IPS NEWSLETTER - SUMMER 2009
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Welcome to the expanded edition of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies E-Newsletter, bringing you the latest news from our faculty, students, alumni, and friends.
GREETINGS FROM DON STEINWACHS, PHD
IPS INTERIM DIRECTOR
Interim Provost Scott Zeger, PhD names Donald Steinwachs, PhD as Interim Director of the Institute for Policy Studies. {more}
LETTER FROM THE INTERIM DIRECTOR
Dear IPS Alumni, Faculty and Friends,
I am delighted to serve as the interim director of the Institute for Policy Studies, and look forward to working with many of you on addressing important issues over the next year. {more}
2009 GRADUATION
On May 22nd, 2009, 35 students graduated with a Master of Arts in Public Policy degree from the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, representing the 16th graduating class. Directly following, students, families, faculty and staff gathered at the Evergreen Carriage House for lunch and remarks by Director Sandra J. Newman. Also speaking was Megan Brown, MPP ’09, elected by the graduating class. {more}
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| Aaron Miripol, MPP ‘94 President Urban Land Conservancy, Denver, CO |
THE MIRIPOL-PFEFFER FELLOWSHIP IN URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
We are pleased to announce that the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies has received a $25,000 commitment to establish the Miripol-Pfeffer Fellowship in Urban Community Development, in honor of Dr. Sandra J. Newman.{more}
INTERNATIONAL URBAN FELLOWS CONFERENCE,
BOLOGNA, ITALY
On June 13 - 17, 50 fellows from 18 countries assembled at the 39th International Urban Fellows Conference in Bologna, Italy to address the topic “Mid-Sized Cities in the Knowledgeable Economy.” {more}
IPS STUDENT SARAH FISHER, MPP ’10 PUBLISHES
IN THE BALTIMORE SUN, July 2, 2009
State Medicaid coverage, costs grow. Price rises as recession draws more to Medicaid.
A year into a new effort to expand health coverage, recession-weary Marylanders are flocking to the state’s Medicaid program in numbers far greater than expected, costing the state $50 million more in the process. {more}
39 IN-COMING STUDENTS FOR FALL, 2009
IPS prepares to welcome 39 incoming students to the class of 2011, the largest class in its 22- year history. {more}
STUDENT SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
During the summer of 2009, MPP students are working around the country in a broad variety of responsibilities. {more}
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LETTER FROM THE INTERIM DIRECTOR
These include priorities as the search for a permanent director, development of short-term strategic goals, and strengthening public policy ties with the various divisions and schools throughout Johns Hopkins. Your input and suggestions will be invaluable to our future as a vibrant center for public policy at Johns Hopkins.
Our faculty has been active, as always, participating in a seminars and events throughout the globe. IPS Associate Director of Research Burt Barnow, PhD participated July 20th in the Ford Foundation’s meeting of a small group of scholars and researchers in New York City, focusing on low wage workers and their labor markets. The group discussed new research findings and identified key research and policy questions in the field. David Altschuler, PhD presented the luncheon keynote address, “Changing the Trajectory of Recidivism,” at the Third Annual Meeting of the Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Juvenile Justice Action Network in Washington, DC., a group supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, as a part of its Models for Change project. Lester Salamon, PhD spoke on the topic “Future of Nonprofit America: Implications for Opera and the Arts,” at OPERA AMERICA in Houston, Texas. Dr. Salamon also hosted a session on the Manual on Volunteering at the United Nations of Volunteers, Bonn, Germany and a meeting of the International Advisory Committee to the UN Handbook Project in Rome, Italy. At the Royal Bank of Scotland in London, England, Dr. Salamon conducted a briefing of the Listening Post Project. For additional IPS news, click here
On May 1st, the IPS National Advisory Board met to address a broad agenda that included a discussion with Interim Provost Scott Zeger, presentations by faculty member Burt Barnow, PhD on his labor shortage research, Journalist in Residence Eric Siegel and students on the “Writing for the Media” course, and Mary Greenwood on the Graduate Program Marketing Survey. Several MPP students presented their articles on a variety of topics that have been, or will soon be published in the Baltimore Sun.
I very much look forward to meeting as many of the IPS alumni and friends as possible over the next year, and welcome your input and suggestions as we move forward. The Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies is at an important juncture in its history, with each of you playing an important role through your financial support, your experience and guidance. Please feel free to contact me at 410.516.6393 or at my e-mail dsteinwa@jhu.edu.
Sincerely,
Donald M. Steinwachs, Ph.D.
Dr. Newman and MPP Assistant Director Carey Borkoski awarded the diplomas to a packed Carriage House of family and friends. Also awarded was the Dolores Aubrey Sullivan Memorial Award in Public Policy to Lea Smith, MPP ’09 and Abby Elizabeth Sheehan, MPP ’09 -- two students who best exemplify Dee’s indomitable spirit, unfailing dedication to excellence, and to the Institute for Policy Studies’ mission to bring the best information to bear on public policy problems.
