Defense and 150 International Affairs accounts of the US Government Budget. He also served as military legislative assistant for Congressman Jim Cooper from Tennessee, and was the lead staffer for Mr. Cooper as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's Panel on Roles and Missions. In this role, he helped to produce the report "Initial Perspectives" in February 2008.
Mr. Rumbaugh previously served as an operations research analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Program Analysis and Evaluation, as a military analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency and as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army, resigning with the rank of Captain.
Mr. Rumbaugh holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Chicago and a Masters of Science in Security Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Award for Excellence as well as the US Army Commendation Medal for his service in Kosovo.
About the CISSM Forum
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. CISSM also sponsors special events on campus and in downtown Washington, D.C.
"The Defense Budget in the Lame Duck"
By Russell Rumbagh, Director, Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program, Stimson Center
Russell Rumbaugh is director of the Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program. Before joining Stimson, Rumbaugh was the defense analyst on the Senate Budget Committee covering both the 050 Defense and 150 International Affairs accounts of the US Government Budget. He also served as military legislative assistant for Congressman Jim Cooper from Tennessee, and was the lead staffer for Mr. Cooper as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's Panel on Roles and Missions. In this role, he helped to produce the report "Initial Perspectives" in February 2008.
Mr. Rumbaugh previously served as an operations research analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Program Analysis and Evaluation, as a military analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency and as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army, resigning with the rank of Captain.
Mr. Rumbaugh holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Chicago and a Masters of Science in Security Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Award for Excellence as well as the US Army Commendation Medal for his service in Kosovo.
About the CISSM Forum
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. CISSM also sponsors special events on campus and in downtown Washington, D.C.
Stern Professorship Post Election Discussion
Stern Professorship Post Election Discussion
Nov 7 2012 - 12:15pm - 1:30pm
MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Mac Destler, Stern Professor, will moderate a conversation with Bill Galston and Jeremy Rosner discussing the election results.
Pizza will be served.
Nov 7 2012 - 12:15pm - 1:30pm
MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Mac Destler, Stern Professor, will moderate a conversation with Bill Galston and Jeremy Rosner discussing the election results.
Pizza will be served.
Upcoming Federal Events
Nov 5, 11:00 am -- Chincoteague 1109 (first floor conference room)
Quddus Snyder, "Rising Power, Rising Status: The Promise and Limitations of Social Identity Theory"
Dec 3, 11:00 am -- Chincoteague 1109 (first floor conference room)
Vera Miranova, "International Peacekeeping, Ethnicity, and Positive Peace: Experimental and Survey Evidence
from Kosovo"
Quddus Snyder, "Rising Power, Rising Status: The Promise and Limitations of Social Identity Theory"
Dec 3, 11:00 am -- Chincoteague 1109 (first floor conference room)
Vera Miranova, "International Peacekeeping, Ethnicity, and Positive Peace: Experimental and Survey Evidence
from Kosovo"
Fed Event: November 13, 3:30-5 PM, McKeldin Library
Post-Mortem Analysis of the 2012 Elections
The Center for American Politics and Citizenship, University Honors College, and McKeldin Library will cosponsor a Post-Mortem on the 2012 election on Tuesday, Nov, 13th. Experts from the department of GVPT and elsewhere on campus will discuss the elections and their implications for policy making.
November 13 from 3:30 to 5:00 in the Special Events Room at McKeldin Library (Room 6137).
The Center for American Politics and Citizenship, University Honors College, and McKeldin Library will cosponsor a Post-Mortem on the 2012 election on Tuesday, Nov, 13th. Experts from the department of GVPT and elsewhere on campus will discuss the elections and their implications for policy making.
November 13 from 3:30 to 5:00 in the Special Events Room at McKeldin Library (Room 6137).
Fed Event: Invitation: Technology-Strategy Seminar - Cyberconflict [November 5th]
PONI Technology-Strategy Seminar: Cyberconflict
featuring
Ms. Priscilla Guthrie, former Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer,
and
Mr. Tony Sager, Chief Operating Officer for the Information Assurance Directorate at the National Security Agency
Monday, November 5, 12-2:30PM
CSIS, 4th floor conference room
CSIS 1800 K St NW, Washington, DC 20006
PONI announces the next in its series of workshops exploring topics at the interface between technology and policy in areas of strategic importance. This event will address cyberconflict. While not strictly nuclear, cyberconflict is increasingly a major part of the larger strategic landscape within which nuclear matters must be addressed.
This workshop, hosted by Dr. Rich Wagner, will feature presentations by Ms. Priscilla Guthrie, former Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer, and Mr. Tony Sager, Chief Operating Officer for the Information Assurance Directorate at the National Security Agency, followed by Q&A. Discussion will follow Chatham House Rule. Lunch will be served.
Please RSVP to Sarah Weiner at SWeiner@csis.org.
featuring
Ms. Priscilla Guthrie, former Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer,
and
Mr. Tony Sager, Chief Operating Officer for the Information Assurance Directorate at the National Security Agency
Monday, November 5, 12-2:30PM
CSIS, 4th floor conference room
CSIS 1800 K St NW, Washington, DC 20006
PONI announces the next in its series of workshops exploring topics at the interface between technology and policy in areas of strategic importance. This event will address cyberconflict. While not strictly nuclear, cyberconflict is increasingly a major part of the larger strategic landscape within which nuclear matters must be addressed.
This workshop, hosted by Dr. Rich Wagner, will feature presentations by Ms. Priscilla Guthrie, former Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer, and Mr. Tony Sager, Chief Operating Officer for the Information Assurance Directorate at the National Security Agency, followed by Q&A. Discussion will follow Chatham House Rule. Lunch will be served.
Please RSVP to Sarah Weiner at SWeiner@csis.org.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Fed Event: "The Roots of Anti-Americanism in Pakistan"
CISSM FORUM | NOVEMBER 15, 2012
"The Roots of Anti-Americanism in Pakistan"
by Madiha Afzal, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, and CISSM Research Fellow
Madiha Afzal received her PhD in Economics from Yale University. Her dissertation examined voter rationality and legislator behavior in Pakistan and India. Afzal received her Bachelor's degree (with honors) in Economics from the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
She has been a consultant to the World Bank and conducted fieldwork and participated in survey design and analysis for a qualitative gender study in Pakistan. Her research interests range from studying elections to the functioning of the bureaucracy, to examining ethnic violence, community participation, decentralization and corruption in South Asia. Afzal grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, and Montreal, Canada, and currently lives in Washington, D.C.
"The Roots of Anti-Americanism in Pakistan"
by Madiha Afzal, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, and CISSM Research Fellow
Madiha Afzal received her PhD in Economics from Yale University. Her dissertation examined voter rationality and legislator behavior in Pakistan and India. Afzal received her Bachelor's degree (with honors) in Economics from the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
She has been a consultant to the World Bank and conducted fieldwork and participated in survey design and analysis for a qualitative gender study in Pakistan. Her research interests range from studying elections to the functioning of the bureaucracy, to examining ethnic violence, community participation, decentralization and corruption in South Asia. Afzal grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, and Montreal, Canada, and currently lives in Washington, D.C.
Fed Event: "The Defense Budget in the Lame Duck"
CISSM FORUM | NOVEMBER 08, 2012
"The Defense Budget in the Lame Duck"
by Russell Rumbagh, Director, Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program, Stimson Center
Russell Rumbaugh is director of the Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program. Before joining Stimson, Rumbaugh was the defense analyst on the Senate Budget Committee covering both the 050 Defense and 150 International Affairs accounts of the US Government Budget. He also served as military legislative assistant for Congressman Jim Cooper from Tennessee, and was the lead staffer for Mr. Cooper as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's Panel on Roles and Missions. In this role, he helped to produce the report "Initial Perspectives" in February 2008.
Mr. Rumbaugh previously served as an operations research analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Program Analysis and Evaluation, as a military analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency and as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army, resigning with the rank of Captain.
Mr. Rumbaugh holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Chicago and a Masters of Science in Security Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Award for Excellence as well as the US Army Commendation Medal for his service in Kosovo.
"The Defense Budget in the Lame Duck"
by Russell Rumbagh, Director, Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program, Stimson Center
Russell Rumbaugh is director of the Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program. Before joining Stimson, Rumbaugh was the defense analyst on the Senate Budget Committee covering both the 050 Defense and 150 International Affairs accounts of the US Government Budget. He also served as military legislative assistant for Congressman Jim Cooper from Tennessee, and was the lead staffer for Mr. Cooper as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's Panel on Roles and Missions. In this role, he helped to produce the report "Initial Perspectives" in February 2008.
Mr. Rumbaugh previously served as an operations research analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Program Analysis and Evaluation, as a military analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency and as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army, resigning with the rank of Captain.
Mr. Rumbaugh holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Chicago and a Masters of Science in Security Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Award for Excellence as well as the US Army Commendation Medal for his service in Kosovo.
Fed Event: Stern Professorship Post Election Discussion
Stern Professorship Post Election Discussion
From: Nov 7 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Nov 7 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Mac Destler, Stern Professor, will lead a conversation with Bill Galston (invited) and Jeremy Rosner discussing the election results.
Pizza will be served.
From: Nov 7 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Nov 7 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Mac Destler, Stern Professor, will lead a conversation with Bill Galston (invited) and Jeremy Rosner discussing the election results.
Pizza will be served.
Fed Event--Thursday Nov. 1st
12:15-1:30 PM | CISSM Forum
From: Nov 1 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Nov 1 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
"Climate Change and Political Instability"
by John D. Steinbruner, CISSM Director and Professor of Public Policy
From: Nov 1 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Nov 1 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
"Climate Change and Political Instability"
by John D. Steinbruner, CISSM Director and Professor of Public Policy
Fed Event Today!
TODAY@ MSPP
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31, 2012
12:15-1:20 PM | Development Circle
"We Do Know How: A Buyer-Led Approach to Creating Jobs for the Poor"
Featuring Dr. Jim Riordan, former Director of USAID/Peru’s Poverty Reduction and Alleviation Program and former Chemonics Director
1203 | Van Munching Hall
Pizza served
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31, 2012
12:15-1:20 PM | Development Circle
"We Do Know How: A Buyer-Led Approach to Creating Jobs for the Poor"
Featuring Dr. Jim Riordan, former Director of USAID/Peru’s Poverty Reduction and Alleviation Program and former Chemonics Director
1203 | Van Munching Hall
Pizza served
Friday, October 26, 2012
Save the Date for COEHITR Seminar: mHealth Research & Opportunities at NIH
Save the Date for University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Health IT Research Distinguished Speaker Series event mHealth Research & Opportunities at NIH
When: Tuesday, 11/27/2012 @ 12:00 - 2:00 PM
Where: Van Munching Hall, University of Maryland, College Park Campus
Who:
Wendy J. Nilsen, PhD
Health Scientist Administrator, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research/NIH
RSVP:
Send an email to Faye Baker at fbaker@rhsmith.umd.edu
Seminar Abstract:
Using mobile technologies to more rapidly and accurately assess and
modify behavior, biological states and contextual variables has great
potential to transform medical research. Recent advances in mobile
technologies and the ubiquitous nature of these technologies in daily
life (e.g., smart phones, sensors) have created opportunities for
research applications that were not previously possible (e.g.,
simultaneously assessing behavioral, physiological, and psychological
states in the real world and in real-time). The use of mobile
technology affords numerous methodological advantages over traditional
methods, including reduced memory bias, the ability to capture
time-intensive longitudinal data, date- and time-stamped data, and the
potential for personalizing information in real-time. However,
challenges in mobile health (or mHealth) research exist. Importantly,
much of the work being done in mHealth arises from single disciplines
without integration of the behavioral, social sciences and clinical
research fields. Without integration, mobile technologies will not be
maximally effective. Dr. Wendy Nilsen, Health Scientist Administrator
at National Institutes of Health, will discuss the work being done at
NIH to advance mHealth and opportunities for innovative research in
this domain.
*Lunch will be provided
Speaker Bio
Wendy Nilsen, Ph.D. is a Health Scientist Administrator at the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR). Wendy's scientific focus is on the science of human behavior and behavior change, including: utilizing mobile technology to better understand and improve health, adherence, the mechanisms of behavior change and behavioral interventions in complex patients in primary care. More specifically, her efforts in mobile and wireless health (mHealth) research include: leading the development of the NIH mHealth Public-Private Partnership, convening meetings to address methodology and barriers to the utilization of mobile technology in research; serving on numerous federal mHealth initiatives; and, leading the mHealth training institutes. Wendy is also the chair of the Adherence Network, a trans-NIH effort to enhance and develop the science of adherence. She is also a member of the Science of Behavior Change, Health Economics and HMO Collaboratory working groups. These projects are initiatives funded through the NIH Director's Common Fund that target behavioral and social sciences research to improve health across a wide range of domains. Wendy also chairs the NIH Integrating Health Strategies workgroup that supports the science of behavioral treatments for 'complex patients' in primary care.
