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Dr. Genia Toma to Receive Martha Layne Collins Leadership Award

On November 18th Women Leading Kentucky will honor Dr. Genia Toma with a Martha Layne Collins Leadership Award at their annual luncheon.

Catrena Bowman-Thomas MPA '09 Recognized for Advocacy for Social Justice

Originally published in UKNOW and authored by Jordan Strickler

Watch the Martin School's 2021 Wendell H. Ford Lecture on Youtube

Watch the Martin School's 2021 Ford Lecture on Youtube. 

Dr. Rajeev Darolia Appointed to Advise Committee on Federal Higher Education Regulations

The U.S. Department of Education has appointed Rajeev Darolia to be the economic and higher education policy analysis advisor for a new rule-making committee tasked with reforming federal regulations related to affordability and student loans.

Dr. Annelise Russell Wins 2021 APSA Award and Publishes Book

"Tweeting is Leading establishes a new perspective on congressional communication - one that explains variation in rhetorical styles of representation by focusing on Twitter's role in aggregating attention.

Austin Nugent Discusses Time Spent with Kentucky Protection and Advocacy

MPA student Austin Nugent spent the summer working with the independent state agency Kentucky Protection and Advocacy.

UK Ford Lecture to Focus on Voting Rights and the Elusive Search for Bipartisanship

Director Ron Zimmer's research on Achievement School Districts referenced in New York Times Magazine

Midway through Casey Parks September 2021 longform piece The Tragedy of America’s Rural Schools in the Education Issue of the New York Times magazine, these words, "....Obama’s Race to the Top contest to design their Achievement School District, researchers found that schools in the turnaround program did not improve after six years," link to a report for Vanderbilt University that Director R

UK Student Lindsey Porter Gives Insight on Unique PharmD/MPA Joint Degree

Since 1997, the Martin School and the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy have jointly provided this unique dual degree program, the first of its type to be offered in the nation.

Victory Institute names Benjamin Hong Starr as the 2021-2022 Victory Congressional Fellow

Current MPA student Benajmin Hong Starr is the newest Victory Congressional Fellow named by the LGBTQ Victory Institute.