JOEL GARREAU: REBUILDING NEW ORLEANS?
“The city of New Orleans is not going to be rebuilt,” Professor Joel Garreau wrote to lead off a piece that appeared on September 11, 2005, in The Washington Post.

SESNO NEWS SPECIAL: CHALLENGES OF KATRINA
Frank Sesno, University Professor of Public Policy and Communication, recently worked on two very timely “CNN Presents” specials.

FAUNTROY TALKS TO MEDIA ABOUT KATRINA
Professor Michael Fauntroy spoke to the media about how those in the black community felt about the federal response to the flooding, and about the issue of poverty and race in this country.

KEY-NOTE SPEAKER: PROFESSOR JEREMY MAYER
Professor Jeremy Mayer was recently a keynote speaker at a symposium entitled “Church and State: Blurring the Line?” sponsored by the Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government.

SAMEEKSHA DESAI: WOMEN’S SHELTER VOLUNTEER
Third-year Ph. D. student Samee Desai has just started to volunteer at the Calvary Women’s Shelter in downtown D.C.

EXECUTIVE PROGRAMS AT SPP
The master’s program is now part of the school’s branch of Executive Programs, directed by Lee Fritschler.

CHRIS HILL AT THE WOODROW WILSON CENTER
Professor Chris Hill, who spent the last eight years serving as Vice Provost for Research at SPP, will be on academic leave this year; he’ll be a research scholar with the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, DC.

JONATHAN GIFFORD: NATIONAL ACADEMIES FELLOW
Until next spring, Professor Jonathan Gifford will be on sabbatical, working on a project that will investigate how individuals make decisions about transportation, as a Transportation Research Board Fellow at The National Academies in DC.