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On a Mission to Make a Difference

Hanna Huffstetler, Tamira Daniely, Hannah Rice, and Nikky Soni worked with Professor Meier on the piece which examines health and human rights through the lens of the current pandemic. From the publication: “The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an important opportunity to cultivate a practice of human rights advocacy, but these skills will serve us beyond the current moment and remain important for the rest of our lives.”

Professor Ben Meier publishes Foundations of Global Health
and Human Rights

NCSU’s Institute for Emerging Issues will be working with students from nine North Carolina universities to identify a big issue they want to think about, develop policies for, and seek opportunities to share their ideas with state and local leaders.

PILOT21 (Policy Innovation Leaders for Tomorrow 2021) project announced

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

Appearing in Educational Researcher, their research shows that parents with children who struggled with distance learning experience elevated levels of mental distress.

Professors Cassandra Davis and Joaquin Rubalcaba co-author “Distance Learning and Parental Mental Health During COVID-19”

A very warm congratulations to Sarah, who plans to study for a MPhil in Social Policy and Intervention at Oxford.

Recent Public Policy graduate Sarah Mackenzie awarded Rhodes Scholarship

In an interview with UNC’s “The Well,” Professor MacKay addresses the politicized issue of mask wearing from an ethical standpoint.

Professor MacKay answers tough questions about pandemic ethics.

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

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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