About the COEHITR
The University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Health Information Technology Research (COEHITR) is an interdisciplinary initiative with a mission to accelerate health promotion and health care transformation through the research, design, development and integration of health information and decision technologies. The initiative addresses issues of health care quality, cost, patient safety and access, as well as health literacy, health equity and health promotion.
The University of Maryland, between its College Park and Baltimore campuses, has a wealth of research capabilities and resources that are collectively coming together in this effort. The initiative is being co-led by the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems at the Robert H. Smith School of Business and the School of Public Health along with a broad Steering Committee representing all campus partners and an external board of advisors.
For more information contact Kenyon Crowley at kcrowley@rhsmith.umd.edu
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When: Tuesday, 11/27/2012 @ 12:00 - 2:00 PM
Where: Van Munching Hall, University of Maryland, College Park Campus
Who:
Wendy J. Nilsen, PhD
Health Scientist Administrator, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research/NIH
RSVP:
Send an email to Faye Baker at fbaker@rhsmith.umd.edu
Seminar Abstract:
Using mobile technologies to more rapidly and accurately assess and
modify behavior, biological states and contextual variables has great
potential to transform medical research. Recent advances in mobile
technologies and the ubiquitous nature of these technologies in daily
life (e.g., smart phones, sensors) have created opportunities for
research applications that were not previously possible (e.g.,
simultaneously assessing behavioral, physiological, and psychological
states in the real world and in real-time). The use of mobile
technology affords numerous methodological advantages over traditional
methods, including reduced memory bias, the ability to capture
time-intensive longitudinal data, date- and time-stamped data, and the
potential for personalizing information in real-time. However,
challenges in mobile health (or mHealth) research exist. Importantly,
much of the work being done in mHealth arises from single disciplines
without integration of the behavioral, social sciences and clinical
research fields. Without integration, mobile technologies will not be
maximally effective. Dr. Wendy Nilsen, Health Scientist Administrator
at National Institutes of Health, will discuss the work being done at
NIH to advance mHealth and opportunities for innovative research in
this domain.
*Lunch will be provided
Speaker Bio
Wendy Nilsen, Ph.D. is a Health Scientist Administrator at the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR). Wendy's scientific focus is on the science of human behavior and behavior change, including: utilizing mobile technology to better understand and improve health, adherence, the mechanisms of behavior change and behavioral interventions in complex patients in primary care. More specifically, her efforts in mobile and wireless health (mHealth) research include: leading the development of the NIH mHealth Public-Private Partnership, convening meetings to address methodology and barriers to the utilization of mobile technology in research; serving on numerous federal mHealth initiatives; and, leading the mHealth training institutes. Wendy is also the chair of the Adherence Network, a trans-NIH effort to enhance and develop the science of adherence. She is also a member of the Science of Behavior Change, Health Economics and HMO Collaboratory working groups. These projects are initiatives funded through the NIH Director's Common Fund that target behavioral and social sciences research to improve health across a wide range of domains. Wendy also chairs the NIH Integrating Health Strategies workgroup that supports the science of behavioral treatments for 'complex patients' in primary care.
About the COEHITR
The University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Health Information Technology Research (COEHITR) is an interdisciplinary initiative with a mission to accelerate health promotion and health care transformation through the research, design, development and integration of health information and decision technologies. The initiative addresses issues of health care quality, cost, patient safety and access, as well as health literacy, health equity and health promotion.
The University of Maryland, between its College Park and Baltimore campuses, has a wealth of research capabilities and resources that are collectively coming together in this effort. The initiative is being co-led by the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems at the Robert H. Smith School of Business and the School of Public Health along with a broad Steering Committee representing all campus partners and an external board of advisors.
For more information contact Kenyon Crowley at kcrowley@rhsmith.umd.edu
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Fed Event: ICAE@M Fall 2012 Symposium | "National Security and Civil Liberties" | October 30th
Intelligence Center of Academic Excellence at Maryland (ICAE@M) Hosts
National Security and Civil Liberties
TUESDAY OCTOBER 30, 2012
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Taliaferro Hall Library
RSVP | caescholars@umd.edu
A G E N D A
10:00am – 11:15am
National Security and the Media
Judith Emmel, Director, Strategic Communications, National Security Agency
Suzanne Kelley, Intelligence and National Security Correspondent, CNN
11:30am – 12:45pm
Lunch Discussion: Building a Career in National Security
Professor Adrian Taylor, Bowie State University
1:00pm – 2:15pm
Intelligence and Civil Liberties
Mike German, Senior Policy Counsel, Washington Legislative Office, American Civil Liberties Union
2:30pm – 3:45pm
Developing Cyber Professionals
Mark Young, Office of Policy, U.S. Cyber Command
Clay Wilson, Director, Cybersecurity Policy Program, University of Maryland University College
National Security and Civil Liberties
TUESDAY OCTOBER 30, 2012
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Taliaferro Hall Library
RSVP | caescholars@umd.edu
A G E N D A
10:00am – 11:15am
National Security and the Media
Judith Emmel, Director, Strategic Communications, National Security Agency
Suzanne Kelley, Intelligence and National Security Correspondent, CNN
11:30am – 12:45pm
Lunch Discussion: Building a Career in National Security
Professor Adrian Taylor, Bowie State University
1:00pm – 2:15pm
Intelligence and Civil Liberties
Mike German, Senior Policy Counsel, Washington Legislative Office, American Civil Liberties Union
2:30pm – 3:45pm
Developing Cyber Professionals
Mark Young, Office of Policy, U.S. Cyber Command
Clay Wilson, Director, Cybersecurity Policy Program, University of Maryland University College
Monday, October 22, 2012
Career Fair
University Career Center & The President's Promise Events Calendar
Language Career and Internship Fair 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012 • 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Location: Atrium - Stamp Student Union
Event Details:
Don't miss the 4th Annual Language Career & Internship Fair! This fair attracts employers looking for students with language skills for full-time, part-time and internship positions as well as organizations seeking students/graduates to teach English in other countries.
New this year: Check out the Study Abroad Fair! Spotlight: Languages, happening at the same time right across the hall in the Prince George's Room: http://www.international.umd.edu/studyabroad/events.cfm?event=8445&month=10&year=2012
Employers: Registration available at www.Careers.umd.edu/CareerFairs
List of Employers Attending the Fair (Please continue to check back for the latest listing of employers): https://umd-csm.symplicity.com/events/students.php?mode=list&cf=LANGUAGE2012
WHO CAN ATTEND:
University of Maryland, College Park:
Current students and spouses/partners*
Alumni and spouses/partners*
Faculty/staff and spouse/partners*
Shady Grove campus students (with UMCP ID Cards)
Students: Plan to attend a prep workshop for tips on navigating the fair. It will be held Tuesday, October 23 from 5-6 pm in the Multipurpose Room of the Language House.
Receive Reminder E-mail?: Click here
For additional information about this event:
contact Kate Juhl at kjuhl@umd.edu
Language Career and Internship Fair 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012 • 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Location: Atrium - Stamp Student Union
Event Details:
Don't miss the 4th Annual Language Career & Internship Fair! This fair attracts employers looking for students with language skills for full-time, part-time and internship positions as well as organizations seeking students/graduates to teach English in other countries.
New this year: Check out the Study Abroad Fair! Spotlight: Languages, happening at the same time right across the hall in the Prince George's Room: http://www.international.umd.edu/studyabroad/events.cfm?event=8445&month=10&year=2012
Employers: Registration available at www.Careers.umd.edu/CareerFairs
List of Employers Attending the Fair (Please continue to check back for the latest listing of employers): https://umd-csm.symplicity.com/events/students.php?mode=list&cf=LANGUAGE2012
WHO CAN ATTEND:
University of Maryland, College Park:
Current students and spouses/partners*
Alumni and spouses/partners*
Faculty/staff and spouse/partners*
Shady Grove campus students (with UMCP ID Cards)
Students: Plan to attend a prep workshop for tips on navigating the fair. It will be held Tuesday, October 23 from 5-6 pm in the Multipurpose Room of the Language House.
Receive Reminder E-mail?: Click here
For additional information about this event:
contact Kate Juhl at kjuhl@umd.edu
Upcoming Federal Events
Tuesday, October 23rd | 12:15-1:30pm
"Energy & Enterprise: Alternative approaches to US Energy and Climate Change Challenges"
Former Republican Representative Bob Inglis, executive director of the Energy & Enterprise Initiative at George Mason University, will lay out a framework for a climate policy based on ending subsidies and including hidden costs, and will describe how this enterprise-oriented approach is well-aligned with conservative thought but could also attract broader support.
Tuesday, October 23rd | 4:00-5:30pm
“Immigration and the Election of 2012”
The Norman and Florence Brody Public Policy Forum will co-host an event featuring University of Maryland President Wallace Loh, Maryland State Senator Victor R. Ramirez (D, District 47), and Director of Asian American Studies Janelle Wong discussing the national issues regarding immigration in the 2012 presidential election.
Wednesday, October 24th | 6:30-8:00pm
Panel Discussion: Fisher v. University of Texas
Moderated by Mark Feldstein, Richard Eaton Chair of Broadcast Journalism, Merrill College of Journalism, UMD. Panelists include David H. Gans, Constitutional Accountability Center; Joshua Civin, NAACP Legal Defense Team; Brigida Benitez,Partner, Steptoe; and Carolyn Skolnik, Esq., University Counsel, UMD.
RSVP Now
Monday, October 29th | 12:15-1:30pm
Future of Education Forum: Who Needs College?
Join us for a discussion about the benefits – and challenges – of encouraging more students to attend college, featuring William “Brit” Kirwan, chancellor, University System of Maryland and Robert J. Samuelson, columnist, The Washington Post.
"Energy & Enterprise: Alternative approaches to US Energy and Climate Change Challenges"
Former Republican Representative Bob Inglis, executive director of the Energy & Enterprise Initiative at George Mason University, will lay out a framework for a climate policy based on ending subsidies and including hidden costs, and will describe how this enterprise-oriented approach is well-aligned with conservative thought but could also attract broader support.
Tuesday, October 23rd | 4:00-5:30pm
“Immigration and the Election of 2012”
The Norman and Florence Brody Public Policy Forum will co-host an event featuring University of Maryland President Wallace Loh, Maryland State Senator Victor R. Ramirez (D, District 47), and Director of Asian American Studies Janelle Wong discussing the national issues regarding immigration in the 2012 presidential election.
Wednesday, October 24th | 6:30-8:00pm
Panel Discussion: Fisher v. University of Texas
Moderated by Mark Feldstein, Richard Eaton Chair of Broadcast Journalism, Merrill College of Journalism, UMD. Panelists include David H. Gans, Constitutional Accountability Center; Joshua Civin, NAACP Legal Defense Team; Brigida Benitez,Partner, Steptoe; and Carolyn Skolnik, Esq., University Counsel, UMD.
RSVP Now
Monday, October 29th | 12:15-1:30pm
Future of Education Forum: Who Needs College?
Join us for a discussion about the benefits – and challenges – of encouraging more students to attend college, featuring William “Brit” Kirwan, chancellor, University System of Maryland and Robert J. Samuelson, columnist, The Washington Post.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Fed Event: Panel Discussion: Fisher v. University of Texas | October 24th | 6:30-8:00pm | Light Fare Provided
Panel Discussion: Fisher V. University of Texas October 24
Moderator
Mark Feldstein, Richard Eaton Chair of Broadcast Journalism, Merrill College of Journalism, UMD
Mark Feldstein spent twenty years as an award-winning on-air investigative correspondent at CNN, ABC News, and various local television stations. He has been beaten up in the U.S., detained and censored by government authorities in Egypt, and escorted out of the country under armed guard in Haiti. His exposés led to resignations, firings, multi-million dollar fines, and prison terms. Feldstein has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals; his recent book Poisoning The Press has received widespread critical acclaim and earned top academic awards for research. He is regularly quoted as a media analyst by leading outlets in the US and abroad and has testified as an expert witness in court and before Congress on First Amendment issues.
