Features

07.10.13
The weekend of June 6-9, alumni, friends and family from around the world gathered at the University of Chicago to celebrate Alumni Weekend during an event-packed four days.
07.10.13
Be bold, be open to diverse viewpoints and prove the cynics wrong—no matter the field or profession you will pursue, speakers told graduates of the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy at the school’s spring diploma and hooding ceremony.
06.19.13
"The one exclusive sign of a thorough knowledge is the power of teaching,” Aristotle wrote. Students at the University of Chicago Harris School Of Public Policy regard this maxim each year when they vote for the best teachers in their Core and non-Core courses.
05.21.13
Second-year Lindsay Haymes reflects on memorable spring break
05.08.13
Unique effort aims to expose students to the politics of the policymaking process
04.17.13
While most of their peers were busy studying for winter finals, a team of students from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy was in Philadelphia taking part in the National Invitational Public Policy Challenge. The team advanced to the Policy Challenge’s Final Four, winning a $5,000 prize, with their proposal for Effortless Energy, a social venture that seeks to expand the adoption of home energy efficiency nationwide.
04.02.13
Eric K. Ham, MPP'04, recently authored the report, S.O.S. A U.S. Strategy of State-Building, which offers recommendations for confronting state fragility, using the Arab Spring as the test case, with the aim of developing a framework for addressing the issues wrought by weak states.
03.26.13
The Michigan Department of Community Health announced the appointment of Matthew M. Davis, M.D., AM’00, as the state's chief medical executive. Davis attended Chicago Harris after earning his medical degree from Harvard and completing training in pediatrics and internal medicine in Boston.
03.19.13
J. Mark Hansen, the Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor in Political Science, and Derek Douglas, the University of Chicago’s Vice President for Civic Engagement, have received appointments to the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. Hansen, whose research has focused on interest groups, citizen activism and public opinion, will join the Chicago Harris faculty. Douglas, who was President Obama’s senior adviser on urban policy from 2009 to 2011, will join Chicago Harris as a Senior Fellow.
02.20.13
Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2012, stopped by the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy on Tuesday, February 19, for a Q&A event with Chicago Harris students, faculty and staff.