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The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) announced today that it has partnered with the Future Generations Graduate School in developing an accredited Masters in Applied Community Change with a Concentration in Peacebuilding. The program was formally authorized on March 26th by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Universities.
The PRIX JEUNESSE Foundation and the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) awarded “Salam Shabab”, an Iraqi youth media project supported by the U.S. Institute of Peace to teach Iraqi teens conflict management skills, with a Special Prize at the foundation’s biannual festival. One of eight prizes awarded, the UNESCO Special Prize recognizes youth television programming that promotes cultural understanding.
High school students from the District of Columbia, Minnesota, and Arizona took top honors in the 25th annual National Peace Essay Contest, sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace.
USIP's board of directors announces the appointment of Congressman Jim Marshall (2003-2011) as the fourth President of the Institute.
"The Day After" project, a Syrian-led effort to plan for a post-Assad Syria, today released a comprehensive, inclusive plan for a transition in the event the opposition succeeds in bringing about the fall of the current regime. The report is the culmination of six months of intensive discussions among a diverse group of approximately 45 Syrians. It represents a shared vision of Syria’s democratic future, defined goals and principles for a transition, and a detailed yet flexible transition pl...
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and the Institute of International Education (IIE) announced today that they are launching U.S. Institute of Peace Public Education for Peacebuilding Support. Through this initiative, administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE), USIP will support American colleges, universities and public libraries to enable them to hold events that advance and promote the understanding of peacebuilding and international conflict resolution.
This afternoon Congressman Jim Marshall (2003-2011) was sworn in as the fourth president of the United States Institute of Peace. As president, Marshall will oversee the next phase of development for the Institute’s conflict management work and professional training programs.
The United States Institute of Peace releases “Facilitating Dialogue: USIP’s Work in Conflict Zones,” edited by David R. Smock and Daniel Serwer, a new volume that showcases USIP’s efforts to apply the tools of facilitated dialogue to international conflicts.
To provide practitioners with a concise but broad overview of economic fundamentals as they touch on violence-afflicted states, USIP releases “Peace Economics: A Macroeconomic Primer for Violence Afflicted States” by Jurgen Brauer and J. Paul Dunne.
The Institute notes with great regret the passing of Ambassador Lawrence G. Rossin, who died on Saturday, October 6th after a battle with multiple myeloma.