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The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

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Pitt’s Center for Governance and Markets receives $2.4 million to research social division

By Colm Slevin, Assistant News Editor September 26, 2022
Researchers from Pitt’s Center for Governance and Markets won a three-year, $2.4 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation to research social division and polarization.
Jennifer Murtazashvili is an associate professor and the director of the Center for Governance and Markets. A project at CGM is assisting Afghans obtain P-2 visas for resettlement in the United States after Kabul fell to the Taliban.

GSPIA team helps Afghans apply for resettlement visas

By Rashi Ranjan, Senior Staff Writer September 7, 2021
After Kabul fell to the Taliban, a project based in Pitt’s Center for Governance and Markets helping Afghans obtain P-2 visas for resettlement in the United States rapidly accelerated under the leadership of Jennifer Murtazashvili and Maxwell DeGregorio.
Robert Zoellick, former White House deputy chief of staff and deputy secretary of state, sat down Wednesday night for a conversation with Chancellor Emeritus Mark Nordenberg on history and foreign policy and how they interact in Zoellick’s new book, “America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy,” as part of the Dick Thornburgh Forum.

Purpose instead of exceptionalism: Former White House chief of staff talks with Nordenberg

By Brandon Raglow, For The Pitt News April 12, 2021
Robert Zoellick, former White House deputy chief of staff and deputy secretary of state, sat down Wednesday night for a conversation with Chancellor Emeritus Mark Nordenberg on history, foreign policy and how they interact in his new book, “America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy,” as part of the Dick Thornburgh Forum.
Jennifer Murtazashivili will serve as director of the GSPIA’s Center for Governance and Markets in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

Pitt launches new graduate research center with Koch funding

By Jon Moss, Assistant News Editor October 10, 2019
Pitt announced the launch of a new Center for Governance and Markets in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs Thursday, funded by a five-year, $4.2 million grant from the Charles Koch Foundation.
John Keeler to step down as GSPIA dean

John Keeler to step down as GSPIA dean

By Jon Moss, News Editor July 24, 2019
John Keeler, dean of Pitt’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, will step down from his position next June, according to an announcement from Provost Ann Cudd.
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