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Why GPS: A career-switcher’s guide to data science
June 14, 2017 | By Anton Prokopyev, 2017 MIA candidate | GPS News
As part of an ongoing series, we give students the creative liberty to opine on their favorite memories from the School and “why GPS” is a solid fit to pursue their graduate education
Office hours: Assistant Professor Liz Lyons
June 11, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
The GPS faculty member opens up about some of the dearest objects that adorn her office, painting a picture of her professional backstory and personal interests
Commemorating five years of friendship
June 8, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
Delegates from Fudan University visited UC San Diego to honor a half-decade of partnership and bilateral achievements via the Fudan-UC Center
Bank of Mexico governor to speak at GPS commencement
June 8, 2017 | By Anthony King | GPS News
Keynoting GPS’s commencement ceremony on June 18 is Agustín Carstens
Honoring standout students
May 19, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
GPS celebrated its 2017 award winners with an intimate luncheon on May 12
2016 alumni remember their first year in the real world
May 18, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
As the class of 2017 hits the home stretch to graduation, we caught up with a few 2016 alumni to see where they wound up one year after earning their GPS degrees
Coming home for collaboration
May 16, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
As CGT’s first-ever research fellow, Terra Lawson-Remer is bridging research and the real world in the classroom and creating new connections outside of it
All in on international development at PCI
May 15, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
As part of an ongoing series to spotlight GPS’s top employers, we profile why PCI hires our graduates, plus why current alumni enjoy working there
Positively competing against each other
By Anthony King | GPS News
Motivated by impactful internships of their own, GPS alumni rallied around a class fundraising competition that amassed more than $17,500 for the School’s Summer Internship Fund
Why GPS: A cross point to connect the dots
May 9, 2017 | By Shunichi Muto, 2018 MIA candidate | GPS News
As part of an ongoing series, we give students the creative liberty to opine on their favorite memories from the School and “why GPS” is a solid fit to pursue their graduate education
Sponsored Student Spotlight: Duangruetai Surasakjinda
May 2017 | International Students and Programs Office
Q&A with first year GPS student Duangruetai Surasakjinda
Time to act
May 1, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
For her enduring support of GPS and perseverance to address wrongs on the international stage — foremost in Syria — Tamar Koosed is GPS’s 2017 Outstanding Alumna
Paths to public service
By Anthony King and Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
GPS hosted ambitious, diverse students for the inaugural Public Service Weekend at UC San Diego
Clean-tech Czar
April 27, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | UC San Diego News
As point person for San Diego’s Cleantech Initiative, UC San Diego alumnus Jacques Chirazi has steered city’s strides in sustainability
Global Leaders, Alumna Join UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy Advisory Board
April 26, 2017 | By Anthony King | UC San Diego News
Led by newly appointed chair, long-standing board aids dean in strategic vision and outreach
A head start on marine conservation
April 24, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
Discover what motivated Frederick Hemans, 2018 MIA candidate, to pen a policy paper about China’s role in the Antarctic sea and how it’s turning heads
Experiencing the ‘crossroad of the US, Asia and Mexico’
April 20, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
As part of his Pacific Leadership Fellowship, Enrico Letta derived new impressions of not only the EU-U.S. relationship but also the U.S.-Mexico one
Stephan Haggard hones in on ‘Hard Target’
April 19, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
In a Q&A, the professor opens up about the coming of his new book, “Hard Target,” and working with his writing partner, Marcus Noland
Why GPS: Finding the awe in other ways of life
April 14, 2017 | By Juan Pablo Feregrino, 2018 MIA candidate | GPS News
As part of an ongoing series, we give students the creative liberty to opine on their favorite memories from the School and “why GPS” is a solid fit to pursue their graduate education
Big Pixel Initiative Invites Public to Help Map our World
April 10, 2017 | By Anthony King | UC San Diego News
UC San Diego Research set to transform the way urbanization, growth is studied
Why GPS: Turning passion into reality
March 27, 2017 | By Ashley Halabi, 2018 MIA candidate | GPS News
As part of an ongoing series, we give students the creative liberty to opine on their favorite memories from the School and “why GPS” is a solid fit to pursue their graduate education
Selected as a Sylff Fellow
March 20, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS NewsIn a Q&A, two students open up about how their fellowships are preparing them to break global boundaries after GPS
Charlene Barshefsky chronicles China’s protectionism
March 14, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
GPS’s 21st Century China Center welcomed Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky for its fifth annual Robert F. Ellsworth Memorial Lecture
Voicing an environmental policy outlook under Trump
March 14, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
Professor David Victor pares into five points how the election jolted parts of the nation and, in turn, generated apprehensions in the scientific community
A day in the life of a BA/MIA student
March 10, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
In a Q&A complementing our Storify tour of a day in the life of Jeanne Marasigan, the 2018 BA/MIA candidate paints a picture of what attending GPS looks like today
Office hours: Assistant Professor Teevrat Garg
Feb. 28, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
The GPS faculty member opens up about some of the dearest objects that adorn his office, painting a picture of his professional backstory and personal interests
Working toward a purpose together at GAO
Feb. 24, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
As part of an ongoing series to spotlight GPS’s top employers, we profile why GAO hires our graduates, plus why current alumni enjoy working there
NAFTA Under Siege
Feb. 23, 2017 | By Anthony King | UC San Diego News
As the current administration continues to call out perceived pitfalls of the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, trade experts, business leaders, former government officials and current policymakers will gather at UC San Diego to lead timely and important conversations on the likely consequences of revoking or renegotiating the trade agreement.
