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December 15, 2025 Building a Public Service Swiss Army Knife Continue reading Building a Public Service Swiss Army Knife Read More December 5, 2025 Dean’s Forum: Public Impact Research in Action Continue reading Dean’s Forum: Public Impact Research in Action Read More November 12, 2025 Keeping the Promise Continue reading Keeping the Promise Read More Building Connections and Giving Back Walk Ambitiously with Me Evans in Government Network Taps Into Community at Summer Happy Hour Celebrating Community: Evans Alumni and Students Come Together Downtown Strategic transactions of Colorado River rights could help conserve water and restore fish habitat Isaac Sederbaum, Ph.D. ’25, MPA ’14 Megan Utemei, EMPA ’25 Josie Jackson, MPA ’25 From Insights to Impact: HCA’s Experience in the Leading Public Innovation Certificate Faculty Farewell: Celebrating Alison Cullen’s Career Celebrating a 2025 Husky 100 Honoree Event Recap | Party in Parrington NextGen Summer Policy Academy Launch Supporting the Next Generation of Public Leaders Remembering Putnam Barber Event Recap | Public Policy Camp 2025 Dean’s Forum | Seeing Through the Fog We have a Major announcement Redesigning Hiring with Heart and Impact Event Recap | Olympia Alumni and Friends Reception 2024 IPPHL Impact Report Spotlight on Bachelor’s Degree Affordability Building Bridges, Inspiring Hope: The Washington Collaborative Elected Leaders Institute (WA-CELI) Love in Parrington: A conversation with Erin Murphy MPA ’11 and Jon Hickey MPA ’08 Remembering Professor Pat Dobel 2025 State of School Address Student Consulting Lab Project on Behavioral Health Quoted in Seattle Times Evans School Mourns Former President Carter Theory to Practice: “Antiracist by Design” Book Launch Inspiring Civic Participation in the Next Generation Sisters Maddie Immel, MPA ‘22, & Audrey Immel, MPA Candidate Dean’s Forum: Political Participation & Voting Access Evans faculty Crystal Hall co-authors new book on antiracist behavioral design Alumni Spotlight: Joel Anderson, MPA ’23 2024 Leadership Awards & Celebration A Call for Alumni Stories Remembering Governor Dan Evans, ’48, ’49 and his lifetime of service and impact Five Questions with Vanisha Sharma Nurturing Tomorrow’s Public Leaders: The Evans School Junior Summer Institute Celebrating the Life of Chandler Gayton, MPA ’22 UW, WSU Launch New Program to Bolster Collaboration Among Local Public Leaders JSI Scholar: Richie Doan JSI Scholar: Zia Meyers JSI Scholar: Ayanna Hill JSI Scholar: Sochea Chhay JSI Scholar: Anna Varveris JSI Scholar: Kierra Shaw Alumni Spotlight: Tatiana Brown, MPA ’24 NOVA Highlights Research by EPIC on Ballot Rejection Rates JSI Scholar: Kimberly Perdomo JSI Scholar: Diego Reynoso-Ramirez JSI Scholar: Jenuel Camacho JSI Scholar: Nathalie Saladrigas JSI Scholar: Ryann Brazil JSI Scholar: Zahid Yusuf JSI Scholar: Amisa Ramadhani JSI Scholar: Maya La Croix Alumni Spotlight: Nancy Chang, MPA ’07 Evans School Launches Public Service ReDesign Toolkit Wolfle Action Lab @EPIC JSI Scholar: Noah Kaloeaholokai Lum Theory to Practice: Leading People in a Post-Pandemic World JSI Scholar: Gabrielle Ardila JSI Scholar: Ny Ha Political Participation & Voting Access Alumni Spotlight: Eduardo & Erica Campos, EMPA ’15 Evans School Maintains Top-Ten Ranking Event Recap | Evans In Government Network Launch Event Dean Sandfort named to The Volcker Alliance Deans Summit Steering Committee Alumni Spotlight: Yulan Kim, Ph.D. ’23 Ocean Nexus Fellows Program Alumni Spotlight: Allie Tripp, MPA ’15 Dean’s Forum: Data Informed Practices and Consumer Protections Event Recap | 2024 State of School Address Visiting Scholar: Five Questions with Kaisa Pietilä Evans School remembers the life and legacy of Nancy Evans Civic Leadership Goes Beyond the Public Sector Postdoc Profile: Five Questions with Brian F. O’Neill What Parents Say About Using Washington Paid Leave for Physical Health Theory to Practice: Addressing Inequalities in the Philanthropic Sector From Isolation to Connection: Lockdown Relationships Inspire New Professional Network Isabelle Cohen New Blog on Reducing Child Marriage in Northern Nigeria NextGen Students Connect with Elected Officials Dean’s Forum: How Bidenomics Targets Systemic Inequities Event Recap | 2023 Leadership Awards & Celebration Student Consulting Lab Project Shapes Wildland Firefighter Compensation Policy Conversation UW Center on Risk and Inclusion in Food Systems (CRIFS) Launches