Welcome back to the Hartford Times Building! We can’t wait to see you this fall! With Kenya Rutland, Principal, KJR Consulting Friday, September 17, 2021 This workshop is postponed until November 2021. More info to be announced. 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Hartford Times Building, Room 219 Complete Registration Online At any given moment […]
Events
August Events 2021
Welcome back to the Hartford Times Building! We can’t wait to see you this fall! With Christopher Brechlin, MPP ’18, Director of Data & Digital Systems at COMPASS Youth Collaborative August 13 & August 16, 2021 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM Live virtual session Complete Registration Online Participants will learn web-based data extraction method terms […]
May Events 2021
May means graduation, and we cannot wait to celebrate our newest graduates and also recognize the class of 2020! Upcoming Events
April Events 2021
April showers will bring… new graduates. We cannot wait to celebrate the class of 2021 next month, but for now we have more opportunities for professional development, learning about the DPP and community partnerships. Upcoming Events
February 1st: Racial Inequity: The Enduring Pandemic with Professor Susan T. Gooden
Join the UConn Department of Public Policy Alumni-Students-Faculty Race and Equity Dialogue for a discussion on racial inequity during the COVID pandemic. Monday, February 1, 2021, 7:00 – 8:00pm (live online) Optional pre-reading: Race & Social Equity: A Nervous Area of Government, Ch. 1, 2 & 11 Register Here Susan Gooden, Dean, Wilder School of Public […]
Mental Health Monday: Finals Edition
The Department of Public Policy’s (DPP) faculty and staff would like to wish you good luck on finals! We know that this can be a challenging and stressful time. If you need help managing stress and anxiety, UConn’s Student Health and Wellness Services (SHaWS) will be providing a variety of free online workshops. Here are a […]
Encore!Connecticut 2020 Graduation
On the beautiful Saturday morning of November 7 the 2020 Encore!Connecticut class and their friends and family met virtually to celebrate the conclusion of eight months of training and fellowships. These twenty-seven corporate executives have taken their first steps to transitioning into the nonprofit sector. Dr. David Garvey welcomed everyone via zoom including graduates, fellowship […]
Recapping “Bouncing Forward from the Pandemic: Moving CT Ahead” with UConn DPP
During the month of October, stakeholders across Connecticut came together for a two-part virtual panel entitled “Bouncing Forward from the Pandemic – Moving CT Ahead”. Panelists discussed the opportunities that COVID-19 has provided when it comes to public service delivery and addressing economic and social justice issues. The event was co-hosted by UConn’s Department of […]
Promoting Alternatives to Police in Schools: Addressing the School to Prison Pipeline with GVP-RIG
On Tuesday, October 6, 2020, UConn’s InCHIP Gun Violence Prevention Research Interest Group (GVP-RIG) organized a panel on S. 4360: Counseling Not Criminalization Act. The panel entitled “Promoting Alternatives to Police in Schools: Addressing the School to Prison Pipeline” featured a variety of speakers who gathered virtually in front of over three hundred participants. Below […]
Bouncing Forward from the Pandemic: Moving CT Ahead
COVID-19 has from the outset been a disrupter and will likely lead to permanent changes in a variety of areas from retail markets to the use of commercial office space, the vitality of small businesses and the delivery of public services at the state and local level. In addition, Connecticut has the dubious distinction of […]