Panelists
David H. Gans of the Constitutional Accountability Center, Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Citizenship Program
David joined CAC after serving as Program Director of Cardozo Law School's Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, and as an attorney with the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, where he worked with Bert Neuborne on appellate briefs in constitutional cases involving the First Amendment and voting rights. He co-authored an amicus brief in Fisher on behalf of constitutional law scholars (available here).
Joshua Civin, NAACP Legal Defense Team, Counsel to the Director of Litigation
Joshua Civin rejoined LDF as an Assistant Counsel in 2009, after serving as an Arthur Liman Public Interest Fellow in 2004-2005 and as an intern during law school. Mr. Civin actively participates in LDF's appellate and Supreme Court practice, while maintaining a trial-level litigation docket in matters involving educational equity and economic justice. He worked with the NAACP LDF on its Fisher efforts (amicus brief).
Brigida Benitez, Partner, Steptoe.
Professionally, she focuses on global dispute resolution, internal investigations, and compliance matters. She advises clients on US and international anti-corruption laws and regulations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and regulations of Multilateral Development Banks. She also represents clients in connection with corporate and related conduct in complex US and international legal settings. Benitez worked with Dr. Robert Putnam on his Fisher efforts (amicus brief), and also was involved in the Grutter litigation.
Carolyn Skolnik, Esq., University Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs, UMD
Ms. Skolnik has represented institutions of higher education for more than twenty-two years. She began her career as an attorney in the General Counsel’s Office of the Johns Hopkins University and later worked for several years as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.
In 1993, she was appointed Assistant Attorney General in the Educational Affairs Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, later serving as Senior Counsel for Litigation and Acting Deputy for Litigation. While an Assistant Attorney General, she was counsel to Towson University, Bowie State University, and the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute.
More information….
Sponsored by
American Constitution Society, Maryland Chapter; School of Public Policy; Philip Merrill College of Journalism; Office of Diversity & Inclusion; Office of Legal Affairs
For more information, contact
Lara Brown de Fuenmayor
301.405.6429
larafuen@umd.edu
RSVP Here: http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/panel-discussion-fisher-v-university-texas-october-24?destination=node/5381
Moderator
Mark Feldstein, Richard Eaton Chair of Broadcast Journalism, Merrill College of Journalism, UMD
Mark Feldstein spent twenty years as an award-winning on-air investigative correspondent at CNN, ABC News, and various local television stations. He has been beaten up in the U.S., detained and censored by government authorities in Egypt, and escorted out of the country under armed guard in Haiti. His exposés led to resignations, firings, multi-million dollar fines, and prison terms. Feldstein has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals; his recent book Poisoning The Press has received widespread critical acclaim and earned top academic awards for research. He is regularly quoted as a media analyst by leading outlets in the US and abroad and has testified as an expert witness in court and before Congress on First Amendment issues.
Panelists
David H. Gans of the Constitutional Accountability Center, Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Citizenship Program
David joined CAC after serving as Program Director of Cardozo Law School's Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, and as an attorney with the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, where he worked with Bert Neuborne on appellate briefs in constitutional cases involving the First Amendment and voting rights. He co-authored an amicus brief in Fisher on behalf of constitutional law scholars (available here).
Joshua Civin, NAACP Legal Defense Team, Counsel to the Director of Litigation
Joshua Civin rejoined LDF as an Assistant Counsel in 2009, after serving as an Arthur Liman Public Interest Fellow in 2004-2005 and as an intern during law school. Mr. Civin actively participates in LDF's appellate and Supreme Court practice, while maintaining a trial-level litigation docket in matters involving educational equity and economic justice. He worked with the NAACP LDF on its Fisher efforts (amicus brief).
Brigida Benitez, Partner, Steptoe.
Professionally, she focuses on global dispute resolution, internal investigations, and compliance matters. She advises clients on US and international anti-corruption laws and regulations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and regulations of Multilateral Development Banks. She also represents clients in connection with corporate and related conduct in complex US and international legal settings. Benitez worked with Dr. Robert Putnam on his Fisher efforts (amicus brief), and also was involved in the Grutter litigation.
Carolyn Skolnik, Esq., University Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs, UMD
Ms. Skolnik has represented institutions of higher education for more than twenty-two years. She began her career as an attorney in the General Counsel’s Office of the Johns Hopkins University and later worked for several years as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.
In 1993, she was appointed Assistant Attorney General in the Educational Affairs Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, later serving as Senior Counsel for Litigation and Acting Deputy for Litigation. While an Assistant Attorney General, she was counsel to Towson University, Bowie State University, and the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute.
More information….
Sponsored by
American Constitution Society, Maryland Chapter; School of Public Policy; Philip Merrill College of Journalism; Office of Diversity & Inclusion; Office of Legal Affairs
For more information, contact
Lara Brown de Fuenmayor
301.405.6429
larafuen@umd.edu
RSVP Here: http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/panel-discussion-fisher-v-university-texas-october-24?destination=node/5381
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
UMD Distinguished Lecture: L. Brown, Geopolitics of Food Security, Nov 12, 5 pm
The University of Maryland Council on the Environment
Distinguished Lecture Series, Inaugural Event
Presents: Dr. Lester R. Brown
"Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity"
When: November 12, 2012
Where: Computer Science Instructional Center, University of Maryland, College Park
4:00PM Reception in Atrium
5:00PM Lecture in Room 1115
Welcome:
Antonio Busalacchi, Chair of the Council on Environment
Introductory Remarks:
Senator Joseph D. Tydings
Herman E. Daly, University of Maryland, School of Public Policy
Abstract: With food scarcity driven by falling water tables, eroding
soils, and rising temperatures, control of arable land and water
resources is moving to center stage in the global struggle for food
security. In this era of tightening world food supplies, the ability
to grow food is fast becoming a new form of geopolitical leverage.
Food is the new oil. What will the geopolitics of food look like in a
new era dominated by scarcity and food nationalism? Brown outlines the
political implications of land acquisitions by grain-importing
countries in Africa and elsewhere as well as the world’s shrinking
buffers against poor harvests, and exposes the increasingly volatile
food situation the world is facing.
Described as “one of the world’s most influential thinkers” by the
Washington Post, Lester Brown is Founder and President of Earth Policy
Institute, a non-profit environmental research organization based in
Washington, D.C. During a career that started with tomato farming,
Brown has been awarded 25 honorary degrees and has authored or
coauthored over 50 books. One of the world's most widely published
authors, his books have appeared in some 40 languages. One of his
recent books, World on the Edge, was called by the Financial Times "a
provocative primer on some of the key global issues that businesses
will face in the coming decades.” He is a MacArthur Fellow and the
recipient of many prizes and awards including United Nations'
Environment Prize, the World Wide Fund for Nature Gold Medal, and the
Blue Planet Prize for his "exceptional contributions to solving global
environmental problems." In 1985 the Library of Congress requested his
personal papers noting that his writings and work had “already
strongly affected thinking about problems of world population and
resources.” Brown earned master degrees in agricultural economics
from the University of Maryland and in public administration from
Harvard University. He was inducted into the University of Maryland
Alumni Hall of Fame in 2010.
THIS LECTURE IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Click below for directions. Parking is free after 4pm. For more
information on the Council on the Environment see:
http://cone.umd.edu/
Distinguished Lecture Series, Inaugural Event
Presents: Dr. Lester R. Brown
"Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity"
When: November 12, 2012
Where: Computer Science Instructional Center, University of Maryland, College Park
4:00PM Reception in Atrium
5:00PM Lecture in Room 1115
Welcome:
Antonio Busalacchi, Chair of the Council on Environment
Introductory Remarks:
Senator Joseph D. Tydings
Herman E. Daly, University of Maryland, School of Public Policy
Abstract: With food scarcity driven by falling water tables, eroding
soils, and rising temperatures, control of arable land and water
resources is moving to center stage in the global struggle for food
security. In this era of tightening world food supplies, the ability
to grow food is fast becoming a new form of geopolitical leverage.
Food is the new oil. What will the geopolitics of food look like in a
new era dominated by scarcity and food nationalism? Brown outlines the
political implications of land acquisitions by grain-importing
countries in Africa and elsewhere as well as the world’s shrinking
buffers against poor harvests, and exposes the increasingly volatile
food situation the world is facing.
Described as “one of the world’s most influential thinkers” by the
Washington Post, Lester Brown is Founder and President of Earth Policy
Institute, a non-profit environmental research organization based in
Washington, D.C. During a career that started with tomato farming,
Brown has been awarded 25 honorary degrees and has authored or
coauthored over 50 books. One of the world's most widely published
authors, his books have appeared in some 40 languages. One of his
recent books, World on the Edge, was called by the Financial Times "a
provocative primer on some of the key global issues that businesses
will face in the coming decades.” He is a MacArthur Fellow and the
recipient of many prizes and awards including United Nations'
Environment Prize, the World Wide Fund for Nature Gold Medal, and the
Blue Planet Prize for his "exceptional contributions to solving global
environmental problems." In 1985 the Library of Congress requested his
personal papers noting that his writings and work had “already
strongly affected thinking about problems of world population and
resources.” Brown earned master degrees in agricultural economics
from the University of Maryland and in public administration from
Harvard University. He was inducted into the University of Maryland
Alumni Hall of Fame in 2010.
THIS LECTURE IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Click below for directions. Parking is free after 4pm. For more
information on the Council on the Environment see:
http://cone.umd.edu/
Upcoming Events
Thursday, October 18th | 7:00-8:30pm
A Deficit of Morals? Are the presidential candidates’ security policies moral?
A public discussion sponsored by the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) will address these and other questions related to the presidential candidates’ security policies. The event will feature CISSM director Professor John Steinbruner, Anwar Sadat Professor of Peace and Development Shibley Telhami, and others.
More...
Saturday, October 20th | 3:00-5:00pm
How Will You Vote: Yes or No?
The Norman and Florence Brody Public Policy Forum and the League of Women Voters will host a panel A Panel Discussion of Md. Referenda, Questions 6 and 7 – Civil Marriage and Gaming Expansion.More...
Tuesday, October 23rd | 12:15-1:30pm
Energy & Enterprise: Alternative approaches to US Energy and Climate Change Challenges More...
Former Republican Rep. Bob Inglis, executive director of the Energy & Enterprise Initiative at George Mason University, will focus on approaches to energy and climate policy, based on innovation, entrepreneurship, and market signals, that could draw support for a clean energy transition from conservatives as well as liberals.
Wednesday, October 24th | 6:30-8:00pm
Panel Discussion: Fisher v. University of Texas
Moderated by Mark Feldstein, Richard Eaton Chair of Broadcast Journalism, Merrill College of Journalism, UMD. Panelists include David
H. Gans, Constitutional Accountability Center; Joshua Civin, NAACP Legal Defense Team; Brigida Benitez, Partner, Steptoe; and Carolyn Skolnik, Esq., University Counsel, UMD.
RSVP Now
Monday, October 29th | 12:15-1:30pm
Future of Education Forum: Who Needs College?
Join us for a discussion about the benefits – and challenges – of encouraging more students to attend college, featuring William “Brit” Kirwan, chancellor, University System of Maryland and Robert J. Samuelson, columnist, The Washington Post.
RSVP to MSPP@UMD.EDU
Fed Event: Oct 22
Congressional Briefing with Nathan Steinwald
Monday, October 22, 2012, 1:30 p.m.
2505 Van Munching Hall
On Monday, October 22, 2012 the Center for Financial Policy will host Nathan Steinwald, Senior Economic Adviser for Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and Staff Director of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance.
This talk is part of the Center’s “Congressional Briefings” series that host current and former Capitol Hill staffers to the Smith School to speak about legislative issues related to financial policy. The event will take place at 1:30 p.m. at 2505 Van Munching Hall.
We hope that you will join us for this discussion. There is no registration fee for this event. To register, please complete this form.
This event is open to all faculty, staff, and students.
For additional information about this event, please contact Michelle Lui, Assistant Director, Center for Financial Policy at mlui@rhsmith.umd.edu.
