| | | | | | | |  Energy Department Official Howard Gruenspecht Announces U.S. Energy Forecasts on December 17
Howard Gruenspecht, acting administrator of the Energy Information Administration (EIA) at the U.S. Department of Energy, discussed "EIA Updated Energy Forecasts to 2030" on Wednesday, December 17. Click here for audio of this event.
| | |  SAIS Hosted Book Event on Shah of Iran on December 3
On Wednesday, December 3, Gholam Reza Afkhami, senior scholar at the Foundation for Iranian Studies, discussed his new book, The Life and Times of the Shah. Commentary was provided by Kenneth Pollack, director of research at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution; Vali Nasr, professor of international politics at the Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; and Azar Nafisi (moderator), director of SAIS Cultural Conversations. Click here for audio of this event.
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| | PepsiCo International CEO Michael White Spoke at SAIS on November 20
Michael White, chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo International and a SAIS graduate, delivered the W.P. Carey Global Leader Lecture on "Sustainability and Responsibility: 21st Century Leadership Imperatives" on Thursday, November 20. Click here for audio of this event. | Water Resources Expert Jerome Delli Priscoli Spoke at SAIS on November 18
Jerome Delli Priscoli, senior adviser for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Institute for Water Resources, spoke on "Water and Security" on Tuesday, November 18. Click here for audio of this event. | Senator Chuck Hagel and Washington Post Columnist Jim Hoagland Spoke at SAIS on November 18
Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel; Jim Hoagland, foreign affairs columnist at The Washington Post; and John Mark (moderator), president of Search for Common Ground, discussed "Toward a Bi-Partisan Foreign Policy," on Tuesday, November 18. Click here for audio of this event. | SAIS Team Takes First Place in Thunderbird Sustainable Innovation Summit Challenge
For the second year in a row, a team of five SAIS students finished in first place out of more than 130 teams competing in the Sustainable Innovation Summit Challenge hosted November 13-15 by Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Ariz. SAIS was the only non-MBA school participating in the group of 10 teams from around the world in the final round of the competition. Congratulations to team members Sarah Austrin-Willis, Caroline Levington, Kimberly Wattrick, Victoria Wilson and Lauren Witlin who took home a $20,000 prize. Click here for more information. | IMF Official John Lipsky Spoke at SAIS on November 17
John Lipsky, first deputy managing director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), discussed "Toward a Post-Crisis World Economy," on Monday, November 17. Click here for audio of this event. | General Peter Chiarelli Spoke at SAIS On November 6
Peter Chiarelli, vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army and former commanding general of the U.S. Multi-National Corps in Iraq, discussed "An Army at War: Adapting to the Changing Strategic Environment," on Thursday, November 6 at SAIS. Click here for audio of this event. | Acclaimed Authors Discussed the Politics of Literature at SAIS on November 3
Azar Nafisi, director of SAIS Cultural Conversations and author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books; Marie Arana, book editor of The Washington Post and author of Cellophane; and Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, vice president of International PEN and author of The Dark Path to the River, discussed "Power, Politics and the Prism of Literature" at SAIS on Monday, November 3. Click here for audio of this event.
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