China 21 podcast tackles US-China trends in candid fashion
GPS’s 21st Century China Program began a new podcast that features conversations between top policymakers and academics...
Penn State Professor McClennen on 'how the media—yet again—botched the election'
The challenges to keeping politics focused on facts rather than superficialities has a long history, but it would be fair to say that our current election has favored gossip over substance in wholly new ways....
Penn State SIA director’s research among most cited in four leading journals
Articles by Scott Sigmund Gartner, director of the Penn State School of International Affairs, are presently listed among the most-cited papers in four of the top international affairs journals....
Professor Leverett: What's really at stake in South China Sea ruling against China
This week’s ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration endorsing the Philippines’ claim that China’s interpretations of South China Sea maritime boundaries violate the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is being hailed in Washington as a salutary exercise in rules-based international governance—and as validation for resolute U.S. policy. But conversations with Chinese academics, analysts, and officials suggest that the outcome may trigger backlash....
Summer Information Session with the Walsh School of Foreign Service
Please join us on Thursday, July 21 at 6:00 p.m. for a speaker event and open house for SFS Graduate Degree Programs. The event will commence with a brief presentation on the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service by Professor Tony Arend, Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Graduate Affairs within the SFS. Attendees will also hear about application guidelines and recommendations from a panel of Admissions Officers and have the opportunity to speak with representatives from the eight degree programs....
Ford School partners with INCAE Business School in Latin America
The University of Michigan will launch a new partnership that enables MBA students from one of Latin America's top business schools to earn a master of public administration degree at the Ford School of Public Policy....
David Van Slyke Named Dean of The Maxwell School
David Van Slyke was named Dean of The Maxwell School in June 2016....
SAIS faculty member wins international award for study of voting disparities
Pavithra Suryanarayan, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., has received an international award for her research into voting disparities and how income may influence a person's participation in an election....
From the benchtop to the real world
In its second year, GPS’s Science Policy Fellows Program continues emphasizing the policy impacts of scientific research...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov celebrates Knowledge Day at MGIMO.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov returns to his alma mater to celebrate Knowledge Day at MGIMO....
SSE Executive Education ranked #1 in the Nordic region
The Stockholm School of Economics ranked as the best provider of executive education in the Nordic region, according to the Financial Times....
Fletcher Researcher Honored for Work in Closing Clean Energy Industry's Gender Gap
Rebecca Pearl-Martinez, Research Fellow at Fletcher's Center for International Environment and Resource Policy, received the Advocacy Award from the Clean Energy Education & Empowerment initiative....