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• Congratulations to David Siroky--Peace Scholar David Siroky has been chosen by the United States Institute of Peace as a Peace Scholar for 2008-2009. David's proposal was selected as one of ten winners from a pool of 166 applications. This is an outstanding achievement. Congratulations David!
• Alexander Downes' new book 

  In this book, Downes asks why states engage in civilian victimization -- military strategies that target an enemy's civilian population in wartime. He argues that such strategies are employed in two circumstances: to coerce an adversary to give up when leaders become desperate to win or to reduce their military casualties in costly wars of attrition, and to eliminate actual or potential resistance by the population in wars to conquer and annex an enemy's territory. http://www.duke.edu/~downes/publications.htm

  Congratulations Alex!

• Congratulations to Dennis Rasmussen Dennis Rasmussen's dissertation has been published - "The Problems and Promise of Commercial Society" - congratulations Dennis!
• Bruce Jentleson in the N & O Bruce has an article in the Point of View section the News & Observer. Congratulations Bruce!
• Gold Citation Award goes to John Aldrich John Aldrich has just been notified that he will receive the "Gold Citation Award" for outstanding achievements by an alumnus, from Allegheny College

  The Gold Citation is awarded in recognition and appreciation of honor reflected upon the College by virtue of professional or volunteer activities.

  Congratulations John!

• Raymond Mercado article in N & O A very interesting op-ed in today's N&O, from our own Raymond Mercado. Congratulations, Raymond!
• Dave Rohde on NPR Dave Rohde interview on NPR "Primary Colors, Brighter than Usual?"
• Congratulations Prof. Kornberg! Our recent dedication of the Allan Kornberg Conference Room is one of the featured stories on Duke Today. The story includes a great photo of Allan and Pat. http://news.duke.edu/2008/01/kornberg.html
• Congratulations to Paula McClain Paula McClain has won this year's Samuel Dubois Cook Award. The award was given for having "demonstrated the ideals of the Cook Award in the quality of your research, your dedication to teaching and your commitment to mentoring. Moreover, you are truly a 'citizen-scholar'contributing to Duke University, to your professional discipline and to the African American community in a variety of ways. By awarding you the "Sammie" we seek to acknowledge your extraordinary effort to forward the goals of the Cook Society--to translate the promise and potential of African Americans into fulfillment and actuality, and to seek to improve relations among persons of all backgrounds." The Cook Award will be presented at the annual Awards Dinner to be held on Tuesday, February 19th at the Washington Duke Inn. Congratulations Paula!
• Congratulations David Rohde! Dave's paper "Dimensions, Issues and Bills: Appropriations Voting on the House Floor" has been chosen as the winner of the Fett Award of the Midwest Political Science Association. Congratulations Dave!
• Honoring Professor Allan Kornberg After 43 years of distinguished service to Duke, Professor Kornberg will officially retire from the university at the end of next academic year. In recognition of his many contributions to our department and the university, we are happy to announce that our conference room (Room 317) has been officially named the Allan Kornberg Conference Room! Please join me in congratulating Professor Kornberg for this most deserved honor and recognition. We will have a formal naming reception in early September in which Professor Kornberg and his wife, Pat, will join us for this wonderful occasion. Thanks to Provost Lange and Dean McLendon for their efforts in getting formal university approval for this honor.
• Ruth Grant on Community Radio Listen to Ruth on community radio on a talk show about Moral Values sponsored by the North Carolina Society for Ethical Culture talking about Goodness and Evil. Congratulations Ruth!
• Gabriel Sheffer quoted in the Washington Post 

  Gabriel has been quoted in an article "Official Panel Accuses Israeli Leaders Of Multiple Failures in Lebanon War" in the May 1st issue of the Washington Post. Congratulations Gabriel!

• Congratulations to Claire Lauterbach Claire Lauterbach, a Junior Political Science Major with an IR concentration, had a paper accepted for publication in International Studies Perspectives. The paper, entitled "The Costs of Cooperation: Civilian Casualty Counts in Iraq," was originally written when Claire was a Sophomore in Professor Tim Buthe's course on Non-State Actors in World Politics (PS 158/PPS 181). Good work Claire and thanks to Professor Buthe for his fine mentorship!
• John Transue in the news! John Transue was quoted in an article in the March 26th issue of the Durham Herald Sun. Congratulations John!
• Dave Rohde in the news! Dave has been quoted in the March 22nd issue of The New York Times, Congratulations Dave!
• Dave Rohde in Congressional Quarterly Dave Rohde was quoted in the March 21st issue of Congressional Quarterly. Congratulations Dave!
• 2006 Graduate Student Research Day 

  Michael Munger has been invited to participate in the 2006 Graduate Student Research Day as a reviewer on Wednesday, April 5th.

  For more information about the event, please visit: http://www.gradschool.duke.edu/student_life/finding_support/gsa/programs/graduate_student_research_day/

• Congratulations to Professor Chris Gelpi He has won the 2006 Karl Deutsch Award, given by the International Studies Association to the scholar under 40 years of age who is judged to have made, through a body of publications, the most signigicant contribution to the study of International Relations and Peace Research. You can read more about the Kark Deutsch Award at http://www.isanet.org/committee/Deutsch.html You will notice from the list of past winners that Prof. Gelpi joins an august and exclusive company.
• Kevin Morrison and Victoria DeFrancesca-Soto awarded a National Science Foundation Dissertation Award Kevin and Victoria have been awarded a National Science Foundation Dissertation Award. Congratulations Kevin and Victoria! Congratulations to Professor Remmer who is Kevin's advisor.
• Congratulations to Doug Casson Doug Casson has won the APSA's Strauss Award for best theory dissertation this year.