CISSM Forum | September 15, 2011
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm, 1203 Van Munching Hall
"Different Types of Arms Competitions"
by Li Bin, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Li Bin is a senior associate working jointly in the Nuclear Policy Program and Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment. A physicist and expert on nuclear disarmament, his research focuses on China’s nuclear and arms control policy and U.S.-China nuclear relations.
Prior to joining the Carnegie Endowment, Li was a professor of international relations at Tsinghua University, where he was the founding director of the Arms Control Program at the Institute of International Studies. He previously directed the arms control division at the Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, where he also served as executive director of the Program for Science and National Security Studies. Li was a Social Science Research Council-MacArthur Foundation Peace and Security Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University. In 1996, Li joined the Chinese delegation on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty negotiations.
He is the author of Arms Control Theories and Analysis and co-editor of Strategy and Security: A Technical View. Li has also been published in numerous academic journals, including the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Arms Control Today, Jane’s Intelligence Review, and Science & Global Security.
Li is a member of the board of directors of the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association and the U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association. He also serves on the boards of several international journals, including Science & Global Security, Nonproliferation Review, and China Security.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Fed Event: Fed Governor Sarah Raskin - Sept. 26, 8:30 AM
Distinguished Speaker Series, Center for Financial Policy
Featured Distinguished Speaker: Sarah Bloom Raskin
Federal Reserve Board Governor
“Loan Servicing: Where are We and Where Are We Headed?”
September 26, 2011, 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
The Center for Financial Policy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is pleased to announce a Distinguished Speaker Series event to be held on Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, in Washington, D.C.
This breakfast event will feature a distinguished speech, “Loan Servicing: Where are we and Where are we Headed?”, by Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin.
The distinguished speaker series is open to public, including those from regulatory and legislative circles, the financial industry, academia, and faculty, students and staff of the Smith School.
Click here for Governor Raskin’s biography.
Event sponsorships are available for this event. Click here for details.
Center for Financial Policy
Featured Distinguished Speaker: Sarah Bloom Raskin
Federal Reserve Board Governor
“Loan Servicing: Where are We and Where Are We Headed?”
September 26, 2011, 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
The Center for Financial Policy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is pleased to announce a Distinguished Speaker Series event to be held on Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, in Washington, D.C.
This breakfast event will feature a distinguished speech, “Loan Servicing: Where are we and Where are we Headed?”, by Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin.
The distinguished speaker series is open to public, including those from regulatory and legislative circles, the financial industry, academia, and faculty, students and staff of the Smith School.
Click here for Governor Raskin’s biography.
Event sponsorships are available for this event. Click here for details.
Center for Financial Policy
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Fed Event: Tuesday, 9/13, 12:15 PM, 1207 VMH
"Limits to Growth, Debt, and the World Bank" Tuesday Policy Forum
September 13, 2011, 12:15-1:30 PM, 1207 Van Munching Hall
Herman E. Daly is Emeritus Professor at the University of Maryland, School of Public Policy. From 1988 to 1994 he was Senior Economist in the Environment Department of the World Bank. Prior to 1988 he was Alumni Professor of Economics at Louisiana State University, where he taught economics for twenty years. He holds a B.A. from Rice University and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. He has served as Ford Foundation Visiting Professor at the University of Ceará (Brazil), as a Research Associate at Yale University, as a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, and as a Senior Fulbright Lecturer in Brazil. He has served on the boards of directors of numerous environmental organizations, and was co-founder and associate editor of the journal Ecological Economics.
Daly’s interest in economic development, population, resources, and environment has resulted in over a hundred articles in professional journals and anthologies, as well as numerous books, including Toward a Steady-State Economy (1973); Steady-State Economics (1977; 1991); Valuing the Earth (1993); Beyond Growth (1996); Ecological Economics and the Ecology of Economics (1999); Ecological Economics: Theory and Applications (with J. Farley, 2003) ; and Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development (2007). He is co-author with theologian John B. Cobb, Jr. of For the Common Good (1989;1994) which received the 1991 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas for Improving World Order.
In 1996, Daly received Sweden's Honorary Right Livelihood Award, and the Heineken Prize for Environmental Science awarded by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1999 he was awarded the Sophie Prize (Norway) for contributions in the area of Environment and Development; in 2001 the Leontief Prize for contributions to economic thought, and in 2002 the Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic for his work in steady-state economics. In 2010 the National Council for Science and the Environment gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award.
