U.S. energy officials know the words they choose in pitching the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) could help determine whether the program blossoms or withers on the vine. The Department of Energy even hired outside help to provide guidance on how to “communicate about a visionary plan to …
Archive for October, 2007
Climate Crisis, Nuclear Proliferation
Losing Propositions
Last week the Matthew B. Ridgway Center co-sponsored a conference on “Meeting the Threats of Global Warming and Nuclear Weapons” at the University of Pittsburgh with the Stanley Foundation and the Physicians for Social Responsibility. We tried to connect the dots for the uninitiated.
Global warming and nuclear proliferation are …
Securing Our Survival Conference Live Blog
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Security Sweep connects researchers affiliated with the Ridgway Center and Ford Institute with policy-makers, citizens, journalists, and scholars interested in sharing views on topics spanning the "security continuum." For more about the blog and its authors, click here.
Chalk Talk
What's happening in our classrooms
Question for Karl Rove about Negotiations with Iran
This question was generated by student Group E in Cold War Rhetoric, an undergraduate course in the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh. The question was played for Karl Rove during his visit to a special meeting of the class on March 3, 2008.
In the students’ peer evaluation using a standardized rating rubric, […]
Question for Karl Rove about the Bush Library
This question was generated by student Group C in Cold War Rhetoric, an undergraduate course in the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh. The question was played for Karl Rove during his visit to a special meeting of the class on March 3, 2008.
In the students’ peer evaluation using a standardized rating rubric, […]
Question for Karl Rove about Iran’s Nuclear Program
This question was generated by student Group F in Cold War Rhetoric, an undergraduate course in the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh. The question was played for Karl Rove during his visit to a special meeting of the class on March 3, 2008.
In the students’ peer evaluation using a standardized rating rubric, […]
