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...
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....
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...
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....
GSPIA’s Center for Disaster Management and the Hesselbein Leadership Forum Launch Leadership During Crisis Podcast
At the intersection of disaster management and leadership studies, the Leadership During Crisis Podcast explores stories from leaders who have led through a dynamic crisis....
GSPIA Professor Receives Grant to Study Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells
The Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation and the Pitt Sustainability Task Force has awarded a grant to GSPIA Associate Professor Jeremy Weber to study the costs associated with abandoned oil and gas wells....
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)....
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. ...
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....
#1 RANKED MAXWELL SCHOOL AND CSIS PARTNER ON EXECUTIVE IR DEGREE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) are pleased to announce a new partnership to launch an Executive Master's in International Relations degree program in Washington, D.C., beginning in 2018....
Deep U.S.-Russia malaise calls for a liaison between Trump and Congress
With both the White House and Congress having a hand on the steering wheel for Russia policy, perspective at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue is crucial. Congress must organize itself to be a constructive player, and the Trump administration must acknowledge this reality by reaching out. A liaison group, which could include the chairs and ranking minority-party members of key committees from both houses of Congress, should be appointed by congressional leadership to work closely with the administration to receive briefings and offer constructive feedback....
Linked in Latin America
Under the leadership of Assistant Professor Gordon McCord, GPS bolsters its Latin American connections with a second student exchange program in Chile...