September 13, 2011, 12:15-1:30 PM, 1207 Van Munching Hall
Herman E. Daly is Emeritus Professor at the University of Maryland, School of Public Policy. From 1988 to 1994 he was Senior Economist in the Environment Department of the World Bank. Prior to 1988 he was Alumni Professor of Economics at Louisiana State University, where he taught economics for twenty years. He holds a B.A. from Rice University and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. He has served as Ford Foundation Visiting Professor at the University of Ceará (Brazil), as a Research Associate at Yale University, as a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, and as a Senior Fulbright Lecturer in Brazil. He has served on the boards of directors of numerous environmental organizations, and was co-founder and associate editor of the journal Ecological Economics.
Daly’s interest in economic development, population, resources, and environment has resulted in over a hundred articles in professional journals and anthologies, as well as numerous books, including Toward a Steady-State Economy (1973); Steady-State Economics (1977; 1991); Valuing the Earth (1993); Beyond Growth (1996); Ecological Economics and the Ecology of Economics (1999); Ecological Economics: Theory and Applications (with J. Farley, 2003) ; and Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development (2007). He is co-author with theologian John B. Cobb, Jr. of For the Common Good (1989;1994) which received the 1991 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas for Improving World Order.
In 1996, Daly received Sweden's Honorary Right Livelihood Award, and the Heineken Prize for Environmental Science awarded by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1999 he was awarded the Sophie Prize (Norway) for contributions in the area of Environment and Development; in 2001 the Leontief Prize for contributions to economic thought, and in 2002 the Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic for his work in steady-state economics. In 2010 the National Council for Science and the Environment gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award.
Fed Event: Environmental Policy Roundtable, 9/9 – Heifer International
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE SEMINAR
Friday, September 9, 2011
Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm
Heifer International
This week Nicole Horvath will lead a presentation on Heifer International's work around the world. She will discuss the organization's beginnings and how its values-based development model has lifted more than 70 million people out of hunger and poverty. At the end of the presentation she will show a short documentary about Heifer's work with women's groups in Nepal.
Nicole worked as an educator for Heifer International at their World Headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas before starting the CONS program at UMD in 2011. While working for Heifer she developed educational programs and tours that allowed her to share Heifer's work with thousands of visitors and children who visited the headquarters.
We look forward to seeing you at our discussion.
Best,
Your EESG Team
******
The Ecological Economics Student Group (EESG) is a student-organized forum for the presentation and discussion of ideas and new work within the broad domain of Ecological Economics and interdisciplinary environmental policy. This seminar is also offered for 1 credit as 'Ecological Economics and Development' (MEES 608N).
EESG is on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/group.php?gid=112404058770759&ref=ts
Friday, September 9, 2011
Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm
Heifer International
This week Nicole Horvath will lead a presentation on Heifer International's work around the world. She will discuss the organization's beginnings and how its values-based development model has lifted more than 70 million people out of hunger and poverty. At the end of the presentation she will show a short documentary about Heifer's work with women's groups in Nepal.
Nicole worked as an educator for Heifer International at their World Headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas before starting the CONS program at UMD in 2011. While working for Heifer she developed educational programs and tours that allowed her to share Heifer's work with thousands of visitors and children who visited the headquarters.
We look forward to seeing you at our discussion.
Best,
Your EESG Team
******
The Ecological Economics Student Group (EESG) is a student-organized forum for the presentation and discussion of ideas and new work within the broad domain of Ecological Economics and interdisciplinary environmental policy. This seminar is also offered for 1 credit as 'Ecological Economics and Development' (MEES 608N).
EESG is on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/group.php?gid=112404058770759&ref=ts
Fed Event: Environmental Policy Roundtable, 9/9 – Heifer International
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE SEMINAR
Friday, September 9, 2011
Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm
Heifer International
This week Nicole Horvath will lead a presentation on Heifer International's work around the world. She will discuss the organization's beginnings and how its values-based development model has lifted more than 70 million people out of hunger and poverty. At the end of the presentation she will show a short documentary about Heifer's work with women's groups in Nepal.
Nicole worked as an educator for Heifer International at their World Headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas before starting the CONS program at UMD in 2011. While working for Heifer she developed educational programs and tours that allowed her to share Heifer's work with thousands of visitors and children who visited the headquarters.
We look forward to seeing you at our discussion.
Best,
Your EESG Team
******
The Ecological Economics Student Group (EESG) is a student-organized forum for the presentation and discussion of ideas and new work within the broad domain of Ecological Economics and interdisciplinary environmental policy. This seminar is also offered for 1 credit as 'Ecological Economics and Development' (MEES 608N).
