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2023 Spring Series Seminar: Dr. Huang Huang University of Kentucky College of Public Health

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2023 Spring Series Seminar: Dr. Bill Resh University of Southern California

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2023 Spring Seminar: Lucas Taulbee, PhD Candidate University of Kentucky, Martin School

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2023 Spring Seminar: Dr. Annelise Russell University of Kentucky Martin School

Tweeting Scared: Congressional Crisis Communication and Constrained Capacity

2023 Spring Seminar: Dr. Jiahuan Lu Rutgers University-Newark

Jiahuan Lu, Rutgers University-Newark How Do Nonprofits Manage Profits? Preliminary Evidence from Nonprofit Hospitals  

MPA Alum Wesley Whistle named Special Assistant in the Department of Education

Congratulations to MPA alum, Wesley Whistle, on his new job as the Special Assistant for the Office of the Under Secretary of the Department of Education.  He is excited to work for the Biden-Harris Administration and to represent the Martin School!

Congratulations to Blair Lozier, Jordan Lloyd and Ishara Nanayakkara MPA and MPFM Students win Association of Governmental Accountants(AGA) finance Case Challenge

This year we had 2 teams complete in the Association of Governmental Accountants(AGA) finance Case Challenge, a nation-wide annual competition requiring students to develop a Citizen Centric Report (CCR) for a large city and 4-page narrative explaining the process that was taken. This year the competition was for Chattanooga.

Faculty in the news Dr. Agrawal quoted for WKYT story on Kentucky sales tax changes

Senior faculty member, Dr. David Agrawal, was interviewed by WKYT on changes to Kentucky tax laws in 2022 and what those changes might mean for the state and citizenry. From the article and video on the WKYT website: 

Martin School confers 1st public policy bachelor’s degree

During the University of Kentucky's December 2022 Commencement, the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration will celebrate the first student to receive a bachelor's degree in public policy from their undergraduate program. The Martin School began offering an undergraduate public policy major in Fall 2020.

Five seniors presented their policy research this month First Undergraduate Capstone Forum

On December 2, 2022, the public policy undergraduate program hosted its first ever Capstone Forum, where five seniors presented and discussed their research projects with the Martin School community. The posters and accompanying policy briefs ranged in topic from healthcare to education to environmental policy and beyond. The five seniors who presented this fall will be joined in the spring by two more students, and the seven represent the first undergraduate graduating class from the Martin School. They are:

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