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“I believe effective, evidence-based policymaking can help address inequalities in accessing education.”

The University of Chicago and the Obama Foundation on September 7 announced a new cohort of University of Chicago Obama Foundation Scholars, comprising 12 emerging leaders.

In some Chicago neighborhoods young people are exposed to gun violence at rates almost 30 times higher than youths even a few blocks away—a dynamic that manifests itself in harms to mental health, emotional development, and academic engagement.

“I’m looking forward to the exchange of ideas among students from 39 countries. Imagine the kind of energy coming from people of all walks of life, sharing things we may have never thought of before.”

“The data showed that even though Taliban violence was reduced, they were still present and had freedom of movement,” said Wright, an assistant professor at the Harris School of Public Policy. “They weren’t being beaten; they had chosen to withdraw.” 

For the first time since the Harris Policy Labs program was established six years ago, a social policy-focused Policy Lab will be offered all three quarters.

“I’m in policy because I feel like I have a responsibility to look at how policy impacts underrepresented and underserved communities.”

“I want to take up that middle-ground role between policy and science so I can hopefully look back on my career fifty years from now and see that I’ve made a real difference.”