Sanford School of Public Policy
Duke University
Living Public Service Reception in Washington, D.C.
July 22, 2009: Students, alumni, and friends of the Sanford School gathered to celebrate the tradition of public service at a reception on Capitol Hill in the Cannon Caucus Room. A short video featuring 5 Sanford alumni showcased the dedication of our alumni to public service careers. [see videos]
Lectures and Featured Speakers
February 5, 2009: Cory Booker: “The Next Generation of Political Leadership”
Newark Mayor Cory Booker appealed to Duke students to commit themselves to political engagement and social justice. [podcast
on iTunesU] [video
podcast on iTunesU]
January 20, 2009: Artist in Residence: November 10-14 2008
cartoonist Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher
November 20, 2008: Robert M. Entman: Media Expert Discusses Election Coverage Professor Robert M. Entman addresses questions about the 2008 presidential campaign
November 17, 2008: Michelle Rhee: “Public Education Reform: The Case Study of Washington, D.C.”
Michelle Rhee, Chancellor of the Washington, D.C., Public Schools
[podcast
on iTunesU] [video
podcast on iTunesU]
November 5, 2008: Duke Students Celebrate Historic Presidential Election
Undergrads, grad students and international students gathered for "Duke Votes," an election night viewing party at the Sanford Institute. View a slide show of photographs from the event.
September 25, 2008: Julian Savulescu: “The
Moral Imperative to Enhance
Human Beings”
Bioethicist Julian Savulescu of Oxford University
makes the case for human enhancement through biotechnology in the 2007 Crown
Lecture in Ethics.
[podcast
on iTunesU] [video
podcast on iTunesU]
April 23, 2008: Chelsea Clinton makes campaign
stop at Sanford
The event was sponsored
by Duke Democrats. For more, please read the report in the Duke Chronicle.
[podcast
on iTunesU] [video
podcast on iTunesU]
March 17, 2008: New
York Times Reporter Stephen Labaton Discusses Effect of 24/7
Internet News Cycle on Investigative Reporting
The Futrell
award is given annually by the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy
to honor a Duke alumnus.
[podcast
on iTunesU] [video
podcast on iTunesU]
November 27, 2007: New York Times columnist Paul Krugman discussed the links between political partisanship and economic inequality
Krugman will discuss his new book, Conscience of a Liberal, which calls for new policies to address the nation's economic inequalities.
[podcast
on iTunesU] [video
podcast on iTunesU]
October 11, 2007: Jeffrey Toobin: Discussed new book with Law School Dean David Levi and Law School Professor Neil Siegel
Author and legal affairs analyst Jeffrey Toobin spoke at Duke University's Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy about his latest book, “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court.”
[podcast
on iTunesU] [video
podcast on iTunesU]
March 29, 2007: “Will American Superpower Have a Second Chance?”
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Adviser to President Jimmy Carter, will lend his perspective based on years of influence in the field of U.S. foreign policy. Sponsored by the Living History Program at the DeWitt
Wallace Center for Media and Democracy.
[podcast
on iTunesU] [video podcast
on iTunesU]
March 1, 2007: Despite its weaknesses, the United Nations is
the only organization that gets factions and nations to the table, says Shashi
Tharoor, departing under-secretary general for communications and public information
and 2007 Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecturer.
[podcast
on iTunesU] [video podcast
on iTunesU]
Feb. 21, 2007: "Lessons of Hope for a World in Need"
As the 2007 Crown Lecturer in Ethics, Paul Rusesabagina, the real-life hero
portrayed in the movie Hotel Rwanda, recounted his nightmarish experiences
during the Rwandan genocide and told how he managed to save 1,200 refugees.
Listen to an excerpt from his talk. [mp3](11.48MB)
[podcast
on iTunesU]
Jan. 29, 2007: General calls for decisive
plan of action in Iraq: Speaking to a capacity crowd at the
Sanford Institute for Public Policy on Jan. 29, Gen. Anthony Zinni, USMC
(Ret.), gave a sharply critical analysis of both the war in Iraq and the
current administration’s Middle East policy as a whole.
[audio only] [podcast on iTunesU] [video podcast on iTunesU]
Dec. 4, 2006: Ted Turner: Founder
of CNN reflects on state of media, the environment and politics in conversation
with DeWitt Wallace Center Director Ellen Mickiewicz and journalist Judy Woodruff.
About the Sanford School
Why Duke?: Students explain how small class size, engaged faculty, motivated and experienced peers, a strong curriculum, and other features attracted them to the Sanford Institute's MPP Program.
( 7 min.)
MPP Alum:
Tim Saintsing, MPP '02
MPP Alum: Paul Brathwaite, Principal, The Podesta Group, MPP '93; JD '96
MPP Alum: Kevin Martin, Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, MPP '93; JD, Harvard, '96
Student Life: PPS junior finds musical, intellectual balance at Duke
MPP Internships: Three graduate students discuss their internship experiences -- one with a North Carolina rural development nonprofit, one in China, and one in Uganda.
About PPS: Students describe what attracted them to the public policy discipline - interdisciplinary studies, opportunities to be creative and engaged.
Leadership: An essential piece of the Sanford public policy education.
Influencing policy: After graduation, Duke alumni make a difference.
Interns: Internship sponsors praise Duke students’ contributions to their organizations.
Terry Sanford: Duke alumna Jennifer Hillman, U.S. International Trade Commissioner, recalls Sanford’s accomplishments.
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