Monday, January 21, 2008
Martin Luther King Holiday
Wednesday, January 23
12:15-1:30 Candidate for Faculty in International Development Policy
Rajeev Dehejia, Associate Professor, Tufts University Centre for Economic Performance
"The Consequences of Child Labor: Evidence from Longitudinal Data in Tanzania"
1203 Van Munching Hall
Monday, January 28
12:15-1:30 Candidate for Faculty in International Development Policy
William Dickens, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution
"Labor Market Policies in Developing Countries and Growth"
1203 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, January 29
12:15-1:30 Candidate for Junior Faculty in International Development Policy
Trang Nguyen, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, MIT
"Information, Role Models and Perceived Returns to Education"
1203 Van Munching Hall
Thursday, January 31
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Jeanine Braithwaite, Lecturer, Maryland School of Public Policy; Senior Economist, The World Bank
"Disability & Poverty: A Review of WB Poverty Assessments"
Room 1107, Van Munching Hall
Friday, February 1
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
"KING CORN" Documentary
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, February 5
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Professor James Gimpel (GVPT)
"Patchwork Nation: Researching the U.S. Electorate”
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, February 6
9:30-10:30 a.m. Spring Community Meeting
Room 1207, Van Munching Hall
Thursday, February 7
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Hugh Gusterson, Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, George Mason University
"Nuclear Weapons Designers After the Cold War"
Room 1107, Van Munching Hall
6:00 p.m. Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers | Live Video Simulcast
Lecture Hall 2200, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Tickets available at the Ticket Office | first come, first serve basis | Limited quantities are available
Sponsored by UM's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, the UM School of Public Policy and the Norman and Florence Brody Famiy Foundation Public Policy Forum
Friday, February 8
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Sajal Sthapit, Ecoagriculture Partners
"Understanding Ecoagriculture: An Overview"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, February 12
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Laura Moore, Graduate Student Government President, University of Maryland
"Graduate Student Employees and Adjunct Professors: The Case for Collective Bargaining"
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, February 13
12:15-1:30 Candidate for Junior Faculty in International Development Policy
Daniel Bennett, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, Brown University
"Clean Water Makes You Dirty: Water Supply and Sanitation Behavior in the Philippines"
1203 Van Munching Hall
6:00 p.m. MSPP Alumni Chapter Happy Hour
Maryland Terrapins vs. Duke Blue Devils (tip-off 7:00 p.m.)
Buffalo Billiards, Dupont Circle
RSVP to Rob Sandoli ('01)
Thursday, February 14
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Hans Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists
"Global Strike and US Strategic Planning"
Room 1107, Van Munching Hall
Friday, February 15
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Rawleston Moore, Adaptation and Country Relations Officer, Global Environment Facility
"Bali and the Way forward for Adaptation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, February 19
8:00 a.m. Roundtable on Law School Leadership Education
University of Maryland School of Law
500 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD
12:15-1:30 Candidate for Junior Faculty in International Development Policy
Pedro Vicente, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Oxford University
"Is Vote Buying Effective? Evidence From A Field Experiment in West Africa"
1203 Van Munching Hall
Thursday, February 21
12:15-1:30 Candidate for Junior Faculty in International Development Policy
Madiha Afzal, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, Yale University
"Voter Rationality and Politician Incentives: Exploiting Luck in Indian and Pakistani Elections"
1203 Van Munching Hall
Friday, February 22
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Award Winning Movie: "BLACK GOLD"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Saturday, February 23
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. "Women and Leadership"
Carol Pearson, Ph.D., Director, James McGregor Burns Academy of Leadership
Van Munching Hall, Room 1203
Sponsored by the American Association of University Women College Park and Laurel Branches and the Maryland Women's Heritage Center
Monday, February 25
12:15-1:30 Policy Seminar Series
Jennifer Golbeck, Assistant Professor, College of Information Studies and Assistant Director, Center for Information Policy and E-Government
"Trust, Social Networks, and the Internet"
1207 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, February 26
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
John Walker, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
"Proliferation Pointers from the Past: Lessons from the UK Nuclear Weapons Programme 1952-1969"
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, February 27
5:30 p.m. Dr. Gerry Galloway, MEPP affiliated professor, and expert in water resources and infrastructure engineering and policy, will deliver the National Academy of Sciences Second Annual Gilbert F. White Lecture in the Geographical Sciences.
“Managing American Water Resources: Recognizing the Realities of Geography”
Keck Center of the National Academies, Room 100, 500 Fifth Street NW, Washington, DC
Thursday, February 28
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Robert H. Nelson, Professor, Maryland School of Public Policy
"Philippine Economic Mystery"
Room 1107, Van Munching Hall
Friday, February 29
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Dr. Glenn Moglen, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education, University of Maryland
“Impervious Surfaces and Ecological Integrity: Threshold-based Policies, Data Limitations, and Unintended Consequences”
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, March 4
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Douglas M. Duncan, Vice President for Administrative Affairs, University of Maryland
"Trends in Maryland Politics"
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, March 5
4:15 p.m. Academy Talks Speaker Series
Donna Edwards, Candidate for Maryland's Fourth Congressional District
Maurer Library, 1126 Taliaferro Hall
Thursday, March 6
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Mike Moore, Journalist, Research Fellow, The Independent Institute
"TWILIGHT WAR: The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance "
Room 1107, Van Munching Hall
Friday, February 7
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
César Izaurralde, Joint Global Change Research Institute with background information and opening remarks by Jay S. Gregg, University of Maryland, Department of Geography
"Current Trends in U.S. Ethanol Production and Development of a Sustainable Bioenergy Economy"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, March 11
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Rebecca M. Blank, Robert V. Kerr Visiting Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution; Co-director, National Poverty Center
"What's Happening in the Labor Market?"
