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“I have seen how good policy can have a positive influence, and I want to design policies to better support and empower financially vulnerable groups.”

Kim Wolske is a research associate professor at Harris and fellow with the Energy Policy Institute. She studies environmental, social, and cognitive psychology to understand the behavioral dimensions of energy issues.

Amir Jina, a climate and economics researcher at the University of Chicago, said the precise numbers in the study may be off, but the main points and trends are supported by other studies.

“When the political will is there, these things happen, one way or another,” he said.

Fantasy baseball was an ideal recreational pursuit for graduate students immersed in a data-rich education in a passionate baseball town.

“The Data & Policy Summer Scholar Program (DPSS) taught me a lot about how to use data. I had always been interested in research but didn’t focus much on the data side. Through DPSS, I learned how impactful and important data can be when used effectively