Harold and Colene Brown Endow Faculty Chair at Pardee RAND Graduate School
The Harold and Colene Brown Faculty Chair will enable exceptional RAND researchers and faculty to be in residence at the school each year, allowing them to work on independent research and provide mentorship and guidance to students. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - November 18, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Cornish Supports 'Strengthening Britain's Voice in the World'
To remedy the growing imbalance between its spending on defence, development and diplomacy, the UK government must reverse cuts to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s budget, according to a Strategic Defence and Security Review to which Paul Cornish is a signatory. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - November 3, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
RAND Named One of 50 Greatest Places to Work by Washingtonian
Washingtonian's biannual feature honors organizations that are recognized — by their employees — for excellent pay and benefits, challenging and interesting work, work/life balance, opportunities to learn and grow, commitment to charity and community, and the recognition and respect given to staff. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - October 26, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
CCEG Director Michael Greenberg speaks at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics conference
At the 14th annual Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics conference in Las Vegas in October, CCEG Director Michael Greenberg spoke about the future of C&E, drawing from the RAND Symposium Series. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - October 6, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Decision-making Under Deep Uncertainty Helps Address Water Security in Lima
The World Bank used decision-making under deep uncertainty to help water utility company SEDAPAL revise its master plan for drought-ridden Lima, Peru. A study led by RAND's Nidhi Kalra explores implementation of this plan. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - October 5, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
CNREP to Hold Forum on Socioeconomic Research in Coastal Systems
The Center for Natural Resource Economics & Policy is holding its 5th National Forum on Socioeconomic Research in Coastal Systems in New Orleans March 20-22, 2016. This triennial forum focuses on the opportunities and challenges of socioeconomic research and extension in the development and evaluation of coastal resource restoration and management. The deadline for abstract submission is November 20, 2015. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - October 2, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Experts Discuss California Drought and Water Policy
Water and Climate Resilience Center codirector David Groves discussed the current water crisis in California and associated policy implications during the California Drought and Water Policy Forum at RAND’s Santa Monica headquarters. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - October 2, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Deborah Freund Joins the RAND Corporation
Deborah Freund, a prominent health care economist and higher education leader, has been appointed to the RAND Corporation's Paul O'Neill Alcoa Professorship in Policy Analysis. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - September 10, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Climate Change Could Have Significant Impact on U.S. Water Quality Plans
Water quality implementation plans developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its state, local, and tribal partners to meet Clean Water Act requirements may be vulnerable to climate change and other future challenges. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - September 9, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
RAND Hosts Cybersecurity Exercise
The discussion of cybersecurity should not be trapped within narrow technical, national security, or legal stovepipes and should include an examination of economic, civil, and societal factors. With that goal in mind, RAND hosted an analytic exercise on cybersecurity. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - September 3, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
10 Years Post-Katrina: Current and Future Flood Risk in Greater New Orleans
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Data Center released a report by RAND researchers David R. Johnson, Jordan R. Fischbach, and Kenneth Kuhn, which presents estimates of flood risk in Greater New Orleans and quantifies post-Katrina efforts to improve coastal defense. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - August 31, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Kalra Presents at California Climate Change Symposium
Nidhi Kalra participated in a panel on Future Climate Impacts and Adaptation Options for Natural and Managed Ecosystems, with a presentation on "Climate considerations, adaptation, and prioritizing state-funded levee investments in the Delta," at the 2015 California Climate Change Symposium in Sacramento. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - August 25, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
