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🎓✨ Last week we celebrated our 2024 SPP graduates. Special shout out to the recipients of the M.V. Lee Badgett Social Justice Award, Urooj Jeelani and Matt Sorrels, and the Philip Hertz Scholarship, Caitlyn Egan and Yatanar Htun! #UMass #UMassSPP #SPPGraduation #ClassOf2024

The School of Public Policy at UMass Amherst is proud to be a co-host of the 2024 Social Equity Leadership Conference. The conference gathers academics, students, and practitioners focused on "achieving diversity, equity, inclusion, and access in an increasingly divided world."

Congratulations to SPP alum, Jessica Avery MPPA'22 Jessica Avery (she/her) for making this prestigious list of women leaders in the Commonwealth -- and for always making a difference. Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women #CH24

#UConnSPP & the NAPA Standing Panel on Social Equity in Governance would like to invite you to the 2024 Social Equity Leadership Conference (SELC), hosted at UConn’s Stamford Campus. Learn more & register on our SELC webpage publicpolicy.uconn.edu/social-equity-…

Congratulations to Jessica Avery, MPPA '22, for being named to the Commonwealth Heroines Class of 2024 by Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women. More on the Commonwealth Heroines class: masscsw.org/2024/05/23/con… #umassspp #umass

Police violence can discourage people from interacting with their local government find Kelsey Shoub and Cody Drolc wp.me/p3I2YF-dYQ

“When the police sirens fade following a police involved death, communities may go quiet” 📚 In this LSE USAPP blog piece, Kelsey Shoub (UMass Public Policy) and Cody Drolc (University of South Carolina) find that police violence discourages people from interacting with local government 🔗 blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2024…

Congratulations to Natalie Baillargeon, MPPA '25, for being named a 2024 Switzer Foundation Fellow! Natalie is one of twenty fellowship recipients in the Switzer class of 2024. Learn more at umass.edu/public-policy/… #umass #umassspp #publicpolicy #environmentalpolicy #spppride

Libby Sharrow, public policy and history, wins the 2024 APSA Kammerer Award for her book "Equality Unfulfilled: How Title IX's Policy Design Undermines Change to College Sports." #umass #umassspp #publicpolicy #titleix #equalityunfulfilled

Brittany Houston & Rylyn Williams UMass Public Policy & UM Data Analytics & Computational Social Science presented on trust in policing & algorithmic decision-making at the 2024 Social Equity Leadership Conference (#SELC24) co-hosted by @Umasspolicy & hosted by NAPA & UConn School of Public Policy. Slides/photos: napawash.org/events/save-th…

In a new study, Assistant Professor Marta Vicarelli and coauthors find that NbS are are cost-effective means for mitigating disaster risks and adapting to climate change. umass.edu/news/article/n… #umass #umassspp #nbs #disasterrisk #climateadaptation

🧵We took a deep dive on Project 2025, about which a surprisingly large portion of the electorate is aware, in our new UMass Poll. Many of the Project 2025 proposals we asked about are profoundly unpopular, even among Republicans. umass.edu/news/article/a…

Joya Misra, public policy and sociology, recently published two new articles addressing different aspects of faculty inclusion in higher education spaces. Article links here: ow.ly/Ge2k50SWTJx ow.ly/aNOM50SWTJw #umass #umassspp #higheredpolicy #publicpolicy #inclusion

Prof @AlasdairRoberts has published "The Adaptable Country" McGill-Queen's University Press. Not surprising, it's already making waves internationally.

Congratulations to Megan Di Giovanni for winning the 2024 NAPA Grand Challenges Memo Competition! Her memo advocates for FEMA relief for affected communities, a powerful step for environmental sustainability. Read more: napawash.org/election-2024-…

Applications are now open for the UN winter school! This is a great opportunity for graduate students-click here to learn more and submit your application: sites.google.com/site/martavica…

In Good Company, Lenore Palladino's new book, she explores corporate power structures with a focus on social and economic good. Learn more: umass.edu/news/article/u… #umass #umassspp #shareholderprimacy #economicpolicy #corporatecitizenship

Gregor Semieniuk was recently cited in a Congressional Budget Office report titled, "The Risks of Climate Change to the United States in the 21st Century." Read the full CBO report here: ow.ly/sjNF50UBN29 #umass #umassspp #climatechange #climaterisk #cbo

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