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School of International Service

Next Week's Events

Wonk University: Applying and Succeeding in IR and PPol Grad Schools
Speaker: Dan Perez, America's Impact
Date: Monday, April 21
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Location: Abramson Family Founders Room
Sponsored by SIS Undergraduate Advising

International Colony Kurdistan: a Talk by Dr. İsmail Beşikçi
Speaker: İsmail Beşikçi, İsmail Beşikçi Foundation
Date: Tuesday, April 22
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Location: Abramson Family Founders Room
Sponsored by the Center for Peacebuilding and Development

Earth Day in a Conflicted World
Speakers: Paul Wapner, SIS; Eve Bratman, SIS; John Andrew McNeish, University of Life Sciences, Norway; Brian Dowd-Uribe, University for Peace, Costa Rica; Ken Conca, SIS
Date: Tuesday, April 22
Time: 3:30 - 5:00 PM
Location: Mary Graydon Center Room 245
Sponsored by the Global Environmental Politics program

Accountability for Drone Strikes
Speakers: Jeff Bachman, SIS, and Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Date: Wednesday, April 23
Time: 2:30 - 5:00 PM
Location: Abramson Family Founders Room
Sponsored by the Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs program
Will be webstreamed

Undergraduate Research Poster Conference
Date: Wednesday, April 23
Time: 2:45 - 5:00 PM
Location: SIS Atrium
Sponsored by SIS

U.S.-Burma Relations and the Plight of the Rohingya
Speakers: Wakar Uddin, Penn State University; Jennifer Quigley, U.S. Campaign for Burma; Daniel Sullivan, United to End Genocide; and Benjamin Zawacki, Harvard University
Date: Thursday, April 24
Time: 12:30 - 3:00 PM
Location: Abramson Family Founders Room
Sponsored by Creative Peace Initiatives with the Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs program and the Global Governance, Politics, and Security program
Will be webstreamed

Practicum Symposium
Start Date: Friday, April 25
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Date: Saturday, April 26
End Time: 3:00 PM
Various Locations
Sponsored by SIS

Stats & Methods Research Fair
Date: Friday, April 25
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Location: SIS Atrium
Sponsored by SIS


Upcoming Highlights

University Conversation: The United States and Iran: Can Diplomacy Prevent an Iranian Bomb?
Speakers: Jim Goldgeier, SIS; Jane Harman, The Wilson Center; Thomas Pickering, Retired U.S. Career Ambassador; Michael Doran, The Brookings Institution; Shaul Bakhash, George Mason University; Aaron David Miller, The Wilson Center
Date: Monday, April 28
Time: 6:00 - 7:15 PM
Location: Abramson Family Founders Room
RSVP Requested
Sponsored by SIS and The Wilson Center
Will be webstreamed

SIS Undergraduate Pinning Ceremony
Date: Tuesday, April 29
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Abramson Family Founders Room
RSVP Required
Sponsored by the AU Alumni Association and the SIS Undergraduate Council
Open to graduating seniors and alumni

SIS Commencement
Speaker: Paula J. Dobriansky, Harvard University
Date: Saturday, May 10
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Bender Arena
Sponsored by AU and SIS
Will be webstreamed


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