News for October 2008

Joaquin Herranz Jr. Receives Best Paper Award from EGOS

The
Organizational Network Research Group of the European Group for
Organizational Studies (EGOS) chose a paper by Joaquin Herranz,
Jr. titled "Multisectoral Network Adaptation to Changes in Exogenous Policy and Economic Conditions" as their 2008 Best Paper Award winner. Herranz presented the paper this summer at the organization's annual conference in Amsterdam.
New Papers Posted to Evans School Working Papers Series

Two papers by William M. Zumeta and Richard O. Zerbe, Jr. are available on the Evans School 2008 Working Paper Series website. Zumeta's article is titled "How Much Higher Education Does the Nation Need?" Zerbe's article is titled "Ethical Benefit Cost Analysis as Art and Science: Ten Rules for Benefit-Cost Analysis," and was recently accepted for publication in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change.
Leadership at the Crossroads Debut

Nearly 100 Evans school alumni, students, and friends gathered on October 6 for the Puget Sound Alumni Reception, followed by a presentation by Orin Smith, who served chief policy and finance officer under two Washington State governors before leading the Starbucks Corporation as president and CEO.
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Faculty Help Explain the Financial Crisis

Sandra O. Archibald, Richard O. Zerbe, and Norm Rice have joined forces with experts from across the University of Washington to help our students, alumni, and friends understand the current world economic crisis. Read about it on Crosscut.com » Learn more about these events and watch online »
Nickels, Freeman Debate Proposition 1

MetroPol, an Evans School student group, organized a debate on Proposition 1 between City of Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and Kemper Freeman, Jr. of the Kemper Development Company on Wednesday, October 22. Seattle Times »
Ann Bostrom Appointed to National Committee on Tsunami Preparedness

Ann Bostrom was appointed by the National Research Council to serve on a committee for a project titled “Review of the Tsunami Warning and Forecast System and Overview of the Nation’s Tsunami Preparedness.” Find out more about the project
Colleen Willoughby Wins A.K. Guy Award

Evans School Visiting Committee Chair Colleen Willoughby recieved the YMCA’s 25th A.K. Guy Award at a formal luncheon on October 15. The event recognized Willoughby’s extraordinary commitment to and leadership in philanthropy, civic engagement, and women's and youth issues.
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Mark C. Long Named Managing Editor/Co-Editor of JPAM

Mark C. Long was named the managing editor and co-editor of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM), the pre-eminent journal of public affairs published by the Association for Public Policy and Management.
UW President Elected to National Academy of Public Administration

University of Washington President Mark Emmert has been elected to the National Academy of Public Administration, a nonprofit, independent coalition of top public management and organizational leaders who tackle the nation's most critical and complex challenges. Emmert is a faculty member at the Evans School. Learn more »
Alum Craig Benjamin Quoted in The Seattle Times

Craig Benjamin (MPA '08) was quoted in The Seattle Times about a project he worked on as a City of Seattle Mayor's Fellow to help create public spaces in downtown Seattle. Read the article » Learn more about the City of Seattle Mayor's Fellows Program »