Join us in Celebrating the Class of 2020! Congratulations to all our graduates! Over the past few years, you have put in valiant efforts in your courses, made new connections, and gained invaluable experiences in the public and nonprofit fields. We are sad not to be celebrating in-person, but wish our graduates well in their […]
Awards and Celebrations
DPP 2020 Teaching Recognition Awards
Faculty Teaching Recognition Award: The first Distinguished Faculty Award, voted on by students, goes to a core faculty member who: “has intriguing research, accessibility to students, and engaging teaching style.” This year’s award goes to Bill Simonsen. Bill’s research focuses on public finance, financial management, capital finance, citizen participation techniques, and public policy. He teaches “PP […]
2020 DPP Annual Awards & Pi Pi Alpha Induction
Greetings from the DPP and welcome to a Special Edition Newsletter! Due to COVID-19, we are taking our Annual Awards and Pi Pi Alpha Induction online. Each year, the DPP network comes together with our students and their families to celebrate the hard work and dedication of our students, alumni, and faculty. We are delighted […]
Week 9 Recap: It May Be Fall, But We’re Already Thinking Of Spring
Lots going on in the DPP networks this week – friendly faces, awards and accolades all around. Course registration for Spring Semester 2020 opened on Monday! For more information about registration requirements, please read the announcements on the UConn DPP HuskyCT site. On Monday, the DPP also hosted a career panel on the Storrs […]
Celebrating the Class of 2019!
DPP Annual Awards and Pi Pi Alpha Induction Ceremony – April 17 On April 17, the Department of Public Policy (DPP) hosted their Annual Awards and Pi Pi Alpha Induction Ceremony. The DPP awarded two Outstanding Service Awards. The first was to Department Head Mohamad Alkadry and the second was to Program Director Linda Freidman. […]
UConn MPP & MBA Team Wins International Policy Competition
With over 500 students comprising 139 teams, the annual New York University Policy Case Competition (NYUPCC) came to a close on April 28. After reaching the final round, UConn students Shankar Kumar (MBA 2019), Tony Patelunas (MPP 2019, PhD Molecular and Cell Biology 2020), Sneha Jayaraj (MPP 2019) and Joshua Schreier (MPP 2019) beat out […]
DPP Celebrates 2017-2018 MPA, MPP and MSR Graduates
On May 4, 2018, the Department of Public Policy held its 2017-2018 Graduation and Awards Ceremony honoring the achievements of fifty-seven MPA, MPP and MSR graduates at the Front Street Bistro and Spotlight Theatres in Hartford. Dr. Kerri Raissian, Assistant Professor, presided over the ceremony of speakers, award recipients and the participating thirty-nine graduate students. […]
Pi Pi Alpha Honors Society Inducts 26 New Members
Pi Pi Alpha recently held its 2018 Induction Ceremony at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to welcome 26 Master in Public Administration or Master of Public Policy students into the honors society. The purpose of Pi Pi Alpha is to encourage and recognize outstanding achievement and to support graduate public service education. To be […]