Yale Jackson Institute launches new website
Highlights of the site include short embedded videos; an interactive curriculum builder for prospective students; a "cultural engine" that showcases New Haven's many attractions; Q&A with students and Senior Fellows; and more!...
SIA welcomed as member of Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs
NIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State School of International Affairs is the latest member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA), joining an international network of schools recognized for their commitment to educational excellence in the field of international affairs....
Four Nunn School Professors Publish Essays in Winter 2017 Washington Quarterly
Four faculty members from the Ivan Allen College Sam Nunn School of International Affairs were published in the Winter 2017 issue of The Washington Quarterly....
Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter to Receive the Allen Prize for Social Courage at Georgia Tech
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are being jointly recognized for their partnership in a courageous collaboration to improve human rights and alleviate suffering around the world....
At SIA, first secretary of Cuban Embassy shares optimism for future of Cuba-U.S. relations
“We have the same colors in our flag and we have been neighbors for all these years; you cannot change that,” First Secretary of the Cuban Embassy Miguel Fraga said. “We have shared much history together.”...
China Center Forum Addresses Trump's East Asia Challenges
Just four days after U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration, approximately 200 students, faculty, staff and Denver community members attended the Center for China-US Cooperation's event, "The Trump Administration's Foreign Policy Challenge: East Asia."...
Professor helps World Bank create greater shared prosperity in South Africa
Penn State School of International Affairs professor Johannes Fedderke recently completed an evaluation of the World Bank’s work in South Africa to help the international financial institution better address economic disparity in the African nation....
New dean named for the Penn State School of International Affairs
Hari M. Osofsky, a leading scholar of and contributor to public policy work on energy transition and climate change has been named the new dean of Penn State Law and the School of International Affairs (SIA) at University Park beginning July 1, pending approval of the Board of Trustees....
Professor Leverett: America must contend with a 'rising China'
China’s “new Silk Road”—an ambitious initiative to increase China’s presence on the world stage through greater economic ties to Europe, the Persian Gulf, and Africa—will exert a profound influence on international affairs and American foreign policy in the coming years, argues Penn State School of International Affairs professor Flynt Leverett in a new publication....
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."...
Microfinance breakthrough: Dean Yang uses fingerprints to boost microlending in Malawi
Yang's study is not only addressing a massive challenge in microfinance and international development, it's also providing rigorous empirical evidence of the importance of personal identification for credit market efficiency....
Research read round the world
Acting Dean Gordon Hanson opines on the unfaltering hype surrounding his paper ‘The China Shock’ and its significance in an election year...