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2025 Fall Seminar Series Seminar: John Stavick University of Tennesee, Knoxville

Public Employee Furloughs as a Budget Balancing Strategy: Evidence of Effects on Employees

2025 Ford Lecture: "Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) in College Athletics: Untangling Public Policy Issues and Implications"

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 11, 2025) — The University of Kentucky's 2025 Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Lecture will take on a subject that is reshaping virtually every aspect of the college sports landscape — the business phenomenon that gives student-athletes the right, for the first time ever, to be compensated for use of their name, image and likeness (NIL).

2025 Spring Seminar Series Seminar: Geoboo Song University of Arkansas

The Politics of Climate Change in the American Heartland

2025 Spring Seminar Series Seminar: Regina Lewis University of Kentucky

Barriers to Equity: The Evolution of Race and Place in Lexington, KY

2025 Spring Seminar Series Seminar: Ikhwan Kweon University of Kentucky

Understanding the Mechanisms behind Revenue Size, Revenue Volatility, and Tax Limits

2025 Spring Seminar Series Seminar: Emily Wilcox University of Kentucky

Supporting Advanced Manufacturing Growth - How do Community Colleges Respond to Local Economic Development Shocks?

Now Open: 2025 Martin School Book Club Sign-Up!

The Martin School Book Club has announced the 2025 selection:  Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond.This book sheds light on the intersection of housing, poverty, and public policy—topics we can’t wait to explore together in-person and virtually.  The two meetings for this year will be during the weeks of March 24th and 31st, depending on participant availability. Joining the club is free and open to all. 

2025 Spring Seminar Series Seminar: Rachel Porter University of Notre Dame

Evaluating (In)Experience in Congressional Elections

2025 Spring Seminar Series Seminar: Taha Hameduddin & Chuanyi Guo University of Kentucky

Early Peer Influences in Public Service Attraction: Evidence from a Randomization

2025 Spring Seminar Series Seminar: Christopher Goodman Northern Illinois University

Demand Shocks & Special Districts: Evidence from Chinese Import Shocks