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
6:30-8:30 p.m. Career Networking Night
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Thursday, March 13
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Helena Cobban, Friends Committee on National Legislation
Room 1107, Van Munching Hall
Friday, March 14
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Film The Charcoal People
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, March 25
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
"Election 2008 and Beyond: Where Are We Heading?"
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, March 26
12:15-1:30 p.m. Candidate for Faculty in International Development Policy
Branko Milanovic, Lead Economist, The World Bank
"Where in the World Are You? Assessing the Importance of Circumstance and Effort in a World of Different Mean Country Incomes and (Almost) No Migration"
Room 1207, Van Munching Hall
6:30-8:00 p.m. Spring Open House (pdf)
Thursday, March 27
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Timothy Gulden, Research Scholar, Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM); adjunct professor, Maryland School of Public Policy
"Global Microscale Estimation of GDP"
Room 1107, Van Munching Hall
Friday, March 28
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Dr. Richard V. Pouyat, USDA Forest Service
"The Ecological Dimensions of Biofuels Workshop: A Summary of Ecological Society of America 's Conference and Workshop"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
1:00-2:00 p.m. Farewell Reception for Mary Chevalier
Dean's Conference Room
Monday, March 31
12:15-1:30 p.m. Policy Seminar Series
Ashok Agrawala, Professor of Computer Science and Director, Maryland Information and Network Dynamics Laboratory (MIND), University of Maryland
“The Future of Information: Its Changing Role in Society”
Second Floor Conference Room, Hornbake Library
Tuesday, April 1
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Alan Ehrenhalt, executive editor, GOVERNING Magazine
“Myths and Realities of the Downtown Comeback”
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, April 2
12:00-1:30 p.m. Leadership Network Speaker Series
H. Michael Mears, Founder and Director, CIA Leadership Academy
"Leadership in the Intelligence Community"
1126 Taliaferro Hall
Thursday, April 3
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Steven Kull, Director of the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) and the Center on Policy Attitudes (COPA)
"Muslim Public Opinion on US Foreign Policy: What Are They So Angry About?"
Room 1107, Van Munching Hall
Friday, April 4
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Michelle Perez ‘02, Senior Analyst, Agriculture and Natural Resources Environmental Working Group and MSPP PhD Student
“Reflections on the politics of Farm Bill policy”
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, April 8
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
William A. Galston, College Park Professor and Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
"The Politics of Polarization"
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, April 9
7:00 p.m. College Park Scholars Public Leadership Program
Thomas McMillan
Room 1111, Cambridge Community Center
Thursday, April 10
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Catherine Kelleher, College Park Professor, University of Maryland
"Transatlantic Relations on the Eve of the Presidential Election: Waiting to Exhale"
Room 1107, Van Munching Hall
Friday, April 11
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Bill Kovarik, Department of Media Studies, Radford University
"Biofuels: History, Public Debate and Climate Change"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, April 15
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
John Rauh, President, Americans for Campaign Reform
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, April 16
9:30 a.m. Dissertation Defense
PhD Candidate Richard Clinch
"The Community Capacity Building Impact of the Baltimore Empowerment Zone"
Dean's Conference Room
Thursday, April 17
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Linda Bishai, Senior Program Officer, Education and Training Center/International
U.S. Institute of Peace
“Sudan: Identity Politics at the Crossroads”
Room 1107, Van Munching Hall
Friday, April 18
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Steve Fetter, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
"The Role of Nuclear Power in Reducing Carbon Emissions"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. The National Center for Smart Growth and the Environmental Finance Center host
A Brown Bag Presentation by Dr. Tschangho John Kim, Endowed Professor of Urban and Regional Systems, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
"Role of Transporation in Smart Cities in the Information Age"
Room 1112V, Preinkert Field House
Tuesday, April 22
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Steve Teles, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Senior Research Scholar, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy
"Building a Policy Network: Lessons for Liberals from the Conservative Legal Movement"
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, April 23
1:00-4:00 p.m. Leadership Network Speaker Series
"Women in Political Leadership" Panel Moderated by James MacGregor Burns, Author and Pulitzer Prize Winner
1126 Taliaferro Hall
Thursday, April 24
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
James Nickel, Arizona State University
"Relativism and Human Rights"
Room 1107, Van Munching Hall
3:45-4:45 p.m. Reception Honoring James MacGregor Burns
Atrium, Van Munching Hall
Friday, April 25
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Steven J. Smith, Senior Staff Scientist, Joint Global Change Research Institute
"Long-Term Scenarios of Renewable Electricity Generation"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Saturday, April 26
Maryland Day
Tuesday, April 29
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Carmen Reinhart, Professor, Maryland School of Public Policy and the Department of Economics
"The U.S. Financial Crisis: Where Are We Heading?"
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Thursday, May 1
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Elizabeth 'Lili' Cole, Program Officer, United States Institute of Peace
"The Place of History Education in Post-Conflict Political Reconciliation"
Room 1107, Van Munching Hall
Friday, May 2
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Alan Loeb, Legal-institutional advisory services on environmental law and regulatory policy
"Technology Choice in the Auto Industry and Policy Regimes, 1895-present"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Monday, May 5
5:00 p.m. Inaugural Presentation of the Richard and Elizabeth Dubin Distinguished Lecture Series
His Excellency Sallai Meridor Ambassador of Israel to the U.S.
