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CURRENTS
EVENT CALENDAR
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Event
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January
21
8:45 AM-1:00 PM |
Master's
New Student Orientation....more |
January
26
(To be announced) |
Spring
Term Kick-Off Happy Hour co-sponsored
by the SPP Student Association along
with the other student associations ....more |
February
7, March 8, April 3
6:15 PM |
Upcoming
Master's Open Houses....more |
March
1
2:30-5:30 PM
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School
of Public Policy Career and Internship
Fair ....more |
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STUDENT
STORIES
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OTHER
SPP NEWS
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Two
members of the SPP team led
discussions on
repairing the damage after Katrina and repairing
Iraq's healthcare sector.
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ALUMNI
NEWS
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DOCTORAL
STUDENT AWARDED HERITAGE INTERNSHIP
The Heritage Foundation recently
awarded doctoral candidate Shanea Watkins a research
internship which will allow her to finish her
study of the impact of Charter Schools on the
achievement gap.
SPP GRADUATE: CULTURAL EXCHANGE
AMBASSADOR
Thomas Ammazzalorso, a graduate of SPP who received
his MA in International Commerce and Policy
in May 2004 and teaches World History in the
DC public
high school system, was recently selected to
participate as a teacher in a program that sends educators
to Saudi Arabia.
FACULTY
PROFILES
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PROFESSOR
PADEN’S NEW BOOK ON NIGERIA
The
Brookings Institution recently
hosted a launch event to celebrate
the release of a new book—“Muslim
Civic Cultures and Conflict Resolution”—by
Clarence Robinson Professor John Paden.  PFIFFNER’S
NEWSDAY OP-ED ON ABUSE OF POWER
SPP Professor James P. Pfiffner recently
wrote a Newsday op-ed about
the indictment of Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
PROFESSOR FRANK MANHEIM
ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Professor
Frank Manheim, new to SPP, recently
presented a paper before the Geological
Society of America.
ICASIT:
HELPING SOUTH AFRICAN HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS
SPP’s International Center for Applied
Studies in Information Technology recently awarded
a grant to a South African high
school.
AUERSWALD AND LAPORTE:
PROTECTING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Professors
Auerswald and La Porte, recently
published an article in “Issues in
Science and Technology,” which prefigures
a new book they’ll be writing and
editing with their colleagues.
STUEBNER ON RADIO FREE
EUROPE
Professor William Stuebner recently spoke
to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty about
Bosnian war crimes.
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