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J-PAL North America leads J-PAL’s work in the North America region by conducting randomized evaluations, building partnerships for evidence-informed policymaking, and helping partners scale up effective programs to reduce poverty.Their work spans a wide range of sectors including health care, housing, criminal justice, education, and economic mobility, among others . They are hiring for a variety of open roles, all with an application deadline of December 3, 2018. Job descriptions with instructions on how to apply are linked below. J-PAL North America values the strength that diverse teams bring to this work. J-Pal North America actively welcome applicants who come from backgrounds that reflect populations most impacted by poverty and from backgrounds that are underrepresented in the economics field. Senior Research & Training Associate - J-PAL North America Senior Policy Associate - J-PAL North America Policy Associate - J-PAL North America Research Manager - J-PAL North America ...

Careers in Community Organizing for Social Justice The Direct Action & Research Training (DART) Center will hold an online information session on  Thursday, December 6 at 6 pm eastern   to discuss careers in community organizing with   UMD   students and alumni interested in uniting congregations and  working for social, economic and racial justice. RSVP at  www.thedartcenter.org/UMD DART hires and trains organizers to build organizations that have successfully addressed issues including: * Plugging the school-to-prison pipeline * Reining in predatory lending practices * Expanding access to primary health and dental care * Prioritizing funding for affordable housing and job training * Fighting for immigrants' rights * Police accountability Positions start  January 14, 2019  in Columbus, OH, Charlottesville, VA, Lexington, KY, St. Petersburg and Jacksonville, FL. Positions start  August 12, 2019  in Lexington, KY, Louisville, KY,...

UMD Pre-Law Advising has scheduled an  interview  program that will bring together admissions deans from some of our more popular feeder schools right here on campus. DEADLINE EXTENSION to 11/29 Thursday    Here's how it works: 1.   Interviews  are  the week of December 3-7 , as follows: Monday 12/3 - American, Fordham, Catholic Tuesday 12/4 - American, Baltimore, Fordham (morning, if needed), GW Wednesday 12/5 - Maryland, Balltimore, GW, William and Mary, Cardozo (afternoon, if needed) Thursday 12/6 - Maryland, Cardozo, Virginia (afternoon, if needed) Friday 12/7 - Virginia, George Mason 2.  These are intended for students applying to matriculate next fall.  Please, do not register if you are not currently applying.  You'll get your chance later. 3.  You are welcome to sign up for as many as you like, but please only take a spot if you have some legitimate interest in the school.  4.  There is no screening process to...

Check out the highlighted programs below and use the winter break to develop your application materials.  The USAID Donald M.  Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program  seeks to attract outstanding individuals who are interested in pursuing careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Deadline: Dec. 21, 2018.  The  Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program  invites recent college and graduate school alumni to apply for full-time, six-to-nine month fellowships in Washington, DC. Outstanding individuals will be selected to work with nonprofit, public-interest organizations addressing peace and security issues. Applications are especially encouraged from candidates with a strong interest in these issues who have prior experience with public-interest activism or advocacy.Deadline: Jan. 7, 2019. The  Coro Fellows Program  develops emerging leaders to work and lead across different secto...

The Winter/Spring  Experience   Fund   Application deadline has been extended to Wednesday, November 28th. Apply ASAP! The BSOS Undergraduate Experience funds assist undergraduate BSOS majors engaged in experiential learning outside the classroom, such as unpaid internships, research, service learning, and professional or academic conferences. The funds are intended to help offset expenses related to such activities like travel/transportation expenses, professional attire, and other opportunity costs. 

Are you interested in a career in Geospatial Intelligence? Join our online information session to learn how a Master’s Degree in Geospatial Intelligence from the University of Maryland may help to advance your career.      The MPS GEOINT program provides workforce-focused technical training that gives graduates the skills and expertise to lead new initiatives in the rapidly shifting landscape of GEOINT applications, data collection systems, analytic methods, and mission support. The master's program offers cutting-edge courses including Big Data Analytics, Advanced Remote Sensing, and Open Source Intelligence. Evening classes  may be taken fully  online or on-site.  The Master degree in GEOINT can be completed in as little as 15 months. We are now accepting applications for admission in  Spring 2019  (Application deadline: Feb 15, 2019) and  Fall 2019 . Full details regarding the programs are available at  http://geoint.umd.edu or contac...

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                          Contemporary Surveillance Technologies and the 4th Amendment Event Date and Time:  Thursday, November 15, 2018 -  3:00pm  to  4:30pm Location:  Stamp Student Union, Benjamin Banneker RM2212           David Gray teaches criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence, international criminal law, and jurisprudence at the Francis King Carey School of law.  He was voted “Professor of the Year” in 2012.  His scholarly interests focus on criminal law, criminal procedure, constitutional theory, and transitional justice. Come be a part of the discussion on his 2016 publication ”The Fourth Amendment in the Age of Surveillance”.  New and emerging surveillance technologies allow government agents to track us wherever we go, to monitor our activities online and offline, and to gather massive amounts of information relating to our financial tran...

Brownbag Lunch with FINRA Senior Principal Counsel Event Date and Time: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 -12:00pm to 1:30pm Location: Chincoteague Hall, First Floor Conference Room Ryan Smith is the Senior Principal Counsel for FINRA here in DC. He has a vast legal  background that includes private practice, large firms, regulatory and financial law.  He has also  been an adjunct professor at George Mason where he earned is Law degree. Come hear what it’s like to practice law in-house, in a private practice, as well as for a regulatory body and gain insight on the current legal market. Take the opportunity to gain valuable industry insights from someone who's in it themselves.  Food will be provided.  Click here to RSVP  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqxKcQtpoWZJPmyWSPyeiC6PCLd21z...

The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), based here at the University of Maryland, is currently accepting applications for the Spring 2019 Internship Program! Below are descriptions of the internship opportunities that are accepting applicants for the spring. Communications Internship The START Communications team is seeking communications, public relations or journalism students to serve as interns this upcoming spring semester. Rather than performing START research, candidates chosen for this project will gain extensive experience writing and publishing, developing social media strategies, and monitoring and reporting various analytics for the organization as a whole. Interns will also have the opportunity to work with the news media, learn media list and monitoring programs, and work in graphic design.  Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Internships The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is the most comprehensive unclassified terroris...

Applications for our 2019 College Student Congress are due on  November 9th , and we would still like to see a few more Maryland student applications.  The student congress is a  free  two-week program in  Lexington, KY  and  Washington, DC  for rising college seniors interested in politics, public policy, current events, and public service. Program information and the application are available on our website: www.henryclaycenter/org/site/ studentcongress/