Fall 2009
Wednesday | August 26
5:45 p.m. Orientation Dinner
Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
Thursday | August 27
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Orientation
6:00 p.m. Happy Hour at RJ Bentley's
Hosted by the PSGA
Sunday | August 30
4:00 p.m. Public Policy Intramural Soccer Team
LaPlata Field (turf field in front of Eppley Recreation Center)
(For more information, contact Matt Yarrington)
Monday | August 31
Classes Start
Tuesday | September 1
3:45 p.m. Mini Ice Cream Sundae Social
Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Hosted by the PSGA
Thursday | September 3
12:15-1:30 p.m.
CISSM Open House
Room 1113 | Community Room
Pizza and drinks provided
Friday | September 4
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Planning session for Spring 2009 semester, followed by a documentary screening of “Justicia Now”
Room 1113 | Van Munching Hall
7:05 p.m. MSPP Night at the Baseball Stadium
Washington Nationals vs Florida Marlins
Hosted by the PSGA
Monday, September 7
Labor Day Holiday
Wednesday | September 9
10:00-11:30 a.m. MSPP Community Meeting
1203 Van Munching Hall
3:45-4:30 p.m. A Tea to Welcome Donald F. Kettl as Dean of the Maryland School of Public Policy
Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Thursday | September 10
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
I.M. "Mac" Destler and Susan Schwab
"A 'Trade Time-Out?'"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, September 11
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Doug Forsell, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
"Offshore Wind Development and Marine Birds"
1113 Van Munching Hall
Saturday | September 12
3:00 p.m. PSGA Tailgate prior to Maryland vs James Madison Football Game
Courtyard | Van Munching Hall
Sunday | September 13
4:00 p.m. Public Policy Intramural Soccer Team | FIRST GAME!
Comcast Turf Fields
(For more information, contact Matt Yarrington)
Monday, September 14
6:00 p.m. The Office of Executive Programs | Welcome Ceremony for Executive Master of Public Management, China Program
Prince Georges Room | Stamp Student Union
Dinner following ceremony
(For more information, contact Laura Parrish at lparrish@umd.edu or 301-405-4713)
Tuesday | September 15
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Christopher H. Foreman,
professor and director, Social Policy Program, Maryland School of Public Policy
"Environmental Justice: Reflections of a Sympathetic Skeptic”
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Thursday |September 17
President Barack Obama to visit University of Maryland
Friday | September 18
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Jesse Buff, Program & Training Specialist, Peace Corps
"Peace Corps and Sustainability"
1113 Van Munching Hall
5:30 p.m. Happy Hour (Sponsored by GWIPP and the Diversity Committee)
Hank's, 6507 America Boulevard, Hyattsville, MD
Monday | September 21
12:15-1:30 p.m. MFL Specialization Town Hall Meeting
Professor Apfel (kapfel@umd.edu)
1207 Van Munching Hall
RSVP
1:00-2:00 Candidate for Faculty | Professof the Practice
Ronald P. Sanders, Associate Director of National Intelligence for Human Capital, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Community Room | 1113 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday | September 22
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Financing Renewable Energy in the Mid-Atlantic Symposium
Grand Ballroom | Stamp Student Union
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Presentations will be made by Chinese executive masters students Bo Chen, Jinhua Tao, and Jian San; Senior Government Officials in Suzhou
"China's New Focus on the Environment”
Community Room, 1207 Van Munching Hall
4:30-6:30 p.m. Smart Growth in Maryland|What works? What doesn't? Where do we go next? A Panel Session
School of Architecture Auditorium
Thursday | September 24
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
William (Bill) C. Ostendorff, Director, Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy, The National Academies
"Issues in Science, Engineering and Public Policy"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday | September 25
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Screening of "Who Killed the Electric Car?"
1113 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday | September 29
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Donald Kettl, Dean, Maryland School of Public Policy
"Accountability and the Rule of Law"
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Thursday | October 1
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Herbert Lin, Chief Scientist, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, The National Academies. "Cyber Attack: The Opaque Dimension of Cyber Security"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday | October 2
5:00 p.m.
Graduate Public Affairs Council
(GPAC) Happy Hour
Continental Lounge
Sunday | October 4
5:00-6:30 p.m. “A Conversation with Susan Schwab” Hosted by Doug Besharov
Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Sponsored by the Norman and Florence Brody Public Policy Forum of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy and The Friendship Heights Village Center
Monday | October 5
12:15-1:30 p.m. ISEP Specialization Town Hall Meeting
Professor Destler (mdestler@umd.edu)
1207 Van Munching Hall
RSVP
10:00 p.m. Public Policy Intramural Soccer Team | PLAYOFFS!
