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General News May 3, 2024

Fellow Spotlight: Bill Gormley

BILL GORMLEY is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University. Until 2023, he taught public policy and government courses and co-directed the Center for Research on Children in the United States (C…

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General News Apr 19, 2024

The Academy and Earth Day: A focus on the future

One of the Academy’s 12 Grand Challenges is “Steward Natural Resources and Address Climate Change.” As we see changes in the world around us, the first steps towards taking action are to observe and understand. The Acade…

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General News Apr 12, 2024

Fellow Spotlight: Prajapati Trivedi

Prof. Prajapati Trivedi is currently the Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for SDG Implementation, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK; a Distinguished Professor at the School of Public Policy and Governanc…

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Standing Panel News Apr 5, 2024

Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change: A Comparative Study of Governance Processes in Australia, China, and the United States

In 2023, UN climate proceedings (COP 28) made clear that challenges of adapting to climate impacts are now a priority comparable to the focus on mitigation (greenhouse gas reduction). Floods, wildfires, drought, and heat…

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General News Mar 22, 2024

Fellow Spotlight: Roderick Hickman

Roderick Hickman is a nationally acclaimed corrections executive, reformer, federal court monitor, and consultant. Professionally he is recognized for his work in leading the historic reorganization of corrections in Cal…

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Standing Panel News Mar 15, 2024

Making AI Better Than Us – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

It was not until the end of 2022 that ChatGPT entered the public domain, meaning we all had to learn what generative AI was about. Its overnight success was no less amazing as it took just five days to reach a million us…

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General News Mar 15, 2024

Fellow Spotlight: Dr. Karen Hardy

Who or what inspired you to enter into public service? I actually fell into public service full-time after working in banking, even though I spent my freshman and sophomore college years as a Junior Fellow and worked a…

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General News Mar 7, 2024

Fellow Spotlight: G.L.A. "Gigi" Harris

An accomplished scholar and consummate "pracademic," Dr. G.L.A. Harris came to the Thunderbird School of Global Management following a successful 17-year career at Portland State University (PSU). She is renowned for her…

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Standing Panel News Mar 7, 2024

Climate Adaptation Governance Project: Shanghai Forum Roundtable

The initial findings of the Academy co-sponsored Australia/China/U.S. climate adaptation project, and project next steps, were the focus of a Roundtable at the fall 2023 annual Shanghai Forum. The project, co-sponsored w…

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Standing Panel News Mar 3, 2024

What can countries and local governments learn from comparing approaches to climate impact?

Adaptation to climate impacts (flood, fire, heat, drought) is a global challenge. In contrast to “mitigation” (greenhouse gas reduction), adaptation is a quintessentially local challenge; floods or fires may cause disast…

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General News Feb 23, 2024

Fellow Spotlight: Byron Adkins

Byron M. Adkins, Jr. is the Associate Director for Operations at the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) and has nineteen years of federal government experience and military service (U.S. Army). Prior to joining FCA, he ser…

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General News Feb 16, 2024

Fellow Spotlight: David C. Wilson

David C. Wilson, Ph.D. is Dean of the Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy and Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His research investigates the psycho…

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