Our community is extraordinary and committed to making a difference in the world. On the first Friday of the month during the academic year, the MS in Global Affairs community – faculty, students, and staff – meet to discuss critical global issues and share lunch. First Fridays are presented as a collaboration between the graduate program and the Global Affairs Graduate Society (GAGS) and feature speakers on a wide range of topics.
Recent speakers have included:
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Simona Petrova, chief of office, UN Under-Secretary-General for Management Catherine Dale, office of the secretary of defense; former chief political advisor, U.S Armed Forces in Iraq Charles J. Hanley, special correspondent, international desk, Associated Press Marlene M. Johnson, executive director and chief executive officer, NAFSA: Association of International Educators Eric J. Pan, director, The Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center on Global Governance, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Judith Samuelson, executive director, business and society program, Aspen Institute Ursula Wynhoven, special assistant to the executive head, UN Global Compact Office David Olson, MD, medical advisor, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) |
Nina Schwalbe, director of policy, Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) His High Royal Highness Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the UN Dana Burde, associate research scholar, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and the Program on Forced Migration and Health Sigrid Gruener, director, conflict assessment, Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR) Thomas Hill, visiting scholar, University of Pennsylvania Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict Gideon Rose, managing editor, Foreign Affairs Andrew Nagorski, senior editor, Newsweek International Karen Sughrue, producer, CBS News / 60 Minutes |
Global Affairs:
Public Events Series
The Center of Global Affairs proudly presents video footage from the Public Events series.
Visit the public events page to learn more.
Alumna, M.S. in Global Affairs
"After listening to a speaker from the UN mission to Peru, I was able to ask him questions one-on-one."
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