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Public policy affects anyone who drives a car, goes to school, seeks medical attention, pays taxes, has children, grows old, or even breathes. And graduates of the Harris School walk away equipped to make an impact, whatever the problem, wherever the location. Our Mission: To understand and influen…

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    • Mar 18, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
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    Unleashing Children's Potential: The Power of Innovative Policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2016 54:40


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. In celebration of the University of Chicago's 125th anniversary, this event will feature Professor and Director of the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy Ariel Kalil and Professor and former Harris Dean Susan Mayer. Kalil and Mayer co-direct the Behavioral Insights and Parenting (BIP) Lab at Chicago Harris, which applies behavioral science tools to support parental engagement in low-income families. They will speak about their innovative research at the BIP Lab and their efforts to advance knowledge for improving the lives of children around the world.

    Highlight: Unleashing Children's Potential: The Power of Innovative Policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2016 3:38


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. In celebration of the University of Chicago's 125th anniversary, this event will feature Professor and Director of the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy Ariel Kalil and Professor and former Harris Dean Susan Mayer. Kalil and Mayer co-direct the Behavioral Insights and Parenting (BIP) Lab at Chicago Harris, which applies behavioral science tools to support parental engagement in low-income families. They will speak about their innovative research at the BIP Lab and their efforts to advance knowledge for improving the lives of children around the world.

    The Legacy of Irving B. Harris

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2016 1:57


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Joan Harris, president and past chair of the Irving Harris Foundation, reflects on her late husband’s pivotal role in the formation of the Harris School of Public Policy. She spoke at a Harris School event celebrating the University of Chicago’s 125th anniversary, “Unleashing Children’s Potential: The Power of Innovative Policy."

    Elizabeth Kneebone, “Confronting Suburban Poverty: Challenges and Solutions for the Chicago Region”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2013 48:51


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Elizabeth Kneebone, MPP’03, a fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, discusses suburban poverty in the Chicago region at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, September 25, 2013.

    2013 Aims of Public Policy Address: “The Perils of Quantification”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2013 43:58


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On September 25, 2013, Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Deputy Dean and Professor in the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, delivered the 2013 Aims of Public Policy Address, “The Perils of Quantification.” Held annually at the start of the academic year, the address orients incoming students to the field of public policy research and analysis, inspiring the belief that evidence-based public policy can benefit society and instilling a commitment to use what they learn to advance the common good.

    Sandeep Ahuja, Alumni Award for Public Service

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2013 2:01


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Earlier this year, the University of Chicago Alumni Association recognized Chicago Harris alumnus Sandeep Ahuja, MPP’06, for his efforts to address the global pandemic of tuberculosis. Ahuja cofounded Operation ASHA, a nonprofit that provides services to more than 6 million people. OpASHA, which uses methods involving community-based centers and innovative tracking of patients, was named a model program by the Stop TB Partnership, a World Health Organization affiliate.

    Latin American Policy Forum: Keynote Speech (audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2013 85:49


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Álvaro Uribe Vélez, the former president of Colombia, delivers the keynote speech at the first Latin American Policy Forum: "Success Stories from Latin America;" with introductory remarks by David Axelrod, distinguished senior fellow at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. The Latin American Policy Forum is organized by Latin American Matters, a student organization at the Harris School of Public Policy that aims to improve the position of the University of Chicago in Latin America, and to bring the policy debate from Latin America to our university community.

    Latin American Policy Forum: Keynote Speech

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2013 85:45


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Álvaro Uribe Vélez, the former president of Colombia, delivers the keynote speech at the first Latin American Policy Forum: "Success Stories from Latin America;" with introductory remarks by David Axelrod, distinguished senior fellow at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. The Latin American Policy Forum is organized by Latin American Matters, a student organization at the Harris School of Public Policy that aims to improve the position of the University of Chicago in Latin America, and to bring the policy debate from Latin America to our university community.

    Economic Development in New York Post 9/11: A Conversation with Dan Doctoroff

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2013 64:26


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. As Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding for the City of New York, Dan Doctoroff, JD'84, helped lead one of the city’s most dramatic economic resurgences following the attacks of 9/11. Mr. Doctoroff will recount his experience leading the development and implementation of a five-borough economic development strategy that included the most ambitious land-use transformation in the city’s modern history; the largest affordable housing program ever launched by an American city; and much more.

    Economic Development in New York Post 9/11: A Conversation with Dan Doctoroff (audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2013 64:29


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. As Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding for the City of New York, Dan Doctoroff, JD'84, helped lead one of the city’s most dramatic economic resurgences following the attacks of 9/11. Mr. Doctoroff will recount his experience leading the development and implementation of a five-borough economic development strategy that included the most ambitious land-use transformation in the city’s modern history; the largest affordable housing program ever launched by an American city; and much more.

    Economics, Markets, and Healthcare

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2010 85:40


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Harris School of Public Policy Studies presents a three-part mini-series on the Character, Dysfunction, and Potential of American Healthcare.In the second session, David W. Johnson delivers a presentation titled "Economics, Markets, and Healthcare".

    The Unique Character of American Healthcare

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2010 86:55


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Harris School of Public Policy Studies presents a three-part mini-series on the Character, Dysfunction, and Potential of American Healthcare. In the first session, David W. Johnson delivers a presentation titled "The Unique Character of American Healthcare".

    Healthcare Reform: Why Is It so Hard?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2010 89:16


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Harris School of Public Policy Studies presents a three-part mini-series on the Character, Dysfunction, and Potential of American Healthcare. In the third session, David W. Johnson delivers a presentation titled "Healthcare Reform: Why Is It so Hard?"

    On The MaPP 2010: Discover the Harris School - Faculty Session (audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2010 41:43


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On the MaPP is an open house for students newly-admitted to the Harris School of Public Policy Studies.

    On The MaPP 2010: Discover the Harris School - Faculty Session

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2010 42:06


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On the MaPP is an open house for students newly-admitted to the Harris School of Public Policy Studies.

    On The MaPP 2010: Discover the Harris School - Faculty Q & A (audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2010 58:59


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On the MaPP is an open house for students newly-admitted to the Harris School of Public Policy Studies.

    On The MaPP 2010: Discover the Harris School - Faculty Q & A

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2010 59:18


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On the MaPP is an open house for students newly-admitted to the Harris School of Public Policy Studies.

    On The MaPP 2010: Discover the Harris School - Career Development (audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2010 41:05


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On the MaPP is an open house for students newly-admitted to the Harris School of Public Policy Studies.

    On The MaPP 2010: Discover the Harris School - Career Development

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2010 41:25


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On the MaPP is an open house for students newly-admitted to the Harris School of Public Policy Studies.

    On The MaPP 2010: Discover the Harris School - Welcome Address (audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2010 34:39


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On the MaPP is an open house for students newly-admitted to the Harris School of Public Policy Studies.

    On The MaPP 2010: Discover the Harris School - Welcome Address

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2010 35:01


    If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On the MaPP is an open house for students newly-admitted to the Harris School of Public Policy Studies.

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