Schar School of Policy and Government

Andrew Hughes Hallett, Schar School University Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Economics, passed away December 31, 2019, after a seven-year battle with cancer. He was 72.

One of the highlights of the semester for the graduate and undergraduate students who make up the research team at the Schar School’s Global Terrorism Trends and Analysis Center (GTTAC) was a meeting with Russell Travers, acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, December 4.

Since 1969, Schar School Public Policy Professor Emeritus David Armor has worked on more than 50 cases concerning school desegregation. In the past, he has shown that busing brings few academic advantages, and his latest work concerning the growing "controlled choice" movement has come to similar conclusions.

Public Policy PhD candidate Layla M. Hashemi has had a busy year. In addition to doing all the things she needs to do to complete her degree, Hashemi has been invited to participate in several high-profile panel discussions in her area of research: antiquities trafficking and its links to terrorism.

For 21 straight nights, graduating senior Yasser Aburdene spent his evenings protesting in front of the Bolivian Embassy in Washington, D.C., fighting for democracy in the midst of a controversial election victory by Evo Morales. He had no idea his advocacy would land him in the spotlight at one of the most historic sites for human rights.

Nearly 40 Schar School of Policy and Government students with an interest in national security applied their classroom knowledge to the “real world” as they toured an aircraft carrier, a submarine, and a battleship.