http://milanoschool.org of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy Thu, 01 Oct 2015 08:42:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://milanoschool.org/sgpia-professor-sakiko-fukuda-parr-presented-keynote-at-world-social-science-forum/ http://milanoschool.org/sgpia-professor-sakiko-fukuda-parr-presented-keynote-at-world-social-science-forum/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:00:01 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=121678 Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, SGPIA professor and chair of the Development Concentration, was keynote speaker on September 15 at the International Social Science Council’s World Social Science Forum, held in Durban, South Africa and attended by over 1000 people from 84 countries. ]]> http://milanoschool.org/sgpia-professor-sakiko-fukuda-parr-presented-keynote-at-world-social-science-forum/feed/ 0 http://milanoschool.org/panel-discussion-celebrates-jeff-smith-book-launch/ http://milanoschool.org/panel-discussion-celebrates-jeff-smith-book-launch/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:27:21 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=121659 The panel discussion and reading that took place Thursday, 9/10, for Urban Policy professor Jeff Smith's launch of his new book Mr Smith Goes to Prison, packed the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center. Moderator Touré expertly led the discussion, and the panelists Jeff Smith, Soffiyah Elijah, Carla Shedd, and Melissa Mark Viverito shared incredible insights and analyses about the state of prisons and prison reform in the United States. ]]> http://milanoschool.org/panel-discussion-celebrates-jeff-smith-book-launch/feed/ 0 http://milanoschool.org/gpia-professor-alberto-minujin-presents-on-disadvantaged-children-and-equity-missing-from-the-mdgs-what-about-the-sdgs-at-the-world-social-science-forum-in-south-africa/ http://milanoschool.org/gpia-professor-alberto-minujin-presents-on-disadvantaged-children-and-equity-missing-from-the-mdgs-what-about-the-sdgs-at-the-world-social-science-forum-in-south-africa/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2015 14:28:26 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=121622 SGPIA Professor Alberto Minujin presented and participated in a panel discussion on the topic of “Global Justice and Poverty in the Transformation of the MDGs into SDGs” on September 14th at the World Social Science Forum in Durban, South Africa. In his presentation, Minujin made recommendations on how the Sustainable Development Goals can ensure a […]]]> http://milanoschool.org/gpia-professor-alberto-minujin-presents-on-disadvantaged-children-and-equity-missing-from-the-mdgs-what-about-the-sdgs-at-the-world-social-science-forum-in-south-africa/feed/ 0 http://milanoschool.org/live-stream-mr-smith-goes-to-prison-book-launch/ http://milanoschool.org/live-stream-mr-smith-goes-to-prison-book-launch/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:00:03 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=121522 Tonight from 6:30 – 8:30 pm, Milano will be hosting New School urban policy professor Jeff Smith as he launches his new book Mr. Smith Goes to Prison: What My Year Behind Bars Taught Me About America’s Prison Crisis at the Theresa Lang center in Arnhold Hall (55 West 13th Street.) Following a brief reading from the book […]]]> http://milanoschool.org/live-stream-mr-smith-goes-to-prison-book-launch/feed/ 0 http://milanoschool.org/erin-mccandles-as-new-director-of-peacebuilding/ http://milanoschool.org/erin-mccandles-as-new-director-of-peacebuilding/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:02:50 +0000 http://milanoschool.org/?p=121569 The Milano School is excited to announce that Dr. Erin McCandless will now be joining the Milano team as the Director for Peacebuilding to oversee a new partnership with UNITAR, which is the UN Training and Research organization. McCandless will also be overseeing the development of a joint MS and certificate program for the 2015-16 […]]]> http://milanoschool.org/erin-mccandles-as-new-director-of-peacebuilding/feed/ 0