We are offering a record number of policy courses this summer! Registration is open for Maymester and Summer Session I - claim your spot!

We are so happy for policy major, Gabby Hubert, who recently received the Burch Fellowship! She will travel to Yangon, Myanmar and conduct research on gender disparities in experience of international development at the Asia Foundation. Best of luck, Gabby!

THANK YOU to the team of UNC-Chapel Hill Public Policy students who’ve mapped and analyzed #NC Complete Count Committees for their semester-long Capstone Project! I’m so excited to soon share their final work, which will help us to #makeNCcount in #Census2020!

Hi! TODAY, September 24th, Mitchell E. Daniels, who is the current president of Purdue University and former governor of the state of Indiana will be talking about “How Much ‘Higher’ is Higher Education?” It begins at 5PM in Moeser Auditorium, Hill Hall. Open/ free to the public

Hope to see many from around campus attend. Thanks to the many faculty, staff, and librarians that help make these courses amazing! UNC Librarian UNC BeAM UNC Office for Undergraduate Research UNC English & Comparative Literature UNC Psych & Neuro UNC History UNC Public Policy UNC EXSS @UNCPoliSci program/register: qep.unc.edu/home-2/instruc…

Wed 6-8pm: #LiteRefreshments @ UNC School of Government UNC School of Government 2601! UNC MPA Program open house ... facebook.com/phree.phood/po… cc MPA@UNC SOG CED UNC Advising Peers Friday Ctr. Advising UNC Advising UNC Graduate School University Career Services at UNC-Chapel Hill UNC Public Policy Buckley Public Service Scholars Carolina Center for Public Service

📢 @prof_mirya and I are hosting a post-conf with @sppc19 on Identity Politics in the US States. Do you study race, gender, sexuality, immigration, etc & want feedback on your work, publishing advice, fun meals & networking with fellow cool people? Apply! unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5m…

A closer look at Amazon HQ2 proposals reveals that cities compete on much more than just cost. Professor Maryann Feldman and three public policy graduate students explores how cities utilize craft breweries to market themselves to firms and workers. newsobserver.com/opinion/articl…

The Carolina Forum, sponsored by UNC’s Department of Public Policy, is tonight!

Our paper is officially published today so figured I might as well tweet it again. :) Check out our paper on gender polarization in state legislatures. In some states, Republican women are more conservative than men; not more liberal, as prev lit suggests. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

I just added ~150 AMAZING student policy briefs (w/ permission) to my website. Check them out if you want to learn about important policy issues or if you assign briefs to your students and want examples. Most are national but some highlight local #ncpol. rebeccakreitzer.com/briefs/

Transfer Project APPAM UNC Public Policy And guess who wins the best poster award!! Our very own Marlous de Milliano, paper on the impact of the Malawi Social Cash Transfer on social support and stress! UNC Public Policy Transfer Project

And in First Place for the Thursday night Poster Session is Marlous de Graaf, Claire Barrington and Gustavo Angeles from UNC-Chapel Hill with “The Role of Coping Strategies and the Social Cash Transfer Program on Individual’s Well-Being in Malawi”. Congrats to all the winners! #2019APPAM

SHE IS ON THE JOB MARKET! We repeat: Emily Nwakpuda UNC Public Policy is on the Job MARKET! Learn more about her work here: sites.google.com/view/emily-nwa… #ThankYouSadie #SACE2020 #DiversifyEcon #APPAM2019

Upcoming event: Thursday, November 14th from 3-4pm, Dr. Meier will be giving a lecture at Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium! Refreshments will be provided after the lecture. You do not want to miss it!

Happy recruitment season! If you have talented students interested in a PhD in Public Policy, direct them our way. Our students are trained in economics, political science, research design & methods, and ethics. The deadline is Dec. 10th. Reach out w/ Qs! publicpolicy.unc.edu

Our Ph.D. program allows students to customize their studies, taking relevant classes from a variety of depts at UNC (and nearby schools, like Duke). Our department is relatively small, so good mentoring. Finally, we are a diverse dept with many people studying policy inequality.

Are you interested in pursing a Ph.D. in Public Policy? We are accepting applications for the 2020-2021 academic year. Deadline to apply is December 10th. Learn more: bit.ly/2KzEU9I

NC undergrads and recent grads - check out this 2 year paid fellowship at the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. This would be a great opportunity for a UNC Public Policy student! Read more about it here: zsr.org/zsr-fellowship

Looking for a Public Policy related internship? Interested in learning more about the application process? Join the Public Policy Majors Union for an internship Q&A on February 3! THERE’S FREE PIZZA 🍕 RSVP: forms.gle/ZrVK9bDd96WkhB…