Recently we caught up with Master of Public Administration (MPA) student Brittany LaMarr, who participated in a Department of Public Policy (DPP) Youth Car Theft in CT panel. Her involvement came from two avenues. The first was her role as a DPP student who planned to attend. The panels address the policy work she actively […]
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DPP Professor Joins Labor and Public Employees Task Force
During the 2021 legislative session the Connecticut General Assembly created the Labor and Public Employees Committee. According to their website: “The Labor and Public Employees Committee has cognizance of all matters relating to workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, conditions of employment, hours of labor, minimum wages, industrial safety, occupational health and safety, labor unions and labor […]
DPP Manages Nonprofit Curriculum Library
Earlier this semester the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) and the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council’s (NACC) launched a Nonprofit Curriculum Library. ARNOVA is a group for nonprofit researchers and NACC is an association of nonprofit centers and program directors. The Department of Public Policy (DPP) currently houses and manages the […]
DPP Members Facilitate At CT Fire Service Summit 2025
Earlier this month members of the Department of Public Policy (DPP) community facilitated workshops at the CT Fire Service Summit 2025. The workshops were coordinated by the Connecticut Fire Service Summit 2025 Committee, which includes City of Torrington Fire Chief and DPP alum Peter Towey. The goal of the Summit was to provide pathways for […]
MPA Student Aims to Help Fellow Student Athletes
Recently the Department of Public Policy (DPP) had a conversation with Master of Public Administration (MPA) Student Olivia Sappington. Check out our Q&A with Olivia below. Where did your love of public service begin? I believe I have a different perspective compared to a lot of my peers. I have a desire to work in […]
MPA Student Presents COACHE Survey to UConn Community
Recently the Department of Public Policy (DPP) had a conversation with Master of Public Administration (MPA) Student Phillip Hyman. Check out our Q&A with Phillip below. Where did your interest in public service begin? I suppose I have always been interested in public service, but I did not seriously consider a career in it until […]
MPP Students Collaborate On Redistricting Event
One of the draws of UConn’s Department of Public Policy (DPP) is its strong alumni network, based in part on the relationships students make in the classroom. Master of Public Policy (MPP) students Ryan Scala and Jacqueline Riberdy recently transformed their classroom collaboration into a professional development experience. Riberdy, who is interning at Everyday Democracy, […]
Professor Ruodan Zhang Researches Embedding Methods for Nonprofit Identification
Ruodan Zhang with co-author Haohan Chen at the University of Hong Kong recently published an article “Identifying Nonprofits by Scaling Mission and Activity with Word Embedding” in VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. This research applies word embedding methods for nonprofit identification based on their mission and program service activity descriptions. She is also […]
IMRP: Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project (CTRP3)
In 1999 Connecticut enacted the anti-racial profiling law known as the The Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act (Public Act 99-198). Under Connecticut General Statues this law prohibited law enforcement agency from stopping, detaining, or searching any motorist when the stop is motivated solely by considerations of the race, color, ethnicity, age, gender or […]
IMRP: Connecticut Sentencing Commission
The Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy’s (IMRP) Connecticut Sentencing Commission (CSC) was established within the Office of Policy and Management for administrative purposes only. As a permanent sentencing commission, under Public Act 10-129, CSC reviews Connecticut’s criminal justice and sentencing policies and laws on an ongoing basis. The Commission chair is Judge Robert Devlin […]