Michael Fauntroy Speaks Out in Media Appearances
A strong belief in speaking out beyond the university
walls drove Michael Fauntroy,
Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy,
to appear in media outlets across the country this
summer...
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New
Graduate Students Prepare for SPP Program
at Orientation 
More
than 200 students turned out for the new Master’s
Student Orientation held at the Arlington campus
on Wednesday, Aug. 25. Later,
the new students heard presentations from Leslie
Levin, associate director of Graduate Admissions;
Dean Kingsley Haynes; Jill Emerson and Jennifer Sherwin,
directors of Student Services; and Heather Gaillard,
director of Career Services and Alumni Relations...
27
Ph.D. Students Welcomed at New Student Orientation
The
School of Public Policy’s 27
new Ph.D. students came together to learn
about the SPP program at an orientation on Aug.
27 and 28 at the Fairview Park Marriott in Falls
Church. During the event, students learned about
program requirements, policies and course scheduling.
However, most students seemed more excited than
intimidated by the challenging road ahead...
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Graduate
Student Writes about Road Financing for Polish
Journal
Although Poland’s economic growth reached 3.5 percent last year and
is expected to exceed that this year, the new member of the European Union
still faces financial struggles. Many experts are pointing at the country’s
20 percent unemployment or lagging GDP per capita as barriers along the road
to economic success. But graduate student Peter Gerner thinks
about roads in more literal terms than most. |
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ICASIT
Helps Wireless Technology Reach Remote Nepalese
High School
Teachers at a remote high school in Nanji village
in Pokhara, Nepal, are learning how to use a wireless
network, thanks to financial assistance from Mason’s
International Center for
Applied Studies in Information Technology (ICASIT).
Nepal is one of the least Internet-connected countries
in the world... Reagan’s
Life Captured in Documentary by Policy Professor
As the nation mourned Ronald Reagan’s death,
Public Policy and Communication Professor
Frank Sesno was called upon to return to his
former job as a commentator and journalist covering
the former President. Two television programs
that he created before Reagan’s death also
ran for the first time...
Students
Present Research at Doctoral Meeting in Cambridge
Assistant
Research Professor Sean Gorman and three doctoral
students, Dave Diamond, Lindsey Poulin and Bonnie
Stabile, presented their research at the third
annual Technology Policy
and Management (TPM) Doctoral Consortium Meeting
that took place in Cambridge in June...
Workshop
Focuses on Sustainable Infrastructure Protection
A group of 30 critical infrastructure experts
from government, industry and academia met in
Cambridge, Mass., for a workshop co-hosted by
GMU and the Kennedy School of Government (Harvard
University) titled “Private
Efficiency, Public Vulnerability: Developing Sustainable
Strategies for Protecting Critical Infrastructure”...
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