Join us for the Department of Public Policy Spring 2008 Speaker Series. Topics range from local economic strategy to voter demand for school choice.
Our first segment in the series will feature Joan McDonald Commissioner, CT Department of Economic & Community Development.
Joan McDonald will be presenting Local Economic Development Strategies.
All meetings will be held from 12:30pm-2:00pm on the fourth floor of the Library Building at the UCONN Greater Hartford Campus.

The MPA program and the Economics Department are teaming up to offer a dual MPA and M.A. in Economics that can be completed in two calendar years of full time study. The dual degree is of particular interest to students with an undergraduate background in economics, strong mathematical abilities, and a desire to work in the public policy arena with government; “think tanks;” or policy/program evaluation organizations.

Noelle Denny-Brown, a University of Connecticut, Master of Public Administration (MPA) recent graduate, is the recipient of the 2006 National Pi Alpha Alpha Best Paper Award. She was given this award for her MPA capstone research project, which she completed this past spring.

As part of The Department of Public Policy’s Fall Speaker Series, Yale University’s Professor Jason M. Fletcher presented his most recent research titled, Using Genetic Lotteries within Families to Examine the Causal Impact of Poor Health on Academic Achievement. This study explores the impact of poor health conditions on academic outcomes in students.