EESG is on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/group.php?gid=112404058770759&ref=ts
Friday, September 9, 2011
Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm
Heifer International
This week Nicole Horvath will lead a presentation on Heifer International's work around the world. She will discuss the organization's beginnings and how its values-based development model has lifted more than 70 million people out of hunger and poverty. At the end of the presentation she will show a short documentary about Heifer's work with women's groups in Nepal.
Nicole worked as an educator for Heifer International at their World Headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas before starting the CONS program at UMD in 2011. While working for Heifer she developed educational programs and tours that allowed her to share Heifer's work with thousands of visitors and children who visited the headquarters.
We look forward to seeing you at our discussion.
Best,
Your EESG Team
******
The Ecological Economics Student Group (EESG) is a student-organized forum for the presentation and discussion of ideas and new work within the broad domain of Ecological Economics and interdisciplinary environmental policy. This seminar is also offered for 1 credit as 'Ecological Economics and Development' (MEES 608N).
EESG is on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/group.php?gid=112404058770759&ref=ts
Fed Event: Environmental Policy Roundtable, 9/9 – Heifer International
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE SEMINAR
Friday, September 9, 2011
Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm
Heifer International
This week Nicole Horvath will lead a presentation on Heifer International's work around the world. She will discuss the organization's beginnings and how its values-based development model has lifted more than 70 million people out of hunger and poverty. At the end of the presentation she will show a short documentary about Heifer's work with women's groups in Nepal.
Nicole worked as an educator for Heifer International at their World Headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas before starting the CONS program at UMD in 2011. While working for Heifer she developed educational programs and tours that allowed her to share Heifer's work with thousands of visitors and children who visited the headquarters.
We look forward to seeing you at our discussion.
Best,
Your EESG Team
******
The Ecological Economics Student Group (EESG) is a student-organized forum for the presentation and discussion of ideas and new work within the broad domain of Ecological Economics and interdisciplinary environmental policy. This seminar is also offered for 1 credit as 'Ecological Economics and Development' (MEES 608N).
EESG is on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/group.php?gid=112404058770759&ref=ts
Friday, September 9, 2011
Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm
Heifer International
This week Nicole Horvath will lead a presentation on Heifer International's work around the world. She will discuss the organization's beginnings and how its values-based development model has lifted more than 70 million people out of hunger and poverty. At the end of the presentation she will show a short documentary about Heifer's work with women's groups in Nepal.
Nicole worked as an educator for Heifer International at their World Headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas before starting the CONS program at UMD in 2011. While working for Heifer she developed educational programs and tours that allowed her to share Heifer's work with thousands of visitors and children who visited the headquarters.
We look forward to seeing you at our discussion.
Best,
Your EESG Team
******
The Ecological Economics Student Group (EESG) is a student-organized forum for the presentation and discussion of ideas and new work within the broad domain of Ecological Economics and interdisciplinary environmental policy. This seminar is also offered for 1 credit as 'Ecological Economics and Development' (MEES 608N).
EESG is on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/group.php?gid=112404058770759&ref=ts
Idealist Grad Degree Fair 9/16, 5 PM
The Washington, DC Fair will be held September 16, 2011 from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the Washington Convention Center.
The Idealist Graduate Degree Fairs connect prospective students with graduate schools in fields such as international affairs, education, public policy, social work, nonprofit management, global and public health, environmental science, and socially responsible business. Each fair also features workshops on the application process and financial aid. The fairs are free and open to the public.
For more information at to RSVP, visit http://www.idealist.org/view/fair/bWB4tF9cnSCp.
If you plan on attending please let Lisa (lhendri2@umd.ed) or Seda Kojoyan (skojoyan@terpmail.umd.edu) so that we can connect you with other students from the Minor that will also be attending.
Subscribe to the MIDCM blog for more updates on events as well as job and internship postings! http://midcm.wordpress.com/
The Idealist Graduate Degree Fairs connect prospective students with graduate schools in fields such as international affairs, education, public policy, social work, nonprofit management, global and public health, environmental science, and socially responsible business. Each fair also features workshops on the application process and financial aid. The fairs are free and open to the public.
For more information at to RSVP, visit http://www.idealist.org/view/fair/bWB4tF9cnSCp.
If you plan on attending please let Lisa (lhendri2@umd.ed) or Seda Kojoyan (skojoyan@terpmail.umd.edu) so that we can connect you with other students from the Minor that will also be attending.
Subscribe to the MIDCM blog for more updates on events as well as job and internship postings! http://midcm.wordpress.com/
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