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Molly Gavin ’01: Proving the power of networking, risk taking

June 23, 2015, By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
Molly Gavin’s career is a sequence of bold moves. The start of it all could be pinned to when, as an intern at Motorola, she sent an email to former CEO Robert “Bob” Galvin. From a speech Galvin delivered to the group of summer interns in Schaumberg, Ill., Gavin gathered she had more in common with the then-81-year-old than a similar last name. Read More. 

Final IR/PS class entrusted to ‘write the social contract of this century’

June 18, 2015, By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
Under the dim lights of the RIMAC Arena, two banners stand. 2015 CommencementStage right is one clad with the emblem for the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS). Stage left is one with the new logo for the School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS). Parked in between the two is the class of 2015. Read More.

2015 Alumni Weekend: Honoring Portia Bibb, calling point to climate change

June 17, 2015, By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
As part of UC San Diego’s annual Alumni Weekend, the School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) carved out some time to not only reconnect its own alumni, but also recognize one of the School’s earliest staff members. Read More.

Susan Shirk: Leaving no stone unturned

June 17, 2015,  By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
Professor Susan Shirk knows the School of Global Policy and Strategy like the back of her hand, figuratively and navigationally so. Some might even argue the Ho Miu Lam Endowed Chair in China and Pacific Relations knows its story best. Then again, she’s been one of the leading figures writing it since 1986. Read More.

Q&A: Assistant Professor Elizabeth Lyons

June 17, 2015, By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
A native to Canada and newcomer to San Diego, Elizabeth Lyons spared some time from her summer fieldwork in Kenya to recount her first year at GPS. In addition to discussing what prepared her for the “dream job,” Lyons also detailed her research regarding how mobile training can improve employee performance. Read More.