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University of California San Diego
New evening option for working professionals

New evening option for working professionals

GPS launches a new evening option for its Master of Advanced Studies in International Affairs career track in Security of the Asia-Pacific...

University of Minnesota
Humphrey School Professor Larry Jacobs Awarded McKnight Presidential Chair in Public Affairs

Humphrey School Professor Larry Jacobs Awarded McKnight Presidential Chair in Public Affairs

Professor Larry Jacobs, director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs, has been awarded the McKnight Presidential Chair in Public Affairs. The award is one of the University’s highest faculty honors, presented in recognition of scholarly achievements and in anticipation of future contributions to advance the University’s prominence....

University of California San Diego
IGCC receives coveted UC research grant

IGCC receives coveted UC research grant

Tai Ming Cheung and Susan Shirk take a look at great power competition in the 21st Century with a new $3.7 million grant from the UC National Laboratory Fee Research Program...

Yale University
Students trade up from a paperclip to a car

Students trade up from a paperclip to a car

Based on the children’s game Bigger and Better, the One Paperclip Challenge took off on the Internet in 2006, when it was the subject of a TED talk by a Canadian blogger who managed over the course of a year to trade his way up for a house. It’s also part of School of Management Professor Zoë Chance’s Mastering Influence and Persuasion course, where it’s intended to help students improve their powers of persuasiveness, while also getting used to rejection....

Duke University
Judith Kelley Named Dean of Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy

Judith Kelley Named Dean of Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy

DURHAM, N.C. -- Judith Kelley, an expert on human rights, democracy and international elections, has been named dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, President Vincent E. Price and Provost Sally Kornbluth announced Thursday. As the Terry Sanford Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science at Duke, Kelley has also been the school’s senior associate dean since 2014. On July 1, she will succeed Kelly Brownell, who is stepping down after five years as dean to lead the Sanford School’s new World Food Policy Center. “Judith Kelley has distinguished herself as a scholar and a collaborative leader whose vision for education, discovery and service will continue the Sanford School’s momentum,” said Price. “Her detailed knowledge of the Sanford’s great strengths, and even greater opportunities for the future, will position Duke at the forefront of policy schools.”...

University of Pittsburgh
GSPIA Alumnus Randy Brockington Honored with the Lucchino Distinguished Service Award

GSPIA Alumnus Randy Brockington Honored with the Lucchino Distinguished Service Award

Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and County Manager William D. McKain CPA recently presented the Frank J. Lucchino Distinguished Service Award to GSPIA Alumnus Mr. Randolph (Randy) W. Brockington (MPA, '86), Executive Deputy Director of the Office of Administrative and Information Management Services in the Department of Human Services (DHS)....

University of Pittsburgh
GSPIA launches Gender Inequality Research Lab (GIRL) in partnership with United Nations Development Programme

GSPIA launches Gender Inequality Research Lab (GIRL) in partnership with United Nations Development Programme

In a signing ceremony on the 40th floor of the Cathedral of Learning, GSPIA Dean John Keeler and Sarah Poole, Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Director, UNDP, signed a memorandum of understanding between the University of Pittsburgh and the United Nations Development Programme. The agreement establishes the Gender Inequality Research Lab (GIRL) at Pitt, a new interdisciplinary research forum for scholars and practitioners to collaborate on policy-relevant research on gender inequality.  ...

University of California San Diego
UC San Diego Honored for Cross-Border Commitment

UC San Diego Honored for Cross-Border Commitment

For leadership that fosters opportunity and cross-cultural collaboration, the University of California San Diego has received the Cross-Border Collaboration Award....