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Public Policy Preview Night

Nov 10, 2022, 6:00 – 7:30 PM

Public Policy is a new and exciting major that prepares students for meaningful careers in government, nonprofits, advocacy, law, research, and more! Join us at 6 p.m. in 375 Gatton Student Center to discuss our undergraduate program in public policy. You will meet with current students and faculty who can describe the career opportunities, internships, classes, and community that come along with a degree from the Martin School. If you are passionate about making positive changes for yourself and your world, come explore the versatility and challenge of a public policy degree!

Alum Dexter Horne Recognized 2021 Lyman T Johnson Torch of Excellence!

Stacey Gish for UK Now and post by Rick Spencer Oct 17, 2022

"The University of Kentucky Alumni Association Lyman T. Johnson African American Alumni Constituency Group and the UK Office for Institutional Diversity hosted the awards luncheon as part of the 2022 Lyman T. Johnson Homecoming Celebration." (Gish, UKNow). Dexter was among the 2021 winners.

Seminar: Bob Bifulco

Oct 14, 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

This paper leverages new school-level finance data to estimate racial differences in exposure to low-income classmates and access to school funding across schools and school districts in U.S. metro areas. We begin by documenting within metropolitan area differences in average percentages of low-income students and in average per pupil spending for black, Hispanic, and white students. We consider the extent to which the disparities are due to differences across districts and to differences across schools within districts.

VOTES Indonesia Changemakers arranging information sessions with UK MPA students

Oct 16, 2022, 5:30 – 6:00 PM

To register for a session, visit

John Della Volpe: "Gen Z’s fight to save America" 2022 Ford Lecture

Oct 11, 2022, 4:00 – 5:30 PM

Join us October 11 in Gatton B&E's Kincaid auditorium for John Della Volpe and an interactive Ford Lecture!

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.

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