* Required
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Fed Event: Panel Discussion on Oct.24th
Panel Discussion on Fisher v. University of Texas
From: Oct 24 2012 - 6:30pm- 8:00pm
Location: MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Moderated by Dr. Mark Feldstein, Richard Eaton Chair of Broadcast Journalism, Merrill College of Journalism, UMD
Panelists
Joshua Civin
Counsel to the Director of Litigation
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF)
David Gans
Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Citizenship Program
Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC)
Light fare provided
From: Oct 24 2012 - 6:30pm- 8:00pm
Location: MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Moderated by Dr. Mark Feldstein, Richard Eaton Chair of Broadcast Journalism, Merrill College of Journalism, UMD
Panelists
Joshua Civin
Counsel to the Director of Litigation
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF)
David Gans
Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Citizenship Program
Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC)
Light fare provided
Fed Event: Former Congressman Bob Inglis
Former Congressman Bob Inglis
From: Oct 23 2012 - 12:15pm- 1:30pm
Location: MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall
"Energy & Enterprise: Alternative approaches to US Energy and Climate Change Challenges"
Keynote Speaker
Former Congressman Bob Inglis (R-SC4)
Commenters
Ambassador Susan Schwab
Professor Phillip Swagel
Professor Steve Fetter
Moderator
Professor Nathan Hultman
US energy and climate policy, always a contentious issue, has become increasingly polarized. Climate change remains controversial in the Republican Party and conservative US politics more broadly. In the absence of Republican policy proposals, most of the climate-change policy discussion has been driven by Democrats and progressive groups. At this event, former Republican Representative Bob Inglis, executive director of the Energy & Enterprise Initiative at George Mason University, will lay out a framework for a climate policy based on ending subsidies and including hidden costs, and will describe how this enterprise-oriented approach is well-aligned with conservative thought but could also attract broader support.
A moderated discussion on the prospects for such an approach will follow. Inglis will be joined by three faculty members from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy: two former George W. Bush administration officials, Susan Schwab, former US Trade Representative, and Phillip Swagel, former Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the Treasury Department; and one former Obama administration official, Steve Fetter, former Assistant Director at-large in the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) and former Principal Assistant Director of OSTP's Environment and Energy Division.
Hosted by MSPP Career Services and the Tuesday Policy Forum
From: Oct 23 2012 - 12:15pm- 1:30pm
Location: MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall
"Energy & Enterprise: Alternative approaches to US Energy and Climate Change Challenges"
Keynote Speaker
Former Congressman Bob Inglis (R-SC4)
Commenters
Ambassador Susan Schwab
Professor Phillip Swagel
Professor Steve Fetter
Moderator
Professor Nathan Hultman
US energy and climate policy, always a contentious issue, has become increasingly polarized. Climate change remains controversial in the Republican Party and conservative US politics more broadly. In the absence of Republican policy proposals, most of the climate-change policy discussion has been driven by Democrats and progressive groups. At this event, former Republican Representative Bob Inglis, executive director of the Energy & Enterprise Initiative at George Mason University, will lay out a framework for a climate policy based on ending subsidies and including hidden costs, and will describe how this enterprise-oriented approach is well-aligned with conservative thought but could also attract broader support.
A moderated discussion on the prospects for such an approach will follow. Inglis will be joined by three faculty members from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy: two former George W. Bush administration officials, Susan Schwab, former US Trade Representative, and Phillip Swagel, former Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the Treasury Department; and one former Obama administration official, Steve Fetter, former Assistant Director at-large in the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) and former Principal Assistant Director of OSTP's Environment and Energy Division.
Hosted by MSPP Career Services and the Tuesday Policy Forum
Fed Event: "Iranian Public Opinion on Nuclear Issues"
12:15-1:30 PM | SPECIAL EVENT: CISSM Forum
From: Oct 19 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Oct 19 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
"Iranian Public Opinion on Nuclear Issues"
by Ebrahim Mohseni, Doctoral Candidate at the Maryland School of Public Policy and Lecturer at the University of Tehran
From: Oct 19 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Oct 19 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
"Iranian Public Opinion on Nuclear Issues"
by Ebrahim Mohseni, Doctoral Candidate at the Maryland School of Public Policy and Lecturer at the University of Tehran
"A Deficit of Morals? Are the presidential candidates’ security policies moral?"
From: Oct 18 2012 - 7:00pm
To: Oct 18 2012 - 8:30pm
Location: Prince Georges Room | Adele H. Stamp Student Union
"A Deficit of Morals? Are the presidential candidates’ security policies moral?"
Is President Barack Obama’s policy of “targeted killing” in line with Just War principles? Is the U.S. failure to negotiate legally binding reductions on carbon emissions morally acceptable? What are the moral imperatives raised by possible responses to the Iranian nuclear program? Is the United States’ own reliance on nuclear deterrence, an unchanged legacy of the Cold War, morally defensible?
A public discussion sponsored by the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) will address these and other questions related to the presidential candidates’ security policies. The event will feature CISSM director Professor John Steinbruner, Anwar Sadat Professor of Peace and Development Shibley Telhami, and others. The discussion is part of an ongoing CISSM research initiative that explores how Americans’ moral and religious beliefs affect their preferences on important global security policy challenges such as climate change and nuclear risks.
To: Oct 18 2012 - 8:30pm
Location: Prince Georges Room | Adele H. Stamp Student Union
"A Deficit of Morals? Are the presidential candidates’ security policies moral?"
Is President Barack Obama’s policy of “targeted killing” in line with Just War principles? Is the U.S. failure to negotiate legally binding reductions on carbon emissions morally acceptable? What are the moral imperatives raised by possible responses to the Iranian nuclear program? Is the United States’ own reliance on nuclear deterrence, an unchanged legacy of the Cold War, morally defensible?
A public discussion sponsored by the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) will address these and other questions related to the presidential candidates’ security policies. The event will feature CISSM director Professor John Steinbruner, Anwar Sadat Professor of Peace and Development Shibley Telhami, and others. The discussion is part of an ongoing CISSM research initiative that explores how Americans’ moral and religious beliefs affect their preferences on important global security policy challenges such as climate change and nuclear risks.
"How Will you Vote: Yes or No? A Panel Discussion of Md. Referenda, Questions 6 and 7"
Brody Forum
Oct 20 2012 - 3:00pm- 5:00pm
Location: Village of Friendship Heights Community Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, Md.
"How Will you Vote: Yes or No? A Panel Discussion of Md. Referenda, Questions 6 and 7"
The Norman and Florence Brody Public Policy Forum and the League of Women Voters will host a panel that will review all of the referenda on the Maryland ballot with particular focus on Question 6, concerning the Civil Marriage Protection Act, and on Question 7, the Gaming Expansion Referendum.
Moderated by Douglas J. Besharov, Professor, UMD School of Public Policy
Oct 20 2012 - 3:00pm- 5:00pm
Location: Village of Friendship Heights Community Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, Md.
"How Will you Vote: Yes or No? A Panel Discussion of Md. Referenda, Questions 6 and 7"
The Norman and Florence Brody Public Policy Forum and the League of Women Voters will host a panel that will review all of the referenda on the Maryland ballot with particular focus on Question 6, concerning the Civil Marriage Protection Act, and on Question 7, the Gaming Expansion Referendum.
Moderated by Douglas J. Besharov, Professor, UMD School of Public Policy
Council on the Environment - Inaugural Distinguished Lecture by Lester Brown 11/12/12
I am pleased to announce that the Council on the Environment has established an annual Environmental Lecture Series. Our inaugural speaker is Lester Brown, founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute. Please see the announcement that is attached and please feel free to share with colleagues, family and friends. I am quite pleased to have such a world leader of environmental issues who is also a former graduate of the university and a member of the University of Maryland Alumni Hall of Fame address the university community.
On Monday November 12, 2012 we will begin with a reception at 4PM in the CSIC Atrium.
Dr. Brown's seminar will begin at 5PM in CSIC Lecture Hall 1115 with introductory remarks from Senator Joseph Tydings and Professor Herman Daly.
I am confident that Dr. Brown’s talk will inspire the Maryland community to think about how we can apply our education, expertise, and talents to address issues in our collective future in such areas as food scarcity, whether that is through educational pursuits, research initiatives, partnerships with the private sector, or individual outreach.
Cheers..Tony
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Antonio J. Busalacchi
Chair, University of Maryland Council on the Environment
Director and Professor, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
On Monday November 12, 2012 we will begin with a reception at 4PM in the CSIC Atrium.
Dr. Brown's seminar will begin at 5PM in CSIC Lecture Hall 1115 with introductory remarks from Senator Joseph Tydings and Professor Herman Daly.
I am confident that Dr. Brown’s talk will inspire the Maryland community to think about how we can apply our education, expertise, and talents to address issues in our collective future in such areas as food scarcity, whether that is through educational pursuits, research initiatives, partnerships with the private sector, or individual outreach.
Cheers..Tony
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Antonio J. Busalacchi
Chair, University of Maryland Council on the Environment
Director and Professor, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
MSPP Presents Former Congressman Bob Inglis | "Energy & Enterprise: Alternative approaches to US Energy and Climate Change Challenges" | October 23
US energy and climate policy, always a contentious issue, has become increasingly polarized. Climate change remains controversial in the Republican Party and conservative US politics more broadly. In the absence of Republican policy proposals, most of the climate-change policy discussion has been driven by Democrats and progressive groups. At this event, former Republican Representative Bob Inglis, executive director of the Energy & Enterprise Initiative at George Mason University, will lay out a framework for a climate policy based on ending subsidies and including hidden costs, and will describe how this enterprise-oriented approach is well-aligned with conservative thought but could also attract broader support.
A moderated discussion on the prospects for such an approach will follow. Inglis will be joined by three faculty members from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy: two former George W. Bush administration officials, Susan Schwab, former US Trade Representative, and Phillip Swagel, former Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the Treasury Department; and one former Obama administration official, Steve Fetter, former Assistant Director at-large in the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) and former Principal Assistant Director of OSTP's Environment and Energy Division.
University of Maryland | School of Public Policy | 2101 Van Munching Hall | College Park, MD 20742 | 301.405.6330
A moderated discussion on the prospects for such an approach will follow. Inglis will be joined by three faculty members from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy: two former George W. Bush administration officials, Susan Schwab, former US Trade Representative, and Phillip Swagel, former Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the Treasury Department; and one former Obama administration official, Steve Fetter, former Assistant Director at-large in the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) and former Principal Assistant Director of OSTP's Environment and Energy Division.
University of Maryland | School of Public Policy | 2101 Van Munching Hall | College Park, MD 20742 | 301.405.6330
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Fed Event: Tuesday Policy Forum Presents Jennifer Doleac | “The Effects of DNA Databases on Crime” | October 9
The Effects of DNA Databases on Crime
Tuesday Policy Forum
October 9, 2012
12:15-1:25 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall
Jennifer Doleac is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of Virginia's Batten School. She is an applied microeconomist with a special interest in law and economics and the economic of crime. Her recent research considers the impact of DNA databases on criminal behavior, the effects of a seller's race in online markets, and whether extending Daylight Saving Time decreases violent street crime.
Doleac has a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Math from Williams College. Before graduate school, she worked at the Brookings Institution and the Congressional Budget Office, in Washington, DC.
Tuesday Policy Forum
October 9, 2012
12:15-1:25 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall
Jennifer Doleac is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of Virginia's Batten School. She is an applied microeconomist with a special interest in law and economics and the economic of crime. Her recent research considers the impact of DNA databases on criminal behavior, the effects of a seller's race in online markets, and whether extending Daylight Saving Time decreases violent street crime.
Doleac has a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Math from Williams College. Before graduate school, she worked at the Brookings Institution and the Congressional Budget Office, in Washington, DC.
2012 Georgetown Energy and Cleantech Conference
2012 Georgetown Energy and Cleantech Conference
Georgetown Energy and Cleantech Club
Friday, October 12, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
http://2012geccconference.eventbrite.com/?ref=esfbenivtefor001
Student (with Valid Student ID) Oct 12, 2012 $35.00
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Fed Event: October 17th, 3:30 PM
Latin American Studies Center
Café Break Series
“Behind the Protests: Secondary Education and the Job Market in Chile”
Sergio Urzúa, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, College Park
Wednesday, October 17
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
2120 Francis Scott Key (Merrill Room)
Professor Urzúa investigates some of the underlying determinants explaining the recent student protests in Chile. The conclusions he draws also might have implications for other countries in the region. In addition, they explain the challenges associated with designing and implementing public policies in developing countries.
Sergio Urzúa is a member of the Department of Economics and Maryland Population Research Center. Before coming to Maryland, Dr. Urzúa was an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Northwestern University from 2007 – 2011 and was also a Senior Advisor and Head of Labor & Educational Affairs at the Finance Ministry of Chile from 2010-2011. His research with economic models has shown the importance of accounting for unobserved factors in the context of developing countries, particularly on issues such as income inequality, gender gaps, and access to public services.
For more information about this event please contact the Latin American Studies Center at lasc@umd.edu or by phone at 301-405-6459.
