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My Summer Internship: Analyst with the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability

Student: Drazzel Feliu, Class of 2019 Position: Summer Analyst, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability in Chicago, Illinois
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Harris Presents the War Horse Symposium, Inspired by Student-Written White Paper

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The symposium, which features speakers Jon Stewart and Bob Woodward, has its genesis in a white paper written by Harris authors.
Peter Biava, MPP/MBA '19

Student Q&A: Peter Biava, MPP/MBA ’19 (Expected)

Student profile
Building a better world through robust economic development—that's Biava's goal. Learn how he's using his dual degree at Harris and Booth to do it.
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University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and Obama Foundation Announce New Class of Scholars

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Today, the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and the Obama Foundation announced the second cohort of Obama Foundation Scholars.
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Workplace Wellness Programs Do Little to Improve Overall Health or Lower Spending, Study Shows

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The findings, published April 16 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), raise questions about the effectiveness of such programs offered by 80 percent of large U.S. employers via what now amounts to an $8 billion industry.
Marco Mena

Policy Expert, Politician and Poverty Fighter: Marco Mena and the Growth of Tlaxcala

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Among the signature initiatives of Gov. Marco Mena, MPP’94, the governor of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, is a poverty reduction program called Supérate, credited with decreasing the number of people in extreme poverty in Mena’s Tlaxcala by 50 percent.
Katie Fanning, MA '19

Student Q&A: Katie Fanning, MA ’19 (Expected)

Student profile
Learn how Fanning will use her time in the new part-time Harris Public Policy Evening Master's Program to transition to the public sector. She plans to make it count.
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Latrines and Learning

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What the Data Say About Voter ID Laws

Podcast
There’s a lot of debate in our politics about whether we should have stricter voter ID laws. Stanford Political Scientist Justin Grimmer gives us a fresh look at whether stricter voter ID laws decrease turnout during elections.
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The Institutional Racism Of Land Use Regulation

Podcast
Land-use regulations could be causing modern-day segregation. Jessica Trounstine, chair of the political science department a the University of California Merced, discusses why land-use policies aren’t as race-neutral as they seem.

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Harris Edge: Professional and Leadership Development

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