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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. 
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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

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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

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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

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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)
Join us to kick off a summer-long series of events highlighting Harris alumni, faculty research, and the work of the many centers, labs, and institutes.
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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.”
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Student Profile: Muaz Chaudhry, MPP Class of 2024

Student profile
“As a future policymaker, I want to create spaces for people to safely present themselves without fear of oppression."

Stabilizing Fragile States: The Legacy of Rufus Phillips III

Special Events
Pearson Professor Roger Myerson will join a panel at the U.S. Institute of Peace to discuss the future of U.S. efforts to address state fragility.
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A Proud Heritage: The Chicago Policy Review's Past and Present Come Together in Time for Harris Connect Weekend

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When Kathy Im, MPP’97, co-founded the Chicago Policy Review in 1996, she envisioned it as an important complement to the Harris School of Public Policy’s otherwise very quantitative-focused curriculum.
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Banking on Policy: Chasse Rehwinkel, MPP’15, Brings Financial Wizardry to State of Illinois

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Chasse Rehwinkel, MPP’15, was not long out of Gettysburg College when he began his first government job. In an alderman’s office, he answered residents’ requests for sidewalks and streetlights. Just 10 years later, Rehwinkel is State Banking Director.