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New "teach-outs" pay homage to U-M's game-changing Vietnam-era "teach-ins"

On March 24th, 1965 at 8:00 PM, about 3,500 faculty and students at the University of Michigan launched the first ever “teach in,” despite bomb threats and condemnation by the Michigan state legislature and governor. For twelve hours, participants attended lectures, debates, and performances to protest the War in Vietnam. Along the way, they established a model that would be replicated at over 120 campuses across the United States before the end of the war......

Georgia Tech
Nunn School Professor Mariel Borowitz Quoted in Christian Science Monitor on SpaceX Launch

Nunn School Professor Mariel Borowitz Quoted in Christian Science Monitor on SpaceX Launch

By breaking the monopoly, the launch became something of a coup for both SpaceX and private space companies in general. Governmental organizations like NASA are increasingly turning to private companies for tasks ranging from satellite deployment to human transportation into space, blurring the line between public and private space missions. While NASA has worked with commercial companies before, the degree of responsibility given to private companies like SpaceX has risen considerably in recent years, according to Mariel Borowitz, a technology and space policy specialist and associate professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. By breaking the monopoly, the launch became something of a coup for both SpaceX and private space companies in general. Governmental organizations like NASA are increasingly turning to private companies for tasks ranging from satellite deployment to human transportation into space, blurring the line between public and private space missions. While NASA has worked with commercial companies before, the degree of responsibility given to private companies like SpaceX has risen considerably in recent years, according to Mariel Borowitz, a technology and space policy specialist and associate professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology....

University of Minnesota
Humphrey School of Public Affairs Names New Associate Dean

Humphrey School of Public Affairs Names New Associate Dean

The Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota has appointed Carissa Slotterback, associate professor in the school’s Urban and Regional Planning area, to the role of associate dean effective June 12. Slotterback has been a member of the Humphrey School faculty for 13 years. She succeeds Laura Bloomberg, who has held the associate dean position for four years and will transition to the role of dean when Eric Schwartz steps down next month....

University of California San Diego
Paths to public service

Paths to public service

GPS hosted ambitious, diverse students for the inaugural Public Service Weekend at UC San Diego...

University of Minnesota
Laura Bloomberg Named Dean of Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Laura Bloomberg Named Dean of Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Laura Bloomberg has served as associate dean and principal academic officer for the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs since 2013. She succeeds Eric Schwartz, who is stepping down in June to assume the presidency of Refugees International, a global refugee protection organization in Washington, DC....

George Washington University
Senator Tammy Duckworth (ESIA MA ’92) to deliver GW commencement address in May

Senator Tammy Duckworth (ESIA MA ’92) to deliver GW commencement address in May

Combat veteran, Purple Heart recipient and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) will deliver GW's commencement address before an audience of 25,000 graduates, friends and family members on May 21 on the National Mall. The Elliott School alumna said she looks forward to encouraging graduates to “go out and make a difference in the world.”...