January 30, 2013
International Affairs Colloquium brings experts on Global issues to Penn State
Professor and U.S. Ambassador (Ret.) Dennis Jett, is bringing thought leaders on topics ranging from food security to terrorism to Penn State's School of International Affairs (SIA) as part of his Spring Colloquium which began on January 10 and continues throughout the semester. The program features 15 speakers.
"The problems adressed by our guests are transnational in nature and threaten global health and security," said Amb. Jett. "The speakers demonstrate how truly interconnected our world is and how policy development must take this into account."
For the first time since Amb. Jett began organizing the Colloquium in 2009, it will be held in the Executive Education Building's main classroom which is located next to the Nittany Lion Inn. There are a limited number of seats open to students not enrolled in SIA, faculty members, and the public. All of the presentations will take place from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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Colloquium Schedule |
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| Date | Speaker/Topic |
| January 10, 2013 | Steve Mufson, Washington Post Energy Correspondent — Energy |
| January 17, 2013 | Dr. Roger Finke, Penn State Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies— Religion |
| January 24, 2013 | Gregory Gottlieb, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID, Bureau for Food Security — Development |
| January 31, 2013 | Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (Ret.) — Partisanship and Policy Making |
| February 7, 2013 | Dr. Lakshman Yapa, Penn State Professor of Human Geography — Poverty |
| February 14, 2013 | Dr. Richard Alley, Penn State Professor of GeoSciences — Climate Change |
| February 21, 2013 | Dr. Sami Hermez, University of Pittsburgh Visiting Professor of Contemporary International Issues — Arab Spring |
| February 28, 2013 | Dr. John Horgan, Director of Penn State's International Center for the Study of Terrorism — The Future of Terrorism |
| March 7, 2013 | Spring Break |
| March 14, 2013 | Sebastian Rotella, Sr. Reporter at Pro Publica – the Media in the Internet Age |
| March 21, 2013 | Joel Rubin, Director of Policy and Government Affairs Ploughshares Fund — Iran's Nuclear Program |
| March 28, 2013 | Dr. Jeffrey McCausland, Carnegie Council Senior Fellow — Arms Control |
| April 4, 2013 | Evans Revere, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute — North Korea |
| April 11, 2013 | Karl Hofmann — President and CEO, PSI — Health |
| April 18, 2013 | Peter Van Buren, former State Deptartment Official and author of We Meant Well — Post-Conflict Nation Building |
| April 25, 2013 | Ray McGovern, retired CIA Officer — Intelligence and Integrity |