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Admiral Mike Rogers to Students: We’re Hiring

By Emma Leeds Armstrong and Quito Tsui By Emma Leeds Armstrong, ’18, and Quito Tsui, ’18 In November, Stanford in Government members attended a lecture by National Security Agency Director Admiral Michael Rogers. Rogers, who had been director of the agency for only eight months at the time of the event, fielded questions from faculty, […]

Live Stream Sen. Olympia Snowe and Jason Grumet

Senator Olympia Snowe and Jason Grumet are speaking Tuesday, November 11 at 12:00 p.m. You can watch a live-stream of the event here. Senator Olympia Snowe is a senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) and served an 18-year career in the Senate, which ended on January 2, 2013. Jason Grumet is the founder and president of the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC).

Stanford’s Own Oval Office

Stanford in Government’s Public Policy Forum hosted its first discussion Friday, “The Oval Office” on the Stanford Oval. PPF members presented, or in some cases, performed, short news briefings on timely issues. The event gave Stanford community members a chance to relax and learn about current events.

PPF Plans for Year Ahead

By Julia Espero, ’18 Last week’s Public Policy Forum retreat began with my two favorite things: gyros and conversation.  All forum members were seated in the Donald Kennedy room of the Haas Center for Public Service, which was softly strung with festive lights. Laughter and light conversation filled the room as I ate my falafel […]

Kinari Webb Kicks Off Lunch Series

By Matthew Cohen, ’18 On September 29, Stanford in Government hosted Dr. Kinari Webb, founder of Health in Harmony, a non-profit organization in Indonesia devoted to improving environmental health by improving community health. As a student, Webb visited the extraordinarily biodiverse Gunung Palung National Park in Borneo. Illegal logging threatens the park’s future, so Webb realized […]