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2022 Kathryn E. Hensley Award @ SeCOPA to Mark Birdwhistell

Rick Spencer Oct 5, 2022

Mark Birdwhistell picks up another honor in 2022. This time he has won the Kathryn E. Hensley Award Distinguished Public Service Practitioner Award.

Seminar: Dr. Anjali Adukia

Oct 7, 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

October 7th 11 AM at Gatton B&E Room 127, please join us for Dr. Anjali Adukia. Books shape how children learn about society and norms, in part through representation of different characters. We introduce new artificial intelligence methods for systematically converting images into data and apply them, along with text analysis methods, to measure the representation of race, gender, and age in award-winning children’s books from the past century.

Yun Jun Kim's Poster "Our Congratulations to Yun Jun Kim for winning best graduate poster at @abfm_aspa for "How does intergovernmental competition increase government spending?" for ABFM

Yun Jun Kim wins Best Graduate Poster at ABFM

Rick Spencer Sep 26, 2022

Doctoral Student Yun Jun Kim won Best Graduate Poster for "How does intergovernmental competition increase government spending?" The poster is included below for your review.

Dr. Caroline Weber named Co-Editor of National Tax Journal for 2023

Courtesy National Tax Journal Sep 14, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Caroline Weber on her appointment to this important role at a prestigious tax journal. Read the story republished from the NTA website below.

Andrew Laws addressing freshman at Big Blue U event

Martin School Celebrates First Student Body President, Andrew Laws

Brooke Kuerzi Sep 8, 2022

This year, in addition to celebrating the first cohort of public policy graduates, the Martin School is also proud to announce that one of our own public policy undergraduate students, Andrew Laws, is the 2022-23 student body president. Andrew was sworn in at the end of the spring 2022 semester, and spent the summer meeting with top UK administrators, attending his first Board of Trustees meeting, and getting the lay of the land.

Martin School receives gift to create diversity and inclusion program

Martin Staff Sep 1, 2022

The Martin School of Public Policy and Administration has received a generous donation to establish the Miriam Jane Van Dyke Barager Endowment for Diversity and Inclusion that will focus on giving students a better understanding of these issues as they prepare for careers in public service and civic leadership. The program is made possible by Judy Barager-Kemper, a Martin School alumna, and her family, and is named in honor of her mother.

IPPMI Fall Orientation

Aug 22, 2022, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

9:30-10:00am Student arrival, get settled before orientation. Coffee and refreshments

New Student Orientation

Aug 17, 2022, 11:30 AM – 4:00 PM

11:30 Check-in, headshots and boxed lunches 12:00 Welcome – Dr. Ron Zimmer, Martin School Director 12:10 Introductions: Bill, David, Suzy 12:25 Team building exercise 12:30 Advising for MPA/MPP – Suzy (Canvas shell, Degree Audit) DGS PD/Internships for MPA/MPP - Cory 1:15 Alumni/Current Student Panel – Abernathy, Stein, Junoh, Rodrigo 2:00 Res Publica 2:15 Martin School Librarian – Jennifer Horne DEI Committee Information – Caroline or Jeongyoon

Kentucky Senate President Pro Tem David Givens

Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and Martin School to Host Webinar

by Martin School Report for UKNOW Jul 13, 2022

As a follow up to last year’s successful webinar roundtable policy discussions, the Martin School and the Chamber of Commerce will host a roundtable webinar examining the relationship between Kentucky’s quality of life and economic development and the role policies can play in the relationship. The program will be at 12:00 noon on July 27th.

African American Heritage Park, Alexandria VA

Martin School collaborates with College of Design for new master's program

Martin Staff Jul 13, 2022

In a collaboration with the College of Design, we are proud to announce a fully online Master of Heritage Resources Administration (MHRA) which combines historic preservation with management and public administration. Students take core courses and electives in both Historic Preservation and the Martin School, culminating in our PA 681 capstone.

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