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Saturday, May 3, 2008

In remembrance of Ed Schuh

The Humphrey Institute's former dean, friend, and mentor, Regents Professor Ed Schuh, passed away over the weekend. He was in the care of family and friends and will be deeply missed. Professor Schuh was well-respected and very accomplished in his career. He was enjoying praises from his most recent honor from the University of Minnesota, the 2008 President's Award for Outstanding Service. This prestigious award is presented each year in the spring and honors those who have gone well beyond their regular duties and have demonstrated an unusual commitment to the University community, an award truly deserved by Professor Schuh.

Posted by Jamie Proulx at 01:37 PM ¤

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Saturday, Apr 26, 2008

-Top Stories Humphrey Institute Events

Panel discussion about diplomacy and democracy building TONIGHT

The Humphrey Institute will co-host a panel discussion on diplomacy and democracy building around the world at 6 p.m. on April 28 in Cowles Auditorium. The program - presented in partnership with the National Democratic Institute, International Republican Institute, and the American Academy of Diplomacy - will reveal what it takes to promote and sustain democracy abroad. Ambassadors and on-the-ground personnel from such regions as the Middle East, Latin America, and Yemen will give first-person accounts of their work and its challenges. The program is free and presented in partnership with the Minnesota International Center.

Posted by Jamie Proulx at 09:40 AM ¤

Saturday, Apr 19, 2008

Melissa Stone will be honored at Distinguished Teaching Awards ceremony on April 28

Associate Professor Melissa Stone, director of the Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center and area chair for public and nonprofit management, has been named a 2008 recipient of the University of Minnesota’s Distinguished Teaching Award. This prestigious award honors outstanding contributions to post baccalaureate, graduate, and professional education and honorees are inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Teachers. Stone joins Professor Ragui Assaad, who received this award in 2005, and Associate Professor Deborah Levison, who received this award in 2006.

Stone will be honored at an awards ceremony on Monday, April 28, at 3:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall at the McNamara Center. The Distinguished Teaching Awards are sponsored by the University of Minnesota’s Senate Committee on Educational Policy, the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, and the University of Minnesota Alumni Association.

Posted by Jamie Proulx at 11:06 AM ¤

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Friday, Apr 18, 2008

School Change Exchange blog launches!

School Change Exchange joins Policy Catalyst, By the People, and Smart Politics as the fourth Humphrey Institute research center blog.

School Change Exchange begins its life as the primary publicity platform for the Center for School Change's (CSC) new outreach initiative aimed at educating students and parents about the educational opportunities made possible via Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO).

Leading CSC's blog efforts are program director Laura Bloomberg, center staff members Naima Bashir and Sheena Thao, and a diverse and talented group of current and former PSEO students who will publish essays and multimedia pieces relating their own experiences studying as a college student while still in high school.

All of these blogs have been created using the University of Minnesota's UThink system and can be found in one central space—the Humphrey blog digest, located at the memorable (and almost pronounceable!) URL blog.hhh.umn.edu. From the Humphrey blog digest, you can subscribe to each of the research centers' RSS news feeds (click the preceding link to learn how to use RSS feeds), read the latest stories from each of the research center blogs in one place, and access the internal Humphrey community blogs, Institute Insider from Humphrey communications and An Affair to Remember by the Public Affairs Student Association.

Additionally, you can subscribe to Humphrey Institute In the News for a daily digest of media appearances made by Institute faculty, staff, and students, maintained by the Institute's communications office.

Posted by Graham Lampa at 09:38 PM ¤

Saturday, Mar 29, 2008

CSTPP's Policy Catalyst blog and HHH Blog Index launch

The Humphrey Institute's Center for Science, Technology, and Public Policy is launching their blog, "Policy Catalyst." This is now the third Humphrey research center blog to come online, and you can find them all aggregated together at the new Humphrey blog index at http://blog.hhh.umn.edu along with the Institute Insider and An Affair to Remember, from the Public Affairs Student Association.