“Israel At 60: Facing Threats, Keeping Hope”
Tyser Auditorium, Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, May 7
12:00-2:00 Stern Professorship Luncheon
A Conversation with Mickey Edwards and Bill Galston
"Remaking American Politics"
2517 Van Munching Hall
12-1:30 p.m. Leadership Network Speaker Series
Vicky Foxworth, Director, Center for Leadership and Organizational Change
"From Theory to Practice: Doing Leadership Work with UM Campus Clients"
1126 Taliaferro Hall
Thursday, May 8
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Jacques Gansler, Roger C. Lipitz Chair in Public Policy and Private Enterprise & Director, CPPPE
"Contracting in Iraq"
Room 1107, Van Munching Hall
Monday, May 12
6:30-7:30 p.m. The Future of Medicine
A Live Taped Discussion with Author Stephen C. Schimpff, MD, FACP; Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Research Professor, School of Public Policy; Moderated by Douglas J. Besharov, Professor, School of Public Policy
Tyser Auditorium, Van Munching Hall
Doors close promptly at 6:30 p.m.
Book Signing and Reception to Follow
RSVP by May 8th to cpppeinfo@umd.edu or 301-405-9702
Last Day Of Classes
Wednesday, May 21
Final Exams End
Friday, May 23
4:00-7:00 p.m. MSPP Commencement
Robert Rubin, Secretary of Treasury during the Clinton administration and currently Director of Citi (formerly Citigroup, the parent company of Citibank) will be the commencement speaker
Kay Theatre of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center | Reception to follow at the Riggs Alumni Center
Wednesday, August 27
5:45-8:45 p.m. Orientation Dinner & Brody Forum | A Conversation with Alice Rivlin Hosted by Doug Besharov
Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
Tuesday, September 2
First Day of Classes
Thursday, September 4
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum Open House
1107 Van Munching Hall
Sunday, September 7
5:00–7:30 p.m. The Norman and Florence Brody Public Policy Forum presents “A Conversation with Theodore Sorensen Hosted by Doug Besharov”
Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
RSVP to Patrick Tiedemann at (202)862-5904 or patrick.tiedemann@aei.org
Wednesday, September 10
9:30-11:00 a.m. Fall Community Meeting
1207 Van Munching Hall
Thursday, September 11
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
David Auerswald, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, Defense Department; Professor of Strategy and Policy at the National War College
"Oversight of Coalition Operations in Afghanistan"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, September 12
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Matthias Ruth, Roy F. Weston Chair of Natural Economics; Director, Center for Integrative Environmental Research (CIER)
"Climate Neutrality and Campus Action"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Monday, September 15
12:15-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Town Hall Meeting
Community Lounge | 1113 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, September 16
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Policy Forum
Frederick M. Hess, resident scholar and director, Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute “The Future of Educational Entrepreneurship”
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
6:45 p.m. CISSM Movie Night featuring "Dr. Strangelove" followed by discussion with Thomas C. Schelling (Prof. Schelling will share a chapter from his book Strategies of Commitment prior to the movie)
Room 1418 | Van Munching Hall
RSVP to Anja Kuznetsova
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
12:15-1:30 p.m. PhD Research Seminar
MSPP Professor Randi Hjalmarsson
"Like Godfather, Like Son: Explaining the Intergenerational Nature of Crime"
Van Munching Community Lounge
Lunch provided
Thursday, September 18
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Valery Dzutsev, Muskie Fellow, MSPP
"Georgia and South Ossetia: Territory, People and Politics”
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, September 19
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
"RIGHTS OF NATURE" (VIDEO) with an Introduction by Bob Fireovid, South African Attorney Cormac Cullinan, and Thomas Linzey, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Monday, September 22
12:15-1:30 p.m. IDEV/ISEP Town Hall Meeting
1107 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, September 23
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Policy Forum
Mann H. Hur, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea; Visiting Professor, School of Public Policy
"The Role and Conduct of Policy Analysis in Korea"
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, September 24
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. College Park Scholars Public Leadership Program
Film "Darius Goes West"
1100 Cambridge Community Center
4:00-5:15 p.m. Academy Talks Speakers Series
Stacey Reed, HIV Coordinaltor, The After-School Institute
Lucille Maurer Library | 1126 Taliaferro Building
Thursday, September 25
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Matthew Kroenig, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
"Exporting the Bomb"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, September 26
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Nicolai Herrmann, Visiting Researcher, CIER
"Strategic backcasting and the sustainable corporation:
A European energy perspective"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Monday, September 29
12:15-1:30 p.m. Social Policy Town Hall Meeting
1107 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, September 30
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Policy Forum
Wallace Oates, Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
"Ideas in the Policy Arena: The Case of Cap-and-Trade Systems”
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Thursday, October 2
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Steven B. Webb, Latin America and the Caribbean Public Sector and Economic Policy, The World Bank
"Limited Access Orders in the Developing World: A New Approach to the Problem of Development"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, October 3
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Ed Kruse, International Affairs Specialist, Office of International Programs, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
"Evolution of Watershed Management in China"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Monday, October 6
12:15-1:30 p.m. MFL Town Hall Meeting
1107 Van Munching Hall
4:00 p.m. Stern Professorship Lecture featuring William J. Perry, Former Secretary of Defense
“Reducing the Global Nuclear Threat: Advice for the Next Administration”
Tyser Auditorium, Van Munching Hall
5:30 p.m. Reception for Stern Lecture
MSPP Atrium, Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, October 7
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Policy Forum
Jack A. Meyer, Visiting Professor, School of Public Policy and School of Public Health
"The Obama and McCain Health Reform Plans: Comparative Assessment and Prospects for Moving Toward Universal Coverage"
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, October 8
12:15-1:30 p.m. Development Circle Seminar Series
Stacy J. Kosko, Ph.D. Student
"Brutal intersections and Multiple Identity: Invoking the 'Critical Agency' of Romani Women"
Community Room | 1113 Van Munching Hall
Thursday, October 9
12:00-2:00 p.m. Ronald Walters and Mark H. Lopez will participate in the Consortium on Race, Gender & Ethnicity's Fall 2008 Graduate Colloquium series on the topic, “Framing Social Justice for the Election Year: Race, Gender, Ethnicity and Politics.”
