Events
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
The Andrew Young School invites you to join us in our events. We often host distinguished speakers, interesting lectures, and student celebrations. Find directions to our school here.
Upcoming Events
- Public Performance and Management Group is hosting a series of seminars on topics including critical thinking, complexity reduction, preparing for Generation Y, and other interesting topics in November and December. Learn more about these seminars.
- November 14 - International Panel of Nonprofit Academic Center Directors, 4:30pm, Room 749
- November 19 - Nonprofit Studies Program Brown Bag Seminar with Derek Shendell (Institute of Public Health) on "Community Action to Fight Asthma Initiative," 12:30-2pm in Room 749
- November 30 - Domestic Programs Seminar Series with Monica Singhal (John F. Kennedy School of Government) on "Tax Preferences," 3pm, Room 749
Seminars
- Economics and Applied Econometrics
- Nonprofit Studies Brown Bag Lunch series
- Nonprofit Executive Roundtable
- Public Performance and Management Group Seminars
Past Visitors and Events in 2007
- The Domestic Programs Seminar Series on Friday, November 9, featured Bill Hoyt (University of Kentucky), who presented "Is the Grass Greener on the Other Side of the River: The Choice of Where to Work and Where to Live for Movers."
- The Child Policy Brown Bag Seminar Series hosted Chris Henrich, who presented "Head Start and Parent Involvement."
- The Nonprofit Studies Program Brown Bag Seminar on November 6 featured Del Martin from Giving USA.
- The Economics Seminar Series hosted John S. Earle (The W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research) presenting "Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness" on November 2.
- The Nonprofit Studies Program hosted distinguished speaker, Francie Ostrower, of the Urban Institute, to speak on "How Nonprofit Boards Really Work: Findings from the First National Representative Study." This special UPS Lecture on Nonprofit Leadership, Governance and Economic Stewardship took place October 25, 2007.
- The 4th Annual Dan Sweat Lecture Series on October 23, 2007, featured Richard Murnane (Harvard University) on "Preparing Students to Thrive in the 21st Century Economy."
- Kurt E. Schnier (University of Rhode Island) presented "Common Property, Information and Cooperation: Commercial Fishing in the Bering Sea" on September 7, 2007.
- John Bare of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation presented “Risk Management and Social Change in the Nonprofit Sector” on September 11, 2007.
- Monica Capra (Department of Economics, Emory University) presented "Neurobiological Probability Weighting over Losses" on September 14, 2007.
- Photos from May 2007 Commencement Reception
- July 9-13 - ISP's III Summer School in Public Economics
- August 20-31 - Balanced Scorecard certificate program
- Disaster Management Seminar
- Lisa M. Lynch (William L. Clayton Professor of International Economic Affairs at Tufts University) Third Annual W.J. Usery Distinguished Lecture Series
- R. Mark Isaac (John & Hallie Quinn Eminent Scholar at Florida State University), Experimental Economics and Microeconomic Theory Seminar
- Charles Knapp, former UGA president, presented "Tough Choices or Tough Times"
- Paul Light (Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service) presented "Searching for Social Entrepreneurs in the New Nonprofit Sector"
- Thorsten Beck (World Bank), Economics Seminar (paper)
- Paul Ferraro presented "Empirical Program Evaluation: Are We Having an Impact?” Nonprofit Studies Program Brown Bag Seminar Series in Nonprofit Research
- Michael Owen (Emory University) presented "The Role Of Black Churches,” Nonprofit Studies Program Brown Bag Seminar Series in Nonprofit Research
- Jamil Zainaldin (Georgia Humanities Council) and Martin Lehfeldt (Southeastern Council of Foundations) presented “The History of U.S. Southern Philanthropy,” Nonprofit Studies Program Brown Bag Seminar Series in Nonprofit Research
- Dr. Judy Temple (University of Minnesota) presented "Long-term effects of enriched preschool: Findings from the Chicago Child-Parent Centers," Domestic Programs and FRC Seminar
- Mayor Shirley Franklin spoke on Policy Leadership
- Dr. John Baden, Environmental Economist, presented
- Sergei Guriev (New Economic School in Moscow) presented on "Media Freedom, Bureaucratic Incentives, and the Resource Curse," Economics Seminar
- Dan Sweat Conference on "The City of Atlanta: Recent Trends and Future Prospects"
- A. Ronald Gallant (Duke University)
- Sal Alaimo on “Capacity for Program Evaluation in Human Service Nonprofit Organizations"
- Lise Vesterlund (University of Pittsburgh)
- Harald Leibrecht, Member of the German Parliament
Previous events
Upcoming seminars and other school events are posted on the AYSPS Calendar.
Photo: April 13, 2005 symposium, "A World View: From Plains to the Planet," with former United States President Jimmy Carter, former ambassador to the United Nations, Andrew Young, and moderator, Dean Roy Bahl.
