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February 14, 2025

Love in Parrington: A conversation with Erin Murphy MPA ’11 and Jon Hickey MPA ’08

Erin Murphy and Jon Husband

Jon and Erin at their first Evans dance together in 2009 The Evans School has helped graduates develop life-long skills, launch careers, and build networks. It's also helped spark several...


February 5, 2025

Remembering Professor Pat Dobel

J. Patrick Dobel September 15, 1948 — January 29, 2025 The Evans School community mourns the loss of beloved emeritus faculty member, J. Patrick (Pat) Dobel. Pat joined the Evans...


January 29, 2025

Event Recap | 2025 State of School Address

On January 24, 2025, the Evans School hosted the annual State of the School Address. The first part of the afternoon centered on building internal community, gathering together for a...


January 10, 2025

Student Consulting Lab Project on Behavioral Health Quoted in Seattle Times

Students walk on a bath surrounded by cherry trees with a fountain in the distance

The Evans School Student Consulting Lab (SCL) pairs MPA students and faculty advisors with public, private, and nonprofit partners to co-create solutions to policy and organization problems. A recent "Seattle...


January 9, 2025

Evans School Mourns Former President Carter

Today the Evans School joins in the nation in mourning the passing of former President Jimmy Carter. During his more than eight decades of public service, Carter served in the...


December 20, 2024

Event Recap | Theory to Practice: “Antiracist by Design” Book Launch with Associate Professor Crystal C. Hall

Theory to Practice is an ongoing series of discussions hosted by the Evans School that brings together academics and researchers at UW with practitioners in the field to explore key...


December 12, 2024

Inspiring Civic Participation in the Next Generation

The University of Washington (UW) has a vision to model democracy by cultivating collaborative decision-making, respectful dialogue, civic engagement and belonging. The NextGen Civic Leader Corps puts that vision into...


December 9, 2024

Evans Spotlight: Sisters Maddie Immel, MPA ‘22, & Audrey Immel

Maddie Immel, MPA ’22, and her younger sister Audrey, a Double Dawg with an undergraduate degree in Public Health-Global Health and now a first-year MPA student, recently sat down with...


November 13, 2024

Event Recap | Dean’s Forum on Race & Public Policy: Political Participation & Voting Access

On Thursday, November 7, from 7:30 to 9:00 PM, the University of Washington’s College of Arts & Sciences and the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance hosted Trust on...


November 6, 2024

Evans faculty Crystal Hall co-authors new book on antiracist behavioral design

Antiracist by Design is a compact and informative guide for organizations, policymakers, and everyday people who want to use the tools of behavioral science in practical ways to design and...



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