Maryland Room, Marie Mount Hall
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
David Crocker, Senior Research Scholar, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy; and Director, College Park Scholars in Public Leadership
"Agency-Focused Global Development"
1107 Van Munching Hall
3:45 p.m. Alec Walen will speak at the START (Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism) Fall Research Rountable Series on “Crossing a Moral Line: Long-Term Preventive Detention in the War on Terror”
3121 Symons Hall
Friday, October 10
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Gustavo Silva-Chavez, Senior Policy Analyst, Climate and Air Program, Environmental Defense; and Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
"An Overview of the Status of Climate Agreements at the U.S. and International Levels"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, October 14
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Policy Forum
Kenneth Apfel, Professor, School of Public Policy
"The Future of Social Security"
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, October 15
12:15-1:30 p.m. PhD Research Seminar
Philip J. Cook, Schelling Visiting Professor
"Notes on Accounting for the Costs of the Death Penalty”
Van Munching Community Lounge
Lunch provided
4:00-5:15 p.m. Academy Talks Speaker Series
Congresswoman Donna Edwards, Maryland's 4th Congressional District
“Leadership, Women, and Change"
Multipurpose Room | Nyumburu Cultural Center
Thursday, October 16
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Jeffrey Lewis, director, Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative, The New America Foundation
"U.S. Nuclear Posture in the Next Administration"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, October 17
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Bill Matuszeski, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
"Chesapeake Bay 101: A discussion on watershed management, biofuels, and policy”
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. CP4 Workshop
Alec Walen, Research Scholar, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy
"Judicial Review in Review: A Four-Part Defense of Legal Constitutionalism in Response to Richard Bellamy's Political Constitutionalism”
Room 1136, Tydings Hall
Saturday, October 18
10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. 6th Annual Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Tailgate
Maryland vs. Wake Forest begins at noon| Tickets $25
Parking in Lot U5 (adjacent to Van Munching Hall) Game Day Info
RSVP to lopezm@umd.edu
Wednesday, October 22
12:15-1:30 p.m. Development Circle Seminar Series
Benjamin Skolnik (CONS '06) and Libby Skolnik (MPP ISEP/DEV '06)
“Rural Development in the Peruvian Andes: The story of two recently returned Peace Corps Volunteers”
Community Room | 1113 Van Munching Hall
6:30 p.m. The Slots Debate
The School of Public Policy and the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences bring together Glenn F. Ivey, State's Attorney for Prince George's County Maryland; and Thomas E. Perez, Secretary, Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.
Orem Hall | Riggs Alumni Center
RSVP by October 17 | 301.405.4638 | events@ur.umd.edu
Thursday, October 23
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Sharon Weinberger, Writer (International Security Issues)
"A Nuclear Family Vacation”
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, October 24
12:00-1:00 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Sean McGuire, Director of Sustainability Policies, Office for a Sustainable Future,
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
“Sustainability Policies in DNR and Maryland”
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Monday, October 27
12:00-1:00 p.m. John D. Porcari, Secretary, Maryland Department of Transportation
“Careers in Public Service”
1203 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, October 28
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Policy Forum
James Gattuso, Senior Fellow in Regulatory Policy, The Heritage Foundation
“The Regulatory Record of the Bush Administration: A Free Market Assessment"
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
1:30 p.m. Academy Talks Speakers Series
Michael Speer, PhD, Senior Fellow, Academy of Leadership
"Unconscious Processing Within Group Dynamics"
Lucille Maurer Library | 1126 Taliaferro Building
Wednesday, October 29
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. MSPP Career Services | Professional Development Career Series
“Effective Oral Presentations and Public Speaking”
1203 Van Munching Hall
RSVP via UMDPOLICYJOBS.COM
For further info contact: Bryan bkempton@umd.edu or Mary lopezm@umd.edu
12:15-1:30 p.m. PhD Research Seminar
Rui Sun, Ph.D. candidate in the School of Public Policy
"Do Tax and Expenditure Limitations Affect Municipal Reliance on User Charges?"
Van Munching Community Lounge
Lunch provided
Thursday, October 30
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
David Morrison, Chair, The Podesta Group's National Security and International Policy Practice
"Defense Budget Challenges for the Next Administration"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, October 31
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Alumna Dana Coelho
"Presentation on Ecosystem Services Work in Alaska"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hal
2:00-3:30 p.m. CP4 Workshop
Samuel Kerstein, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, UMD
"Saving Lives and Respecting Persons"
Room 1136, Tydings Hall
Wednesday, November 5
9:00-10:00 a.m. CISSM Video Conference with Russian Students and Faculty at ISKRAN
MSPP Professors I.M. "Mac" Destler, John Steinbruner, Nancy Gallagher, and ISKRAN Director Sergey Rogov, will discuss US election results.
