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 IMF Economist and Senior External Relations Officer Michaela Schrader was a guest speaker at AGS on April 1st, in Professor Anand's class on International Organizations. She talked to the students about the role that the International Monetary Fund seeks to play in promoting global monetary cooperation and exchange rate stability, facilitating international trade, and fostering ...
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 On March 28th 2011, the American Graduate School in Paris signed a partnership agreement with the American University in the Emirates (www.aue.ae). This agreement provides that the two institutions will engage in academic cooperation at various levels: joint degree programs, student and faculty exchange, joint research projects and publications, sharing of academic resources and expertise, and ...
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 On March 25, Mary Crane-Charef of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) was a guest speaker in Dr. Anand's International Organizations class at the School of in International Relations and Diplomacy at AGS. Mary Crane-Charef is Communications Officer at the Anti-Corruption Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs of the OECD. Her presentation focused mainly ...
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 Two AGS students are organizing a bake sale to raise funds in favor of an international humanitarian organization dedicated to children in need. The sale will take place on March 28-29 in the AGS library, and all members and friends of the AGS community are invited to participate by bringing cakes to be sold or buying those ...
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 In the next coming weeks, guest speakers from the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), the IMF (International Monetary Fund), UNEP (United Nations Environment Program), Human Rights Watch, and WAN-IFRA (World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers) will come to AGS to give a talk and answer students' questions in Dr. Anand's class on International Organizations.
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 On February 19, a group of AGS students and alumni gathered for a volunteer day to help sort books in support of the "Books for Haiti" initiative, conducted by the Biblion Project Association in partnership with the NGO Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (Libraries Without Borders). They were able to sort and prepare approximately 2,000 books to be sent ...
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 On May 26-27, AGS will hold its 6th Annual International Graduate Student Conference. This conference is organized by AGS students under the coordination of Professor Ruchi Anand and is open to student and faculty participants from around the world. The theme this year is: The Politics of Disaster: The Mitigation, Management and International Response to Environmental ...
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 Serge Schemann from the International Herald Tribune will animate a discussion about "Wikileaks and the Old Media" at the next AGS Wine and Cheese Evening on Wednesday, February 16. These gatherings held at AGS twice a semester bring together professors, students, and outside guests to discuss around a theme of international affairs in a convivial atmosphere. ...
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 A group of AGS students teamed up with several international students in Paris to form a nonprofit association named Biblion Project, which seeks to promote better education and quality of learning at both the local and international levels by supporting student-run projects.
AGS Master of International Relations and Diplomacy students Brandon Roddey, as president and ...
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 On December 10, Professor Anand's IO class welcomed guest speakers from UNESCO and UNEP who presented the inner workings of these two United Nations organizations and their role in global governance.
James Vener of UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) described the increasingly important role that UNEP plays in helping to manage environmental issues worldwide. His presentation included ...
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Moving to Paris has taken a top rank amongst the most challenging things I have experienced in life so far. AGS – the classes, my colleagues, and the school staff – provided for me a sanity that I had lost! This program is phenomenal and is giving me opportunities to do some really cool things, such as being invited to intern for a summer at a school/community outreach program in Tanzania.