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...
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....
Working toward a purpose together at GAO
As part of an ongoing series to spotlight GPS’s top employers, we profile why GAO hires our graduates, plus why current alumni enjoy working there...
Elliott School Alumna Reveals the Narrative of American Muslims
An unexpected turn led Hena Khan (M.A.’97) from her career as international development consultant to successful children’s author....
Rose Gottemoeller, MA ’81, is passionate about science and government
Rose is the Deputy Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a position she took up in October 2016. She is the first woman and second American to hold this title....
Alumnus Ted Schmitt Uses Big Data to Help Endangered Species
A technology wizard living in Seattle and working for Vulcan Inc., Ted Schmitt wields big data as a weapon in the fight to protect the Earth's threatened species....
Alumnus Receives Prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
Josh Pickar, who received his B.A. from GW's Elliott School in 2014, will study global governance and diplomacy as well as comparative social policy at the University of Oxford....
A pivot from physics
Steven Buchsbaum ’97 attended GPS to discover what could be the next step in his science-centric career. What he received was so much more....
Emboldened to make the future brighter
In time for International Women’s Day on March 8, we spotlight five GPS alumnae and their professional achievements stemming from moments of being bold in their careers...
Hacking for global health: Tackling wicked problems, like avian influenza, with creativity
"It was a big, late-night conversation. We walked into the room with one view of the world, and we came out completely different, and totally for the better."...