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University of Denver
General George W. Casey Jr. (Ret.)

General George W. Casey Jr. (Ret.)

General Casey is just one example of our distinguished alumni who have stayed engaged with our school, benefitting our students and the larger community....

University of Denver
Condoleezza Rice, 66th U.S. Secretary of State

Condoleezza Rice, 66th U.S. Secretary of State

A star pupil of Josef Korbel's went on to become the 66th U.S. Secretary of State. Condoleezza Rice considered Korbel her mentor and the reason she decided to pursue a career in public service....

University of California San Diego
Jesse Driscoll named 2016 CESS Book Awardee

Jesse Driscoll named 2016 CESS Book Awardee

Via a Q&A, we dive into how the assistant professor’s book, ‘Warlords and Coalition Politics in Post-Soviet States,’ came about and what this award means...

University of California San Diego
Undraping a hidden gem

Undraping a hidden gem

How Jason Kim, MAS-IA ’12, helped to set the stage for foreign area officers to fulfill their graduate school requirements at GPS...

University of California San Diego
Drilled into entrepreneurship

Drilled into entrepreneurship

George Eiskamp '03 didn’t always conceive of a career in oil and gas but, as CEO and founder of GroundMetrics, the alumnus is an industry standout due in part to lesson learned at GPS...

University of California San Diego
Exploring what is most important

Exploring what is most important

Meet Zaira Razu, the new point woman for most all things research-related at USMEX with an eye for analyzing the most pertinent issues facing Mexico and U.S.-Mexico relations today...

University of California San Diego
A leg up on Japanese language literacy

A leg up on Japanese language literacy

Matthew Matsuyama, 2018 MIA candidate, spared time from his studies in Tokyo to opine on his Boren Fellowship, including how its readying him for a civil service career...