Nov 12, 2015
Jeff Grybowski ─ Opening a New Clean Energy Frontier: The First Offshore Wind Farm in America
12 p.m. Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, 67 George Street
Event Archive 2015
Nov 5, 2015
Nov 4, 2015
Ron Borzekowski ─ The Challenges of Data-Driven Analysis
12 p.m. Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, 67 George St.
Oct 27, 2015
Nina Totenberg — The Supreme Court: A look back, and forward
Nina Totenberg, award-winning legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio, will discuss current and historic Supreme Court cases — on issues from social justice and inequality to voting rights and campaign finance reform — and their impact on American policy.
6 p.m. Salomon Center for Teaching, De Ciccio Family Auditorium
Oct 22, 2015
Risa Heller ─ Managing Reputations in the Era of TMZ and Twitter
A discussion of tactics, strategies and core principles to help protect and maintain public reputation when it is constantly at risk.
12 p.m. Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, 67 George Street
Oct 21, 2015
Fisheries, Seafood, and Public Policy: Research Questions and Challenges
4 p.m. Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, 67 George St.
Oct 21, 2015
Dave Noble ─ Navigating the Federal Job Market: An Insider's View
12 p.m. Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, 67 George Street
Oct 8, 2015
Nicole Alexander-Scott ─ Setting Health Policy in Rhode Island
Director of Health Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH will present the strategic priorities of the Rhode Island Department of Health.
12 p.m. Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, 67 George Street
Oct 7, 2015
Richard Kirsch — Obamacare: Past, Present and Future
12 p.m. Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, 67 George Street
Oct 1, 2015
Between Criticism and Co-action: Meeting the Need for a New Kind of Relationship between Policy Makers and Academia
Three founders of a unit of Warsaw University dedicated to supporting “bottom-up” change in public policies discuss the similarities and differences of academia’s engagement of social problems in Poland and the EU with the US.
12 p.m. Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, 67 George Street
Sep 29, 2015
The U.S. Military in a Dangerous World: How Much is Enough?
5:30 p.m. Friedman Auditorium, Metcalf Research Building, 190 Thayer Street
Sep 24, 2015
Stephen Kinzer — Breaking Out of the Academy: How to Write Opinion Pieces for the Mainstream Press
12 p.m. Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, 67 George Street
Sep 17, 2015
Charles Blow ─ The New Civil Rights Movement
5:30 p.m. Salomon Center for Teaching, De Ciccio Family Auditorium
Jun 9, 2015
A Providence Stadium: Strike Out or Home Run?
Reception at 6 p.m., program begins at 6:30 p.m. Friedman Auditorium, Metcalf Research Building, 190-194 Thayer Street
May 22, 2015
Public Policy Commencement Weekend Mixer
Join public policy peers before the Friday night Campus Dance for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. All current and former public policy undergraduate and graduate students are invited, along with guests. No RSVP required.
7:00pm – 9:00pm Taubman Center for Public Policy, 67 George Street
May 11–14, 2015
Public Policy Master's Program Capstone Presentations
A hallmark of the public policy master's program is the capstone, which integrates what students have learned in core classes, concentration areas and electives. Each team focuses on a consulting project with a real-world client and presents their research and recommendations to their peers, faculty and community partners.
Joukowsky Forum
May 5, 2015
Public Policy Senior Thesis Presentations
4:00pm – 5:30pm Taubman Center for Public Policy, 67 George St.
Apr 29, 2015
Public Policy Senior Thesis Presentations
12:00pm – 1:00pm Taubman Center for Public Policy, 67 George St.
Apr 23, 2015
Thomas Barnico - Trade Agreements and State Governments: Continuing Threats to Sovereignty?
12:00pm – 1:00pm Taubman Center for Public Policy, 67 George St.
Apr 9, 2015
Janet Besser - Grid Modernization and Integration of Distributed Energy Resources: Capturing Value for Customers and the System
12:00pm – 1:00pm Taubman Center for Public Policy, 67 George Street
Apr 1, 2015
Manufacturing in America: A Conversation with Rhode Island Business Leader John Hazen White, Jr.
12:00pm – 1:00pm Taubman Center for Public Policy, 67 George Street
Mar 12, 2015
Daniel Benaim – Speechwriting and Foreign Policy
12:00pm – 1:00pm Taubman Center for Public Policy, 67 George Street
Mar 11, 2015
Steve Cohen ’75 - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Getting Op-Eds Published
12:00pm – 1:00pm Taubman Center for Public Policy, 67 George Street
Mar 10, 2015
Public Policy DUG Open House
6:00pm – 8:00pm Taubman Center for Public Policy, 67 George Street
Mar 5, 2015
David Boies and Ted Olson - The Constitutional Right to Marriage Equality
6 p.m. Starr Auditorium, MacMillan 117, 167 Thayer Street