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Frayda Bluestein, Tom Ross Receive NC Bar Association Awards
May 23, 2016
In May, faculty member Frayda Bluestein received the Grainger Barrett Award for Excellence from the North Carolina Bar Association Government and Public Sector Section. This award honors outstanding North Carolina government or public sector attorneys for their excellence, dedication, and passion for justice.Read More
Local Government That Clicks
May 5, 2016
This article was first published in Public Management (PM) Magazine through the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) in Washington, DC. John B. Stephens. 2016. “Local Government That Clicks: Free Apps + Skilled Civic Tech Volunteers,” Public Management 98:4, 16-19.Read More
Hometown Police Chief Goes Back to School
April 26, 2016
Every September, the UNC School of Government hosts North Carolina’s public officials to help them learn about all of the functions of local government beyond their own specialties.Read More
School's Budget Simulation Wins National Innovation Award
April 11, 2016
The School of Government was awarded the Public Service Innovation Award by the Consortium of University Public Service Organizations (CUPSO) for a local government budget simulation, Budgetopolis. CUPSO invited participating university programs to submit a pitch for innovative projects or programs that provide new solutions to existing public service problems or needs not currently being adequately addressed.Read More
EPA to Provide UNC EFC $500K to Help 10 Communities with Water Infrastructure Development
March 28, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has provided $500,000 in funding to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ‘s Environmental Finance Center (EFC) to assist communities addressing water infrastructure challenges. The funding also goes to partner organization, Southwest Environmental Finance Center at the University of New Mexico.Read More
Faculty Member Maureen Berner Challenges TEDx Audience to Find Solution for Childhood Hunger
March 24, 2016
On February 20, 2016, Maureen Berner addresssed an audience of 2,000 at TEDx WakeForestU. She challenged the audience to think of cihldhood hunger as a local economic development opportunity. According to Berner, the amount of available federal funding that is not being used to address this issue is critical not only to the children who are not being fed but to the future of North Carolina communities that could be left without a viable, educated, healthy workforce. "I don't want to feed 100 children," she said. "I want to feed all 851,000 kids in the public school system." View Maureen Berner's presentation, or scroll through all of the TEDx videos.Read More
UNC EFC Awarded Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Grant to Support Programs in Rural North Carolina
March 17, 2016
Trustees of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation have awarded a grant to the Environmental Finance Center at the UNC School of Government to work in partnership with the North Carolina On-Bill Working Group to provide education, support, and other resources to rural cooperative utilities to expand energy efficiency opportunities across the state.Read More
Carolina MPA Program Ranked Among Best Graduate Schools in the Country
March 16, 2016
Once again, the School of Government's Master of Public Administration program has ranked among the top 25 programs in the country according to US News and World Report’s 2017 Best Graduate School Rankings.Read More
Faculty Member John Rubin Honored by NC Commission on Indigent Defense Services
March 4, 2016
Faculty member John Rubin was recently honored by the North Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense Services (IDS), which has created a new training award in his name. The Professor John Rubin Award for Extraordinary Contributions to IDS Training Programs will honor individuals who volunteer their time and effort to serve as trainers and who have done outstanding work on training programs for attorneys who represent indigent persons.Read More
Faculty Member Jeff Welty Advises Caution When Implementing Police Body Camera Initiatives
February 5, 2016
In a February 3 op-ed for The News & Observer, faculty member Jeffrey Welty urged law enforcement to balance privacy, transparency, and other issues when implementing police body camera programs.Read More
SERVICE Mural Celebrates African American History in North Carolina
February 2, 2016
The SERVICE mural at the UNC School of Government, created in 2010, honors the Greensboro Four. On February 1, 1960, these North Carolina A&T State University students launched a nonviolent sit-in movement that spread to 54 cities in nine states in protest of racial segregation. The mural also celebrates the contributions of dozens of African Americans to North Carolina.Read More
Faculty Member Charles Szypszak Honored with UNC Teaching Award
January 25, 2016
Following a rigorous selection process, Charles Szypszak has been awarded the prestigious 2016 J. Carlyle Sitterson Freshman Teaching Award for a seminar that he has taught to UNC freshmen for the past four years in the Political Science Department entitled “Thinking About Law." The course is offered to students considering a career in public service or law. This is the first time the award has been given to a faculty member outside of the College of Arts and Sciences. He will be recognized during a half-time ceremony at UNC’s basketball game on Sunday, February 14.Read More
