James A. Thomson, who has served as president and CEO of the nonprofit RAND Corporation for more than two decades, announced today that he will step down from his post in the fall. A search for his successor will begin immediately.
"Darleen Opfer has excelled as a teacher, working with policymakers, and in academia, where she has explored education policy and school improvement," said RAND President and CEO James A. Thomson.
The Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership honored Admiral Thad W. Allen with its Exemplary Leadership Award, which is given to a person who demonstrates exemplary leadership and a commitment to the Johnson Institute's core values of ethics, accountability, and responsibility.
Paul Baran, who helped develop the building blocks of the Internet during the 1960s while working as a researcher at the RAND Corporation, died March 26 at his home in Palo Alto, Calif., from complications relating to lung cancer. He was 84.
The AcademyHealth Board of Directors gives the Health Services Research (HSR) Impact Award to recognize research that has had a significant impact on health and health care. This year, RAND's
Invisible Wounds of War study and Terri Tanielian were named winners.
International Privacy Day celebrates the day in 1981 that the first international convention on privacy was signed. Research by RAND Europe illustrates the complexities of maintaining privacy protections while supporting the legitimate use of personal data for economic and social purposes.
"Johanna Zmud's vision, experience, and energy will help expand RAND's reach and help us improve transportation, space, and technology policy in the United States and around the world," said Debra Knopman, vice president of the RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment division, which includes the Transportation, Space, and Technology program.
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced that RAND Corporation Senior Fellow, Natalie W. Crawford, was recognized as a 2011 AIAA Fellow.
RAND was asked by the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on sexual orientation and U.S. military policy in order to inform discussions about the possible repeal of the law known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
The Arc, a proposed high-speed transportation infrastructure corridor linking urban centers within and between the West Bank and Gaza, won two major prizes at the 2010 World Architecture Festival held in Barcelona November 3-5, 2010.
In honor of Veterans Day, RAND has created a special web resource with a variety of research-based materials on issues critical to veterans and their families.
The RAND Corporation was selected as a 2010 recipient of the Good Government Award from the League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh. The League encourages citizen participation in government and works to increase understanding of major public policy issues.
Several online postings containing false information regarding RAND Corporation research have appeared on various websites and blogs produced in China. RAND has never published the comments or reports cited in the online postings. The online postings do not represent the views of RAND scholars.
The first ladies of Lesotho, Namibia, and Sierra Leone met with former U.S. First Lady Laura Bush to discuss efforts to support their work, including a new RAND Corporation fellowship that aims to help first ladies and their staff develop skills for managing an effective office and learn practical policy-analysis techniques.
The RAND Corporation, which has applied its accurate data and objective analysis to K-12 education for more than 30 years, has conducted extensive research on a variety of education-related subjects at the local, state and national levels.
The Los Angeles Times has published a series of articles and developed a database that include value-added statistical estimates of the effectiveness of individual teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District based on analyses of student test scores. Although the Times has sought to be clear on this point, some readers of the coverage have inferred that the RAND Corporation did these analyses. That inference is wrong; RAND was not involved in the Times' analysis or reporting.
RAND was honored by the
Los Angeles Business Journal as one of the "Best Places to Work in Los Angeles" for 2010, and ranked third among the eleven large organizations recognized.
The world's increasingly complex problems require bold leaders who can be objective and build relationships with others, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said. Mullen was the featured speaker June 12 at the Pardee RAND Graduate School commencement ceremony.
The Pardee RAND Graduate School, the policy analysis doctoral program based at the RAND Corporation, celebrates its 40th anniversary June 11 and 12, culminating with a commencement address by Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula serves as acting director of RAND Health's program in Economics, Finance, and Organization and co-director of the Drug Policy Research Center. She is currently researching the financing, cost, and utilization of behavioral health care; the market for illicit drugs; and the epidemiology of drug use.
RAND celebrates the power of corporate philanthropy and the important role it plays in helping address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. This annual celebration helps build awareness of the philanthropic spirit of the corporate community and encourages more business leaders to engage in philanthropic partnerships. RAND thanks all of our supporters and invites you to learn more about our donors.
"I am delighted to support Pardee RAND Graduate School, an institution that contributed significantly to my intellectual and career development. The broad vision and skills that I gained at the school have helped me bring about extensive change in the public sector, private sector, and NGOs to improve quality of life."
Dr. Arthur Kellermann, one of the nation's leading public health and emergency medicine researchers, has been appointed to the RAND Corporation's Paul O'Neill Alcoa Professorship in Policy Analysis.
National security researcher Jack Riley has been appointed vice president and director of the RAND National Security Research Division. Riley has been with RAND for eleven years and associate director of NSRD since 2007.
Lara Schmidt is a member of a team of Project Air Force researchers who are helping the U.S. Air Force map out the rapidly developing frontier of potential threats in space. Since joining RAND in 2003, Schmidt has worked on a series of projects examining military space capabilities.
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