News - Archive 2010

April 9, 2010
Alumna leads charge for youth vote

The conventional wisdom is that young people don’t vote. Heather Smith PPS ’98 didn’t believe that. Though her work as Executive Director of Rock the Vote, she proved that opinion to be wrong at the 2008 Iowa Caucus. The youth vote increased 700 percent over the 2004 caucus and gave the victory that night to Barack Obama.
April 1, 2010
Susan Tifft, professor of public policy and journalism, dies at 59.

After a 2 ½ year battle with cancer, Susan Tifft, a popular professor with the DeWitt Wallace Center on Media and Democracy, died on Thursday, April 1. On the occasion of her retirement, the Sanford School established an undergraduate teaching award in honor of her work as a teacher and mentor to her students.
January 28, 2010
A Front Row Seat for Health Care Reform

Health care reform has been a leading issue in the news for the past year, with many twists and turns in the legislative process. Megan Stacy, a second year student in the Master of Public Policy program, experienced some of the process first-hand during her internship last summer in the office of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, as the HELP committee bill was drafted.
January 14, 2010
Orphanages are viable options for some children

Rethinking Orphanages - As the number of orphans grows worldwide, it's time to discard Dickensian stereotypes.
January 11, 2010
Death penalty costs N.C. taxpayers $11 million a year

Extra legal measures required to pursue capital cases cost the state a significant amount every year, according to research by Philip Cook, ITT/Terry Sanford Professor of Public Policy at the Sanford School.
January 6, 2010
Report recommends ways to discourage Muslim-American radicalization

Associate Professor of Public Policy David H. Schanzer co-authors a report that addresses actions being taken in Muslim American communities to reduce the relatively small threat of “homegrown” terrorism.

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