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A discussion about Japanese healthcare.  A ride on a bullet train.  A conversation with a Hiroshima survivor.  And more. The student-led Goldman School trip to Japan gave participants the unique opportunity to compare and contrast policy approaches while enjoying the sights, sounds, and tastes of Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, and Himeji. The trip was organized and led by Naoyuki Komada, a first-year MPP student from Japan, and was funded by the generous support of the Goldman School community,…

Clockwise from top left: Betsy Baum Block, Corey Newhouse, Justine Wolitzer, Jamie Allison.   It started with shopping for hats. Betsy Block (MPP ‘06) first met Jamie Allison the week before the start of classes for their first year at GSPP. They bonded as they shopped for hats along Telegraph Avenue. Later, Betsy met Corey Newhouse (MPP ‘03) at a gathering for new students that Corey hosted with Debra Solomon (MPP ‘03) and others. Betsy and Jamie went on to…

By Charlotte Hill (MPP ‘17) It seems poetic that the antithesis of Washington, DC’s political corruption and ineptitude can be found in Washington State, 2,493 miles away. Maybe the physical distance between the two jurisdictions helps Washington State’s legislators resist politics as usual. Maybe the shared name imbues them with an outsize sense of responsibility over the nation’s political system — a desire to fix our broken democracy and get government right. Whatever the reason,…

Good morning everyone. I want to start by thanking you, my peers, not only for selecting me to be your commencement speaker, but for giving me the opportunity to do one more 32-hour project, because after submitting my APA at 1:30 in the morning on Friday, I definitely thought to myself, "yeah I could do another thing." But in all seriousness, it truly is a great honor. And I would like to extend my gratitude and appreciation to the friends and…

by Dan Lindheim, Faculty Director for the Center on Civility & Democratic Engagement and  Assistant Professor of Practice On March 20, a public conversation took place on campus between Goldman Professor Robert B. Reich and Heritage foundation economist Stephen Moore, an economic advisor to President Donald Trump. Moderated by Dean Henry E. Brady, this was the first in a series of “conversations across the divide,”an initiative of Chancellor Carol Christ as part of her efforts to promote…