Dear IPS students, faculty, staff, and members of the Carnegie Mellon community,
A week from today, we have an exciting opportunity. Carmen Best, the former Chief of Police in Seattle, will join us to discuss diversity and inclusion. This is a topic she is well-suited to talk about: After being promoted to Chief of Police in 2018, she took steps to diversify the force, adding more than forty officers of color.
We have also extended the deadline for our CIRP Journal submissions. Have original research? Send it along. Already submitted it for a grade? That's OK!
Interested in spending a summer in Washington, DC? Read on for information about the Friedman Fellowships and how they can help. Plus, the latest events, opportunities, and a new alumni spotlight.
Sincerely,
Bill Brink
IPS Communications Specialist
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Interested in spending a summer in Washington, DC? Join us to learn more about the Friedman Fellowship program, which can help you land an internship in the nation's capital.
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
5:30 p.m. EST
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
10:30 a.m. EST
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Check out the most recent publications of one of our MITS students!
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The CMU Library has you covered for the start of the semester
Preparing for Spring Semester courses:
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A reminder that course reserves will once again be only available digitally (no print items will be held for courses at the circulation desk). If you have students requiring access to course texts or other material, please make your reserves requests as soon as possible.
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Note that the Libraries can now digitize and lend items that we hold in print, which can enable access to print books for courses. Read more about our Controlled Digital Lending services.
Spring Workshops and Events:
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"The Democrats were able to win the House in 2018 despite the fact that there were some very gerrymandered states," IPS Postdoctoral Fellow Jonathan Cervas told The New York Times.
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Tartan Allies is a series of sessions offered to CMU faculty, staff, and students to foster a network of people who are committed to working toward an affirming environment for all at CMU. In particular, the series focuses on being an ally to those in the LGBTQ+ community. Tartan Allies is made up of three progressive sessions. Being an ally is not a passive behavior. Good and effective allies listen, learn, and act. Join us for Tartan Allies sessions if you are interested in becoming a part of this inclusive and supportive community.
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Apply to be an Orientation Counselor for 2021!
Orientation Counselors are important student leaders who help incoming students with their intellectual, social, emotional, and cultural transitions to the Carnegie Mellon community. The Orientation Counselor position is open to all full-time undergraduate students at Carnegie Mellon who have completed at least one semester on campus and who are returning to Carnegie Mellon's Pittsburgh campus as a full-time undergraduate or first-year graduate student in the fall of 2021. Applicants must maintain a 2.5 QPA throughout the duration of their position and successfully complete a community standards records review. Orientation Counselors must be available to be back on campus by Sunday, August 15, 2021.
For more information about the position, selection timeline, and application, please login into Handshake and search for job #246580. For more information about Handshake, please see the Career & Professional Development Center’s website. Please note, you will be directed to submit an external application. Applications are due Monday, March 1, 2021, at 9 a.m. EST.
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Participate in the Business Hackathon
Apply now for this year’s Business Hackathon hosted by the Undergraduate Business program! This team competition is open to all undergraduates and to all majors. Teams will be given a business problem to solve at the intersection of business, technology, and finance. The competition is asynchronous, and teams will present their solution to a panel of judges by submitting a ten- to fifteen-minute video presentation.
If you are interested, apply today! Students may apply as a team of four or as an individual and be placed on a team.
PRIZES
1st Place = $500, 2nd Place = $300, 3rd Place = $200
Prizes will be distributed among team members.
APPLICATION
The application deadline is 12 p.m. EST (noon) on Friday, February 12. Applicants are confirmed on February 15. Apply here.
EVENT SCHEDULE (all times are US Eastern time zone)
Monday, February 15
Team formation: Students are notified about their team placement by 12 p.m. via email.
Friday, February 19
Business problem released to teams by 5 p.m. via email.
Saturday, February 20
Q&A meeting with participating faculty. Teams can ask questions about the problem and are required to send at least one member to this session. Time to be announced.
Sunday, February 21
Teams submit their ten- to fifteen-minute video presentation of their solution by 9 p.m.
The three team finalists will be notified before Friday, February 26.
Friday, February 26
The three team finalists will have their own Q&A session with judges (times TBA).
Saturday, February 27
The winning team is announced.
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Study nuclear nonproliferation at the Brookhaven National Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory is pleased to announce our annual summer course for graduate students entitled "Nuclear Nonproliferation, Safeguards, and Security in the 21st Century," which will be held this year in virtual form from July 6–16, 2021. The course will present participants with critical assessments of current nonproliferation issues and provide in-depth analysis of the technical and legal framework needed to assess policy options. Exercises and demonstrations will introduce participants to the techniques and technologies of international safeguards and the challenges faced by international inspectors in the field. Above all, the course aims to give participants the knowledge, analytic tools, and the motivation to contribute to the improvement of the nonproliferation regime. This year for the first time we are expanding eligibility for the course to include professionals working in relevant fields, such as national security, foreign policy, nuclear energy, energy policy, and other related technical and policy areas.
Applications are due by March 8, 2021. More information, including instructions on how to apply, can be found here.
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Submit an article to the Tulane Journal of Policy and Political Economy
The Tulane Journal of Policy and Political Economy recently began accepting article submissions for its next edition. The Tulane Journal is an internationally-recognized undergraduate publication focusing on student research in politics, economics, and public health. Submitted articles are reviewed by a fifty-person faculty review panel, and those that are accepted are published in print and online, as well as indexed in a variety of online sources such as Google Scholar. We are officially partnered with the Tulane Departments of Political Science and Economics, the Tulane School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, and the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) Societies of the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics.
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