Relief and Development Work - A True Calling for Chance Briggs. Maxwell 1997 alum
Chance Briggs often returns to Maxwell to meet with students and share his experiences in crafting a career in international development and relief work....
From Ukraine to Maxwell to the World Bank. Iryna's story, MA IR '09
Iryna attributes the professional internships she was able to complete in the Maxwell MA IR as a strong foundation for her current career as an Operation's Analyst in the World Bank....
Maxwell MA IR '01 Career bridges EU and US Policy
Christopher Skaluba was selected as a Presidential Management Fellow upon graduation of the MA International Relations program in 2001. He has taken this fellowship forward, crafting a career bridging...
Can firms do well by doing good? Can nations trade while protecting workers?
Marina Whitman on the aggregate advantages, and evolving schools of thought, in free trade and corporate social responsibility...
35 years on: The life-changing legacy and impact of the PPIA program
Seventeen PPIA alumni are currently working on master’s degrees at the Ford School—12 of whom attended the summer institute here, as well....
Keeping the doors open for a "durable, coordinated, and humane" refugee response
In 2016, the UN Refugee Agency reported 65.3 million forcibly displaced people around the world, including 21.3 million refugees....
Boosting the power of activism: New research shows we are stronger together
Robin Phinney (PhD '10) and LaGina Gause (PhD '16), recent Ford School doctoral alumnae, have focused their research on ways to improve the effectiveness of activism and protest....
Why GPS: Finding the awe in other ways of life
As part of an ongoing series, we give students the creative liberty to opine on their favorite memories from the School and “why GPS” is a solid fit to pursue their graduate education...
Why GPS: Turning passion into reality
As part of an ongoing series, we give students the creative liberty to opine on their favorite memories from the School and “why GPS” is a solid fit to pursue their graduate education...
Selected as a Sylff Fellow
In a Q&A, two students open up about how their fellowships are preparing them to break global boundaries after GPS...
Students spend spring break in Cuba, standing at crossroads in history
“In Cuba, you see the old and the new, the free market and Marxist-Leninist systems, different cultures, different faiths, all coming together in a way you can’t experience anywhere else in the world....
A day in the life of a BA/MIA student
In a Q&A complementing our Storify tour of a day in the life of Jeanne Marasigan, the 2018 BA/MIA candidate paints a picture of what attending GPS looks like today...