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Student Profile: Grace Finley, MPP Class of 2023

“I want to work in a setting where I can think holistically about the interaction of different systems and work directly with the people impacted by those systems.”
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Student Profile: Connor Christensen, MPP Class of 2023

“Public policy is a career where you can help people out, and that's what matters to me.”
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Letting Slip the Dogs of War: Damini Sharma, MSCAPP’20, the Data Behind Dog Bites, and the Path to a Pulitzer Prize

Damini Sharma, MSCAPP’20, was in Chicago in June retrieving some belongings when she got the text. Her former editor was writing to congratulate her. News stories she worked on with a Marshall Project team had won a Pulitzer Prize.
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Reimagining Crisis Response: Experts Discuss the Future of 911

As cities across the country try to ensure that a 911 call summons the right kind of help, a Harris School of Public Policy and Health Lab event explored ways to “reimagine and improve crisis response.” 
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Application Tips from Harris Students

While tips on applying to grad school from the Admissions team can be helpful to prospective students as they work through their application, we know many of you are also eager to hear more from current students.

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Home page background video The video begins by the concrete steps outside the Keller Center’s north entrance, where a built-in concrete sign reads, “Harris School of Public Policy, The Keller Center.”
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Alumni Profile: Charmaine Runes, MSCAPP’21

“That I would take a class in my last quarter from an actual reporter doing exactly the kind of work that I want to be doing? It felt like everything was aligned.”
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Dean Katherine Baicker to Co-Chair Policy Translation Working Group of COVID-19 Task Force at the National Academy of Social Insurance

A new, interdisciplinary Policy Translation Working Group of the National Academy of Social Insurance's COVID-19 Task Force has been established, co-chaired by Katherine Baicker and Henry Aaron, Senior Fellow at Brookings.
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Application Tips from Harris Students Part II

While tips on applying to grad school from the Admissions team can be helpful to prospective students as they work through their application, we know many prospective students are also eager to hear more from current students, especially ahead of our Round 2 deadline on January 20. We interviewed two first year MPP students Nina Levine and Noah Fischer, to share their application experience, challenges, and advice.