Café Break Series
“Behind the Protests: Secondary Education and the Job Market in Chile”
Sergio Urzúa, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, College Park
Wednesday, October 17
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
2120 Francis Scott Key (Merrill Room)
Professor Urzúa investigates some of the underlying determinants explaining the recent student protests in Chile. The conclusions he draws also might have implications for other countries in the region. In addition, they explain the challenges associated with designing and implementing public policies in developing countries.
Sergio Urzúa is a member of the Department of Economics and Maryland Population Research Center. Before coming to Maryland, Dr. Urzúa was an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Northwestern University from 2007 – 2011 and was also a Senior Advisor and Head of Labor & Educational Affairs at the Finance Ministry of Chile from 2010-2011. His research with economic models has shown the importance of accounting for unobserved factors in the context of developing countries, particularly on issues such as income inequality, gender gaps, and access to public services.
For more information about this event please contact the Latin American Studies Center at lasc@umd.edu or by phone at 301-405-6459.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Fed Event: Tuesday Policy Forum, 12:15 PM. Oct 9th
Tuesday Policy Forum featuring Jennifer Doleac
From: Oct 9 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Oct 9 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
Jennifer Doleac, University of Virginia
"use of DNA in American criminal justice"
From: Oct 9 2012 - 12:15pm
To: Oct 9 2012 - 1:30pm
Location: 1203 Van Munching Hall
Jennifer Doleac, University of Virginia
"use of DNA in American criminal justice"
Fed Event: Debate Watching PArty
From: Oct 3 2012 - 8:30pm
To: Oct 3 2012 - 11:00pm
Location: Colony Ballroom | Stamp Student Union
Pizza and drinks will be served.
Hosted by Public Policy Dean Don Kettl, the debate watch will feature the announcement of a new Terrapin Electronic Registration System through our TerpsVote initiative. Last year's SGA was primarily responsible for the creation of this program with support from the State of Maryland, IT, Student Affairs and the Stamp Student Union. It will allow anyone with a university ID to electronically register to vote using a secure system. For students, this means they can securely register to vote either in-state or their hometown.
We will also provide the opportunity for participants to use a new kind of real-time polling (using a web-based tool for mobile devices) to get moment-by-moment reactions as the debate unfolds. The technology - from React Labs - was developed by UMD Professor Philip Resnik (ARHU/Linguistics). We'll have two screens available - one with the debate, one with the real-time polling results of Maryland and other participants around the nation. There will be a short discussion about the results and a Q and A afterwards.
The Schedule
7:30pm Colony Ballroom Doors Open
8:30pm Dean Kettl hosts pre-debate discussion with TerpsVote
and ReactLabs
9:00-10:30pm Watch the Presidential Debate
10:30-11:00pm Dean Kettl will host a Q and A and brief analysis session
11:00pm Program concludes
To: Oct 3 2012 - 11:00pm
Location: Colony Ballroom | Stamp Student Union
Pizza and drinks will be served.
Hosted by Public Policy Dean Don Kettl, the debate watch will feature the announcement of a new Terrapin Electronic Registration System through our TerpsVote initiative. Last year's SGA was primarily responsible for the creation of this program with support from the State of Maryland, IT, Student Affairs and the Stamp Student Union. It will allow anyone with a university ID to electronically register to vote using a secure system. For students, this means they can securely register to vote either in-state or their hometown.
We will also provide the opportunity for participants to use a new kind of real-time polling (using a web-based tool for mobile devices) to get moment-by-moment reactions as the debate unfolds. The technology - from React Labs - was developed by UMD Professor Philip Resnik (ARHU/Linguistics). We'll have two screens available - one with the debate, one with the real-time polling results of Maryland and other participants around the nation. There will be a short discussion about the results and a Q and A afterwards.
The Schedule
7:30pm Colony Ballroom Doors Open
8:30pm Dean Kettl hosts pre-debate discussion with TerpsVote
and ReactLabs
9:00-10:30pm Watch the Presidential Debate
10:30-11:00pm Dean Kettl will host a Q and A and brief analysis session
11:00pm Program concludes
Fed Event: Microfinance Lecture Series Invitation
Microfinance Lecture Series
What: Leaders in the Microfinance industry talk about relevant issues and topics, broadcasted via webcast to all major schools in the U.S.
When: Every Monday 7:15-8:30pm, from 9/24 to 12/3
Location: VMH 1202
How: Just show up
Contact: Daniel Freedman (daniel.freedman@rhsmith.umd.edu)
What: Leaders in the Microfinance industry talk about relevant issues and topics, broadcasted via webcast to all major schools in the U.S.
When: Every Monday 7:15-8:30pm, from 9/24 to 12/3
Location: VMH 1202
How: Just show up
Contact: Daniel Freedman (daniel.freedman@rhsmith.umd.edu)
Monday, October 1, 2012
Fed Event: Weds, Oct 3, 2012 | Development Circle | Iron Status, Malaria Parasite Loads and Food Policies: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
IDEV Council invites you to this special Development Circle at which MSPP Professor Dr. Alok Bhargava will use rigorous methods to investigate the consequences of improving children's iron status for malaria parasite loads in Cote d'Ivoire, Zambia, and Tanzania. See details attached.
Date: Weds, Oct 3, 2012
Time: 12:15-1:20pm
Place: 1203 Van Munching Hall
(Light lunch will be served)
Date: Weds, Oct 3, 2012
Time: 12:15-1:20pm
Place: 1203 Van Munching Hall
(Light lunch will be served)
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Fed Event: October 2nd, 12:15 PM, 1203 VMH
The Benefit and the Burden: Tax Reform—Why We Need It and What It Will Take
Tuesday Policy Forum
October 2, 2012
12:15-1:25 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall
Bruce Bartlett is today's most experienced and eloquent speaker on taxes and tax reform — the central issue of American politics and economics. His newest book, The Benefit and The Burden, is a deep and urgent work exploring the tax crisis faced by the U.S. and the reforms needed to solve it. Bruce speaks on the role tax policy will play in coming elections and its impact on investment, jobs, and growth in the coming years.
Bruce represents an unusually non-partisan, historically informed economic view. In the 1970's and 80's, Supply Side economics represented the solution to America's economic ills; today, however, we face new problems that need new solutions. While many economists and both political parties remain locked in the disputes of those earlier decades, Bruce has moved forward — letting him connect with people of all political backgrounds about the real reforms our economy needs.
Mr. Bartlett worked in the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Since then he has been an economic commentator for The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, The New York Times, and other major publications. His previous books include the best-selling Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy and The New American Economy: The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward.
Tuesday Policy Forum
October 2, 2012
12:15-1:25 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall
Bruce Bartlett is today's most experienced and eloquent speaker on taxes and tax reform — the central issue of American politics and economics. His newest book, The Benefit and The Burden, is a deep and urgent work exploring the tax crisis faced by the U.S. and the reforms needed to solve it. Bruce speaks on the role tax policy will play in coming elections and its impact on investment, jobs, and growth in the coming years.
Bruce represents an unusually non-partisan, historically informed economic view. In the 1970's and 80's, Supply Side economics represented the solution to America's economic ills; today, however, we face new problems that need new solutions. While many economists and both political parties remain locked in the disputes of those earlier decades, Bruce has moved forward — letting him connect with people of all political backgrounds about the real reforms our economy needs.
Mr. Bartlett worked in the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Since then he has been an economic commentator for The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, The New York Times, and other major publications. His previous books include the best-selling Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy and The New American Economy: The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward.
Fed Event: October 9th. "Latino Voters and the 2012 Race to the White House"
Stumping and Eating:
“Latino” Voters and the 2012 Race to the White House
Frederick Douglass Opie, Professor, Babson College
Tuesday, October 9
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
0100 Marie Mount Hall (Maryland Room)
Frederick Douglass Opie delves into the historic role food has played in retail politics dating back to this country’s European roots. He argues that historically candidates have used food to identify culturally with local voters, gain their confidence, and raise support for their candidacy. He illustrates how that has continued to be the case in the 2012 race for the White House, looking at how Latino voters are courted in battleground states such as Arizona, Florida, Nevada, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Frederick Douglass Opie is the author of Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America, Black Labor Migration in Caribbean Guatemala, 1882-1923, and the forthcoming book Black and Latino Relation in New York 1959 to 1989. He is also a blogger at http://www.foodasalens.com/. Opie has appeared on the television series Appetite City and the documentary Soul Food Junkie. He also has been a guest on the popular American Public Media radio show The Splendid Table. Opie is Professor of History and Foodways at Babson College.
For more information about this event please contact the Latin American Studies Center at lasc@umd.edu or by phone at 301-405-6459.
“Latino” Voters and the 2012 Race to the White House
Frederick Douglass Opie, Professor, Babson College
Tuesday, October 9
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
0100 Marie Mount Hall (Maryland Room)
Frederick Douglass Opie delves into the historic role food has played in retail politics dating back to this country’s European roots. He argues that historically candidates have used food to identify culturally with local voters, gain their confidence, and raise support for their candidacy. He illustrates how that has continued to be the case in the 2012 race for the White House, looking at how Latino voters are courted in battleground states such as Arizona, Florida, Nevada, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Frederick Douglass Opie is the author of Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America, Black Labor Migration in Caribbean Guatemala, 1882-1923, and the forthcoming book Black and Latino Relation in New York 1959 to 1989. He is also a blogger at http://www.foodasalens.com/. Opie has appeared on the television series Appetite City and the documentary Soul Food Junkie. He also has been a guest on the popular American Public Media radio show The Splendid Table. Opie is Professor of History and Foodways at Babson College.
For more information about this event please contact the Latin American Studies Center at lasc@umd.edu or by phone at 301-405-6459.
Fed Event: October 23rd, 3:30-5 PM, McKeldin Library Room 6137
Campaign Strategy Seminar on the 2012 Elections
The Center for American Politics and Citizenship, University Honors College, and McKeldin Library are hosting a presentation on Election Campaign Strategy Seminar on October 23 from 3:30 to 5:00 in the Special Events Room at McKeldin Library (room 6137).
The seminar will feature J. Toscano, a partner at GMMB, a Democratic political communications and strategy firm employed by President Obama’s campaign. Mr.Toscano will discuss message development, targeting, media strategy, and social media.
The Center for American Politics and Citizenship, University Honors College, and McKeldin Library are hosting a presentation on Election Campaign Strategy Seminar on October 23 from 3:30 to 5:00 in the Special Events Room at McKeldin Library (room 6137).
The seminar will feature J. Toscano, a partner at GMMB, a Democratic political communications and strategy firm employed by President Obama’s campaign. Mr.Toscano will discuss message development, targeting, media strategy, and social media.
Fed Event: October 12th
October 12
1101 Morrill Hall
10:30-12:00pm
Cosponsoring with the American Politics field, Speaker Burt Monroe.
Details to come.
1101 Morrill Hall
10:30-12:00pm
Cosponsoring with the American Politics field, Speaker Burt Monroe.
Details to come.
Fed Event: Oct 5th, 1101 Tydings Hal
October 5
1101 Tydings Hall
Jeffrey Taylor “District Magnitude, Coordinated Campaigns, and the Competitive Environment: Evidence from U.S. State Legislative Elections”
Discussants: Mike Hanmer and Joe Wantz
1101 Tydings Hall
Jeffrey Taylor “District Magnitude, Coordinated Campaigns, and the Competitive Environment: Evidence from U.S. State Legislative Elections”
Discussants: Mike Hanmer and Joe Wantz
Fed Event: Institute of World Peace (DC)
Syria After Assad: Managing the Challenges of Transition
October 4, 2012 9:30am-11:00am
Location:
U.S. Institute of Peace
2301 Constitution Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20037 | Directions
Please read: Important information for guests attending public events at USIP.
The Syrian revolution has taken a terrible toll. Tens of thousands of Syrians have been killed and hundreds of thousands wounded. Millions have been forced from their homes. Urban centers have been destroyed, villages bombed, and communities subjected to horrific brutality at the hands of regime forces and Assad’s loyalist militias. The fabric of Syrian society is fraying under the pressure of escalating sectarian tensions. The militarization of the revolution and the proliferation of armed opposition units pose long term challenges for rule of law and security. Damage to infrastructure and to the Syrian economy will require tens of billions of dollars to repair.
How much longer the Assad regime will survive is uncertain. When it falls, a new government will face daunting challenges. How will the Syrian opposition respond? Will a new government be able to address the urgent needs of Syrians for humanitarian relief, economic and social reconstruction, and provide basic rule of law and security? Even today, in liberated areas of Syria where a post-Assad transition is already underway, the opposition must demonstrate its capacity to address these challenges.
