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Setting the Doomsday Clock

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Andrew Beeler: My Experience as a Student Veteran Running for State Representative

Andrew Beeler, MPP Class of 2021 and former Surface Warfare Officer in the US Navy, writes about why he decided to pursue his MPP at Harris and his experience running for State Representative while pursuing his degree.
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Kouri Marshall (CLA'18) on Innovation, Equity, and Women Leaders

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"Though we have made tremendous advances over the years, the fight for equal protection under the law, health equity, and access to quality education is still very much alive and is being lifted up by a new class of leaders," Marshall writes.
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Navigating Harris Systems and Platforms

Incoming students starting at Harris this fall will often be juggling several tasks. From coursework, to searching for an internship, to attending events and lectures, UChicago has several platforms to help ensure you maximize the value of your grad school experience. In this blog, we include a list of the platforms you will most frequently encounter during your time at the University of Chicago, and especially Harris. We hope this serves as a quick guide to common resource systems over the coming months.
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Student Q&A: Jihye Jang, MPP '18 (Expected)

Student profile
Coming straight to Harris from Peking University, Jihye Jang has a unique perspective on Harris' public policy programs.

Voters and Vaccines: The Politics of Ground Campaigns

Podcast
Whether it’s trying to convince you to vote for a particular candidate or get vaccinated, the identity of the person who knocks on your door may matter. So who are the people who volunteer to do this canvassing? Are they likely to succeed?
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Pro Athletes – and Students in the Evening Master's Program – Stand for Justice

News
George Floyd’s death, and the racial reckoning it ignited, were renewed calls to action for a group of Harris School of Public Policy students who have joined professional athletes in Chicago to battle inequality.

Overall Outcomes

Harris students are passionate, driven, and committed to positive change. Rigorous coursework in microeconomics, statistics, and analytical politics equips students with the quantitative and analytical skills to evaluate and recommend sound policies in a variety of contexts.
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Why Do Republicans Continue to Support Trump Despite Years of Scandal?

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In their paper, “Political Scandal: A Theory” Associate Professor Wioletta Dziuda and William Howell, the Sydney Stein Professor in American Politics at Harris, investigate the incentives of parties to create political scandals and their political consequ
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10 Stories about Race & Social Justice from 2020

News
2020 brought on a reckoning in the United States and around the globe on the topic of racial justice and the importance of diversity and inclusion to advancing social progress.
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Property Tax Burdens Fall on the Nation’s Lowest-Income Homeowners

Research
Professor Christopher Berry and the Center for Municipal Finance have completed a nationwide analysis revealing that property taxes are inequitable.
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Freeing the Policy Writer Within: David Chrisinger, the Harris Writing Workshop, and the Power of Narrative

News
The Harris Writing Workshop is changing public policy writing. Along the way, it’s aiming for storytelling that will create a national reputation.