The Bulletin: January 2009 News and Notes from the Harris School Save These Dates! May 6-8, 2009 Dean's International Council Meeting The Gleacher Center University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois Additional information and formal invitations to this event will follow under separate cover. For any questions or suggestions, please contact Elena Raluca Rustandi (mailto:rustandi@uchicago.edu or 773.702.3918) Welcome: New Dean's International Council Member Faisal Hassan is a founding partner and senior managing director of Breeden Partners LP.   Read his bio >> DIC Member Named to Panel Formed by U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown Azeem Ibrahim has been appointed to a task force examining social mobility in the United Kingdom. The Panel on Access to the Professions is expected to release its policy recommendations in June on ways for professions to widen access to people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Read more: "City tycoon joins PM's panel to help disadvantaged," The Evening Times, January 14, 2009 "Milburn to tackle social mobility," BBC News, January 11, 2009 "Interview: Try as you might, it's hard to dislike this multi-millionaire," The Business Scotsman, January 19, 2009. Recent Events and News at the Harris School Conference Stirs Conversation on "Race and the American Voter" Read the story >> Harris School Student Travels to Poland for UN Climate Negotiations Read the story >> Cultural Policy Center Announces New Structure Read the story >> Alumna Provides Research without the Spin Read the story >> Recent Commentary by Council Members, Speakers Azeem Ibrahim on funding the British military. "We have military to be proud of, so give them money they need," The Scotsman, January 7, 2009 (subscription required)  Gurcharan Das (speaker, November 2008 DIC meeting in New Delhi, India) on India and China as emerging world powers. "The Next World Order," New York Times, January 1, 2009 Azeem Ibrahim on the conviction of Glaswegian Bilal Abdulla. "They Grew Up Half an Hour Away from Each Other," The Sunday Herald, December 20, 2008  In the News... Raja Kamal Calls for Negotiations in the Middle East "The Backlash of the Military Option," Middle East Times, January 9, 2009 Jens Ludwig on Ways to Fight Crime "Cook, Ludwig, and McCrary: Setting the Agenda for Fighting Crime," New York Times Freakonomics Blog, January 7, 2009 Charles Wheelan Announces Run for Congress "Economist, author, public policy expert Charles Wheelan in 5th House race," Chicago Sun-Times, January 7, 2009 "Goodbye Yahoo! Finance, Hello Congress?" The Naked Economist - Yahoo! Finance, December 29, 2008 Jeffrey Grogger Calls for a Revamp of the Safety Net "Reinforce the Safety Net and Boost the Economy," National Journal Expert Blogs, January 5, 2009 Raja Kamal on Arab Challenges Facing the Obama Administration "As Obama Enters, a Slate of Arab Woes Beckon," The Daily Star (Lebanon), January 5, 2009 James Heckman & Irving Harris Influence President-Elect Obama's Commitment to Early Childhood Education "Obama Pledge Stirs Hope in Early Education," New York Times, December 16, 2008