Public Investments in Community College Baccalaureate Degrees Evans School research team studies ballot rejections to improve voter experience David Suarez receives grant from Surdna Foundation Art of Hosting and Harvesting 2024 Cohort Alumni Spotlight: Channing Nesbit, MPA ’20 JSI Scholar: Martu J. Kollie JSI Scholar: Isabella Romo JSI Scholar: Linda Montiel-Garcia JSI Scholar: Jerwin Tiu JSI Scholar: Alejandro Rene Ortiz Lopez JSI Scholar: Gilles Ghislain Tanke Seulio JSI Scholar: Posi Oluwakuyide JSI Scholar: Ben Justice JSI Scholar: Juan López JSI Scholar: Gloria Arizmendiz Alumni Spotlight: Isaac “Izzy” Sederbaum, MPA ‘14, Ph.D. Candidate JSI Scholar: Jose Castillo JSI Scholar: Iris Hankins Eastern Washington Road Trip Student Spotlight: Davon Thomas MPA ’23 JSI Scholar: Avalon McAffrey JSI Scholar: Luz Escobar PostDoc Profile: Five Questions with Amaka Nnaji JSI Scholar: Alex Roque Marieka Klawitter named UW Distinguished Teaching Award Winner JSI Scholar: Frederick Lu Event Recap | Theory to Practice : Artificial Intelligence & Implications for Public Policy JSI Scholar: Kamryn Pryce Visiting Scholar: Q&A with Debra Hevenstone Alumni Spotlight: From Waste Research to Climate Policy Change, Nicolás Díaz Huarnez, MPA ‘20 Evans School Remains Among Best in the Nation Absa Samba, MPA ’23, Helps with Legislative Win for Women and Girls New Ruckelshaus Center director named Postdoc Profile: Five Questions with Joaquin Mayorga Alumni Spotlight: Rebecca Walcott, Ph.D. ’22 Alumni Profile: Public Health and Policy, Q&A with Ikrama Hassan, IPPHL ’19 Exciting Year for IPPHL Researcher Highlight: Q&A with Didier Alia Self-perception of Climate Vulnerability Among Fishing Communities of the U.S. West Coast Grant Blume Publishes Article on Racialized Administrative Power Event Recap | 2023 State of School Address Visiting Scholar: Q&A with Daniel Sloot Dean’s Forum: Unpacking the New Climate Law: Attending to Environmental Justice Researcher Highlight: Q&A with Elizabeth Meza Climate Justice and Policy Implications: A Q&A with Sameer Ranade (MPA ’12) Dean’s Forum: Advancing Systems for Racial Equity – Possibilities and Perils of Decentralization Event Recap | 60th Anniversary Celebration Alumni Highlight: Matt Fowle, Ph.D., ’22 Evans Scholars Evaluate King County Emergency Shelter Program Tackling Common Challenge in Administrative Data Denny Faculty Fellowship Announcement Visiting Scholar: Q&A with Jung-Hwa Ha Alison Cullen Leads Research on Wildfire Risk Evans School Ph.D. Alum Serves as National Poverty Fellow Inaugural Zumeta Award Winners NextGen Civic Leaders Corps Launch Event Recap | Wolfle Memorial Lecture in Science & Policy 2022 Dean’s Forum: Assessing Where We Are in Racial Reckoning Helping Change the Future of Colorado’s Healthcare Sustainability and Impact: A Q&A with Nicki McClung (MPA ’15) 2022 Annual State of School Address & Community Design Session Sharon Kioko Examines Effectiveness of Balanced Budget Laws Ensuring Washington Nonprofits Thrive Evans Faculty Crystal Hall Receives Prestigious Career Service Award Food Assistance Policy: A Q&A with Sarah E. Charnes, Ph.D. ’21 Diversity and Talent in Tech: A Q&A with Njeri Thande (MPA ’19) Nonprofits show resilience and initiative during second year of pandemic New Evidence from the Seattle Minimum Wage Study Dean’s Forum: Moving Racism Front & Center in Child Welfare Technology and Advancing the Public Good: A Q&A with Mark Frischmuth (MPA ʻ19) A Q&A with Rebeca de Buen Kalman (PhD ’21) Evans Faculty Isabelle Cohen Discusses Findings from Tax Policy Experiment Interview with Professor Ann Bostrom, Co-Principal Investigator at Newly Established Cascadia CoPes Hub Several Evans Ph.D. students were recognized at the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies Annual Awards A Q&A with Ben Glasner, Ph.D. ’21 A Q&A with Veda Patwardhan (PhD ’21) Dean Jodi Sandfort elected to NASPAA’s Executive Council to serve a three-year term An Equitable Future in Early Childhood Education Leadership Theory to Practice: The Intersection of Human-Centered Design & Public Policy Coastal Resiliency Research and Education Hub Overcoming Barriers to Access Health Care The Challenges Facing Minorities and Immigrants in Washington State Sharing Power? Interview with Horowitz Foundation Grant Awardee Vedavati Patwardhan on Maternal Cash Transfer’s Impact on Child Nutrition Alison Cullen to Chair EPA Science Advisory Board Evaluating Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Policies