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The George Mason University Center for State and Local Leadership Cordially invites you to Driving Forces: Healthcare, Infrastructure, and Virginia’s Fiscal Future Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 10 AM – 2 PM ET With keynote speaker Dr. Mark McClellan, MD, PhD. Director, Engelberg Center for Heal th Care Reform, The Brookings Institution With panels including : [...]

September 18th & 20th 5:00 – 7:00pm With the support of Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and George W. Bush, Constitution Week was enacted to annually commemorate the adoption of the U.S. Constitution on the week of September 17th. In celebration of Constitution Week the School of Public Policy Student Association and the School of Law [...]

If you are interested in Mexican- US relations, immigration policy, development, and security issues, the Mexico City study abroad is an ideal elective for you. Earn 3 credits next spring and visit Mexico City during spring break. Professor Charlie Goff, a favorite program speaker during our class in Mexico, is in DC for the Caravan [...]

September 19 SPP Brown Bag Seminar “Group Conversation on Networks and Network Research in Public Policy” Speakers: Mark Addleson, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Janine Wedel, University Professor; Louise Shelley, University Professor, Director, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center; Laurie Schintler, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Associate Director of Center for the Study of International Medical [...]

September 25, 2012 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Defense Zhenhua Chen “Transportation and Regional Output in the Northeast Megaregion: A Spatial Econometric CGE Assessment” 9:00am – 11:00am Arlington Campus, Founders Hall, Room 602 Contact: Shannon Williams, swilli32@gmu.edu September 25, 2012 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Defense Utkirdjan Umarov “Housing Price Bubble Spillovers: Financial Markets and Government Budgets Evidence from [...]

The Peace Operations Policy Program of the School of Public Policy, George Mason University is proud to present the following in its “Peace and Stability Operations Colloquium Series” of events: Customary Law: A Problem to be Solved or a Resource to be Utilized? Date: Wednesday, 5 September 2012 Time: 1:00-3:30 p.m. Location: 3351 Fairfax Drive, [...]

October 25, 2012 “Closing the Development Gender Gap: World Development Report 2012″ Speaker: Sudhir Shetty, Sector Director, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, East Asia and Pacific Region, The World Bank noon – 1:00pm Arlington Campus, Founders Hall,  Room 475 Please visit the CEMP website at http://cemp.gmu.edu for additional information November 8, 2012 “The Global Land [...]

Listing of Fall 2012 Doctoral Student Events.

Fall 2012 Dean’s Reception.

Noted Economists Address Income Inequality in Talk at George Mason University’s School of Public Policy in Arlington, Va. WHAT: The 99% and Occupy Wall Street movements have focused attention on growing inequality in America. As the election looms, Democrats and Republicans differ sharply on whether inequality is a policy problem that the government should address, [...]