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...
UN Sustainable Development Scholarship Challenge
The United Nations has set 17 sustainable development goals to help end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change by 2030. Seton Hall University's School of Diplomacy & International Relations is challenging undergraduate seniors and bachelor’s degree graduates to be part of the solution!...
Rose Gottemoeller Takes Office as NATO Deputy Secretary General
Elliott School alumna Rose Gottemoeller (MA '81) took up her post as NATO’s Deputy Secretary General – the Alliance’s second most senior international civil servant – on Monday, October 17, 2016....
Duke Kunshan Accepting Applications for Professional Degree in Environmental Policy
Duke Kunshan University is accepting applications for a new international master’s degree in environmental policy (IMEP) which will begin in the fall of 2017....
University of Pittsburgh Professor Authors New book on Cyber Security
Prof. Phil Williams is a leading authority on international organized crime....
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