Over the past year, a group of opposition activists collaborated to develop recommendations and strategies for managing the challenges of a post-Assad transition. Join us for the first presentation in the United States of the document they produced: “The Day After: Supporting a Democratic Transition in Syria.”
This event will feature the following speakers:
Speakers
Steven Heydemann, introductory remarks
Senior Adviser for Middle East Initiatives
U.S. Institute of Peace
Jim Marshall, opening remarks
President
U.S. Institute of Peace
Amr al-Azm, panelist
Associate Professor of History at Shawnee State University in Ohio. Member of the executive committee for the NCC (National Change Current); member of the Executive Committee of The Day After project and its Economic and Social Reconstruction working group.
Afra Jalabi, panelist
Anthropologist, political scientist and writer based in Montreal, Canada. Member of the Damascus Declaration and the Syrian National Council, member of the Executive Committee of The Day After project and its Transitional Justice working group.
Murhaf Jouejati, panelist
Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science and International Affairs at the National Defense University in Washington DC. Member of the Syrian National Council, member of the Executive Committee of The Day After project and its Security Sector Reform working group.
Rafif Jouejati, panelist
English-language spokesperson for the Local Coordination Committees in Syria, the National Consensus Movement, and Activists for a Free Syria; member of the Executive Committee of The Day After project and its working group on Economic and Social Reconstruction.
Rami Nakhla, panelist
Program Specialist at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), coordinating The Day After project on the Institute’s behalf; director of the Syrian Transition Support Network and
Inquiries
Please contact Annika Folkeson if you have any questions about this event at afolkeson@usip.org.
Media
Journalists should contact Allison Sturma at asturma@usip.org.
October 4, 2012 9:30am-11:00am
Location:
U.S. Institute of Peace
2301 Constitution Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20037 | Directions
Please read: Important information for guests attending public events at USIP.
The Syrian revolution has taken a terrible toll. Tens of thousands of Syrians have been killed and hundreds of thousands wounded. Millions have been forced from their homes. Urban centers have been destroyed, villages bombed, and communities subjected to horrific brutality at the hands of regime forces and Assad’s loyalist militias. The fabric of Syrian society is fraying under the pressure of escalating sectarian tensions. The militarization of the revolution and the proliferation of armed opposition units pose long term challenges for rule of law and security. Damage to infrastructure and to the Syrian economy will require tens of billions of dollars to repair.
How much longer the Assad regime will survive is uncertain. When it falls, a new government will face daunting challenges. How will the Syrian opposition respond? Will a new government be able to address the urgent needs of Syrians for humanitarian relief, economic and social reconstruction, and provide basic rule of law and security? Even today, in liberated areas of Syria where a post-Assad transition is already underway, the opposition must demonstrate its capacity to address these challenges.
Over the past year, a group of opposition activists collaborated to develop recommendations and strategies for managing the challenges of a post-Assad transition. Join us for the first presentation in the United States of the document they produced: “The Day After: Supporting a Democratic Transition in Syria.”
This event will feature the following speakers:
Speakers
Steven Heydemann, introductory remarks
Senior Adviser for Middle East Initiatives
U.S. Institute of Peace
Jim Marshall, opening remarks
President
U.S. Institute of Peace
Amr al-Azm, panelist
Associate Professor of History at Shawnee State University in Ohio. Member of the executive committee for the NCC (National Change Current); member of the Executive Committee of The Day After project and its Economic and Social Reconstruction working group.
Afra Jalabi, panelist
Anthropologist, political scientist and writer based in Montreal, Canada. Member of the Damascus Declaration and the Syrian National Council, member of the Executive Committee of The Day After project and its Transitional Justice working group.
Murhaf Jouejati, panelist
Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science and International Affairs at the National Defense University in Washington DC. Member of the Syrian National Council, member of the Executive Committee of The Day After project and its Security Sector Reform working group.
Rafif Jouejati, panelist
English-language spokesperson for the Local Coordination Committees in Syria, the National Consensus Movement, and Activists for a Free Syria; member of the Executive Committee of The Day After project and its working group on Economic and Social Reconstruction.
Rami Nakhla, panelist
Program Specialist at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), coordinating The Day After project on the Institute’s behalf; director of the Syrian Transition Support Network and
Inquiries
Please contact Annika Folkeson if you have any questions about this event at afolkeson@usip.org.
Media
Journalists should contact Allison Sturma at asturma@usip.org.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Fed Event: Oct 4th, Black Swans and Burstiness: Countering Myths about Terrorism"
Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Lecture (and reception): "Black Swans and Burstiness: Countering Myths about Terrorism" with Dr. Gary LaFree, RSVP NOW
Event: October 4, 4 PM
Dear Students,
I know you’re calendars are already marked, but please do RSVP now for Gary LaFree’s upcoming Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4 in Price George’s Room of Stamp Student Union. A reception will follow.
The event is free and open to the public (so invite your friends and loved ones) and a reception will follow, but an RSVP should be made to infostart@start.umd.edu.
As you know, Gary is presenting on “Black Swans and Burstiness: Countering Myths about Terrorism.” He’ll discuss how terrorism has two characteristics that make it very challenging from a public policy perspective—its black swan quality and its burstiness. Black swan incidents are those that fall outside the realm of regular expectations, have a high impact, and defy prediction. Good examples include the four coordinated terrorist attacks on the United States that took place on September 11, 2011. At the same time, terrorism tends to be bursty; highly concentrated in time and space.
His talk will put high profile attacks like 9/11 into a much broader context by showing how they differ from the thousands of other attacks that have taken place around the world since 1970. Thus, in stark contrast to the 9/11 attacks, we will learn that many terrorist attacks produce no fatalities, they frequently rely on common, low technology weapons, they do not involve a great deal of planning, and they are carried out by groups whose life expectancy is less than a year. At the same time, when terrorist organizations find methods that work they often use them employ them rapidly. Balancing the mundane everyday nature of terrorism with its occasional capacity for mass destruction is a unique policy challenge of the twenty-first century.
I hope to see you there.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Fishering
Event: October 4, 4 PM
Dear Students,
I know you’re calendars are already marked, but please do RSVP now for Gary LaFree’s upcoming Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4 in Price George’s Room of Stamp Student Union. A reception will follow.
The event is free and open to the public (so invite your friends and loved ones) and a reception will follow, but an RSVP should be made to infostart@start.umd.edu.
As you know, Gary is presenting on “Black Swans and Burstiness: Countering Myths about Terrorism.” He’ll discuss how terrorism has two characteristics that make it very challenging from a public policy perspective—its black swan quality and its burstiness. Black swan incidents are those that fall outside the realm of regular expectations, have a high impact, and defy prediction. Good examples include the four coordinated terrorist attacks on the United States that took place on September 11, 2011. At the same time, terrorism tends to be bursty; highly concentrated in time and space.
His talk will put high profile attacks like 9/11 into a much broader context by showing how they differ from the thousands of other attacks that have taken place around the world since 1970. Thus, in stark contrast to the 9/11 attacks, we will learn that many terrorist attacks produce no fatalities, they frequently rely on common, low technology weapons, they do not involve a great deal of planning, and they are carried out by groups whose life expectancy is less than a year. At the same time, when terrorist organizations find methods that work they often use them employ them rapidly. Balancing the mundane everyday nature of terrorism with its occasional capacity for mass destruction is a unique policy challenge of the twenty-first century.
I hope to see you there.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Fishering
Fed Event: CISSM Forum | September 27, 2012 | "186 Days and a Wake-Up: Reflections from a Recent Deployment to Afghanistan"
CISSM FORUM | September 27, 2012
"186 Days and a Wake-Up: Reflections from a Recent Deployment to Afghanistan"
Brett Marvin, Operations Research Analyst, Marine Corps Combat Development Command
Brett Marvin is an operations research analyst with the Current Operations Analysis Support Team of the Operations Analysis Division at the Marine Corps Combat Development Command in Quantico, Virginia. A 2004 graduate of University of Maryland's School of Public Policy, he entered federal service as a Presidential Management Fellow and has spent the last eight years of his career developing and applying analytic methods to study irregular warfare, counterinsurgency, nation-state failure, force structure/sizing and urban operations. Mr. Marvin's efforts have supported decision-making by the U.S. Army, United States Marine Corps, Combatant Commanders, Joint Staff, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, USAID, and Operation Enduring Freedom's Regional Command - Southwest (OEF RC(SW)). Mr. Marvin recently returned from serving a six-month deployment with RC(SW) C-5 Assessments, Headquarters, Second Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan.
About the Forum
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD
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.
"186 Days and a Wake-Up: Reflections from a Recent Deployment to Afghanistan"
Brett Marvin, Operations Research Analyst, Marine Corps Combat Development Command
Brett Marvin is an operations research analyst with the Current Operations Analysis Support Team of the Operations Analysis Division at the Marine Corps Combat Development Command in Quantico, Virginia. A 2004 graduate of University of Maryland's School of Public Policy, he entered federal service as a Presidential Management Fellow and has spent the last eight years of his career developing and applying analytic methods to study irregular warfare, counterinsurgency, nation-state failure, force structure/sizing and urban operations. Mr. Marvin's efforts have supported decision-making by the U.S. Army, United States Marine Corps, Combatant Commanders, Joint Staff, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, USAID, and Operation Enduring Freedom's Regional Command - Southwest (OEF RC(SW)). Mr. Marvin recently returned from serving a six-month deployment with RC(SW) C-5 Assessments, Headquarters, Second Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan.
About the Forum
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD
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: TODAY!
TODAY 12:15-1:30 p.m. | The Tuesday Policy Forum will feature Stephen Rabin, chief speechwriter to Gov. Martin O'Malley, speaking on "Writing to Persuade: A Speechwriter's Perspective on Political Communication" in 1203 Van Munching Hall.
Fed Event: Department of Labor Child Labor and Forced Labor Report Launch
The Department of Labor's Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT), where I currently intern, has invited any interested public policy students to attend the big launch event of its Child and Forced Labor reports next Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
This is a great opportunity to learn about government efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Department of Labor Secretary Solis will be joined by Gayle Smith, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director For Development and Democracy, and Ian Solomon, U.S. Executive Director at the World Bank.
Below is a formal invitation and flyer. I hope some of you can make it! If you think you may attend, please RSVP at OCFT@dol.gov.
On behalf of U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, the the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Bureau of International Labor Affairs would like to invite you to our launch of three new child labor and forced labor reports, and a discussion of how these issues affect long-term poverty reduction. The event will also highlight a new tool for evaluating countries’ efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Secretary Solis will be joined by Gayle Smith, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director For Development and Democracy, and Ian Solomon, U.S. Executive Director at the World Bank. The event will take place on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in DOL’s César E. Chávez Auditorium.
The reports include the annual Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor pursuant to the Trade and Development Act of 2000, List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor pursuant to the Trafficking Victims Protection and Reauthorization Act of 2005, and the List of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor purusant to the Executive Order 13126 of 1999 on the "Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor.”
Please RSVP by Monday, September 24 at 12:00 p.m. to OCFT@dol.gov. On the day of the event, guests are asked to arrive by 9:45 a.m. at the 3rd and C street entrance. For questions regarding the event, please e-mail OCFT@dol.gov For those of you unable to join us in person, the event will also be on live webcast at the following link: http://www.dol.gov/live/
Sincerely,
Marcia Eugenio
Director, Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking
This is a great opportunity to learn about government efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Department of Labor Secretary Solis will be joined by Gayle Smith, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director For Development and Democracy, and Ian Solomon, U.S. Executive Director at the World Bank.
Below is a formal invitation and flyer. I hope some of you can make it! If you think you may attend, please RSVP at OCFT@dol.gov.
On behalf of U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, the the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Bureau of International Labor Affairs would like to invite you to our launch of three new child labor and forced labor reports, and a discussion of how these issues affect long-term poverty reduction. The event will also highlight a new tool for evaluating countries’ efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Secretary Solis will be joined by Gayle Smith, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director For Development and Democracy, and Ian Solomon, U.S. Executive Director at the World Bank. The event will take place on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in DOL’s César E. Chávez Auditorium.
The reports include the annual Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor pursuant to the Trade and Development Act of 2000, List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor pursuant to the Trafficking Victims Protection and Reauthorization Act of 2005, and the List of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor purusant to the Executive Order 13126 of 1999 on the "Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor.”
