Contact


To reach the Ridgway Center for International Security Studies, please contact:

Patricia Hermenault
Ridgway Center for International Security Studies
University of Pittsburgh
3930 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Telephone: 412.624.7396
Fax: 412.624.7917
hermenault@gspia.pitt.edu

To reach the Ford Institute for Human Security, please contact:

Nicole Cellone
Ford Institute for Human Security
University of Pittsburgh
3930 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Telephone: 412.648.7434
Fax: 412.624.7917

University of Pittsburgh

About the blog & authors

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.

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Chalk Talk

Chalk Talk

What's happening in our classrooms

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    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, […]

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