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MPP and MA in Public Policy application deadline is April 25, 2012!

Applications are now available for current Stanford graduate students and current Stanford seniors interested in pursuing an MPP or MA in Public Policy degree. The application and corresponding materials must be submitted by April 25, 2012. Questions? Please visit the graduate degrees page for requirements and contact us. Coterm MA applications are also due on April 25, 2012. (Seniors are not currently eligible to apply to the coterm). For more information, see the coterm application page.

Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom speaks with Public Policy students

newsomLieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom spoke on February 21st to students in Public Policy 154, "Policy and Politics in California," taught by David Crane and Joe Nation. The Lt. Governor recounted his start in politics (a surprise appointment to the San Francisco Parking and Traffic Commission by Mayor Willie Brown), his experiences at Mayor of San Francisco, and his prognosis for better public policy in California. He stressed the need for additional political reforms in Sacramento, particularly campaign finance reform.     

2011 Public Policy Graduate, Teryn Norris, on NPR's "All Things Considered"

norrisTeryn Norris, Class of 2011, was featured on this weekend's NPR program "All Things Considered" to discuss the growing student movement to encourage more talented young people into public service, entrepreneurship, and technical fields -- and away from Wall Street. 

Norris co-wrote an op-ed in the Stanford Daily in October 2011, "When we saw the Occupy Wall Street movement rise this fall ... we felt like it was a really important time to step out and say this is how we think this is impacting universities across the country and why it's relevant to students today," Norris tells NPR.

Student of the Month

Laura Yu

Laura is a senior majoring in Public Policy, with a concentration in Growth and Development Patterns, and a minor in Modern Languages. Spending two quarters abroad, at Stanford in Beijing and Stanford in Washington, both sparked and helped develop her passion for international development and Asian affairs. She has since pursued that interest by interning for the ONE Campaign--a nonprofit dedicated to fighting extreme poverty--the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and the Office for Chinese and Mongolian Affairs at the State Department, where she worked on the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. On campus, Laura has been actively involved with student government, conducted international education research at the Freeman Spogli Institute, and served as a Stanford Nonprofits Board Fellow and Haas Public Service Leadership Fellow. She is currently the President of the Forum for American-Chinese Exchange at Stanford (FACES). Upon finishing her graduate degree in Public Policy next year, Laura hopes to find her way back to China, at least in the short term. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, puttering around the kitchen, and chatting with underclassmen as a Public Policy peer advisor.