- The Schar School’s 2020 Tolchin Symposium takes on two civil rights issues—racial inequalities and the right to vote—in a program that also celebrates the 100th anniversary of the women’s suffrage movement.
- Former deputy director of the FBI Andrew McCabe strengthens an already top-ranked national security faculty at the Schar School of Policy and Government.
- A new survey ranks public policy schools based on the quantity and quality of their research output; the Schar School of Policy and Government is No. 2 in the Washington region.
- A year after earning her PhD in Biodefense at the Schar School of Policy and Government, epidemiologist Saskia Popescu returns to the school as a term assistant professor.
- Is #BLM a new movement or a continuation of the Civil Rights movement from the 1960s? A panel takes in the historical perspective of today’s headlines.
- Schar School professor Hilton Root is only one of 40, out of 800, to be chosen for a Fulbright Distinguished Chair. He will study U.S.-China economic relations.
- Few in the biodefense industry have any doubts that the COVID-19 crisis is inspiring new interest in creating bioweapons.
Terrorism worries: Newly dismissed counterterrorism chief Russ Travers makes his first live appearance since firing.- In case you missed it, here is a wrap up with links of a week’s worth of academic webinars on ‘Social Justice in America’ hosted by the Schar School of Policy and Government.
- Collecting our thoughts: What were Schar School scholars thinking for the first half of July?
- Former governor and now Schar School professor Terry McAuliffe lays out remedies for today’s social ills.
- Pardon us while we “collect our thoughts” from the month of June.
