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News and Announcements
Alumni in the Workplace: U.S. Agency for International Development
Six Evans School alumni work at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and four were able to take time from their busy schedules to respond to questions about their work and reflect on their time at the Evans School. Hear about working at USAID from Aaron Stern (MPA ‘95), Heather D’Agnes (MPA ’05), Roopa Karia (MPA ’02), and Andrea Sternberg (MPA ‘07).
Regional Transportation Funding Study Released
Evans School faculty and students have completed a study of the prospects for the finance of transportation systems in the Central Puget Sound Region. The report covers King, Snohomish, Pierce and Kitsap counties in the forthcoming fourteen year period (2009 to 2023). The study demonstrates clearly the challenges to financing transportation systems, especially in face of increasing transportation demand grounded in the region’s expected population and job growth.
Incoming MPA Students Play Budgetball
First year Master of Public Administration (MPA) students at the Evans School combined budgeting skills with team sports in a Budgetball tournament as part of orientation. Budgetball, a sport that combines fiscal responsibility with physical agility, was designed by the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA).
Evans School Launches Partnership with X Prize Foundation
The X PRIZE Foundation, an educational nonprofit that designs and administers competitions with prizes of $10 million or more, has announced a partnership with the Evans School of Public Affairs to launch the X PRIZE Lab@UW, an educational initiative designed to engage leading students to help recognize areas that are ripe for breakthrough innovation. The collaboration is the second X PRIZE Lab in the U.S. This is also the first time the X PRIZE Foundation has collaborated with a graduate school of public policy and management.
Two Successful Conferences on Benefit-Cost Analysis Held in D.C.
Faculty and staff of Benefit-Cost Analysis Center at the Evans School orchestrated two very successful conferences in Washington, D.C. October 19-21. The first conference was sponsored by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and focused the use of benefit-cost analysis in social programs; the second was the annual meeting and conference of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis. Over 100 people attended each conference and the feedback on the quality of the conference content, programing, and logistics has been extremely positive. Learn more about the Benefit-Cost Analysis Center
David Harrison Receives Workforce and Economic Development Best Practice Award
Senior Lecturer David S. Harrison received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Workforce and Economic Development Best Practices at the Workforce and Economic Development Conference in Spokane, Washington.
Profile
Richard O. Zerbe, Jr.
Faculty member Richard O. Zerbe, Jr. on how changes in government have inspired change within the Evans School.Read more
Events
- City of Tacoma Management Fellowship Program Nov 30, 2009, 12:00pm - 1:20pm
Read more - Evans School Research Seminar Series: Joaquin Herranz, Jr. Nov 30, 2009, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Read more - Information Session for Prospective Students Dec 1, 2009, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
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