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...
GT Army War College Alum and Nunn School Prof Brief on Preventing WMD Proliferation
Former Georgia Tech Army War College Fellow, U.S. Army Colonel Lonnie Carlson and Nunn School Associate Professor Margaret E. Kosal jointly presented to the defense community on Preventing WMD Proliferation...
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......
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....
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....
Paths to public service
GPS hosted ambitious, diverse students for the inaugural Public Service Weekend at UC San Diego...
Nunn School: Interns Work with Margaret Kosal to Investigate Emerging and Next-Generation Technologies
Working with Nunn School Associate Professor Margaret E Kosal and post-doc, Dr. Jon Huang, the two APS students investigated how emerging and next-generation technologies are playing a role in national defense and in a Third Offset Strategy for deterrence....
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....
Professor McClennen goes viral in Vox video on satire, the media, and Trump
Penn State School of International Affairs professor Sophia McClennen went viral earlier this month, racking up millions of views in what is now Vox’s most successful video ever....