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Faculty Members Highlight Food Insecurity in Video, "Food for the Summer"
June 27, 2017
In the video, "Food for the Summer," School of Government and MPA faculty members Maureen Berner and Margaret Henderson highlight how one mayor convened local government and community organizations to expand efforts to feed hungry kids during the summer. Over several years, Berner has documented food insecurity in North Carolina through research into the chain of services necessary to feed hungry kids and families, from the farms that donate crops to the non-profit, volunteer-run food banks that distribute the food in communities. For more information about this research, visit www.sog.unc.edu/resources/tools/hunger-research.Read More
State Treasurer of North Carolina Dale Folwell to Address Local Government Finance Officials
June 13, 2017
State Treasurer Dale Folwell will address local government officials in attendance for the sixteenth annual North Carolina State Treasurers Conference. This one-day conference provides a forum to update local government finance officials and independent auditors on current governmental accounting, auditing, and financial management issues.Read More
NC Attorney General Josh Stein to Address Opioid Epidemic at School of Government Conference
June 5, 2017
NC Attorney General will address substance use challenge faced by all local health departments at conference presented and hosted by the UNC School of Government...Read More
Faculty Member Charles Szypszak Teaching in Poland
May 23, 2017
Faculty member Charles A. Szypszak is teaching two courses at Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU) Faculty of Law and Administration in Poznań, Poland, from May 22 to June 10. One course, for law students, is Learning Law Through Analytical Dialog. It will enable students to enhance their analytical thinking and expression through legal analysis and engaged dialog. The second is Teaching Law Through Analytical Dialog for doctoral students who teach law subjects and are preparing for careers as law teachers. It is aimed at giving teachers an opportunity to participate in Socratic exchanges, see demonstrations of how such exchanges are most effectively done, consider the advantages and limitations of this method, and experience its use in leading discussions.Read More
A Personal Decision, A Profound Impact: Richard and Judy Vinroot's Gift to the School of Government
April 10, 2017
“We decided we wanted to do something significant in our lives in gratitude for what the University has meant to us and our children,” said Richard Vinroot of the $1 million pledge he and his wife, Judy Vinroot, made in 2009 to the School of Government.Read More
Health Officials in the Republic of Liberia Call on School of Government Experts
March 9, 2017
Faculty member Aimee Wall works with North Carolina public officials in the areas of North Carolina social services law and animal services law. Until 2011, she worked primarily in the public health law field with health directors and others across the state. But when she was contacted in 2015 by Francis Kateh, former Anson County health director, she was asked to think a bit beyond her normal beat. Kateh, an expert in disaster preparedness, headed the response to the Ebola outbreak in his home country, the Republic of Liberia. Calling on his past experience with Wall, he wanted her help in creating or updating the legal tools that were needed—but not available—during the Ebola crisis in 2014.Read More
School of Government Publication Recognized in US Supreme Court Case
March 7, 2017
US Supreme Court case Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado, decided on March 6, 2017, recognized the contributions of a 2014 School of Government publication.Read More
Faculty Member Anita Brown-Graham Named 2017 CEO of the Year
March 3, 2017
Faculty member Anita Brown-Graham, who rejoined the School of Government in 2016, was named a Triangle Business Journal 2017 CEO of the Year for her leadership of North Carolina State University's Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI), where she served as director from 2007–2016. There, she led IEI’s work to build North Carolina’s capacity for economic development and prosperity. Each year, she and her colleagues worked with leaders across the state in business, government, and higher education to focus on issues important to North Carolina's future. Triangle Business Journal will honor 20 CEOs at a black-tie dinner May 19 at The Umstead Hotel & Spa in Cary.Read More
Article by Faculty Member Tyler Mulligan Published in Harvard Law and Policy Review
February 28, 2017
Faculty member Tyler Mulligan's article, "Economic Development Incentives Must be 'Necessary'," has been published in the February online edition of Harvard Law and Policy Review. In the article, Mulligan critiques courts' and legislatures' public benefit analysis for private enterprise, and proposes a framework for more robust judicial scrutiny of necessity when local governments consider awarding development subsidies. He emphasizes the key legal principle of constitutional gift analysis that there should be greater public control over public funds and facilities.Read More
Faculty Member Maureen Berner Lectures in Slovenia
February 24, 2017
Faculty member Maureen Berner delivered two lectures at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, to graduate students in the Joint European Master in Comparative Local Development program (Master CoDe) on February 27 and 28. Topics covered included issues of intergovernmental and nonprofit relations (using food assistance as the case study) and the diversity and disparity in programs, politics, and the criminal justice system.Read More
Do You Know How to Read a Bill?
February 22, 2017
The School of Government has created a new e-learning module, "Exploring North Carolina's Legislative Process: How to Read a Bill," the first in a series of modules about the legislature. This interactive training explains what a bill is, including an overview of the different types of bills that might be introduced; the different components of a bill; how to understand what a bill is actually doing; how a bill can be changed; and how to find a bill and related law on the North Carolina General Assembly website.Read More
Former Director John Sanders to Receive UNC Lifetime Achievement Award
January 30, 2017
On February 16, the UNC Retired Faculty Association will present John L. Sanders with the 2017 Jonathan B. Howes Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony at the UNC Friday Center. The award honors the life and work of Jonathan B. Howes and rewards civic engagement and public service by faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Read More