Connecting the dots on the U.S.-Japan relationship
Feb. 21, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
As part of her Pacific Leadership Fellowship, Yoriko Kawaguchi rediscovered the strength of and predicted what’s in store for U.S.-Japan relations
Research to Help Mitigate Future Shocks to State’s Water, Food and Energy Supplies
Feb. 16, 2017 | By Anthony King | UC San Diego News
The California drought may be unofficially over, but that doesn’t mean it won’t return. Policymakers, businesses and the agriculture industry can best prepare for that possibility by applying what they have learned from past droughts to future events.
Why GPS: A place to call home in a foreign land
By Meghna Jain, 2018 MIA candidate | GPS News
As part of an ongoing series, we give students the creative liberty to opine on their favorite memories from the School and “why GPS” is a solid fit to pursue their graduate education
Emboldened to make the future brighter
Feb. 8, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
In time for International Women’s Day on March 8, we spotlight five GPS alumnae and their professional achievements stemming from moments of being bold in their careers
A pivot from physics
Feb. 6, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
Steven Buchsbaum ’97 attended GPS to discover what could be the next step in his science-centric career. What he received was so much more.
Strength in numbers
Feb. 3, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
Roughly 50 alumni returned to GPS for its annual Winter Connections event, meeting with and lending advice to the students soon to enter their alumni network
Research renewed at USMEX
By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
Three USMEX Fellows detail how their fellowships are taking their respective research projects to the next level
Up to snuff
Jan. 20, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
Travis Lindsay, 2017 MIA candidate, reflects on the ways in which his first year at GPS primed him for the accomplishments that followed, such as being published in The Diplomat
Imparting lessons from elections
Jan. 20, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
A glimpse at Associate Professor John Ahlquist’s research on Hungarian election reforms, to be presented at Destination GPS
Cultured to foster U.S.-Japan connections
Jan. 19, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
Granted participation in the Kakehashi Project in 2016, GPS sent a cohort of students to Japan to absorb the culture and make memories to last a lifetime
Why GPS: Going beyond expectations
Jan. 12, 2017 | By Dana Kozhakhmetova, 2018 MIA candidate | GPS News
As part of an ongoing series, we give students the creative liberty to opine on their favorite memories from the School and “why GPS” is a solid fit to pursue their graduate education
A day in the life of an MPP student
Jan. 12, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
In a Q&A complementing our Storify tour of a day in the life of Shadi Matar, the 2018 MPP candidate paints a picture of what attending GPS looks like today
Changing rather than researching the world
Jan. 11, 2017 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
As a faculty leader of GPS’s new MPP degree program, Professor Zoltan Hajnal is committed to shaping policymakers in the classroom and actual policy outside of it
Carnegie Corporation of New York Supports UC San Diego-Hosted International Talks on Northeast Asia
Jan. 5, 2017 | By Alexandra Steven and Jade Griffin | UC San Diego News
The University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, which is based at UC San Diego, received a grant of $500,000 to support the institute’s annual Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue (NEACD), a forum which convenes policy-level officials from China, Russia, North and South Korea, Japan and the United States to candidly discuss urgent security topics in Northeast Asia.
Ensuring students are ahead of the curve
Dec. 19, 2016 | By By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
Working behind the scenes, GPS’s Professional Development Committee is dedicated to dreaming up how to make students stand out in the workforce
Variability biggest bane of water in the West
Dec. 14, 2016 | By By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
GPS’s Science Policy Fellows Program gathered scientist and policy experts from across campus and San Diego to traverse the hard-hitting topic of California’s water supply
Why GPS: Genuine support for your future career
By Samuel Huang, 2018 MIA candidate | GPS News
As part of an ongoing series, we give students the creative liberty to opine on their favorite memories from the School and “why GPS” is a solid fit to pursue their graduate education
Office hours: Professor Barbara F. Walter
Dec. 12, 2016 | By Sarah Pfledderer | GPS News
The GPS faculty member opens up about some of the dearest objects that adorn her office, painting a picture of her professional backstory and personal interests
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