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 Message from the Dean
Dear Colleagues:
I'm very pleased to announce that the Dispute Resolution Program, headed by Dr. David Matz, has elected to move from the College of Public and Community Service to join the McCormack Graduate School. This is our first new academic program since the school was founded, and offers exciting synergies with our Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs, particularly the international relations track of the MSPA. Welcome Dispute Resolution!
I'm also pleased to announce that we have successfully hired three new faculty, two for the Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs and one for Gerontology. Dr. Heather MacIndoe is a sociologist, comes from a post doctorate at Brown, and specializes in the dynamics of the nonprofit sector and social movements. Dr. Bille Gastic comes from the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Temple, is also a sociologist, and focuses on analysis of education policies, particularly relating to student safety and school violence. Pamela Nadash, ABD from Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health, specializes in policy-based research, particularly in long-term care.
On May 8th, at 6:00 PM at the Kennedy Library, Padraig O'Malley will be lecturing on his extraordinary experience convening multi-party conferences of Iraqis in Helsinki and now in Baghdad. This event is co-sponsored by the Kennedy Library; I hope you will join us.
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MGS in the News
United Press International (April 29, 2008)
Iraq rivals agree to peace talks
Boston Globe (April 25, 2008)
Bringing Iraqis to The Table
Boston Globe (April 25, 2008)
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Academic Pundits: The Importance of Academic Research in Policy Consulting
Dear McCormack School Students, Faculty, and Staff,
You are invited to a First Mondays Public Policy Lunch
May 5, 2008
11:30AM - 1:00PM
UMASS Boston
McCormack Hall, Room M-3-415 (Public Policy Classroom)
Featuring a Presentation and Discussion on:
Academic Pundits: The Importance of Academic Research in Policy Consulting
With Professor Jalal Alamgir, Political Science, UMASS Boston and Professor Christian Weller, Public Policy and Public Affairs, UMASS Boston
Lunch will be served.
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Take a break from the end of semester craziness - Join fellow McCormack Graduate School Students, Faculty and Staff from the Public Policy, Public Affairs and Gerontology Graduate programs as we celebrate
CINCO DE MAYO
May 5th - 4pm to 6pm - Faculty Lounge (11th Floor Healey Library) UMass Boston
Free food
Fantastic conversation
Fun and prizes guaranteed
RSVP by May 2, 2008 to:
Kerstin Gerst (Gerontology)
Kerstin.Gerst@umb.edu
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Felicia Sullivan (Public Policy & Public Affairs)
Felicia.Sullivan@umb.edu |
Interfaith Dialogue across the Christian/Muslim Divide
Iman Mohammed Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye Co-founders of the Interfaith Mediation Center in Kaduna Nigeria
6:00 - 7:00PM
UMASS Boston Campus Center
100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston MA
Ballroom C, third floor
Join us for a remarkable tale of religious peacemaking and reconciliation from two men who started out as leaders of militant Christian and Muslim youth gangs and became grassroots peacebuilders.
Light refreshments will be served
For additional information contact the Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution: disres@umb.edu or 617-287-7421 |
The Helsinki Talks
A Step Forward for Iraq or More
Time Outs?
John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies presents:
 Padraig O'Malley
John Joseph Moakley Chair of Peace and Reconciliation
Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008
Reception: 5:30 - 6:00PM
Lecture: 6:00PM
Place: John F. Kennedy Library & Museum - Smith Hall
Padriag O'Malley is director of the Iraq Project, a collaboration with the UMass John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, Tufts Institute of Global Leadership, and the Crisis Management Initiative of Helsinki. In September 2007, the Iraq Project convened a much heralded conference of Iraqis in Helsinki, Finland. It began to shape a framework for negotiations. The second round of talks with a broader and more senior representation of Iraqis has just concluded. Join us to hear O'Malley's report.
Directions: click here
For more information contact the Dean's Office at McCormack Graduate School: 617-287-5550. |
Register Online for the June 9th
Women, Wages & Work Policy Conference Register Now! - click here
Join us for a day of exciting speakers and strategy sessions to close the wage gap; advocate for family friendly benefits, retirement security, and work/life balance; and examine how to get women what they need in childcare and job training.
Monday, June 9th
UMass Boston Campus Center
Featured Speakers Include:
Lilly Ledbetter. Plaintiff in Supreme Court gender wage discrimination case: Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Eleanor Holmes Norton. U.S. Congresswoman (invited)
Rosa DeLauro. U.S. Congresswoman (invited)
Niki Tsongas. U.S. Congresswoman (invited)
Evelyn Murphy. Former Lt. Governor & Author of Getting Even: Why Women Don't Get Paid as Much as Men and What to Do About It
Teresa Heinz Kerry. Philanthropist and Supporter of Women's Retirement Security
Suzanne Bump. Secretary, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
Rocio Saenz. President, SEIU Local 615
Ann Bookman. Executive Director, MIT Workplace Center
Ellen Bruce . Director, Pension Action Center, UMass Boston
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