Room 1511, Van Munching Hall (next to Rudy's Café)
12:15-1:30 p.m. Election 2008: What Happened and Why?
Professor I.M. "Mac" Destler, College Park Professor William A. Galston; and Jeremy Rosner (PhD '08), Executive Vice President at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner
MSPP Atrium, Van Munching Hall
3:30 p.m. MEPP Speaker Series
Leonard Shabman, coauthor of Decision-Making Chronology for the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project, will speak to the issues of Engineering and Public Policy concerning Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans and discuss how local issues influenced technical decision-making regarding flood levees.
Room 1415 Van Munching Hall
4:00-5:15 p.m. “Academy Talks” Speaker Series
I.M. “Mac” Destler, Saul Stern Professor of Civic Engagement, School of Public Policy
“The Election and Its Implications”
1126 Taliaferro
Thursday, November 6
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
James Acton, Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
"Disarmament and the nuclear industry"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, November 7
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
"Carbon-Free Nuclear-Free"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
2:00 p.m The Booz Allen Hamilton Distinguished Colloquium in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Joseph Turnage, Senior VP, Constellation Energy Nuclear Group
"New Nuclear Development: Part of the Strategy for a Lower Carbon Energy Future"
Room 1110, Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
Tuesday, November 11
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Policy Forum
Barry Zigas, Principal, Zigas and Associates LLC
“The Rise and Fall of Fannie Mae, and Its Future in Mortgage Finance”
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, November 12
12:15-1:30 p.m. PhD Research Seminar
Bill Varettoni, Ph.D. Candidate
Van Munching Community Lounge
Lunch provided
Thursday, November 13
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Norman R. Augustine, The University System of Maryland, Board of Regents; Former Chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin
"Will Americans Be Able to Compete for Jobs in the Global Economy?"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, November 14
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Heather Lair, Sustainability Project Manager; and Mark Stewart, Campus Sustainability Coordinator; University of Maryland, Office of Sustainability
"UMD Campus Sustainability and the Quest for Carbon Neutrality"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, November 18
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Policy Forum
Evan Kwerel, Office of Plans and Policy, Federal Communications Commission
"FCC Spectrum Auctions: An Economic Success Story"
Room 1203, Van Munching Hall
6:30-7:15 p.m. Fall Open House
Wednesday, November 19
12:15-1:30 p.m. International Development Seminar
MPP Students Walter Y. James and Carl-Henri Prophete
"First-Hand Perspectives of the Global Food Crisis in Haiti"
Room 1101, Van Munching Hall
Lunch provided
3:30 p.m. MEPP Speaker Series
Marc Stanley, Director, NIST Technology Innovative Program, will give details of how legislation supporting technical research is enacted and what is required to keep the program vital.
Room 1415 Van Munching Hall
4:00 p.m. Academy Talks Speaker Series
Dr. William Hite, Deputy Superintendant, Prince George's County Public Schools
"Educational Leadership and Transition"
Lucille Maurer Leadership Library, Room 1126 Taliaferro Building
Thursday, November 20
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Jason Forrester, Director of Policy, Veterans for America
“Rebuilding the U.S. Military: Focusing on the Needs of Our Troops”
1107 Van Munching Hall
7:00–8:30 p.m. The Norman and Florence Brody Public Policy Forum
“A conversation with ROBERT J. SAMUELSON” | Hosted by DOUG BESHAROV
Friendship Heights Village Center | 4433 South Park Avenue | Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Friday, November 21
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Dr. Lewis E. Link, Senior Research Engineer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Maryland
"Lessons Learned in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
2:00-3:30 p.m. CP4 Workshop Series
Peter Danchin, Assistant Professor of Law, School of Law, University of Maryland
“Against Cosmopolitanism? The Question of Human Rights in Rawls' Law of Peoples”
Room 1136, Tydings Hall
Monday, November 24
2:30 p.m. “Academy Talks” Speaker Series
Senator Paul G. Pinsky, Maryland's 22nd District
“Advocacy and the American Political System”
Room 3109, Cole Field House
Thursday, November 27-Friday, November 28
Thanksgiving Break
Tuesday, December 2
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Policy Forum
Allen Schick, Professor, Maryland School of Public Policy
"What's Happening: Will Bankrupt Corporations Bankrupt the Federal Government?"
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
1:30 p.m. Academy Talks Speaker Series
Dr. John R. "Jack" Harrald, Director Emeritus; George Washington University; Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management"
"Leadership: The Key to Containing Catastrophe"
1102 Taliaferro Hall
Wednesday, December 3
12:15-1:30 p.m. Development Circle
John Davies, Co-director, CIDCM: Center for International Development and Conflict Management
"Multi Track Diplomacy: Transforming Violent Conflict"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Thursday, December 4
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Job C. Henning, Director of Political and Legal Affairs, Project on National Security Reform
"Project on National Security Reform"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, December 5
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
V. Beth K. Olsen, Professor of Biology and Environmental Science at Cecil College in North East, Maryland and a doctoral student in the Marine, Estuarine, and Environmental Sciences (MEES) Graduate Program at the University of Maryland
"2008: The official debut of the Human Ecology Section of the Ecological Society of America"
Room 1520, Van Munching Hall (Business School)
2:00-3:30 p.m. Committee on Politics, Philosophy, and Public Policy (CP4) will host a Panel Discussion on “The Meaning of 2008”
Room 1136, Tydings Hall
Tuesday, December 9
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Policy Forum
David Luban, University Professor, Georgetown Law Center
"Unwinding the Torture Culture"
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, December 10
12:15 - 1:30 p.m. Special Development Circle
"Mumbai Terror Attacks: A Political And Civil Awakening?”
