About the DeanMolly Selvin, former journalist and professor, became the Interim Dean of PRGS in July 2008.Policy InsightPolicy Insight, Volume 2, Issue 4 is now available, "The Cost-Effectiveness of Education Interventions in Poor Countries" Read Policy InsightAnnouncementsPh.D. Policy Analysis Information SessionsA series of information sessions on the Pardee Graduate School Ph.D. program will be held in several locations this fall. For information, please select a session:
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PRGS News & Featured DissertationsPRGS graduate appointed by Governer Schwarzenegger — November 21, 2008Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his appointment of David G. Maxwell-Jolly, Ph.D. and graduate of the Pardee Graduate School, as the director for the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). "His knowledge of health care and public policy will be a great asset to the department during these challenging fiscal times," said Governor Schwarzenegger. DHCS' mission is to preserve and improve the health status of all Californians.
PRGS Doctoral Fellow Ryan Keefe's research awarded "3 best" — November 10, 2008"The Benefits and Costs of New Fuels and Engines for Light-Duty Vehicles in the United States," published in Risk Analysis, was chosen as one of the three best papers of the year for that publication. The research, co-authored by PRGS Fellow Jay Griffin, will be recognized December 9 at the annual Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) meeting. The meeting brings together nearly 1,000 international scientists and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines who share an interest in risk analysis.Dr. Francis Fukuyama's observations on capitalism appear in Newsweek — October 13, 2008Rand Graduate School board member Francis Fukuyama published an article entitled, "The Fall of America, Inc." in the issue dated October 13, 2008.
Susan L. Marquis Selected as Fourth Dean of RAND Graduate School — October 6, 2008Susan L. Marquis, a former senior Pentagon official and government management expert, will become the new dean of the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Dr. Marquis currently is a member of the advisory council of the Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and is currently serving on the school's Task Force on the Changing Nature of Public Service. She will assume the position January 2009.PRGS Fellow's paper widely mentioned in national media — updated! — September 25, 2008PRGS Fellow Meena Fernandes' recently published paper has been cited by several media, including the September 23rd issue of the New York Times and the Sept. 3rd issue of the Los Angeles Times. Her paper is titled "The Effect of Soft Drink Availability in Elementary Schools on Consumption" and is published in the September issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. PRGS Professor Roland Sturm was her advisor on this work.
Gender and Health: The Effects of Constrained Choices and Social Policies — September 4, 2008PRGS Professor Chloe Bird's book, "Gender and Health: The Effects of Constrained Choices and Social Policies," was recently reviewed by both the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA. The book focuses on gender differences in health and aims to reshape the research agenda with regard to differences between men's and women's health.
PRGS Policy Insight — August 29, 2008PRGS is pleased to announce volume 2, issue 4 of Policy Insight. Published on a bimonthly basis, each issue will highlight a major public policy challenge in the USA or the world, along with analysis by PRGS fellows and faculty that will help policy makers address these challenges. This issue: "The Cost-Effectiveness of Education Interventions in Poor Countries."PRGS Findings — August 21, 2008The latest issue of Findings introduces interim dean Molly Selvin, provides updates from current and graduated fellows, lists recent dissertations, and more. Findings is the alumni newsletter.PRGS graduate tapped for AEI leadership position — July 21, 2008Arthur C. Brooks has been selected as the 11th president of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. AEI, founded in 1943, is a private, nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics, economics, and social welfare. Dr. Brooks' PRGS dissertation, Arts, Markets, and Governments - A Study in Cultural Policy Analysis, was submitted 7/11/98.
2008 Washington Defense Security Course — July 3, 2008PRGS is hosting the 2008 Washington Defense Security course in October. Since its inception in 2000, "New Security Challenges," an intensive weeklong program offered by the Pardee RAND Graduate School, has equipped participants with both an understanding of the most critical current policy challenges and the most up-to-date analytical techniques for addressing them.PRGS incoming fellow presents research to international symposium — July 3, 2008Matthew Schneider presented his research at the 2008 International Symposium of Forecasting on June 24 in Nice, France. Matthew, who enters his PRGS Ph.D. program this August, presented, "Reanalyzing M3 Competition Data Using Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curves."
Graduate fellowship awarded from the Federal Highway Administration — June 28, 2008Brian A. Weatherford has been awarded an Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. The purpose of the fellowship program is to attract qualified students to the fields of transportation education and research and to broaden the scope of knowledge of the entire transportation community. Fellowships are awarded on the basis of merit, including class standing, transportation work experience, and the applicant's proposed plan of study. As part of the fellowship, Brian will receive funding toward attending the Transportation Research Board annual meeting in January in Washington D.C.
Francis Fukuyama delivers PRGS commencement address — June 21, 2008 Fukuyama was the featured speaker at the Pardee RAND Graduate School commencement ceremony. In his speech, "Is the United States Ready for a Post-American World?" Fukuyama noted that the world has changed dramatically since the Cold War and the post-Cold War era, and that U.S. foreign policy must move beyond a reliance on military strength alone.Publication supported by PRGS fellow receives praise — May 14, 2008A book review of "Making Liberia Safe: Transformation of the National Security Sector" appears in the May/June 2008 issue of Foreign Affairs, a journal published by the Council on Foreign Relations. PRGS fellow Brooke K. Stearns is a co-author.
Dr. Argüden receives Distinguished Citizenship Award — May 2, 2008Dr. Yilmaz Argüden, graduate of PRGS (1980) and Chairman of ARGE Consulting and Rothschild-Turkey, received The Distinguished Citizenship Award from Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Chairman of ATC (American-Turkish Council) and Ferit Şahenk, Chairman of TAIK (Turkish-US Business Council) for his innovative leadership in promoting Turkey in North America.PRGS graduate runs for California State Senate — April 24, 2008PRGS graduate Joe Nation is running for a California State Senate seat. He received his doctorate degree in public policy analysis, then earned a post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University.
PRGS Fellow co-authors World Bank Working Paper on SARS Type Economic Effects — Feb. 13, 2008PRGS Fellow Arin Dutta is co-author of "On SARS Type Economic Effects during Infectious Disease Outbreaks," along with Milan Brahmbhatt, World Bank Lead Economist in the East Asia and Pacific Region.
PRGS Fellow Recognized as 2007 Air Force Cadet of the Year — Jan. 4, 2008One of our own PRGS Fellows, 2nd Lt. Brandon Dues, was honored by Air Force officials as the 2007 Cadet of the Year in a ceremony January 3 at the Pentagon. The Cadet of the Year Award recognizes the most outstanding cadet in an Air Force commissioning program as reported in Air Force Link.Alcohol Outlets and Problem Drinking — Nov. 19, 2007An article on alcohol sales outlets and problem drinking co-authored by PRGS alumnus Khoa Truong '07 and Professor Roland Sturm was published recently by the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, and has been picked up by internet news sites in India and Australia. Truong and Sturm found that, although on-sale establishments were significantly associated with excessive alcohol consumption and heavy episodic drinking, off-sale retails, such as liquor stores, were not found to be related to problem drinking.
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