School of Public Policy, George Mason University
Volume 5, Issue 8 : April 19, 2006 Public Policy Currents
Currents, a Web journal on the activities of George Mason University's School of Public Policy.

CURRENTS EVENT CALENDAR
Time/Location
Event
May 11 Scholar's Reception ....more
May 19 SPP Convocation Ceremony....more
June 15-17 9TH Uddevalla Symposium 2006 ....more
STUDENT STORIES

SPP ALUM RECEIVES FIRST AMENDMENT AWARD
SPP graduate Sibel Edmonds is slated receive the PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award.

SPP’S PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT FELLOWS PROGRAM FINALISTS
Four SPP students who are pursuing master’s degrees were recently selected as finalists for the prestigious and competitive Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program.

SPP'S STUDENT ASSOCIATION AWARDS
SPP's Student Association gave awards to members of the SPP community who most helped the group to become a greater presence this year.

“ETHICS IN PRACTICE”
SPP’s Alumni Association and Student Association recently hosted a panel discussion on the topic “Ethics in Practice.”

FACULTY STORIES

RAJAN’S OP-EDS
SPP’s Ramkishen S. Rajan, an Associate Professor of International Economics who joined the faculty this spring, recently co-wrote two op-ed pieces.

DINAN APPOINTED VISITING PROFESSOR AT COLLEGE OF EUROPE
Professor Desmond Dinan has been appointed a Visiting Professor at the Natolin (Warsaw) campus of the College of Europe, a prestigious graduate school.

WEDEL OP-ED IN BOSTON GLOBE
SPP Professor of International Commerce and Policy Janine Wedel wrote an op-ed that appeared in The Boston Globe on March 25, 2006, about “the strange saga of Harvard's involvement in US aid to Russia in the 1990s.”

THATCHENKERY’S NEW BOOK:
“APPRECIATIVE INTELLIGENCE”

Tojo Thatchenkery, Associate Professor of Organizational Development and Knowledge Management at SPP, has co-authored a new book, “Appreciative Intelligence: Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn.”

 

 

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