Please RSVP by Monday, September 24 at 12:00 p.m. to OCFT@dol.gov. On the day of the event, guests are asked to arrive by 9:45 a.m. at the 3rd and C street entrance. For questions regarding the event, please e-mail OCFT@dol.gov For those of you unable to join us in person, the event will also be on live webcast at the following link: http://www.dol.gov/live/
Sincerely,
Marcia Eugenio
Director, Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking
Fed Event: 9/26 Nuclear Weapons & CTBT Discussion
The American Security Project will be hosting the following event this coming Wednesday at 12:30. The featured speaker is Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. We would be pleased if you are able to join us. The location is accessible by red or orange lines on metro.
http://americansecurityproject.org/events/2012/asp-event-status-and-prospects-for-the-comprehensive-test-ban-treaty/
http://americansecurityproject.org/events/2012/asp-event-status-and-prospects-for-the-comprehensive-test-ban-treaty/
Fed Event: October 10th
Impact Investing Panel
What: A Net Impact and Emerging Markets Association Event - There is a growing interest in impact investing and social entrepreneurship in our program and we wanted to create a panel to educate students on the space and the opportunities to work in this industry. Because this is such a diverse industry, we have panelists from IFC, Calvert, UBS and MicroVest in order to give different insights.
Participants:
Peter Tropper, Chief Investment Officer, IFC
Arun Sardana, Senior VP of Investments, UBS
David Kyle, Chief Operating Officer, Calvert Foundation
David Wedick, Business Development Manager, MicroVest
When: Wednesday, October 10th, 6pm-8pm
Where: Frank Auditorium, Van Munching Hall
Who: All UMD students, faculty and staff are welcome.
Attire: Business casual
Contact: Adam Coile, adam.coile@rhsmith.umd.edu
What: A Net Impact and Emerging Markets Association Event - There is a growing interest in impact investing and social entrepreneurship in our program and we wanted to create a panel to educate students on the space and the opportunities to work in this industry. Because this is such a diverse industry, we have panelists from IFC, Calvert, UBS and MicroVest in order to give different insights.
Participants:
Peter Tropper, Chief Investment Officer, IFC
Arun Sardana, Senior VP of Investments, UBS
David Kyle, Chief Operating Officer, Calvert Foundation
David Wedick, Business Development Manager, MicroVest
When: Wednesday, October 10th, 6pm-8pm
Where: Frank Auditorium, Van Munching Hall
Who: All UMD students, faculty and staff are welcome.
Attire: Business casual
Contact: Adam Coile, adam.coile@rhsmith.umd.edu
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Fed Event: Environmental Council Alumni Panel
The Enviro Council will be hosting an Alumni Panel on Monday, September 24th at 7pm.
There will be 3 MSPP Alumni who will be talking about their careers, and their experiences searching for jobs and internships:
Chris Ramig, PMF at EPA (working on biofuels issues)
Mark Smith, USDA (working on International food issues)
Jeremy Hanson, Chesapeake Research Consortium (working on water quality issues in the Chesapeake Bay)
We will be serving pizza, so please RSVP by Friday at 4pm - http://doodle.com/fhfnwfz3qydqeuds - so that we have enough for everyone!
Best,
Enviro Council
There will be 3 MSPP Alumni who will be talking about their careers, and their experiences searching for jobs and internships:
Chris Ramig, PMF at EPA (working on biofuels issues)
Mark Smith, USDA (working on International food issues)
Jeremy Hanson, Chesapeake Research Consortium (working on water quality issues in the Chesapeake Bay)
We will be serving pizza, so please RSVP by Friday at 4pm - http://doodle.com/fhfnwfz3qydqeuds - so that we have enough for everyone!
Best,
Enviro Council
Fed Event: Sept. 20th CISSM
CISSM FORUM | SEPTEMBER 20, 2012: Addressing Gender-Based Violence and HIV/AIDS: The PEPFAR Initiative in Tanzania" by Janet Fleischman, Senior Associate, Global Health Policy Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies
About the CISSM Forum:
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. CISSM also sponsors special events on campus and in downtown Washington, D.C.
Janet Fleischman is an independent consultant on women’s global health issues. She is also a senior associate for the Global Health Policy Center of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she focuses on women’s global health and U.S. policy. Fleischman has worked as a consultant to many organizations focusing on gender and HIV/AIDS issues, including UNAIDS, the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, the Kaiser Family Foundation, UNDP, and CARE. From 1983 to 2003, she worked for Human Rights Watch, the largest U.S.-based international human rights organization, as a researcher on Eastern Europe, a researcher on Africa, and, ultimately, as the organization’s Washington Director for Africa. Fleischman has conducted numerous fact-finding missions to Africa, India, and Eastern Europe and has written and edited many reports relating to gender and HIV/AIDS, U.S. policy, and human rights.
Her articles have appeared in publications such as The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Globalpost.com, and AllAfrica.com. Fleischman is a frequent speaker on issues related to gender and HIV/AIDS, women’s global health, and U.S. policy, and she has testified before both the Senate and House Africa Subcommittees. Her most recent publications from CSIS include: HIV and Family Planning Integration in Tanzania: Building on the PEPFAR Platform to Advance Global Health (July 2012); Gender-Based Violence and HIV: Emerging Lessons from the PEPFAR Initiative in Tanzania (July 2012); The Global Health Initiative in Malawi: New Approaches and Challenges to Reaching Women and Girls (December 2011); and Improving Women’s Health in South Africa: Opportunities for PEPFAR (October 2011). She also developed a video for CSIS on vaccines and immunization, The Strategic Power of Vaccines in Zambia (March 2012).
About the CISSM Forum:
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. CISSM also sponsors special events on campus and in downtown Washington, D.C.
Janet Fleischman is an independent consultant on women’s global health issues. She is also a senior associate for the Global Health Policy Center of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she focuses on women’s global health and U.S. policy. Fleischman has worked as a consultant to many organizations focusing on gender and HIV/AIDS issues, including UNAIDS, the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, the Kaiser Family Foundation, UNDP, and CARE. From 1983 to 2003, she worked for Human Rights Watch, the largest U.S.-based international human rights organization, as a researcher on Eastern Europe, a researcher on Africa, and, ultimately, as the organization’s Washington Director for Africa. Fleischman has conducted numerous fact-finding missions to Africa, India, and Eastern Europe and has written and edited many reports relating to gender and HIV/AIDS, U.S. policy, and human rights.
Her articles have appeared in publications such as The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Globalpost.com, and AllAfrica.com. Fleischman is a frequent speaker on issues related to gender and HIV/AIDS, women’s global health, and U.S. policy, and she has testified before both the Senate and House Africa Subcommittees. Her most recent publications from CSIS include: HIV and Family Planning Integration in Tanzania: Building on the PEPFAR Platform to Advance Global Health (July 2012); Gender-Based Violence and HIV: Emerging Lessons from the PEPFAR Initiative in Tanzania (July 2012); The Global Health Initiative in Malawi: New Approaches and Challenges to Reaching Women and Girls (December 2011); and Improving Women’s Health in South Africa: Opportunities for PEPFAR (October 2011). She also developed a video for CSIS on vaccines and immunization, The Strategic Power of Vaccines in Zambia (March 2012).
Fed Event: "Beyond the Affordable Care Act (ACA): Dr. Margaret Flowers, Physicians for a National Health Program, on Monday, Sept. 24 at 7:00 pm
Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program
Critical Conversations on Civic Issues: “Voting As If the Issues Matter” Series presents:
“Beyond the Affordable Care Act (ACA): Winning Real Health Reform” – An Evening with Dr. Margaret Flowers,
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)
Dr. Margaret Flowers is a Maryland pediatrician with experience as a hospitalist at a rural hospital and in private practice. She serves on the Board of Advisors and was the Congressional Fellow of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), working on single-payer health care reform. In addition to her activity with PNHP, an
organization of 17,000 doctors who support single-payer national health insurance, she is a member of Healthcare-Now! of Maryland and a co-founder of the Conversation Coalition for Health Care Reform. Dr. Flowers obtained her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and did her residency at Johns Hopkins
Hospital in Baltimore.
Photo Credit: NESRI
Monday, September 24, 2012, 7:00-9:00 pm
1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1
All are welcome!
The “Voting As If the Issues Matter: Spotlight on the 2012 Elections” Seminar 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: “Voting As If the Issues Matter” Series presents:
“Beyond the Affordable Care Act (ACA): Winning Real Health Reform” – An Evening with Dr. Margaret Flowers,
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)
Dr. Margaret Flowers is a Maryland pediatrician with experience as a hospitalist at a rural hospital and in private practice. She serves on the Board of Advisors and was the Congressional Fellow of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), working on single-payer health care reform. In addition to her activity with PNHP, an
organization of 17,000 doctors who support single-payer national health insurance, she is a member of Healthcare-Now! of Maryland and a co-founder of the Conversation Coalition for Health Care Reform. Dr. Flowers obtained her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and did her residency at Johns Hopkins
Hospital in Baltimore.
Photo Credit: NESRI
Monday, September 24, 2012, 7:00-9:00 pm
1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1
All are welcome!
The “Voting As If the Issues Matter: Spotlight on the 2012 Elections” Seminar 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
FIA Seed Grant Competition Announcement
The Future of Information Alliance (FIA) Seed Grant Competition is about to get started. We would love to see a team (or teams!) from Federal Semester get involved.
Check out the video of Google's Dan Russell announcing the competition at www.fia.umd.edu
FIA Seed Grant Competition Kickoff Informational Meeting
Monday, Sept 24, 2-4pm
Stamp Colony Ballroom
Join students and faculty to discuss project ideas, hear from the FIA Partners, and make connections. Four student teams with a faculty advisor can win up to $25,000!
Register and learn more at www.fia.umd.edu
Check out the video of Google's Dan Russell announcing the competition at www.fia.umd.edu
FIA Seed Grant Competition Kickoff Informational Meeting
Monday, Sept 24, 2-4pm
Stamp Colony Ballroom
Join students and faculty to discuss project ideas, hear from the FIA Partners, and make connections. Four student teams with a faculty advisor can win up to $25,000!
Register and learn more at www.fia.umd.edu
Monday, September 17, 2012
Fed Event: Budget Hero on Sept. 19th at 11 AM
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 11:00 am - 1:00 pm. MSPP Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Budget Hero Game (For students only)
RSVP to mspp@umd.edu , with Budget Hero RSVP in subject line and your name and specialization in the body.
We're looking forward to an exciting event and vibrant discussion panel featuring the President of the Wilson Center, former Rep. Jane Harman and our own Professor Phil Joyce. And best of all, by participating in this event, you can be a part of the national launch of Budget Hero -- and of educating the American public about the very serious budget issues our country faces!
Background
Budget Hero http://www.wilsoncenter.org/budget-hero-game is a “choose-your-own-adventure”-style computer game. It uses up-to-the-minute budget analyses from the Congressional Budget Office to allow you to chart your strategy to balancing the budget. The game walks you through the decisions, keeps score—and tells you when you’ve reached the balanced-budget finish line. It is, at once, a way to understand the really tough issues we face, to chart strategies that can help us solve them, and to explore the really difficult political battles that underlie these important policy choices. The game has already attracted national attention in policy circles and in the media. Our event will be the national launch of the new 2012 election edition.
Event summary
After brief opening remarks, student groups (of 7 to 10 students) will have 30 minutes to play the game, followed by a group conversation about the game and the results. Prof. Joyce will help moderate the discussion. We need up to 100 students to take part, so please join us and invite your friends!
Budget Hero Game (For students only)
RSVP to mspp@umd.edu , with Budget Hero RSVP in subject line and your name and specialization in the body.
We're looking forward to an exciting event and vibrant discussion panel featuring the President of the Wilson Center, former Rep. Jane Harman and our own Professor Phil Joyce. And best of all, by participating in this event, you can be a part of the national launch of Budget Hero -- and of educating the American public about the very serious budget issues our country faces!
Background
Budget Hero http://www.wilsoncenter.org/budget-hero-game is a “choose-your-own-adventure”-style computer game. It uses up-to-the-minute budget analyses from the Congressional Budget Office to allow you to chart your strategy to balancing the budget. The game walks you through the decisions, keeps score—and tells you when you’ve reached the balanced-budget finish line. It is, at once, a way to understand the really tough issues we face, to chart strategies that can help us solve them, and to explore the really difficult political battles that underlie these important policy choices. The game has already attracted national attention in policy circles and in the media. Our event will be the national launch of the new 2012 election edition.
Event summary
After brief opening remarks, student groups (of 7 to 10 students) will have 30 minutes to play the game, followed by a group conversation about the game and the results. Prof. Joyce will help moderate the discussion. We need up to 100 students to take part, so please join us and invite your friends!
