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Data and Policy Summer Scholar (DPSS) General Webinar

In this virtual information session hear from Andie Ingram Eccles, share about the program curriculum, alumni outcomes, admissions process, and more before the final application deadline on May 23.

Ask Admissions: Data and Policy Summer Scholar (DPSS) Program

Connect with Mauricio Villacres, Assistant Director of Credential Programs to learn more about the Data and Policy Summer Scholar (DPSS) program and application process.
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Finding Housing as a Graduate Student

Yelyzaveta (Lisa) Fedorovska, MPP Class of 2024, moved to Chicago from Ukraine in fall of 2023. In this blog, she shares some helpful tips for graduate students looking for housing.
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From the Classroom into the Community: Harris Community Action Fellows Partner with South Side Nonprofits to Increase Impact

Founded in 2017, New Community Outreach focuses on violence prevention and trauma informed care on Chicago's South Side through restorative justice practice, mentoring, and leadership skills training for young people.
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Student Profile: Yufei Liu, IPAL'22, MPP Class of 2025

“The IPAL Capstone Project supplemented me with the skills I needed the most.”

Applying To Grad School Series - Writing Your Essays

Join Blake Edwards, Senior Associate Director of Marketing and Communications on the admissions team, for an overview of tips and advice for writing your application essays.
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Student Profile: Ben Schiffman, MPP Class of 2025

“I like local government because it deals directly with policies that seem small but are incredibly influential on people’s lives.”
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2023 Kent Lecture: Kevin Richardson on Vilification, Perseverance, and Salvation

More than 30 years after the infamous “Central Park Five” arrests, Kevin Richardson—the speaker at the 2023 Harris School of Public Policy’s George E. Kent Lecture—has transformed his nightmarish experience into activism.
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Associate Professor Koichiro Ito and Will Seonmin Heo, MPP’20, Measure International Pollution Spillover Effects

For several years, Associate Professor Ito had searched for data that could be used to study the health and economic implications of international spillovers of air pollution. Along with student Will Seonmin Heo, however, the two found a solution.
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Introducing The Democracy Solutions Project Multimedia Series, From Chicago Public Media and the Center for Effective Government

Chicago Public Media and CEG will collaborate on a significant initiative to investigate and explore the critical issues facing democracy in the city, state, and nation.
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Pearson Institute Announces 2023 Annual Lecture Speaker

Free and open to the public, this years’ speaker will be Ibrahim Elbadawi, the Managing Director of the Economic Research Forum and a prominent Sudanese innovator and former high-level government appointee.

Innovations in Infrastructure

Presented by Center for Municipal Finance