Happy Holidays from Admissions — Our Year in Review

2020 brought new challenges for all of us. But throughout the year, the Harris community showed impressive resilience and a sustained passion for social impact.

Watch our 2020 Year in Review video and read our top highlights of the past year.

Here are some of the ways we found success, built community, and navigated change — together.

• Marked the 30th anniversary of the naming of the Harris School of Public Policy
• Hired new faculty, including Nobel Prize Winner Michael Kremer
• Published the Harris Diversity & Inclusion Roadmap
• Hosted five Black History Month events, welcoming 719 attendees
• Graduated 435 policy leaders from 36 countries
• Funded 125 internships and $2.19M in scholarships thanks to our alumni and donors
• Offered 3,671 hours of advising and career coaching to students
• Placed students in 303 TA and 75 RA positions and hired 138 student workers
• Moved 87 sections of Harris courses online
• Donated 1 million pieces of PPE to Chicago first responders from Crime Lab and Education Lab 
• Faculty, alumni, and students appeared in 7,780 media mentions referencing their COVID-related impact work
• 122 students completed 22 projects for 19 clients through Policy Labs
• Collected 26 permanent artworks and hosted 13 socially engaged art installations
• Networked 179 civic leaders serving all Chicago neighborhoods through the Civic Leadership Academy

Thank you for being part of the Harris community. Here’s to continued hope and impact in 2021.

Happy holidays,

Your Harris Admissions Team

PS. Please note, Harris will be closed December 23, 2020—January 3, 2021, and your Admissions team will have limited access to email during that time. There may be a delay in response time until Monday, January 4. Happy Holidays!