Mar

8

Zarsky Publishes Paper on Climate Resilient Development

March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Prof. Lyuba Zarsky (GSIPM) recently published a paper entitled Climate-Resilient Industrial Development Paths: Design Principles and Alternative Models, on the website of the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts.  Zarsky compares three distinct development models and suggests that the so-called “new developmentalist” model, with its overarching objective of building endogenous productive capacity and a [...]

Feb

23

Langholz Publishes Report on Food Safety

February 23, 2010 | 1 Comment

Jeff Langholz participated in developing a recent report issued by the Pew Charitable Trust. Hundreds of growers in California’s central coast were surveyed for the report, released last Thursday, which offers new recommendations on how to boost food safety while protecting wildlife habitat. Jeff briefed senior FDA and USDA policymakers on Friday [...]

Feb

23

MonTREP Staff Members Speaks on “Coercive Diplomacy”

February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Sharad Joshi,  MonTREP research Associate, presented a paper titled “Lessons in Coercive Diplomacy: Indian Strategies in 2001-02 and 2008-09″ at the annual convention of the International Studies Association in New Orleans, February 17-21.

Feb

23

Team Monterey Photo Exhibit in PG

February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Photographs taken by Team Monterey during their recent stay in El Salvador go on display this week at the Pacific Grove Art Center.  The exhibit opens Friday, Feb. 26, with a reception from 7-9 pm, and runs six weeks, until April 8.

Feb

12

Faculty and Staff Achievements

February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Sharad Joshi (MonTREP) was interviewed recently by KGO Radio San Francisco, an ABC affiliate, on the ongoing offensive by U.S. and Afghan forces in southern Afghanistan.
Johan Bergenas (CNS) had an article published in the Guardian on U.S. response to Iran’s “nuclear trickery.”
Jinhuei Dai (GSTILE)was invited to present her proposed presentation “Green Business in China: Curriculum [...]

Feb

4

GSTILE Interpreting Intern Blogs from the Olympics

February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment

GSTILE student Simone Bonneville (MACI 2011, En, Ru, Fr) is interning as an escort interpreter at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. Assigned to interpret for the team of athletes from Tajikistan, Simone is putting to her consecutive interpreting training during her first year at MIIS to good use. Follow her adventures as a National Olympic [...]

Feb

4

Muegge featured on home page of German association for technical communication

February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Uwe Muegge, Chair of the Translation and Localization Management Program, is currently one of three authors featured on the home page of the German professional association for technical communication and information development (tekom). tekom is Europe’s largest professional association for technical communication.
Muegge’s article is titled “Controlled language – does my company need it?” and provides [...]

Feb

4

Prof. Grothe’s Travels

February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Professor Peter Grothe recently gave guest lectures at two of the leading universities in Thailand, Thammasat and Mahidol universites, on “President Obama–how is he doing?” He was also recruiting in Thailand and Bhutan.

Jan

27

Muegge invited to translation research conference

January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Uwe Muegge, Chair of the Translation and Localization Management Program, was invited to present at the 9th Leipzig International Conference on Translation & Interpretation Studies (LICTRA), hosted by the Institute of Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies (IALT) at the University of Leipzig.
The theme for the 2010 LICTRA conference, held from May 19-21, 2010, is “T&I [...]

Jan

27

MIIS Scholars Contribute to New Book on US-Japanese Alliance

January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Tsuneo Akaha (GSIPM) co-edited and contributed to The US-Japan Alliance: Balancing Soft and Hard Power in East Asia, which has just been published by Routledge (UK).  Jing-Dong Yuan of JMCNS also contributed a chapter, as did Dan Pinkston, a former JMCNS senior researcher.  Additional information on the book is available here.  Professor Akaha hopes the [...]

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