Potential for Violence Prevention Sheila Edwards Lange (MPA ’00) Selected as Chancellor of UW Tacoma The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Low-Income Tenants’ Housing Security in Washington State Brian Surratt (MPA ’04) appointed to Seattle Colleges Board of Trustees Leading COVID-19 Response in a Conflict Zone NAPA Social Equity Leadership Conference Public Matters 2021 Supporting Values-Based Leadership: A Q&A with Katy Terry (MPA ’05) Namrata Kolla, MPA ’19 Providing Aid in Moments of Need Dean’s Forum: Leading and Managing Anti-Racist Organizations Evans School Ranks Among Best in the Nation Advancing Equity through Targeted Universalism The Evans School Welcomes New Faculty Members in Fall 2021 On Politics and Public Administration SPS’s Chief of Equity, Partnerships, and Engagement’s commitment to racial equity Supporting educational advancement and promoting economic empowerment to communities of color Anti-Racism Action in 2020 and the Road Ahead Norman Rice, MPA ’74, New Book and Lessons learned Evans School researchers document approaches and challenges in ensuring access to small business grant and loan programs during COVID-19 Following a north star rooted in racial equity & anti-racism: A Q&A with Viviana Garza (MPA ’17) Rear Admiral Bill Center (MPA ‘78) receives University of Washington 2020 Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award Local Impacts of a Global Crisis Celebrating the End of the Campaign for Evans Advocating for the Underrepresented Caring for Washington’s Older Adults in the COVID-19 Pandemic Cultivating Leaders of Color Alison Cullen receives $2M NSF grant to study ‘megafires’ Rachel Fyall and Matt Fowle Awarded COVID-19 Research Grants Prof. Ann Bostrom to Join NSF AI Institute for Research on Trustworthy AI in Weather, Climate, And Coastal Oceanography Evans School Faculty Awarded COVID-19 Economic Recovery Research Grants Evans School Research Team Releases Phase 2 Business Plan for a State-Created Public Cooperative Bank Anti-Racism Work Will Be Our Cornerstone Data Management in Response to COVID-19 A Commissioner’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic Assistant Professor Karin Martin Honored with UW Distinguished Teaching Award Evans Student Recognized in 2020 Husky 100 Jodi Sandfort named dean of the Evans School Interim Dean Alison Cullen receives grant to research to understand vulnerability of west coast fishing communities to climate change Discipline, Academic Excellence, and the Socratic Method: “Learn to be a Master of Yourself:” A Q&A with Abel Pacheco (MPA ‘12) Russell Sage Foundation Selects Professors Hill, Allard as 2020-21 Visiting Scholars Evans School Professor Scott W. Allard and Partners Receive Global Innovation Fund Award for Child Poverty, Social Welfare Research Idera Adagun (MPA ‘19) Uses Interdisciplinary MPA to Support College Access Namrata Kolla (MPA ’19) Leverages MPA to Drive Post-Graduation Impact Evans School faculty support hazard and disaster science research Remembering a Great Statesman Randy Engstrom (EMPA ’09) on Seattle’s Creative Ecology MPA Alum Gabriel Scheer on Transportation and Cross-Sector Partnerships 2019 Evans School Alumni Award Winners Professor Ann Bostrom to testify in U.S. House committee hearing on causes, consequences and impacts of extreme weather Professor Alison Cullen Named Interim Dean of the Evans School The Balcony vs. the Dance Floor Marches, Lawsuits, and Wedding Dresses: My Personal Fight for Gay Rights UW Undergraduate Puts Ideas into Action Looking Forward, with Gratitude Humility in Public Service: Eric Holzapfel, MPA ‘17 Meet the 2019 Evans School members of the Husky 100 Kevin Truong (MPA ’20) Sets an Example with Hey Mentor Reynaldo Pascua (MPA ’78) as Honoree of CAPAA’s Vanguard Award An Interview with Sarah Reyneveld (MPA ’08) Dr. Constance Rice on International Women’s Day Renée Hopkins, MPA ’98, Receives Medal of Distinguished Service Professor Mary Kay Gugerty’s Book named Best Nonprofit Book of the Year Remembering Hubert Locke, Dean Emeritus Making the Most Positive Impact Public Service Addresses Impactful, Pressing Issues Transportation Policy Improves Quality of Life Mark Melroy, MPA ’10 Use our influence to create change: Kymber Waltmunson, MPA ’04 Put an honest and open minded effort: Harold Taniguchi, MPA ’90 Thinking strategically and analyzing situations rationally: Sara Levin, MPA ’99 Making change is a process: Brian Chung, MPA ’07 I wanted to do more