Comcast Turf Fields
(For more information, contact Matt Yarrington)
Tuesday | October 6
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Robert W. Hahn, senior visiting fellow, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
“Has Economic Analysis Improved Regulatory Decisions”
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Thursday | October 8
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Gordon Adams, Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center and Professor, US Foreign Policy, American University
"Restoring the Balance: Funding US National Security"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday | October 9
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Sean Williamson, faculty research assistant, Center for Integrative Environmental Research (CIER)
"Climate Neutrality and Commuting"
1113 Van Munching Hall
7:00 p.m. Diversity Committee | "Taste of DC"
Cubanos in Downtown Silver Spring
Monday, October 12
12:15-1:30 p.m. SOC Specialization Town Hall Meeting
Professor Foreman (cforeman@umd.edu)
1207 Van Munching Hall
RSVP
Tuesday | October 13
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Tracy Gordon, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy; Jack Meyer, professor of the practice, School of Public Policy and School of Public Health; and Karoline Mortensen, assistant professor, School of Public Health
"National Health Reform: Prospects and Long Run Challenges"
1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday October 14
12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Development Circle
Luna Liu, Advocacy Project 2009 Fellow
“International Aid and Gender Equality in Kenya”
Community Lounge, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Refreshments provided
Thursday | October 15
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Laura Hall, Division Chief, Response Strategy and Training, Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, U.S. Department of State
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday | October 16
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Vicky Carrasco, Coastal Communities Specialist, Maryland Cooperative Extension-Sea Grant Extension, AREC
"NOAA Sea Grant Office and Sustainable Coastal Communities"
1113 Van Munching Hall
Monday, October 19
12:15-1:30 p.m. IDEV Specialization Town Hall Meeting
Professor Crocker (dcrocker@umd.edu)
1207 Van Munching Hall
RSVP
Tuesday | October 20
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
MSPP Ph.D. Candidate Stacy Kosko, Associate Director of the College Park Scholars Public Leadership program
“The "Gypsies"| Europe's Largest, Poorest, and Fastest Growing Minority"
1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday | October 21
12:15-1:30 p.m. Development Circle
Holly Wise, former USAID Minister Counselor
“Public-Private Alliances for Global Development”
Community Lounge, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Refreshments provided
Thursday | October 22
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Adam M. Smith, Associate, Covington and Burling, LLP
"War Crimes Justice at Home and Abroad: The Promise and Peril of Justice After Atrocities"
1107 Van Munching Hall
1:30-3:00 p.m. Special Development Circle
Enrique Ocrospoma Pella, Mayor, Municipality of Jesus Maria
"Development and Participatory Democracy in Peru: The Experience of the Municipality of Jesus Maria in Lima"
1203 Van Munching Hall
Friday | October 23
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Dr. Eric Silberhorn, Environmental Safety Team, Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation
"Environmental Risk Assessment of Veterinary Drugs and Genetically Engineered Animals by FDA" 1113 Van Munching Hall
Saturday | October 24
1:00 p.m. Second Annual GPAC Kickball Tournament
National Mall
Monday, October 26
12:15-1:30 p.m. ENV Specialization Town Hall Meeting
Dean Powers (wpowers@umd.edu)
1207 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday | October 27
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Melissa Carrier, executive director, Center for Social Value Creation, Robert H. Smith School of Business
"The Business of Social Impact"
1113 Van Munching Hall
Thursday | October 29
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
John Steinbruner, professor and director, Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)
"The Problem of Geoengineering"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday | October 30
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Akshay Kumar,
Brown and Caldwell Environmental Engineers and Consultants
"Waste Grease to Gas to Power"
1113 Van Munching Hall
2:00-3:30 p.m. CP4 Workshop
David Crocker, Senior Research Scholar, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy; and Director, College Park Scholars in Public Leadership
“Capabilities and Agency”
1136 Tydings Hall
Sunday | November 1
5:00-6:30 p.m. “A Conversation with David Frum” Hosted by Doug Besharov
Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase , MD 20815
Sponsored by the Norman and Florence Brody Public Policy Forum of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy and The Friendship Heights Village Center
Tuesday | November 3
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Ambassador Susan C. Schwab
"The Role of the USTR"
1207 Van Munching Hall
4:00-5:30 p.m. World Public Opinion on International Law and the World Court
Presented by Steven Kull, Director, WorldPublicOpinion.org
American Society of International Law, Tillar House, 2223 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC
6:00 p.m. Prospective Students Open House
Wednesday | November 4
12:15-1:30 p.m. Development Circle
MSPP Alumnus Fernando A. De Villena
“Putting faces to the drama | ‘Adopt a Hostage', an initiative by College Students in Colombia
”Community Lounge, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Refreshments provided
9:00 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. European Measures of Income, Poverty, and Social Exclusion: Recent Developments and Lessons for U.S. Poverty Measurement
Washington Marriott Hotel and Embassy Suites Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Cosponsored by: U.S. Census Bureau, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), and the University of Maryland School of Public Policy
Thursday | November 5
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Philip Keefer, Lead Research Economist, Development Research Group, The World Bank
“Private Investment and the Institutionalization of Collective Action in
Autocracies: Ruling Parties, Militaries, and Bureaucracies”
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday | November 6
9:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Public Policy Students' Visit to Capitol Hill
Capitol Building
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Perry Plumart, Deputy Director, Green the Capitol Office
"Greening the Capitol: projects and initiatives"
1113 Van Munching Hall
2:00-3:00 p.m. Seminar Sponsored by the Center for Integrated Transportation Systems Management and National Center for Smart Growth
Robert A. Johnston, Emeritus Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis
“Integrated Land Use and Transportation Model for Analyzing High Speed Rail, Greenhouse Gases, and Sustainable Development in California”
