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Donald Norris says metropolitan governance is unlikely for Baltimore region
Is metropolitan governance, or the sharing of power and authority by jurisdictions, a good idea for Baltimore City and its surrounding counties? It’s been a topic that has been proposed many times...
Posted: December 8, 2015, 5:23 PM
F. Chris Curran writes Baltimore Sun op-ed about educational opportunity in Baltimore City
Following up on the recent release of several education assessments for the state of Maryland, F. Chris Curran, an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, wrote a Baltimore Sun op-ed...
Posted: November 23, 2015, 9:42 PM
APHA national meeting features UMBC leadership in social and policy dimensions of health research
UMBC took center stage as more than 13,000 public health professionals gathered in Chicago for the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting, November 1-4, 2015. President Freeman...
Posted: November 13, 2015, 11:51 PM
John Rennie Short weighs costs and benefits of new “urban resurgence” in cities across the globe
On United Nations’ World Cities Day, School of Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short published a column in The Conversation about what he calls the “Third Revolution,” or urban resurgence of...
Posted: October 30, 2015, 3:51 PM
UMBC researchers collaborate to improve sustainability, with impacts in Maryland and across the nation
Local sustainability researchers and thought leaders took center stage on October 16, 2015, at a forum for urban sustainability in Baltimore, hosted by UMBC’s School of Public Policy. The forum...
Posted: October 23, 2015, 4:18 PM
School of Public Policy hosts forum on Urban Sustainability in Baltimore
Many local governments around the country are redesigning and rethinking policies and programs to become more sustainable. Baltimore has been a model for other cities by promoting collaboration...
Posted: October 22, 2015, 10:53 AM
John Rennie Short analyzes policy basis of increasing costs and damage of wildfires
In an article published September 23 in The Conversation, School of Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short argued that a number of current federal policies, economic practices, and social...
Posted: September 24, 2015, 11:50 AM
John Rennie Short, School of Public Policy, Explains the Impact of Wealth on Immigration Policy in The Conversation
In a new column in The Conversation, School of Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short revealed how immigrants can be treated differently based on wealth. Short wrote about how Canada’s...
Posted: September 11, 2015, 7:23 PM
F. Chris Curran, School of Public Policy, Writes About Teacher Overtime Policy in Education Week
F. Chris Curran, a new assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, recently wrote a letter to the editor about including teachers in overtime pay discussions that was published...
Posted: August 28, 2015, 5:06 PM
Tim Brennan, School of Public Policy and Economics, Comments on Net Neutrality in the Brisbane Times
Tim Brennan, professor of public policy and economics, was quoted in a recent Brisbane Times article about the possibility of proposed net neutrality rules in Australia. Brennan, who served as...
Posted: August 27, 2015, 8:24 PM
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