Speakers: Professor John Steinbruner, Assistant Professor Madiha Afzal, Ph.D. Student Namrata Chindarkar; Senior Research Scholar David A. Crocker, moderator
Room 1113 (Community Lounge), Van Munching Hall
Thursday, December 11
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Kevin Jones, Research Scholar, Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM); Assistant Professor, Georgetown University
“Don't Belittle the Bear: Georgia's Attack, Russia's Aggression, and the U.S.'s Apoplexy”
1107 Van Munching Hall
3:45-5:00 MSPP Holiday Reception
Atrium, Van Munching Hall
Friday, January 30
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Planning session for Spring 2009 semester, followed by a documentary screening
"Greenpeace: making a stand"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Monday, February 2
12:15-1:30 p.m. Candidate for Faculty in Philanthropy and Non-Profit Management
Jody K. Olsen '79, Acting Director, Peace Corps
" …Forever Forming Associations”
1203 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, February 3
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Andy Smarick, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Education
"Education Policymaking in the Bush White House”
Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, February 4
12:15-1:15 p.m. ENV Town Hall Meeting
1107 Van Munching Hall
12:15-1:30 p.m. Development Circle
Tim Fairbank, MSPP Student
"Promoting Democracy Abroad: Challenges Facing the New Administration"
Room 1113 Van Munching Hall
Thursday, February 5
12:00 p.m. Academy Talks Speaker Series
Dr. Mark Grandstaff and Dr. Georgia Sorenson will discuss their new book, "Strategic Leadership: The General's Art"
Lucille Maurer Leadership Library (1126 Taliaferro Building)
Lunch Provided
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Thomas Cotton, Vice President of JK Research Associates (JKRA)
“Closing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Where do We Stand?”
Room 1107, Van Munching Hall
Friday, February 6
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Documentary Screening
"Fed Up!"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
Monday, February 9
12:15-1:15 p.m. IDEV Town Hall Meeting
1203 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, February 10
12:00-1:30 p.m. Stern Professorship Luncheon featuring Susan C. Schwab, Former USTR
"Negotiating Trade"
2517 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, February 11
9:30-11 a.m. Spring Community Meeting
1203 Van Munching Hall
12:15-1:30 p.m. Candidate for Faculty in International Development
Eric Edmonds, Associate Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College
"Poverty Alleviation and Child Labor"
1203 Van Munching Hall
Thursday, February 12
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Steve Olejasz, Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director for Global Security Affairs, The Joint Staff
“Conventional Arms Control”
Room 1107, Van Munching Hall
12:15-1:30 p.m. Candidate for Faculty in International Development
Ashoka Mody, Assistant Director, European Department, International Monetary Fund
“Does Democracy Impede the Speed Required by Financial Markets?”
1203 Van Munching Hall
Friday, February 13
12:15-1:30 p.m. Faculty Candidate in Philanthropy and Non Profit Management
Rob Sheehan, Ph.D., Senior Director, Office of Executive Programs, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
"Collaborative Visioning"
1203 Van Munching Hall
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Robert Nelson, Professor, Maryland School of Public Policy
"The Changing Economic Climate for Environmental Policy"
Room 1113, Van Munching Hall
2:00-3:30 p.m. Committee on Politics, Philosophy, and Public Policy (CP4) Workshop
Ian Ward, Assistant Professor, Department of Government & Politics, University of Maryland
“Practicing Civility: Two Problems with Public Reason”
Room 1136, Tydings Hall
Monday, February 16
12:15-1:15 p.m. SOC Town Hall Meeting
1203 Van Munching Hall
1:30-3:00 p.m. Committee on Politics, Philosophy, and Public Policy (CP4) Townhall Meeting
1418 Van Munching Hall (Business School)
Tuesday, February 17
12:00-1:30 p.m. Academy Talks Speaker Series
Constance Berry Newman, Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
"US-African Relations: Current Challenges, Future Soutions"
Lucille Maurer Leadership Library | 1126 Taliaferro Hall
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
John W. Frece, Associate Director, National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education
"Smart Growth in Maryland: An Insider's Perspective"
Community Room | 1113 Van Munching Hall
Thursday, February 19
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Steve Fetter, Dean, Maryland School of Public Policy
“Prompt Global Strike: Silver Bullet or Shot in the Dark?”
