Author: Kish, Lian

Favorite Course Friday: PP 5350 Urban & Regional Policy

Welcome to “Favorite Course Friday”! Throughout the semester we will be highlighting electives available next semester with the School of Public Policy (SPP). Interested in joining the SPP in the classroom next semester? Email dpp@uconn.edu for more information! The course will explore the theories and empirical analyses used to explain how spatial economies function and generate […]

MPA Student Runs FOG Education Program at UConn

For the 2021-2022 academic year, Department of Public Policy (DPP) Master of Public Administration (MPA) student Danny Zeidan serves as an Administrative Intern for the Office of Service Learning at UConn. For his Internship and Professional Practice (IPP) Program placement, Danny is in charge of the Office’s Fats, Oils, and Greases (FOG) Education Program. According […]

UConn Gives 2022: Children with Incarcerated Parents Scholarship

1 in 14 children in the United States have experienced the incarceration of a parent whom they have lived with. The Connecticut Children with Incarcerated Parents (CIP) Initiative seeks to gain an understanding of children impacted by parental incarceration and their service-needs through research, evaluation, and outreach activities. The mission for the CIP Initiative is […]

Members of the SPP Network Named to HBJ Power 50

The Hartford Business Journal (HBJ) recently named their third annual Power 50 class. For a third consecutive year, members of the School of Public Policy (SPP) network were named to the list. At #10 we find State Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle Seagull and Deputy Commissioner Andréa Comer. The pair are overseeing the state’s […]

Favorite Course Friday: PP 5304 / PP 3098 Public Policy, Diversity, and Inclusion

Welcome to “Favorite Course Friday”! Throughout the semester we will be highlighting electives available next semester with the Department of Public Policy (DPP). Interested in joining the DPP in the classroom next semester? Email dpp@uconn.edu for more information! This course is a management course that will focus on racial disparities, how to measure them, and how to […]

Favorite Course Friday: PP 5344 / PP 4034 Social Policy

Welcome to “Favorite Course Friday”! Throughout the semester we will be highlighting electives available next semester with the Department of Public Policy (DPP). Interested in joining the DPP in the classroom next semester? Email dpp@uconn.edu for more information! This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to social policy. Students will examine the power structures […]