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Public Policy Dean Kingsley Haynes, center, and
Professor Don Kash, right, lead a conference at the China Institute
of Science and Technology Policy at Tsinghua University in Beijing,
China October 20. The international workshop focused on technological
innovation and economic development in Asia.
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EVENTS
Conference
Looks at Protecting the U.S.
Blood Supply in Case of Bioterrorism
On October 31 the School of Public Policy will hold a workshop examining
the protection of the nation’s blood supply.
Workshop to Study Medical Policies in Extreme Environments
On November 7 the School of Public Policy will host
the second of three workshops discussing health policy formulation for expeditions
into extreme environments.
Wedel Conference
Works to Clarify Accountability, Ethics for Development Advisors
Anthropologist and public policy Professor Janine R. Wedel met
with a group of government leaders from around the world September 21 through
24.
School of
Public Policy Collaborates to Put on P3 Conference
The School of Public Policy, together with the Stargazer
Foundation, the Northern Virginia Technology Council and the Washington
Regional Association of Grantmakers convened more than four hundred of the
region's experts from the public, private, and philanthropic sectors for the
P3 conference October 14 at George Mason University.
Sesno Projects
Explore Media and Public Policy
WETA-TV and George Mason University are teaming up to produce a new
television program called Sesno Report, featuring Frank Sesno, University
Professor of Public Policy and Communication.
NEWS
School
of Public Policy to Manage $16 Million NASA Contract
Through a new three year agreement, George Mason’s School of Public
Policy will assist the NASA Engineering Training (NET) program
in research and development for engineering education for NASA and other private
and public engineering groups.
Rudder Honored by Phi Beta Kappa Society
The Council of the Phi Beta Kappa Society has elected Catherine
Rudder, professor of public policy and director of the masters program in
public policy, to a six-year term in their Senate.
PUBLICATIONS
Tolchin’s
Book Appears in Paperback
Public Policy Professor
Susan Tolchin's book, Glass Houses: Congressional
Ethics and the Politics of Venom, written with her husband, journalist
Martin Tolchin, was released in paperback
in July.
STUDENT
PROFILES
Meet Mike Veneri
Mike Veneri finished
the Marine Corps Marathon in three hours and forty-six minutes: “You just run it, it’s mental,” he
said.