The University of Pittsburgh has named GSPIA Assistant Professor Jeremy Weber as a 2015 Faculty Fellow in Sustainability.  Weber is currently researching the impacts of policies regulating the generation and management of public revenues from natural gas extraction in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale.

Associate Professor Michael Kenney’s article: “Cyber-Terrorism in a Post-Stuxent World” has been the most downloaded Orbis article in the last 90 days.  According to Kenney’s paper, Recent cyber-attacks such as Stuxnet and Anonymous’ increasingly aggressive digital activism have rekindled fears that cyber-terrorism is an imminent threat. However, the concept remains poorly understood. Read more.

The University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs has been ranked 6th overall, and 2nd among public universities, in the 2015 Best Value Schools ranking of the 50 most innovative public service schools in the United States.  The only schools that ranked higher were those at Harvard, Duke, New York University, Princeton and Rutgers.

Asha Williams (MID ’07) will receive the Sheth International Young Alumni Achievement Award on March 18, 2015, at a ceremony to be held in the WPU Ballroom, 4: 30 pm to 6: 30 pm. GSPIA students are encouraged to meet Asha at 11 am in Room 3911. Asha is currently a Social Protection Specialist at The World Bank, where she provides support in the areas of project preparation, coordination, analysis, and research for lending and non-lending activities in the Latin American and Caribbean regions.

Professor Louis Picard, director of the Ford Institute for Human Security, and co-producer of the film, "Under the Umbrella Tree" recently sat down with Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Bob Podurgiel to discuss the film and his ongoing work in Uganda. Read article.