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• RCLA Faculty Director Sonia Ospina has joined the Editorial Board of Administrative Theory & Praxis, the journal of the Public Administration Theory Network, and the 2012 External Evaluation Council of CIDE (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica), a prestigious teaching and social science research institution in Mexico City.

• Professor Ospina also recently co-authored the chapter “Thinking Sociologically about Leadership” with Margot Hittleman in the book Leadership Studies: The Dialogue of Disciplines, and a book review entitled “Public Administration Research and the Field’s Identity” in the November/December issue of Public Administration Review.

• RCLA Deputy Director Amparo Hofmann-Pinilla has joined the Board of Directors for the International Youth Leadership Institute, a nonprofit that prepares African-American and Latino high school students to assume active leadership roles in their local community and global society through programs that emphasize the connections between local and global conditions, challenges and opportunities. 

• At the NYU Social Innovation Symposium on February 10, RCLA Senior Associate Waad El Hadidy moderated a panel on the risks and rewards of social synergy. Speakers included Mary McCormick, president of the Fund for the City of New York; Marc Norman, vice president of the Community Development Finance Group at Deutsche Bank; and Greg Thomas, campaign manager for DoSomething.org.

• At a recent White House Office for Faith-Based Initiatives session for federal agencies and departments, RCLA affiliated faculty member David Elcott presented on “Religious Leadership, Civil Discourse and Democracy” based on a project he developed with RCLA Executive Director Bethany Godsoe and RCLA Senior Associate Waad El Hadidy.

• Professor Elcott also presented research on Baby Boomers in public service at a community event for a range of agencies and organizations in Miami in January. On February 11, he will speak to a North American gathering of Jewish foundations and fundraisers in Fort Lauderdale on the shifts in voluntary association and civic engagement across generations that affect the ways we understand membership, organizational allegiance and identity.

• The Advocacy Lab course at NYU Wagner launched January 25 with a new project focused on the New York City Police Department policy of Stop, Frisk and Search. Advocacy Lab will be partnering with the Police Reform Organizing Project of the Urban Justice Center.
  
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• NYU Wagner's Career Expo will bring together representatives of public service organizations to increase their visibility among industry peers and to meet with hundreds of Master's degree candidates and alumni. The Expo is hosted by NYU Wagner and four other leading public policy institutions; March 8, 2012.
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• Women’s World Banking has launched a new Fellowship Program to enable future global leaders in microfinance and women’s economic empowerment to experience the challenges and rewards of contributing to creating financial opportunities for low-income women. Apply by February 24, 2012.
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• The NYU Department of Applied Psychology is sponsoring its Annual Working with Differences Group Relations Conference. The Center for Health, Identity, Behavior, & Prevention Studies is co-sponsoring the conference on “Sexual Identity: Authorization and Leadership in a World of Differences.” Discounts are available for NYU students and nonprofit and government employees; March 2-4, 2012 
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