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, February 20
12:15-1:30 p.m. Faculty Candidate in Philanthropy and Non Profit Management
Robert T. Grimm Jr., Director of Research and Policy Development, Corporation for National and Community Service
"The CEO's Leaky Bucket: Why Nonprofit Leaders Are Losing Billions a Year and How They Can Reinvent Volunteer Talent and Thrive"
1203 Van Munching Hall
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
"Sharkwater" A Documentary
1113 Van Munching Hall
5:00-7:00 p.m. GPAC February Happy Hour
Buffalo Billiards, 1330 19th Street NW, Washington DC
Monday, February 23
12:15-1:30 p.m. Candidate for Faculty in International Development
Dean Yang, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Assistant Professor of Economics, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
“Remittances and the Problem of Control: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador"
1203 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, February 24
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Peter Reuter, Professor, School of Public Policy and Department of Criminology
"Does Drug Policy Matter"
Community Room | 1113 Van Munching Hall
6:30-8:30 p.m. Career Networking Night
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Wednesday, February 25
12:15-1:30 Development Circle
Professor David Crocker and students will report on a three-week trip to Morocco
"Impressions from Morocco"
1101 Van Munching Hall
12:15-1:30 PhD Seminar
John Roman, PhD Candidate, Maryand School of Public Policy
"What is the Price of Crime: New Estimates of the Cost of Criminal Victimization"
1113 Van Munching Hall | Lunch provided
Tuesday, March 3
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
"Student and Faculty Roundtable on the U.S. Fiscal Future" led by Tracy Gordon, assistant professor, School of Public Policy
Community Room | 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, March 4
12:15-1:15 p.m. MFL Town Hall Meeting
1203 Van Munching Hall
12:15-1:30 Development Circle
Madiha Afzal, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy
"Does the Education of Legislators Matter?: Evidence from a Mandated Minimum
Education Requirement for Legislators in Pakistan"
Community Lounge | 1113 Van Munching Hall
Thursday, March 5
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
John Steinbruner, Director, Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)
"Protective Oversight of Biotechnology"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, March 6
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
John M. Fitzgerald, Policy Director, Society for Conservation Biology
“Ensuring the Government Uses the Best Available Science and Economics in Environmental Policy Making”
1113 Van Munching Hall
Saturday, March 7
9:00 a.m. GWIPP Hike
Patuxent Wildlife Refuge
For further information, contact Laurel Ball.
6:00-11:30 p.m. Games Night
Holy Family Catholic Church, 12010 Woodmore Road, Mitchellville, MD
For more information, contact Janet Anderson
Monday, March 9
4:00-5:00 p.m. Dean Candidate
Dr. Donald F. Kettl, The Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor, University of Pennsylvania and
Professor of Political Science
Tyser Auditorium | Van Munching Hall
6:30-7:30 p.m. PSGA hosts "Meet the Deans"
Community Room | 1113 Van Munching Hall
Pizza and drinks provided
Tuesday, March 10
12:00 p.m. National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education Seminar Series
John Carruthers, U.S.Department of Housing and Urban Development
“The ‘Plane of Living' and the Recent Evolution of Housing Values in the United States ”
11112V Main Conference Room | Preinkert Fieldhouse
Wednesday, March 11
12:15-1:15 p.m. ISEP Town Hall Meeting
1107 Van Munching Hall
12:15-1:30 p.m. PhD Seminar
Tracy Gordon, Assistant Professor, Maryland School of Public Policy MSPP
"When Government Isn't Enough? Public and Private Responses to Heterogeneity"
1113 Van Munching Hall
3:30- 4:30 p.m. Tea Break
Sponsored by the PSGA and Office of Executive programs (Chinese Executive Master of Public Management staff and students)
Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Thursday, March 12
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Allison Macfarlane, Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at George Mason University
“A Plan B for Nuclear Waste Disposal in the U.S. : Implications for the Future of Nuclear Energy”
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, March 13
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Perry Plumart, Deputy Director, Green the Capitol Office
“Greening the Capitol: projects and initiatives”
Community Room | 1113 Van Munching Hall
Monday, March 16 - Friday, March 20
Spring Break
Wednesday, March 25
12:00-1:00 p.m. Maryland School of Public Policy Presents
Dr. Timothy M. Persons, Chief Scientist, Government Accountability Office (GAO)
“STEM-ing the Tide: GAO's Increasing Role in the Science and Technology Public Policy Domain”
1203 Van Munching Hall
12:00-1:30 p.m. Academy of Leadership's “Academy Talks” Series
Professor Suheil B. Bushrui, Research Professor Emeritus; University of Maryland
“Leadership in an Age of Crisis”
1126 Taliaferro Hall | Lucille Maurer Leadership Library
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Tamara Wilds Lawson at tlawson@academy.umd.edu or 301.405.2342
12:00-12:50 p.m. Dr. Mathias Ruth, Chair, UMD Climate Action Plan Work Group
Climate Action Plan Presentation
0117 Tydings Hall
12:15-1:30 Ph.D. Seminar
Aaron Mannes
"The Evolving National Security Role of the Vice President"
1113 Van Munching Hall
Thursday, March 26
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Max M. Kampelman, Lawyer and Diplomat
"International Policy: A Serious Moment"
Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Luncheon sponsored by the Saul I Stern Professorship of Civic Engagement
5:30 p.m. Spring Open House for Admitted Students
Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Friday, March 27
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
John Kinsman, Senior Director, Environment, Edison Electric Institute
Electric Power Industry and Climate Change / Greenhouse Gases
1113 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, March 31
12:15-1:30 p.m. Tuesday Forum
Kay Muir-Leresche, Executive Director, EcoNomics Africa
"What Happened in Zimbabwe? A Zimbabwean's Perspective"
Community Room | 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, April 1
12:15-1:30 p.m. Development Circle
Mario Picon, Doctoral Student, IDEV
"When Nothing Works as Planned: Reflections of a Practitioner on Introducing Participatory Approaches in South Sudan's Post-Conflict Environment"
Community Lounge | 1113 Van Munching Hall
6:00-8:00 p.m. Jiangsu China Executive Master of Public Management Program
Opening Ceremony Reception
2517 Van Munching Hall
Asian style dinner provided
Thursday, April 2
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund
"Obama's New Nuclear Policy"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, April 3
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Laurel Ball and Hans Haake, Center for Integrative Environmental Research
“Ecological Economics in Practice: U.S. General Services Administration and Maryland Department of Natural Resources”
1113 Van Munching Hall
7:00-9:00 p.m. Taste of DC
Sweet Mango Cafe 3701 New Hampshire Ave, N.W. Washington DC 20010
Please RSVP to styrmir@umd.edu
Saturday, April 4
1:00 p.m. GPAC Inter-school Kickball Tournament, The National Mall, DC
School of Public Policy will be taking its kickball team regional, as it looks to defeat rivals Georgetown, American and George Washington. For further information contact Simon Moore or Jessie Lin.
