studies centre type non profit founded 2006 headquarters sydney australia key people professor simon jackman ceo mark baillie chair of the board of directors website ussc.edu.au the united states studies centre at the university of sydney aims to increase understanding of the united states in australia and enrichen the australian united states relationship . the centre teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students conducts policy focused research and hosts public events on a range of issues . contents 1 history 2 funding 3 references 4 external links history edit then prime minister john howard announced in 2006 a 25 million endowment to establish a united states studies centre . after a national competition administered by the new york based american australian association the university of sydney won the right to form the centre in partnership with the aaa with additional support from the nsw government and the private sector . the centre constituted its board of directors chaired by malcolm binks ao and held its first national summit on the bush presidency in 2007 . the centre admitted its first postgraduate students in its ma and phd degrees in us studies in early 2008 . this year also saw the appointment of the centre s founding ceo professor geoffrey garrett its chair in us politics professor margaret levi as well as the completion of the centre s building on the university of sydney s darlington campus . in 2009 the centre appointed journalist james fallows as chair in us media offered its first undergraduate unit of study on the us in the world and formed a partnership with harvard university to host the centre s second national summit on sustainable globalisation . in 2009 the centre hosted its first cohort of six postdoctoral fellows chosen from 176 applicants . the fellows work focused on a variety of issues related to the united states including cross national comparisons of the role of religion effects of increases in income inequality the history of financial exchanges u.s. and arab israeli relations latino interest in education policy and the history of sexual liberation in the 1970s u.s. 1 in the same year the centre appointed former executive director of recovery management for the city of new orleans edward blakely as honorary professor in urban policy and former australian ambassador to the un robert hill as adjunct professor in sustainability . in 2010 the centre announced the 2 million dow sustainability program funded by the us based dow chemical company foundation . the program was aimed at bringing together academic and policy experts from australia and the us to develop action oriented solutions to a range of sustainability challenges concerning energy water food and biodiversity that are technologically innovative commercially scalable and politically viable . the program was extended until 2015 and completed its work in early 2016 . bates gill replaced geoffrey garrett as chief executive officer in october 2012 . 2 funding edit the centre is funded from an endowment established by the australian government of 25 million with additional support from the university of sydney the nsw government and the american australian association through contributions from business and private individuals . references edit postdoctoral fellows . new ceo for the united states studies centre . us studies centre . retrieved 2012 05 03 . external links edit united states studies centre v t e university of sydney faculties and schools faculty of agriculture and environment faculty of architecture design and planning faculty of arts and social sciences faculty of dentistry faculty of education and social work faculty of engineering and information technologies faculty of health sciences faculty of pharmacy faculty of science faculty of veterinary science sydney college of the arts sydney conservatorium of music sydney law school sydney medical school sydney nursing school university of sydney business school 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