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.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
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.
More…
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.
More…
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Fed Event: Development Circle, 9/19, 12:15 PM, 1203 VMH
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
12:15 pm- 1:20 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
"The Secret War in the Sudan: Documentary and Discussion"
Featuring Allan Reed
12:15 pm- 1:20 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
"The Secret War in the Sudan: Documentary and Discussion"
Featuring Allan Reed
Fed Event: 9/18, 12:15 PM- 1:30 PM, 1203 VMH
"Tuesday Policy Forum featuring Michael Svoboda"
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
12:15 pm- 1:30 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
Michael Svoboda, Asst. Prof. of Writing, George Washington University environmentalism, religion and the climate change debate in the media, (Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media)
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
12:15 pm- 1:30 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
Michael Svoboda, Asst. Prof. of Writing, George Washington University environmentalism, religion and the climate change debate in the media, (Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media)
Fed Event: 9/13, 12:15 PM, 1203 VMH
CISSM Forum: "The Soviet Biological Weapons Program: A History"
Thursday, September 13, 2012
12:15 pm-1:30 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
"The Soviet Biological Weapons Program: A History", Milton Leitenberg, Senior Research Scholar
Thursday, September 13, 2012
12:15 pm-1:30 pm
1203 Van Munching Hall
"The Soviet Biological Weapons Program: A History", Milton Leitenberg, Senior Research Scholar
Fed Event: Sept. 11th, 12:15 PM, 1203 VMH
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm, 1203 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday Policy Forum featuring Don Kettl: "September 11 Plus 11: The Future of Homeland Security”
Featuring MSPP Dean Don Kettl, author of the book, System Under Stress: Homeland Security and American Politics, second edition (Congressional Quarterly Press, 2007)
Tuesday Policy Forum featuring Don Kettl: "September 11 Plus 11: The Future of Homeland Security”
Featuring MSPP Dean Don Kettl, author of the book, System Under Stress: Homeland Security and American Politics, second edition (Congressional Quarterly Press, 2007)
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Fed Event: September 6th
CISSM FORUM | SEPTEMBER 06, 2012
"The Future of Indo-Pak Relations"
by Stephen P. Cohen, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Stephen P. Cohen joined the Brookings Institution as senior fellow in 1998, after a career as a professor of political science and history at the University of Illinois. In 2004, he was named by the World Affairs Councils of America as one of America’s 500 most influential people in the area of foreign policy.
Dr. Cohen is the author, co-author or editor of several books focusing primarily on South Asian security issues, the most recent being The Future of Pakistan (Brookings Institution Press, 2011) and Arming without Aiming: India Modernizes its Military (Brookings Institution Press, 2010). He has also written on India, Pakistan, nuclear proliferation, disaster management, and the application of technology to the prevention or amelioration of terrorism.
In early 2008, Dr. Cohen was visiting professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, where he taught a course on the politics of manmade and natural disaster. He has also taught in Japan (Keio University) and India (Andhra University). He has consulted for numerous foundations and government agencies, and was a member of the Policy Planning Staff (Department of State) from 1985-1987. He was visiting scholar at the Ford Foundation, New Delhi, from 1992-1993.
Dr. Cohen is a member of the National Academy of Science’s Committee on International Security and Arms Control, and was the founder of several arms control and security-related institutions in the United States and South Asia. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in political science and Indian studies from the University of Wisconsin.
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 Future of Indo-Pak Relations"
by Stephen P. Cohen, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Stephen P. Cohen joined the Brookings Institution as senior fellow in 1998, after a career as a professor of political science and history at the University of Illinois. In 2004, he was named by the World Affairs Councils of America as one of America’s 500 most influential people in the area of foreign policy.
Dr. Cohen is the author, co-author or editor of several books focusing primarily on South Asian security issues, the most recent being The Future of Pakistan (Brookings Institution Press, 2011) and Arming without Aiming: India Modernizes its Military (Brookings Institution Press, 2010). He has also written on India, Pakistan, nuclear proliferation, disaster management, and the application of technology to the prevention or amelioration of terrorism.
In early 2008, Dr. Cohen was visiting professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, where he taught a course on the politics of manmade and natural disaster. He has also taught in Japan (Keio University) and India (Andhra University). He has consulted for numerous foundations and government agencies, and was a member of the Policy Planning Staff (Department of State) from 1985-1987. He was visiting scholar at the Ford Foundation, New Delhi, from 1992-1993.
Dr. Cohen is a member of the National Academy of Science’s Committee on International Security and Arms Control, and was the founder of several arms control and security-related institutions in the United States and South Asia. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in political science and Indian studies from the University of Wisconsin.
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.
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