Tuesday, April 7
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Charles Weiss, distinguished professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; and William Bonvillian, director of the MIT Washington Office
"Stimulating Technological Innovation in Energy" based on their new book, "Structuring a Revolution in Energy Technology"
Community Room | 1113 Van Munching Hall
2:00 to 3:30 p.m. Jianbo Ma will defend his Ph.D. thesis on "Does the Chinese Land Conversion Process Lead to Efficient and Equitable Land Use?"
Dean's Conference Room | 2101F Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, April 8
3:45 p.m. Honoring Steve Fetter for his service to the Maryland School of Public Policy
Atrium | Van Munching Hall
Thursday, April 9
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
William A. (Billy) Pizer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy, Treasury Department
"Climate Policy Challenges"
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, April 10
12:00-1:30p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Thomas E. Lovejoy, Heinz Center Biodiversity Chair
"Climate Change: Prospects for Nature"
1113 Van Munching Hall
Tuesday, April 14
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Philip J. Cook, the 2008-2009 Schelling Visiting Professor, School of Public Policy
"The Drinking Age: Should It Be Reduced to 18?"
Community Room | 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, April 15
10:00 a.m. Dissertation Defense
Ph.D. Candidate John Roman
"What is the Price of Crime? New Estimates of the Cost of Criminal Victimization"
Dean's Conference Room | Van Munching Hall
12:00-3:30 p.m. Diversity Committee Presents Global Village
1107 Van Munching Hall
Thursday, April 16
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Daniel Levine
1107 Van Munching Hall
Friday, April 17
12:00-1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Brian Czech, President, Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
"Nascent Politics Toward the Steady State Economy"
Room 1113 Van Munching Hall
2:00 pm - 3:30 p.m. Committee on Politics, Philosophy, and Public Policy Workshop
Alex Voorhoeve, Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics; and Faculty Fellow, Center for Ethics, Harvard University
“Can We Trust Our Intuitive Judgments in Health Care Allocation? The Results of an Experiment”
1111 Tydings Hall
Tuesday, April 21
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum CANCELED
Community Room | 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, April 22
2:30 p.m. College Park Professor Ivo Daalder's Hearing Before The Committee On Foreign Relations on his nomination as US Ambassador to NATO
419 Dirksen Senate Building, Washington, D.C.
4:30 p.m. Mark Sagoff, director, Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy (IPPP), will discuss his book "The Economy of the Earth: Philosophy, Law and the Environment"
McKeldin Library's Special Events Room (6137)
Thursday, April 23
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Steven Kull, Director, PIPA
"Renewing America's Image in the World, Especially the Muslim World"
1107 Van Munching Hall
7:00 p.m. "The Battle Over Van Munching" Intramural Championship Soccer Game
School of Public Policy vs Smith School of Business
Turf Fields near the Comcast Center
For further information contact: styrmirh@gmail.com
Friday, April 24
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Andrew Blohm, Faculty Research Assistant, Center for Integrative Environmental Research (CIER)
“Climate Impacts and Response Options at Local Scales: Lessons from Five Industries in Pennsylvania , USA ”
Room 1113 Van Munching Hall
8:00 p.m. Maryland School of Public Policy and the Policy Student Government Association
2009 Spring Soiree
Darlington House, 1610 20th Street NW (next to Dupont Circle Metro)
Tickets $20 | Available at www.puaf.umd.edu/psga
Saturday, April 25
11th Annual Maryland Day
Tuesday, April 28
12:15-1:30 Tuesday Forum
Dallas Burtraw, senior fellow, Resources for the Future
"A Carbon Cap and Trade System: Winners and Losers in the United States"
Community Room | 1113 Van Munching Hall
Wednesday, April 29
12:15-1:30 Development Circle
Ramon Daubon, PhD. President, The Esquel Group
"Seeding the Civic Wetlands: The Primordial Ooze of Political Cultural Change for Development"
Community Lounge | 1113 Van Munching Hall
Thursday, April 30
12:15-1:30 p.m. CISSM Forum
Daniel Byman, Associate Professor and Director of the Security Studies Program and the Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
“Do Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation Go together?”
1107 Van Munching Hall
3:30-5:00 p.m. Matthias Ruth will speak at the Office of International Programs
‘Strategies to Survive the 21st Century' Seminar Series
6137 McKeldin Library
Friday, May 1
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Environmental Policy Roundtable
Alexandra Thornton, Vice President of Public Policy, Jane Goodall Institute (JGI)
“What It Takes to Save a Species Is What It Takes to Save the World”
Room 1113 Van Munching Hall
Thursday, May 21
7:00 p.m. University Commencement Ceremony
Comcast Center
Friday, May 22
4:00-7:00 p.m. MSPP Commencement
Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel will deliver the Commencement Address
Kay Theatre of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center | Reception to follow at the Riggs Alumni Center
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