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| November 2009 |
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November 2
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Tips for Obtaining a Security Clearance
Open to current SPP students and alumni
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 317
For questions, contact: Aubrey Cote, acote@gmu.edu
RSVP |
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November 4
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SPP Brown Bag Lunch
Speaker: Lisa Ann Sturtevant, Research Assistant Professor
"Evidence of Back to the City Moves? An Analysis of Intra-regional Mobility in the Washington DC Region"
noon - 1:00 pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 245
Contact: darmor@gmu.edu |
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November 5
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SPP Alumni Chapter Meeting
7:00pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building
Dean's Conference Room
Contact: sppalum@gmu.edu |
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November 10
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Guest Presentation
"The Effects of Future Retail Developments on the Local Economy: Combining Micro and Macro Approaches"
Speaker: Dr. Eveline van Leeuwen , Assistant Professor at Free University in the Netherlands and Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
noon
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 245 |
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November 11
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SPP Brown Bag Lunch
Speaker: Robert Deitz, Distinguished Visiting Professor & CIA Officer-in-Residence
"Plato's Allegory of the Cave: Is
intelligence law any more knowable than intelligence"?
noon - 1:00 pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 245
Contact: darmor@gmu.edu |
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November 11
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Peace and Stability Operations Colloquium Series
Sponsored by SPP Peace Operations Policy Program
"Moving Afghan Agriculture from the 14th to the 18th Century: Poppies to Pomegranates"
Speaker: COL Martin Leppert, U.S. Army National Guard
1:00pm - 3:30pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 317
RSVP: afrendak@gmu.edu |
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November 12
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The Center for Science and Technology Policy Presents:
“High-Technology and Regions in an Era of Open Innovation”
Speaker: Darrene Hackler, George Mason University
noon - 1:30pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 269
RSVP: dhart@gmu.edu |
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November 12
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SPP PhD Information Session
7:00pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329 |
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November
13 - 14
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The Center for Science and Technology Policy and the Center of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies in Stockholm present a one and a half day research workshop on "Innovation Systems and Public Policy in a Global Economy"
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 245
Contact: Kandri Kallas or David Hart
Register
The event is free and open to all interested members of the research and policy communities.
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November 16
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PhD Qualifying exam information session
3:30pm - 4:10pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building,
Conference Room 1
Contact: Beth Eck, eeck@gmu.edu |
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November 16
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DHS Honors Fellowship Info Session
Open to current SPP Students
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329
For questions, contact: Aubrey Cote, acote@gmu.edu
RSVP |
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November 17
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Doctoral Student Research Workshop
2:30pm - 4:10pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 257
Contact: Beth Eck, eeck@gmu.edu |
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November 17
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SPP Master's Programs Open House
6:30pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329 |
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November 19
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Doctoral Dissertation Defense:
Robert V. Hamilton
"Foreign Science & Engineering Doctoral Attainment at American Universities"
9:30am - 11:30am
Fairfax Campus, Finley Building, Room 119,
Large Conference Room
Contact Beth Eck, eeck@gmu.edu |
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November 24
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Time For Change: Reframing the Conversation on Energy and Climate
A discussion on the occasion of the release of the Innovations journal special issue on energy & climate
1:00-6:45pm
The National Academy of Sciences
21st and Constitution Avenue
Washington, D.C
RSVP and Registration |
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December 2
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SPP Brown Bag Lunch
Speaker: Michael Hayden, Distinguished Visiting Professor
"Current status of the Global War on Terrorism"
noon - 1:00 pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 251
Contact: darmor@gmu.edu |
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December 3
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The Center for Science and Technology Policy Presents:
“High-Tech Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the U.S.”
Speaker: David Hart, George Mason University
noon - 1:30pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 269
RSVP: dhart@gmu.edu |
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December 4
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School of Public Policy Alumni Chapter & the School of Public Policy Student Association presents:
Brown Bag Lunch and Alumni Meet & Greet
on International Trade Careers at the U.S. Department of Commerce
noon - 1:30pm
The U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Ave, NW
RSVP by November 26 with your program and graduation year to Duane Bradshaw at dbradsha@gmu.edu
This event is organized for alumni and students of GMU's School of Public Policy and has limited capacity. |
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December 7
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George Mason University Vision Series presents:
Racial Politics in a "Post-Racial" America
Speaker: Michael K. Fauntroy
7:00pm
Fairfax Campus, Center for the Arts
More Information on Vision Series web site |
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December 9
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SPP PhD Information Session
7:00pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329
Register |
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January 2010 back to top
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January 7-11
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SPP PhD Comprehensive Qualifying Examination
Contact: Beck Eck, eeck@gmu.edu |
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January 15
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Greater Washington Economic Conference
Sponsored by Cardinal Bank and George Mason University
Speakers: Mason President Alan Merten, University Professor and Dwight Schar Faculty Chair Stephen Fuller (Director, Center for Regional Analysis), Professor John McClain (Deputy Director, Center for Regional Analysis), Alex Orfinger (Publisher, Washington Business Journal), Roy Webb (Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank), and Greg Leish (CEO, Delta Associates)
8:00am - noon
Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Boulevard, McLean, VA
More information and registration at www.cardinalbank.com and www.cra-gmu.org
SPP students and faculty may contact j.mcclain5@verizon.net |
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January 16
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SPP New Master's Student Orientation
9:30am - 3:00pm
Check in begins at 9:00am on the Arlington Campus, Original Building, 2nd floor
This session is for new degree seeking students only
RSVP |
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January 22
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SPP Non-Degree Student Orientation
9:00am - 11:00am
Room 251
For new non-degree students only
RSVP: Aubrey Cote, Student Services Administrative Assistant |
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February 2010 back to top
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SPP Master's Programs Open House
6:30pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329
Date and Registration Information to follow |
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SPP PhD Information Session
7:00pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329
Date and Registration Information to follow
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March 2010 back to top
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SPP Master's Programs Open House
6:30pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329
Date and Registration Information to follow |
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SPP PhD Information Session
7:00pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329
Date and Registration Information to follow
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SPP Master's Programs Open House
6:30pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329
Date and Registration Information to follow |
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SPP PhD Information Session
7:00pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329
Date and Registration Information to follow |
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May 20-24
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SPP PhD Comprehensive Qualifying Examination
Contact: Beth Eck, eeck@gmu.edu |
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| If you would like a School of Public Policy event included on this page, please email the information to sppweb@gmu.edu |
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| Last updated November 19, 2009 |