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How Tax Policy and the EITC Make Migration Possible for America’s Rural Women

Research
Professor Dan Black and co-author are the first to demonstrate that the Earned Income Tax Credit helps women move to economic opportunity.
Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of activists Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, will speak at University of Chicago on April 28 as part of this year’s George E. Kent Lecture.

Author Ilyasah Shabazz to Deliver Kent Lecture on April 28

News
Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of activists Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, will speak at University of Chicago on April 28 as part of this year’s George E. Kent Lecture.

How to Influence International Policy: A Workshop on Using Evidence to Brief Executives

Students
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Student Profile: Anupriya Nag, MPP Class of 2023, Pearson Fellow

Student profile
“I hope to enable others to have the tools and framework to navigate generational effects of displacement.”

Admitted Student Communications

In the summer prior to your first quarter, you will receive many emails from Harris Orientation which prepare you for the Harris student experience. Starting in late spring, we will compile the information and resources included in those emails below for you to reference as needed.  Visit this website often, and continue to check your personal and UChicago email accounts for important action items and due dates as you make your transition to Chicago and Harris.  On this page:
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Alumni Profile: Tirumala Kaggundi, MSCAPP’22

Alumni profile
"Harris is as rigorous as it gets when it comes to evidence-based policymaking, and the learnings and camaraderie of the community is worth all the effort.”
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Congo Calling: A Documentary Featuring Harris Faculty Asks Tough Questions About Development

News
Does Western development aid in sub-Saharan Africa truly help? The answer, it turns out, is not so clear.
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Reflections on the Harris Core Curriculum

The Harris Core Curriculum (“the Core”) is a two-quarter sequence of six foundational courses in microeconomics, statistics for data analysis, and analytical politics. The Core is a distinguishing aspect of the Harris academic experience and sets Harris apart from other policy graduate programs. Lindsay Hiser, MPP Class of 2023, shares her experience taking courses in the Core Curriculum and her reflections on its impact.
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The American Experimenter

News
When it comes to the inner workings of democracy, Assistant Professor Anthony Fowler is leaving no assumption untested.
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Data on Demand: The Power of the UChicago Crime Lab's Violence Reduction Dashboard

News
UChicago Crime Lab’s Violence Reduction Dashboard provides unprecedented data on violence in near-real-time to anyone with internet access.

Chicago Centered - Summer Series Happy Hour and Kickoff

Admissions, Evening Master's Program (EMP)
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Student Profile: Umama Zillur, MPP Class of 2023, Pearson Fellow

Student profile
“Compared to the other policy schools, Harris had the rigor, the environment, and the people who were asking the questions I was interested in.”