THE MIRIPOL-PFEFFER FELLOWSHIP IN URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
This Fellowship is being made possible through the generosity of three generations of the Miripol family: Aaron Miripol, MPP ’94, President of the Urban Land Conservancy in Denver, CO; his father, Jeffrey Miripol, Vice President of New Business Development for Terumo Medical Corporation (and residing in Hockessin, Delaware, with his wife, Dr. Patricia Miripol); and Aaron’s grandfather, Albert Miripol, retired and living in Skokie, Illinois. The gift also honors Dr. Patricia Miripol, Aaron’s mother, and her late father, Dr. T.J. Pfeffer, whose support helped make it possible for Aaron to attend Hopkins.
In a recent statement, Aaron noted that: “IPS provided me with amazing access to policy makers and practitioners. It was a fantastic experience having had Dr. Newman as my advisor. She challenged me, and helped me develop analytical tools that to this day, assist my work in community development and affordable housing, work that has had an influence in the lives of over 20,000 people in the last 15 years.”
The Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies is deeply grateful to the Miripol and Pfeffer families for this leadership gift, to be paid over five years. Student support is critically important at Johns Hopkins, where the 2009 – 2010 tuition and living expenses will exceed $50,000. Students will be selected on a competitive basis.
For further information, please contact Katharine H. Caldwell, Director of Development at 410.516.4186 or kcaldwell@jhu.edu.
INTERNATIONAL URBAN FELLOWS CONFERENCE, BOLOGNA, ITALY
Hosted by Lorenzo Ciapetti, an international urban fellow in Baltimore in 2004-05, the conference looked at the situation of many mid-size cities all over Europe striving to build their way into modernity. Cities that have been the cradles of industrial development are planning their transition to a service economy, with special attention to building modern transportation and logistical services, innovation services for firms, capitalizing on their universities’ discoveries, and giving utmost importance to their cultural assets. Bologna, with the oldest university in Europe and at the heart of the Emilia Romagna region long known for its small and medium sized collaborating manufacturers, offered a perfect venue in which to explore these issues.
Keynote speakers included Klaus R. Kunzmann, who holds a Jean Monnet professorship for European Spatial Planning at the School of Planning at the Universität Dortmund, Germany, and is a Honorary professor of the University of Cardiff; and David Charles, who holds the David Goldman Chair of Business Innovation in the University of Newcastle upon Tyne Business School. Professor Charles is also director of the research centre on Knowledge, Innovation, Technology and Enterprise (KITE). A roundtable on sustainable development practices in which Jason Byrne, a former fellow from Western Australia, participated by video conference and drew great interest from local officials and researchers in Forlì, where the session was held. Sandra J. Newman, PhD and Marsha Schachtel participated in the conference.
39 IN-COMING STUDENTS FOR FALL, 2009
This coming fall, IPS will welcome 39 students from 11 states and 5 countries, with backgrounds in the Peace Corp, Teach for America, Fulbright Programs, and a variety of public and private sector jobs. Their interests include economic, education, health, international, social and urban policy as well as philanthropy and nonprofit management.
STUDENT SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
As part of the MPP Program, students completing their first year of the program are expected to work in a summer internship in which they apply their policy analysis skills in a real-work setting. These are made possible through several funding sources including gifts from members of the IPS Board, Alumni and friends to the IPS Annual Fund, through the MPP Program, and the organizations themselves.
This summer, 24 MPP students are working at a variety of public and private sector organizations including, but not limited to, Baltimore City Public Schools; Office of Policy Coordination, JHU; Lead, Asthma and Injury Prevention Bureau, Health Homes Division; Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Structured Finance; DC Public Schools; State Highway Authority; Humanitarian Outcomes; Pew Center on the States; Central Baltimore Partnership; and Office of Councilman James B. Kraft
Several program highlights include:
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) – This U.S. government agency in Washington, D.C. promotes economic development in emerging and developing markets. Our MPP Intern is working in the structured finance department and serves as a de-facto junior financial analyst. The intern works primarily on finance projects in which OPIC serves as the lender on various infrastructure projects in countries around the globe.
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) – Two students are working on drafting reports on coordinated long-term care, Nursing Facilities Accountability Measures, and implementing and overseeing the Foster Kids Coverage Act and the Baltimore City School Lunch Outreach Mailing. They are also involved in the implementation of the Substance Abuse Treatment Workgroup Recommendations and various other health policy matters.
American Public Human Services Association – At this Washington, D.C. professional association of state and local human service agencies, our MPP intern works with a team in the Legislative Affairs division, focusing on Temporary Assistant for Needy Families (TANF) and other income assistance programs, monitoring Congress’ progress on priority issues.
Center for Urban Families, Baltimore, MD – This organization focuses on the advocacy aspect of public policy as well as expanding social policy. Specifically, our MPP Intern is working on providing program assessments to legislators and working with local agencies to advocate for clients and their families.
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. – Our MPP Intern is working on issues related to multinational responses to Afghanistan, non-proliferation and counter-proliferation studies, review of multi-party talks and the role of international institutions.
