Mounir Ibrahim, SIS/BA '04, Alice Friend,
SIS/MA '06, and Brandon Scott are among the top "99 Under 30" foreign policy leaders selected by Diplomatic Courier and Young Professionals in Foreign Policy. Read More .
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) published a report on bicycle use in Latin
America by a team of SIS graduate students as part of a student practicum. The study found that while cycling is increasingly popular in Latin
America, infrastructure is poor and public sentiment is mixed. Read More.
(Learn more about SIS practica here .)
An SIS initiative to promote diversity and inclusion has expanded. And SIS joins the
Global Access Pipeline (GAP) consortium, which aims to diversify the field of international relations. Read More .
Everyone is talking about "MOOCs" (massive open online courses), but a better approach to combining learning and technology may be
"TOQUES" - teaching online qualified engaged students, say Associate Dean Leeanne
Dunsmore and Director of Operations for Online
Programs Matthew Meekins . Read More .
(Learn more about SIS's online degree program here .)
In a new SIS Minute video,
Professor Carl LeVan says that the Westgate Mall attack raises questions about Kenya's security.
Watch it now.
Check out the new graduate student admissions brochure! The cover is a collage of SIS faculty book covers. Download it here
(PDF) .
Thinking about graduate school? SIS is hosting in-person and online open houses this fall. The first is on October 9. Register now!
.
Attend All-American
Weekend at AU on October
18-20! Stay up-to-date on alumni news and events .
Keep up with your classmates on our Class
Notes page.
SIS is searching for five tenure-line faculty positions.
Read more .
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A group of AU students (including several SIS students) attended a networking event with Ambassador Nirupama Rao at her residence on
September 19. See a larger photo here .
Former professor Celeste
Wallander has been named the new Senior Director and
Special Assistant to the
President for Russian and
Central Asian Affairs.
Professor Susan Shepler received a grant from the
Spencer Foundation for her project on education, state fragility, and armed conflict in West Africa. Read more about SIS faculty and staff accomplishments.
On September 10, as President Obama prepared to address the nation about Syria,
Dean Jim Goldgeier and SIS faculty members
David Bosco , Benjamin Jensen , and
Celeste Wallander discussed American options in Syria. Watch the web stream of the event here .
Five Years Later: Lessons from the 2008 Crisis
In partnership with the French American Global Forum (the first debate of the new season of Le Monde Diplomatique series)
Monday, October 14
7:00 PM
Abramson Family Founders Room
Free, open to all, and live-streamed on the web
Screening of " Les Arrivants "
Third Thursdays Film Series sponsored by the Embassy of France
Thursday, October 17
6:15 PM
Abramson Family Founders Room
Free and open to all
Screening of " Gold Fever "
Friday, October 18
5:00 PM
Ward 2
Free and open to all
Part of All-American Weekend
Dean's Discussion: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle
East
Guest speaker: Chris Schroeder , author of Startup Rising
Saturday, October 19
2:00 PM
Abramson Family Founders Room
Dean Jim Goldgeier : "It's
Time for Europe to Look
After Its Own Backyard,"
Chatham House: The World
Today , October 4.
Professor Gordon Adams :
"Absurdistan, D.C.," Foreign
Policy , September 27.
Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic
Studies Akbar Ahmed :
"Mental Illness, Islam or
Revenge?: Understanding
Terrorism from the Navy
Yard to Pakistan to Kenya,"
Washington Post: On Faith ,
September 24.
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Free, open to all, and live-streamed on the web
Books available for purchase
Part of All-American Weekend
Foreign Policy Jobs: From K Street to the Hill
A Global Career Boot Camp in partnership with the Foreign Policy
Association (first of two events)
Sunday, November 3
6:30 PM
Abramson Family Founders Room
Use code "AMERICANSIS" at registration for a special AU student discount
Landing a Job in International Development
A Global Career Boot Camp in partnership with the Foreign Policy
Association (second of two events)
Monday, November 4
6:30 PM
Abramson Family Founders Room
Use code "AMERICANSIS" at registration for a special AU student discount
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Assistant Dean Anya
Schmemann : "Russia's
Time to Step Up," US News
& World Report , September
16.
Professor Guy Ziv : "Put
Israeli-Palestinians Peace
Sbove Syria," USA Today ,
September 16.
Read more media mentions.
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