A group of recent graduates analyzed current data and presented their findings at a Zoom press conference with support from UNC Public Policy. A recording of the conference and detailed data are linked on this website—see Read More.

Recent alums deliver press conference on the Impact of COVID 19 on North Carolina

UNC Public Policy:

On a Mission to Make a Difference

Professor Davis and her collaborators discuss the urgent need to identify the unique needs of first-generation college goers as the pandemic continues to cause major disruptions.

Professor Cassandra Davis publishes more work on COVID-19
and first-generation college students.

Professor Gutierrez’s article Jury Pool Underrepresentation in the Modern Era: Evidence from Federal Courts is sited (at about 2:20) on Oliver’s August 16th show shedding light on the discriminatory practices of jury selection.

Professor Carmen Gutierrez’s research

is highlighted on

“This Week Tonight" with John Oliver

Professor Hemelt and his co-author examine why the move to online instruction won’t reduce college costs.

Professor Steve Hemelt publishes about the move to online education on Brookings.

The book, published under the Oxford University Press, systematically examines the impact of human rights across public health challenges.

Professor Ben Meier publishes Foundations of Global Health
and Human Rights

The nine-credit program, co-sponsored by UNC Public Policy, will launch in spring 2021, teaching design thinking skills for solving complex problems across diverse fields of research and practice.

Carolina Graduate Certificate in Innovation

for the Public Good Launched

Professor MacKay examines the ethics of randomized controlled tests in policy making.

Professor Doug MacKay publishes in the journal of Philosophy and Public Affairs

The Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) awarded the prestigious fellowship to just 20 students this year, with the goal of introducing recipients to the world of public policy and APPAM and foster a lifelong affiliation and engagement with both.

Graduate student Elc Estrera selected
for Equity & Inclusion Fellowship

Bono-Lunn and Carolina Demography colleague Rebecca
Tippett take a look at unfortunate recent trends in NC
school children qualifying for the program.

Graduate student Dillan Bono-Lunn publishes “Hungry Children:
The Increasing Demand for Free and
Reduced Price Lunch in North Carolina

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The 11th president of the United States, James K. Polk, graduated from UNC in 1818. Think you could be the next Tar Heel president? You might want to consider a major in public policy, which provides students with theoretical perspective, analytical skill, and substantive knowledge needed to respond to major domestic and global policy problems.

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