Internews – Yangon, Myanmar
Faculty Mentor: Ted Glasser Office Description: Internews is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect, and the means to make their voices heard. Internews trains both media professionals and citizen journalists, introduces innovative media solutions, increases coverage of […]
Knight Journalism Fellow Shares Insights into Garment Manufacturing Industry
By Lauren Newby and Elena Bauer On Friday, October 31, Stanford in Government’s Campus Awareness Committee hosted a Policy Lunch with John S. Knight Journalism Fellow Christina Passariello. Passariello started out the lunch by sharing a brief history of the path she took into journalism and the many places it has lead her to since she […]
SIG Hosts Jonathan Jansen for a Discussion on Race and Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa
By Stefan Norogaard On Tuesday, November 4, SIG cosponsored a lecture and discussion with Professor Jonathan Jansen, the vice chancellor and rector of the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Jansen is one of South Africa’s most well known public intellectuals and is known to drive important debates about race, reconciliation, […]
Weyant, Nobel Laureate, Talks Energy Policy and International Relations
By Elena Bauer On Wednesday November 5, Stanford in Government hosted a Policy Lunch with Professor John Weyant of the Management Science and Engineering (MS&E) department. His research is primarily focused on global climate change policy options, and he has traveled the world influencing energy policy. Weyant was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize once in […]
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).