CEO Delivers SIS Commencement Address |
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Robert Smith, founder, chairman, and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, delivered the 2015 SIS commencement address. Emily Ham, SIS/MA ’15an IR Online studentand Anjali Mehta, SIS/BA ’15, were the student speakers. |
President’s Award Goes to SIS Student |
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Candace Evilsizor, SIS/BA ’15, received the President’s Award, the highest honor awarded to an AU undergraduate student, for her work on migration issues in the United States and abroad. |
Students Receive University Awards |
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Three SIS students received University Student Awards: Davina Durgana, SIS/PhD ’15, received the Outstanding Scholarship at the Graduate Level Award; Candace Evilsizor, SIS/BA ’15, received the Fletcher Scholar Award (in addition to the President’s Award); and Essarayoss Mean, SIS/BA ’15, received the Carlton Savage Award. |
Graduate Believes in Public Service |
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William “Andy” Hatcher, SIS/BA ’15, is a veteran, a former marine, an amputee, and an honors student--and an inspiration to his classmates. Hatcher credits SIS with strengthening his belief in public service. |
Assistant Secretary of State Visits SIS |
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Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Evan Ryan visited SIS on April 16 for a discussion about international exchange programs and public diplomacy with Assistant Vice President of Campus Life and Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer Fanta Aw. Watch the video.
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Congratulations |
Hurst Adjunct Professorial Lecturer Eric Novotny received the AU Award for Outstanding Teaching in an Adjunct Appointment.
Read about SIS faculty and staff awards.
Read about SIS student awards and student fellowships and scholarships.
Deborah Carey, SIS/BA ’17 was named a Woman of the Year by Her Campus American University.
The AU Model UN team, led by Assistant Professor David Bell Mislan, received four awards at the New York University Conference.
Four SIS/BA students received awards at the 2015 SIS Undergraduate Research Symposium, organized by Assistant Professor Aaron Boesenecker, the SIS Undergraduate Research Coordinator.
Five SIS/BA students presented their research at the 2015 National Conference on Undergraduate Research at Eastern Washington University under the direction of Assistant Professor Aaron Boesenecker, the SIS Undergraduate Research Coordinator.
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The SIS commencement was held on May 10. View highlights here.
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Research
Assistant Professor Guy Ziv: The Triumph of Agency over Structure: Shimon Peres and the Israeli Nuclear Program, International Negotiation, May 5
Assistant Professor Simon Nicholson and Michael Thompson: Strange Bedfellows: Climate Engineering Politics in
the United States, Geoengineering Our Climate Working Paper and Opinion
Article Series, April 21 |
Commentary
Professor Gordon Adams: Democracy-Pushing Is Not Cutting-Edge Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, May 11
Distinguished Practitioner in Residence Lt. Gen. David Barno (Ret.) and Distinguished Scholar in Residence Nora Bensahel: The Anti-Access Challenge You’re Not Thinking About, Strategic Outpost, War on the Rocks, May 5
Associate Professor Cathy Schneider: Five Myths About Riots, The Washington Post, May 1
Professor Akbar Ahmed: What Europe Should Learn From Bosnia, The Huffington Post, April 30
Faculty Fellow Linda Rabben: Police Abuse is a Problem Across Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 28
Dean James Goldgeier: The Hillary Clinton Doctrine, The National Interest, April 21
Ibn Khaldun Chair Research Fellow Harrison Akins: To Combat the 'New Anti-Semitism,' Europe’s Jews and Muslims Must Work Together, The Huffington Post, April 22
Distinguished Practitioner in Residence Lt. Gen. David Barno (Ret.) and Distinguished Scholar in Residence Nora Bensahel: Female Rangers Will Lead the Way, Sooner or Later, Strategic Outpost, War on the Rocks, April 21
Assistant Professor Stephen Tankel: India in Afghanistan: Tackling a Thorny Issue, War on the Rocks, April 20
Professor Gordon Adams: The Iran Long Game: Bush vs. Obama, Foreign Policy, April 14
Scholar in Residence Johanna Mendelson Forman: After Petrocaribe, New Sources Key to Caribbean Energy Security, World Politics Review, April 10
Scholar in Residence Johanna Mendelson Forman: Should Food Security be a National Security Issue? Stimson Center, April 9
Professor Clarence Lusane: Black Caucus Should Support U.S.-Iran Deal, The Progressive, April 8
Distinguished Economist in Residence Arturo Porzecanski: Why Chapter 9 for Puerto Rico is a Bad Idea, The Hill, April 8
Adjunct Professor Hrach Gregorian: Boko Haram, a Presidential Election, and the Price of Corruption in Nigeria, CDFAI, April 1
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