2107 Kim Engineering Building at UMD | Reception: 3:00-3:30 p.m.
Saturday | November 7
10:00 a.m. MSPP Alumni Panel
Alumni Panelists |
Christine Gallagher, National Oceanic and Atmoshperic Administration;
Tricia Haley, Department of Health and Human Services;
Kristin Jones, Government Accountability Office;
Jocelyn Lewis, Booz Allen Hamilton;
Kushali Shah, State Department;
Maranda Sorrells, Department of Homeland Security;
Fernando de Villena, Chemonics International
Teaism Restaurant, 400 8th Street NW, Washington, DC
sponsored by GWiPP
8:30 a.m. - 5:45 p.m. Evaluation and Performance Management of Job Training Programs: What Can the European Social Fund Learn from the WIA Experience?
Renaissance M Street Hotel, Washington, D.C. |
New Hampshire III Room
Cosponsored by: Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) and the
University of Maryland School of Public Policy
Monday | November 9
12:15-1:15 p.m. Public Speaking Workshop
"Effective Oral Presentations and Public Speaking" with Mary Harrison
Room 1207 Van Munching Hall
Pizza and drinks will be served. Please RSVP by November 5th to kjtaylor@mail.umd.edu.
Tuesday | November 10
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Policy Forum
Ken Strong,
director, Energy Efficient Homes, Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development
“A Window on the Stimulus: Weatherization Assistance in Baltimore”
1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday | November 11 - Saturday | November 14
International Leadership Association – Global Leadership Conference
Prague, Czech Republic
Thursday | November 12
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Matt Rojansky, Executive Director, Partnership for a Secure America
"Better Process, Better Outcomes: Bipartisanship in US National Security and Foreign Policy"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday | November 13
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Erle Ellis, Associate Professor, UMBC Department of Geography and Environmental Systems
"The Anthropocene and Anthropogenic Biomes: Living in an Anthropogenic Biosphere"
1113 Van Munching Hall
Monday | November 16
12:15-1:30 p.m. PSGA Forum
1203 Van Munching Hall | Pizza Served
Tuesday | November 17
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Policy Forum
Paul C. Light, the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service, Robert Wagner School of Public Service, New York University
“The Search for Social Entrepreneurship”
1207
Van Munching Hall
Wednesday | November 18
12:15-1:30 p.m. Development Circle
Robert Maguire, associate professor of international affairs, Trinity University; and chair, Haiti Working Group, United States Institute of Peace
”HAITI AFTER THE DONORS' CONFERENCE: A way forward for achieving sustained stability and growth"
Community Lounge, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Refreshments provided
Thursday | November 19
12:00-2:00 p.m. Critical Condition: Health Care Policy In The United States
Marie Mount Hall | Maryland Room | Lunch served
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Michael Clemens, Research Fellow, Center for Global Development
"Three New Ways to Think About International Migration and Development"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, November 20
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Nathan Herschler, legal fellow, International Fund for Animal Welfare
"The Economics of Killing Arctic Animals: Fact vs. Fiction"
1113 Van Munching Hall
2:00-3:30 p.m. CP4 Workshop
Deborah Hellman, Jacob France Research Professor of Law, UMD School of Law
"Money Talks, but is it Speech?"
1136 Tydings Hall
5:00-7:30 p.m. PSGA Happy Hour
Old Dominion Brewhouse, 6504 America Blvd #105,
Hyattsville, MD 20782
Thursday, November 26 - Friday, November 27
Thanksgiving Holiday
Tuesday | December 1
12:15-1:30 p.m. Tuesday Policy Forum
Thomas C. Schelling,
Distinguished University Professor
and Nobel Laureate
“Various Thoughts on Climate Change”
1207 Van Munching Hall
Thursday | December 3
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
P. Terrence Hopmann, Professor of International Relations and Director, Conflict Management Program, SAIS, JHU
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday | December 4
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Jenny Kane, former MSPP student
1113 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday | December 8
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Policy Forum
1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday | December 9
3:45-5:30 p.m.
MSPP Holiday Reception
Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Thursday | December 10
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Greg Thielmann, Senior Fellow, Arms Control Association
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday | December 11
Last Class
2010
Wednesday | February 10
9:30-11:30 a.m. MSPP Community Meeting
1203 Van Munching Hall
Saturday | April 24
Maryland Day
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