Category: Professional Notes

Richardson Column in The Free Lance-Star

College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s latest column in The Free Lance-Star is titled, “CARE ENOUGH TO COACH.” I once had a colleague who provided me with opportunities to be a coach. As a manager, he had a good heart and gave me every indication that he wanted to be a good manager. But there were many […]

Larus Comments on U.S.-China Tech Cold War in South China Morning Post

Elizabeth Freund Larus, Chairman of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs, commented in the South China Morning Post (HK) on September 16 that regardless of a Trump or Biden victory in November, the U.S. will continue and possibly deepen scrutiny of Chinese acquisitions of technology. She also indicated that a second Trump administration […]

Larus Comments on U.S. Sanctions Against China in Indus News

Elizabeth Freund Larus, Chairman of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs, commented on Indus News on U.S. sanctions against Chinese construction companies. In her August 31 interview, Professor Larus argued that the U.S. sanctions are not intended to contain China’s rise, but are in response to their participation in China’s island building on […]

Gupta Speaks on the She-cession to Students in New Delhi

Some of the same technology for online webinars was available even before the pandemic started but for the most part, few people were organizing webinars with global participation before March 2020. That has changed: students from Miranda House and Gargi College, two highly selective liberal arts colleges in New Delhi reached out to Surupa Gupta, […]

Farnsworth Lectures Online on Political Humor for Moldova

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently delivered an online lecture, “Presidents and Political Humor,” for the U.S. Embassy in Moldova. Professor Farnsworth, who has also talked with international audiences about U.S. politics, the mass media and political culture in more than a dozen […]