Event Calendar

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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

November 2009                                                              

   
November 2
                                                                                                                                        
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
   
November 4








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
   
November 5



 
SPP Alumni Chapter Meeting
7:00pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building
Dean's Conference Room
Contact: sppalum@gmu.edu
   
November 10









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
   
November 11




 
SPP Brown Bag Lunch
Speaker: Robert Deitz, Distinguished Visiting Professor & CIA Officer-in-Residence
noon - 1:00 pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 245
Contact: darmor@gmu.edu
   
November 11








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
   
November 12







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
   
November 12


 
SPP PhD Information Session
7:00pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329
Register
   
November
13 - 14








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.

   
November 16




Qualifying exam information session
3:30pm - 4:10pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building,
Conference Room 1
Contact: Beth Eck, eeck@gmu.edu
   
November 16





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
   
November 17



Doctoral Student Research Workshop
2:30pm - 4:10pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 257
Contact: Beth Eck, eeck@gmu.edu
   
November 17


 
SPP Master's Programs Open House
6:30pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329
Register
   
November 18







SPP Brown Bag Lunch
Speaker: Todd Olmstead, Assistant Professor of Public Policy
"The cost-effectiveness of an innovative e-therapy for drug addiction"

noon - 1:00 pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 245
Contact: darmor@gmu.edu
   
November 19






 
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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December 2






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
   
December 3






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
   
December 4











 
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.
   
December 7





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
   
December 9


 
SPP PhD Information Session
7:00pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329
Register
   
   
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January 7-11
 
SPP PhD Comprehensive Qualifying Examination
Contact: Beck Eck, eeck@gmu.edu
   
January 15















 
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
   
February 2010                                                                     back to top

   



 
SPP Master's Programs Open House
6:30pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329
Date and Registration Information to follow
   



 
SPP PhD Information Session
7:00pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329
Date and Registration Information to follow
   
March 2010                                                                          back to top

   



 
SPP Master's Programs Open House
6:30pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329
Date and Registration Information to follow
   



 
SPP PhD Information Session
7:00pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329
Date and Registration Information to follow
   
   
April 2010                                                                            back to top

   



 
SPP Master's Programs Open House
6:30pm
Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 329
Date and Registration Information to follow
   



 
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
 
SPP PhD Comprehensive Qualifying Examination
Contact: Beck Eck, eeck@gmu.edu
   
   
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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