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Government: Ethics & Transparency at the Federal Level (with Shelley Finlayson)

2021 State of the UCR School of Public Policy

This event will highlight new and exciting research and student initiatives as well as featuring SPP’s talented faculty and students, including a faculty presentation by Professor Richard Carpiano, a public and population health scientist whose work has been widely featured during the COVID-19 pandemic.

AAPI: Anti-Asian Violence & Discrimination (with Janelle Wong)

Deidre Reyes - 'I didn't know my own strength'

Deidre Reyes is a self-described single mom, UCR Honors student, immigrant, naturalized U.S. citizen, first-generation, and disabled scholar. She is the mother to five children who started community college at age 42 and recently experienced housing insecurity, forcing her to live in a motel with a couple of her younger children. This June she'll receive a bachelor's degree in public policy. This fall she starts the Master's in public policy program at UCR.

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Bridging the Gap: Science to Policy (with Susan Hackwood)

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COVID-19: Vaccine Passports & Hesitancy

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Government Ethics and Transparency

On the latest episode of Policy Chats, Shelley Finlayson discusses ethics and transparency at the federal level with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy. Finlayson is the U.S Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Chief of Staff and...

Anti-Asian Hate, Violence, and Discrimination

“Hate crime legislation alone is not going to solve our problems,” said Janelle Wong, professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. On the latest episode of Policy Chats, Wong discusses anti-Asian violence and discrimination in America...

Pew Research Associate on Gun Violence

“Only about two in ten Republicans told us that gun violence was a very big problem compared to around three-quarters of Democrats,” said Andrew Daniller, a research associate at Pew Research Center. On the latest episode of Policy Chats, Daniller...

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