[Fels_pubpol_0708] Upcoming public policy events at Penn
Deirdre Martinez
d_martinez at sas.upenn.edu
Mon Oct 22 14:34:55 EDT 2007
/*Public Policy Events for the Week of October 22nd through October 29th*/
Monday 10/22
6pm -- 9pm Islam Awareness Week 2007
/ Presentations pertaining to
Muslims living in society today./
Location: Logan Hall G14 -- Terrace Room
Monday 10/22 WHAT TODAY'S COLLEGE STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
TERRORISM
7pm Hear from the following three scholars...
/Dr. Daniel Pipes, Middle East Forum/
Daniel Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum and a prize-winning
columnist
now writing for the New York Times Syndicate. The Wall Street Journal
calls Dr. Pipes "an authoritative commentator on the Middle East." CBS
Sunday Morning says he was "years ahead of the curve in identifying the
threat of radical Islam."
/Dr. Stephen Gale, University of Pennsylvania
/Stephen Gale is a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania with
appointments in the Departments of Regional Science and Political
Science and
is a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He is
Co-Chairman
of the FPRI's Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland
Security .
/Dr. Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvanian/
Ian Lustick is interested comparative politics, international politics,
Middle
Eastern politics, and agent-based, computer assisted modeling for the social
sciences. He teaches courses on Middle Eastern politics, political
identities
and institutions, techniques of hegemonic analysis, the expansion and
contraction of states, and on relationships among complexity, evolution, and
politics. Dr. Lustick is a recipient of awards from the Carnegie
Corporation,
the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the
Humanities, the Social Sciences Research Council, and the United States
Institute of Peace.
Location: Huntsman Hall G55
Tuesday 10/23
12pm -- 1:15pm Interfaith Dialogue: A Penn Community
Religious conversation on Today's Headlines.
/Participants are urged to bring headlines that they are concerned about
and respond from a faith perspective. A Facilitator will be at each
session. Lunch provided, donations accepted. /
Location: Christian Association
More info: http://upennca.org <http://upennca.org/>
Tuesday 10/23
12pm -- 1:30pm /Gwen Sasse of Nuffield College, Oxford , will
lecture on "Current //Controversies: The European Union" as part of the /
/ Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar
Series: Power Sharing in Deeply Divided Places. /
Location: TBA
More info:
http://www.polisci.upenn.edu/ppec/Sawyer%20Seminar/Speakers/Gwen_Sasse.html
Tuesday 10/23
6pm -- 9pm Islam Awareness Week 2007
/Presentations pertaining to Muslims
living in society today. /
Location: Logan Hall G14 -- Terrace Room
Tuesday 10/23
8pm -- 9:30pm Penn Libertarian Association
/S 09 Discussion of Friedrich
Hayek's The Intellectuals and /
/ Socialism./
/ /Location: Houston Hall 225 --
Brachfeld RM
Wednesday 10/24 Leadership Lunch: John A. Calhoun
12pm President and CEO, national Crime
Prevention Council
Location: Leadership Hall, 3814
Walnut Street
More info:
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/foxleadership/docs/events_calendar.php
Wednesday 10/24
12pm -- 1:30pm Campus Sustainability day V webcast: Building
a Durable Future
/PRESENTERS: Norm Christopher, Director of Sustainability Initiative,
Grand Valley State University;Tom Kimmerer, Exec Dir, Assoc. for the
Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education;Bill McKibben, author,
The End of Nature and Deep Economy: The Weal /
Location: 256 Hayden Hall RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
More info: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/earth/ies/seminar.html
Wednesday 10/24 *Patricia Giorgio-Fox, First Deputy Police
Commissioner, Philadelphia Police Department *
4pm / First Deputy Commissioner
Fox serves as Chief Operating Officer for the /
/ Philadelphia Police
Department and also oversees the Department-wide weekly /
/ CompStat sessions. She
was part of the historic group of 100 women who were /
/ hired by the city in
1976 as part of a pilot project required under a federal court/
/ order. Subsequently, she became the Department's first female Deputy /
/Commissioner. She has been a pioneer in instituting innovation in the /
/Department./
Location: 3809 Walnut, Seminar Room
More info: Contact Department of Criminology
Wednesday 10/24 Fox Speakers Forum: Wendy Kopp
4:30pm President and Founder, Teach for America
Location: Huntsman Hall Auditorium G06
More info:
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/foxleadership/docs/events_calendar.php
Wednesday 10/24 Fox Speakers Forum: Food, Farming, and hunger: At
Home and Abroad
5pm Faith-based lobbyists Take on Congress
Location: Rodin College House
Lounge, 3901 Locust Walk
More info:
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/foxleadership/docs/events_calendar.php
Wednesday 10/24 SENATOR RICK SANTORUM -- COMING TO CAMPUS
5:30 pm /A United States Senator's Take on Terrorism/
Mr. Santorum served as United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1995
to 2007 and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991
to 1995. As a United States Senator, he was a champion of efforts to
counter the threat of
radical Islam, to protect victims of religious persecution, and to
promote democracy and religious liberty around the world. He is
writing a book on the
"gathering storm" of the 21st century -- the challenges posed by radical
Islamic
fascism and its growing alliances around the world.
