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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 8, 2008 Contact: Ian Larsen +1-202-429-3870 ilarsen@usip.org Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822 lsucher@usip.org (Washington, September 8) – Just as major construction is beginning for the United States Institute of Peace’s (USIP) permanent headquarters project at the corner of the National Mall, the Institute is very pleased to ann...
Contact: Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822 lsucher@usip.org (Washington, August 12) – Sixteen high school teachers from around the country will begin the new school year armed with strategies to teach peacemaking and conflict management, without adding any new textbooks, classroom hours or expenses. They spent last week together identifying ways to incorporate peacebuilding exercises and techniques into existing lesson plans on a variety of subjects as they participated in the 2008 Summer ...
Contact: Ian Larsen +1-202-429-3870 Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822 Peter W. Rodman (Courtesy: Department of Defense) The U.S. Institute of Peace was deeply saddened to learn of the untimely death on August 2 of Peter Warren Rodman. Rodman served as the Department of Defense’s ex officio representative on the Institute’s board from March 2004 until March 2007. “Peter was a great friend of the I...
Contact: Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822 (Washington, July 16) — The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) welcomes as a visiting expert Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. from the U.S. Department of State. Ricciardone served as Ambassador to Egypt from 2005 to 2008. He previously served as Ambassador to the Philippines and Palau. While at USIP, he will draw on eight years of residence in Egypt over the course of four decades to illuminate how the United States and Egypt can interact effective...
Contact: Lauren Sucher Ian Larsen +1-202-429-3822 +1-202-429-3870 (Washington, July 11) – The newly created Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States recently began its work to — in the words of its congressional charter — “examine and make recommendations with respect to the long-term strategic posture of the United States.” The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has been selected to facilitate the commission’s work. Congress create...
Contact: Ian Larsen +1-202-429-3870 cell +1-202-657-7327 Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822 cell +1-202-306-6164 (Washington, June 27) – Three high school students—one each from Tennessee, Arkansas and Virginia—have won scholarships of $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively as national, first and second place prizes in the National Peace Essay Contest (NPEC) conducted e...
JOURNALISTS WHO WISH TO ATTEND THIS EVENT MUST REGISTER AT WWW.USIP.ORG/CREDENTIALS. Contact: Ian Larsen +1-202-429-3870 cell +1-202-657-7327 Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822 cell +1-202-306-6164 On Thursday, June 5, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its permanent headquarters and Public Education Center (PEC) located a...
Contact: Ian Larsen +1-202-429-3870 cell +1-202-657-7327 Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822 cell +1-202-657-7326 (Washington, April 15) - On May 5, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) welcomes Dr. Abiodun Williams as Vice President of its Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention. Williams brings a combination of experience in the classroom and on the ground tha...
Contact: Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822 cell +1-202-657-7326 (Washington, April 11) – Forty-seven American high school students have been selected as winners of the National Peace Essay Contest sponsored each year by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). These students wrote the best essay from their state on the relationship between natural resources and international conflict. Now, each student is invited to join other winning contest essayists from around the country in an all...
Institute Experts Available to Speak about Iraq Programs/Petraeus-Crocker Testimony* FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - April 8, 2008 Contact: Ian Larsen +1-202-429-3870 cell +1-202-657-7327 Lauren Sucher +1-202-429-3822 cell +1-202-657-7326 General David Petraeus called Iraq's security situation 'uneven' in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today, s...