AUERSWALD’S NEW JOURNAL: INNOVATIONS
SPP is home to a new journal, Innovations: Technology | Governance | Globalization, co-edited by SPP Assistant Professor Philip Auerswald.

FRENDAK: SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENTS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY ESTIMATES PROGRAM
Assistant Professor Allison Frendak-Blume, the director of POPP, has been working with S.E.N.S.E. for five years, and recently returned from a training session in Iraq.

ODKM’S NEW WEB SITE
SPP’s Organization Development and Knowledge Management (ODKM) program, which got a new name and a new director at the beginning of the academic year, now has a new website.

STUDENT LAURA HARRIS DRAFTS LEGISLATION
SPP Master’s student Laura Harris recently helped draft a bill which impressed state delegate Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City) so much that he introduced it to the General Assembly.

PH.D. STUDENT EDITS NEW BOOK
SPP Ph.D. student Pritam Banerjee has edited a new book, "Beyond the Transition Phase of WTO," which considers the central issues of the World Trade Organization through an Indian perspective.

MASTER’S STUDENT NAJLA SHAWA: USAID PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR
Najla Shawa, a native of Palestine who is getting her master’s degree from SPP, is at George Mason as a Presidential Scholar chosen by the United States Agency for International Development.

STUDENT ERIK SAAR’S BOOK: "INSIDE THE WIRE"
Erik Saar, a master’s student, recently co-authored a book about his time as a U.S. soldier in Guantanamo.