Fed Event: Thurs, Sept. 20th at 5 PM
The 2012 Richard and Elizabeth Dubin Lecture: Featuring Chris Wallace
Awarding-winning journalist and host of Fox News Sunday
Thursday, September 20, 2012
5:00 – 6:30pm
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
The Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Mr. Wallace will share his insights on the current Presidential elections and their impact on US-Israel relations in particular. With elections just 7 weeks away and nationally televised debates occurring within days, his talk will prove timely and informative.
Event is free and open to the public
RSVP seating only guaranteed for people who check in by 4:30PM.
After 4:30PM, we will release seats to the standby line.
Thank you for your interest in this year's annual Richard & Elizabeth Dubin Lecture Series. We regret to inform you that at this time we have reached capacity in the Gildenhorn Recital Hall in which the lecture is to take place.
We encourage you to still come to the event venue in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (CSPAC) as we anticipate some attendees will be no - shows. We will have a standby line for people who wish to attend the lecture yet were not able/did not RSVP. This standby line does not guarantee admission to the lecture.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Presented by the Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies
Cosponsored by the College of Arts and Humanities and the Institute for International Programs
Parking:
Free parking available in Lot 1b (after 4pm) Pay Parking available in Stadium Drive garage For more information on parking or to obtain driving directions to the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, please visit: http://claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/2010/c/about/parking/
http://www.israelstudies.umd.edu/upcoming-events.html
Awarding-winning journalist and host of Fox News Sunday
Thursday, September 20, 2012
5:00 – 6:30pm
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
The Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Mr. Wallace will share his insights on the current Presidential elections and their impact on US-Israel relations in particular. With elections just 7 weeks away and nationally televised debates occurring within days, his talk will prove timely and informative.
Event is free and open to the public
RSVP seating only guaranteed for people who check in by 4:30PM.
After 4:30PM, we will release seats to the standby line.
Thank you for your interest in this year's annual Richard & Elizabeth Dubin Lecture Series. We regret to inform you that at this time we have reached capacity in the Gildenhorn Recital Hall in which the lecture is to take place.
We encourage you to still come to the event venue in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (CSPAC) as we anticipate some attendees will be no - shows. We will have a standby line for people who wish to attend the lecture yet were not able/did not RSVP. This standby line does not guarantee admission to the lecture.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Presented by the Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies
Cosponsored by the College of Arts and Humanities and the Institute for International Programs
Parking:
Free parking available in Lot 1b (after 4pm) Pay Parking available in Stadium Drive garage For more information on parking or to obtain driving directions to the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, please visit: http://claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/2010/c/about/parking/
http://www.israelstudies.umd.edu/upcoming-events.html
Fed Event: 9/26 at 3 PM, Eppley Room 2113
Wednesday, September 26, 3:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
The Supreme Court's Historic Ruling on the Affordable Care Act: Economic Sustainability and Universal Coverage
The School of Public Health's Grand Rounds Lecture Series will kick off this year with internationally acclaimed scholar Dr. Lawrence O. Gostin, who is the Linda D. and Timothy J. O'Neill Professor of Global Health Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he directs the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.
Dr. Gostin will talk about the Supreme Court' s historic ruling on the Affordable Care Act and the effort to make health care reform economically sustainable and to provide universal health coverage.
Lecture begins at 3:00 p.m. followed by a reception from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Venue: Eppley Recreation Center, room 2113
The Supreme Court's Historic Ruling on the Affordable Care Act: Economic Sustainability and Universal Coverage
The School of Public Health's Grand Rounds Lecture Series will kick off this year with internationally acclaimed scholar Dr. Lawrence O. Gostin, who is the Linda D. and Timothy J. O'Neill Professor of Global Health Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he directs the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.
Dr. Gostin will talk about the Supreme Court' s historic ruling on the Affordable Care Act and the effort to make health care reform economically sustainable and to provide universal health coverage.
Lecture begins at 3:00 p.m. followed by a reception from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Venue: Eppley Recreation Center, room 2113
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Fed Event:Tuesday Polic Forum Presents Michael Svoboda | “How Religious Framing Influences the Policy Debate on Climate Change” | September 18
How Religious Framing Influences the
Policy Debate on Climate Change
Michael Svoboda will Examine Climate Change Communication and How It Attempts to Influence Climate Policy Outcomes, with an Historical Interpretation of the Use of the Global-Warming-as-Religion Meme by Climate Skeptics and Others.
Tuesday Policy Forum
September 18, 2012
12:15-1:20 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall
Michael Svoboda is an Assistant Professor of Writing at George Washington University in Washington, DC. He earned his interdisciplinary PhD in Hermeneutics from Penn State University (2002) after closing the bookstore he had owned and operated in State College, PA, for 17 years. Although he began with and still maintains a research program in ancient Greek rhetoric, philosophy, and history, for the past six years he has also conducted research in environmental communication. His academic articles, reviews, and review essays have been published in Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Rhetoric Review, Rhetorica, Review of Communication, Research in Philosophy & Technology, Quarterly Journal of Speech, Plagiary, Philosophy and Rhetoric, and the Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society. Since 2011 he has been a regular contributor to the web magazine, The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media. His most recent piece was “Skeptical Uses of ‘Religion’ in the Debate on Climate Change.”
Policy Debate on Climate Change
Michael Svoboda will Examine Climate Change Communication and How It Attempts to Influence Climate Policy Outcomes, with an Historical Interpretation of the Use of the Global-Warming-as-Religion Meme by Climate Skeptics and Others.
Tuesday Policy Forum
September 18, 2012
12:15-1:20 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall
Michael Svoboda is an Assistant Professor of Writing at George Washington University in Washington, DC. He earned his interdisciplinary PhD in Hermeneutics from Penn State University (2002) after closing the bookstore he had owned and operated in State College, PA, for 17 years. Although he began with and still maintains a research program in ancient Greek rhetoric, philosophy, and history, for the past six years he has also conducted research in environmental communication. His academic articles, reviews, and review essays have been published in Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Rhetoric Review, Rhetorica, Review of Communication, Research in Philosophy & Technology, Quarterly Journal of Speech, Plagiary, Philosophy and Rhetoric, and the Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society. Since 2011 he has been a regular contributor to the web magazine, The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media. His most recent piece was “Skeptical Uses of ‘Religion’ in the Debate on Climate Change.”
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Fed Event Room Correction for TODAY
ROOM CORRECTION Tuesday Policy Forum Presents MSPP Dean Don Kettl | "September 11 Plus 11: The Future of Homeland Security" | September 11
Monday, September 10, 2012
Election Dissection, Sept. 19th 6 PM, Stamp
September 19, at 6:00PM in the Stamp:
Election Dissection
A special event hosted by the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences and the Colonnade Society at the University of Maryland. You are invited to a program uncovering the psychology behind election ads, the constitutional boundaries of campaign financing and the opportunity to cast a few votes yourself. Government & Politics faculty will dismantle the political election process before your eyes. Enjoy an interactive evening featuring Congressman Dennis Cardoza ’82 in preparation for the November election.
Election Dissection
A special event hosted by the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences and the Colonnade Society at the University of Maryland. You are invited to a program uncovering the psychology behind election ads, the constitutional boundaries of campaign financing and the opportunity to cast a few votes yourself. Government & Politics faculty will dismantle the political election process before your eyes. Enjoy an interactive evening featuring Congressman Dennis Cardoza ’82 in preparation for the November election.
Fed Event: Enviro Council Meeting - Wed. 9/12 @ 1:30pm
Good afternoon!
The first Enviro Council meeting of the year will be on Wednesday, September 12th at 1:30 pm in the Grad Student Lounge. Since this is right after PSGA's Lunch with the Deans, will be serving desserts!
If you can't make the meeting, but would like to be added to our email list to stay in the loop for future events and meetings, please send an email to msppenvirocouncil@gmail.com.
The Enviro Council is a student-led organization for students in the Environmental Policy specialization (including Energy Policy). Throughout the semester, we will be holding social events and networking events, including an Alumni panel. New this year, we will also be hosting a bi-weekly speaker series. The Enviro Council also serves as a forum through which students can discuss questions and concerns, and voice opinions about the future of the specialization.
We look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday!
Best,
Enviro Council 2012-2013
Molly Barg-Walkow, President
Meg Imholt, Katrina Rudyj, Seth Skyora-Bodie, Greg Willits, Susan Gore
The first Enviro Council meeting of the year will be on Wednesday, September 12th at 1:30 pm in the Grad Student Lounge. Since this is right after PSGA's Lunch with the Deans, will be serving desserts!
If you can't make the meeting, but would like to be added to our email list to stay in the loop for future events and meetings, please send an email to msppenvirocouncil@gmail.com.
The Enviro Council is a student-led organization for students in the Environmental Policy specialization (including Energy Policy). Throughout the semester, we will be holding social events and networking events, including an Alumni panel. New this year, we will also be hosting a bi-weekly speaker series. The Enviro Council also serves as a forum through which students can discuss questions and concerns, and voice opinions about the future of the specialization.
We look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday!
Best,
Enviro Council 2012-2013
Molly Barg-Walkow, President
Meg Imholt, Katrina Rudyj, Seth Skyora-Bodie, Greg Willits, Susan Gore
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Fed Event: Tuesday Policy Forum Presents MSPP Dean Don Kettl | "September 11 Plus 11: The Future of Homeland Security" | September 11
"The Future of Homeland Security"
Tuesday Policy Forum
September 11, 2012
12:15-1:25 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall
Donald F. Kettl is Dean of the School of Public Policy and author of System Under Stress: Homeland Security and American Politics, second edition (Congressional Quarterly Press, 2007). He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Prior to his appointment, Kettl was the Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Professor of Political Science.
Professor Kettl is a student of public policy and public management and specializes in the management of public organizations. He has appeared on national television on shows including Good Morning America, the ABC World News Tonight, the CBS Evening News, CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" and "The Situation Room," the Fox News Channel, as well as public television's News Hour and the BBC. He has testified frequently at congressional hearings in Washington and contributed to op-ed pages in major newspapers, including The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsday, and The Los Angeles Times. Since 1998, he has been writing a regular column for Governing magazine, "Potomac Chronicle," which is read by leading state and local government officials around the country.
Professor Kettl is the author or editor of a dozen books and monographs, including: The Next Government of the United States: Why Our Institutions Fail Us and How to Fix Them; On Risk and Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina; The Global Public Management Revolution; and Leadership at the Fed.
Two of his books have been co-winners of the Louis Brownlow Book Award of the National Academy of Public Administration for the best book published in public administration. He is the recipient of the Warner W. Stockberger Achievement Award of the International Public Management Association for Human Resources for outstanding contributions in the field of public sector personnel management (2007); the Donald C. Stone Award of the American Society for Public Administration for significant contributions to the field of intergovernmental management (2005); and the Charles H. Levine Memorial Award of the American Society for Public Administration, in recognition of contributions to research, teaching, and outreach (1998). In 2008, Kettl won the American Political Science's John Gaus Award for a lifetime of exemplary scholarship in political science and public administration.
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Tuesday Policy Forum
September 11, 2012
12:15-1:25 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall
Donald F. Kettl is Dean of the School of Public Policy and author of System Under Stress: Homeland Security and American Politics, second edition (Congressional Quarterly Press, 2007). He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Prior to his appointment, Kettl was the Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Professor of Political Science.
Professor Kettl is a student of public policy and public management and specializes in the management of public organizations. He has appeared on national television on shows including Good Morning America, the ABC World News Tonight, the CBS Evening News, CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" and "The Situation Room," the Fox News Channel, as well as public television's News Hour and the BBC. He has testified frequently at congressional hearings in Washington and contributed to op-ed pages in major newspapers, including The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsday, and The Los Angeles Times. Since 1998, he has been writing a regular column for Governing magazine, "Potomac Chronicle," which is read by leading state and local government officials around the country.
Professor Kettl is the author or editor of a dozen books and monographs, including: The Next Government of the United States: Why Our Institutions Fail Us and How to Fix Them; On Risk and Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina; The Global Public Management Revolution; and Leadership at the Fed.
Two of his books have been co-winners of the Louis Brownlow Book Award of the National Academy of Public Administration for the best book published in public administration. He is the recipient of the Warner W. Stockberger Achievement Award of the International Public Management Association for Human Resources for outstanding contributions in the field of public sector personnel management (2007); the Donald C. Stone Award of the American Society for Public Administration for significant contributions to the field of intergovernmental management (2005); and the Charles H. Levine Memorial Award of the American Society for Public Administration, in recognition of contributions to research, teaching, and outreach (1998). In 2008, Kettl won the American Political Science's John Gaus Award for a lifetime of exemplary scholarship in political science and public administration.
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