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The
School of Public Policy held an orientation for new students
in masters programs on Wednesday, January 14, at the Arlington
campus. Faculty, staff and representatives from several student
services,
above, were on hand to answer questions. To see more photos,
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EVENTS
Auerswald and Ruth Discuss Technology and
Governance Innovation at Kennedy School of Government Workshop
Public Policy Professors Philip Auerswald and Steve Ruth participated
in a workshop with the Innovations in Technology and Governance (ITG) Project
October 30 and 31 at Harvard University’s
Kennedy School of Government.
PUBLICATIONS
New Auerswald
Book Examines Clinton's
Foreign Policy
Public Policy Professor Philip
Auerswald’s latest book : Clinton’s
Foreign Policy: In the President’s Words has
recently been published by Kluwer Law International.
Fauntroy's New Book Looks at Congressional Rule
of Washington D.C.
Assistant Professor of
Public Policy Michael
K. Fauntroy’s first
book will be published this month by Rowman and Littlefield/University
Press of America. The book, Home Rule or House Rule? Congress and the
Erosion of Local Governance in the District of Columbia.
Handbook of Transport and the Environment
Public Policy Professor Ken
Button’s new book, Handbook of Transport and the Environment,
was recently published by Elsevier publishing. This is the fourth in
a series of transport handbooks.
Petersen Co-edits Book on Changes in Governments
and Financial Markets
Public Policy Professor John
Petersen’s latest book, Subnational Credit Markets in Developing
Countries will be released this month from Oxford University Press
and the World Bank.
NEWS
School of Public Policy Reaches Out to
Southeast Asia with Strategic Initiatives
School of Public Policy Professors
Roger Stough and Tojo Thatchenkerry, and Nishit Sahay from the Mason Enterprise
Center spent two weeks last month in India and Singapore meeting
with representatives of key institutions there to create various research, executive
education, and
entrepreneurship development links.
School Continues Remarkable
Growth
As School
of Public Policy administrators
examine the latest admissions statistics, it appears another year of growth is
in the making for 2004.
SPP Dissertation Research Again in Spotlight
Perhaps Sean Gorman thought the media had exhausted its interest in his
dissertation topic.
STUDENT
PROFILES
Doctoral Student Christine Pommerening
Christine
Pommerening’s venture
into the policy world began in the fall of 1999, when she
arrived in the United States with two suitcases in hand.
ALUM
FEATURE
MPP Grad: Emily King
While Emily
King was serving as an MP reservist in Bosnia, she read a book about the
conflict she was experiencing and became interested in how public
policy is shaped in such peacekeeping environments