The School of Public Policy (SPP) is proud to announce Connecticut State Comptroller Natalie Braswell as the 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient. Comptroller Braswell will also serve as the Keynote Speaker at our 2022 Ceremony to Honor Our Graduates. A Triple Husky, Comptroller Braswell completed her Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the Department of […]
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Best Wishes To 2022 SPP Retirees
This academic year the School of Public Policy (SPP) celebrates the IMPACT of three members of our community who are retiring from or who have already retired from the University. It was difficult to encompass all of their achievements, and we welcome you to explore their profiles on our website to learn more. We wish […]
DPP Alum Named A HBJ Women In Business Award Honoree
The Hartford Business Journal (HBJ) recently named their 2022 Women in Business Awards honorees. School of Public Policy (SPP) alum Alyssa Goduti was one of this year’s honorees. Alyssa and 24 others were selected due to their stories of career perseverance, dedication, leadership and resourcefulness. Alyssa serves as President & CEO of Ädelbrook Behavioral and […]
GAPPS-ICMA Hosts Networking Nights
Recently GAPPS-ICMA held two virtual Networking Nights with UConn Public Policy alumni on nonprofit and government careers. The panelists answered pre-submitted questions from students, and then broke out into smaller sessions. GAPPS-ICMA Chapter Officials created virtual pamphlets for each event to help students prepare. Below is a compilation of advice given by alumni on topics […]
SPP Named First for Public Finance and Budgeting and 2nd for Public Affairs in New England
UConn’s School of Public Policy (SPP) is proud to announce that the U.S. News & World Report has ranked our public finance and budgeting offerings as 8th in the country and 1st in New England! Among the 270 public affairs programs for this year’s rankings, the DPP came in 39th and remains 2nd in New […]
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 […]
A Message From Department Head Mohamad Alkadry
At the risk of being hated, I will start this message with saying that 2021 was not a bad year for the Department of Public Policy (DPP). We celebrated many alumni achievements. Our dean endorsed and supported our proposal to become a School of Public Policy and we hope to see the Board of Trustees […]
DPP Professor Studies Energy and Education
Department of Public Policy (DPP) Professor Eric Brunner has studied a variety of topics related to energy and education in recent months. The U.S. Department of Energy and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory recently awarded Eric a grant to study the impact of large scale commercial solar installations on local economic development and the fiscal health […]
DPP Faculty Set to Edit a Special Edition of the ANNALS Dedicated to Gun Violence Prevention
Department of Public Policy (DPP) Professors Jennifer Dineen and Kerri Raissian are set to join Professor Cassandra Crifasi (John Hopkins University) to edit a special edition of the ANNALS dedicated to gun violence prevention. The ANNALS is a guest edited periodical that covers societies and politics. Since 1890, The American Academy of Political and Social […]
New Faces of the DPP
This winter the Department of Public Policy (DPP) welcomed two new members to staff! Luciano Lawrence serves as the DPP’s Outreach Coordinator. Since mid-December Luc has been coordinating recruitment efforts and assisting with marketing initiatives for the department’s professional graduate and undergraduate academic programs. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Master […]