Location: Hillel/Steinhardt Hall --
2^ nd Floor Auditorium
Wednesday 10/24
6pm -- 9pm Islam Awareness Week 2007
/Presentations pertaining to Muslims
living in society today. /
Location: Logan Hall G14 -- Terrace Room
Thursday 10/25 *GENDER, WAR, AND MILITARISM--Presented By The
Alice Paul Center*
9:45am -- 7:30pm / co-sponsorship from The Middle East
Center, the Annenberg /
/School, Greenfield Intercultural Center, the African Studies /
/Center, the Penn Women's Center, the English Department, the /
/LGBT// Center// , the History Department, the Political Science /
/Department/
Location: Houston Hall Bodek Lounge
More info:
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/wstudies/gwmconference/
Thursday 10/25 * Democracy, Citizenship & Constitutionalism
Lecture: "Global **Immigration and Economic Needs *
4pm -- 6pm /Lecturer: Saskia Sassen, Chicago, Sociology/
Location: Stiteler Hall Silverstein
Forum
More info:
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/dcc/events.html
Thursday 10/25
6pm -- 9pm Islam Awareness Week 2007
/Presentations pertaining to Muslims
living in society today. /
Location: Logan Hall G14 -- Terrace Room
Friday 10/26 *GENDER, WAR, AND MILITARISM--Presented By
The Alice Paul Center*
8:15am -- 6:30pm / co-sponsorship from The Middle East
Center, the Annenberg /
/School, Greenfield Intercultural Center, the African Studies /
/Center, the Penn Women's Center, the English Department, the /
/LGBT// Center// , the History Department, the Political Science /
/Department/
Location: Wharton School Huntsman Hall
More info:
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/wstudies/gwmconference/
Friday 10/26
6pm -- 9pm Islam Awareness Week 2007
/Presentations pertaining to Muslims
living in society today. /
Location: Logan Hall G14 -- Terrace Room
Saturday 10/27 Human Chain for Peace on Penn Campus
12pm -- 1pm /Human Chain for Peace route: VA -
38th/Spruce - down 37th -- /
/ down Locust Walk - to
34th/Walnut. Continuing to 2:00 rally at /
/ Ind. Mall. Join Penn
Against War Students and Penn Faculty and /
/ Staff Against the War
in Iraq./
Location: 38th and Spruce to 34th
and Walnut
More info:
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/fsawi
Monday 10/29 Leadership Lunch: Donna Farrell (C'86)
12pm Director of Communications for the
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Location: Leadership Hall, 3814
Walnut Street
More info:
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/foxleadership/docs/events_calendar.php
Monday 10/29 *Embracing Social Response will Lead
Corporations to Success*
4pm -- 5pm /Top energy and environmental consultant,
Dr. Bruce Piasecki, /
/ joins us at The Penn Bookstore on
Monday, October 29 at 4:00 /
/ p.m. to discuss his book, "World
Inc." /
/ /Location: Penn Bookstore
More info:
http://www.upenn.edu/bookstore
Monday 10/29 Fox Speakers Forum: Faith-Based Initiatives:
What does the Future Hold?
5pm Jay F. Hein, Director of the White House
Office of Faith-Based Initiatives
John J. DiIulio, Jr.,
Former Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives
Jane Eisner, national
Constitution Center Vice President for national Programs and Initiatives
Location: College Hall 200, 3450
Woodland Walk
More info:
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/foxleadership/docs/events_calendar.php
UPCOMING EVENTS:
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31st at 12pm
Who REALLY Won the Democratic Debate?
A Post-Debate Forum
PoliComm:/ Journal of Political Communication/ is sponsoring an in-depth
forum the morning after the Democratic presidential debate in
Philadelphia, October 31st at *12pm*, in which notable figures in
politics and journalism will analyze the debate with celebrated members
of Penn's faculty:
- Mark Murray, Deputy Political Director for NBC News and editor of the
NBC Political Unit's blog, FirstRead.com
-Gail Shister, One of the nation's foremost television news industry
columnists and longtime reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer
-Faiz Shakir, Research Director for the Center for American Progress and
editor-in-chief of one of the most widely-read political blogs on the
Internet, ThinkProgress.org
-Alvin Felzenberg , Former chief spokesman for the 9/11 Commission and
currently an adjunct professor at the Annenberg School for Communication
-Dr. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Director of the Annenberg Public Policy
Center and one of the nation's foremost experts on political communication
-John DiIulio, Former head of the White House Office of Faith-Based
Initiatives and current head of the Fox Leadership Program
/
Moderated by David Eisenhower/, Expert on presidential communication and
director of the Institute for Public Service at the Annenberg School for
Communication
A buffet luncheon will follow the forum.
Please RSVP to Alison Berstecher ( aberstecher at asc.upenn.edu
<mailto:aberstecher at asc.upenn.edu>)
Research/Scholarship Opportunities
Call for submissions!
Have a midterm of final paper that you did well on but now just sits
on your computer? Submit it to PoliComm!
PoliComm is a professional-quality research journal that explores the
nexus of politics and communication. We accept papers originally
composed for communication, history, political science, linguistics,
anthropology, urban studies, film studies, visual studies, fine arts,
psychology or other related departments, as well as pieces composed
exclusively for PoliComm. Copies of our latest issue can be found
in the main offices of the history, communication, and political
science departments.
***Submissions can be any length or format and should be submitted to
journal.policomm at gmail.com <mailto:journal.policomm at gmail.com>. The
Spring 2008 submission deadline is
November 1.***
Questions? Contact Jordan Grossman ( jordang at sas.upenn.edu
<mailto:jordang at sas.upenn.edu>) or Carly Zakin (cbzakin at sas.upenn.edu
<mailto:cbzakin at sas.upenn.edu>)
--
Deirdre Martinez, PhD
Director and Lecturer
Fels Public Policy Internship Program and Penn in Washington
Fels Institute of Government
University of Pennsylvania
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