Rocky's Policy Research Shop (PRS) has made headlines lately with the announcement of a new $750,000 federal grant. Here's how you can get started:
[more]Just in case you missed them, here's a compiled list of media mentions related to The Rockefeller Center from the preceding two weeks. We've listed mentions of the Center itself, our programs & events, staff, students, alums, and faculty affiliated with the Center that we are aware of. If you know of an article or link that we've missed, please leave a comment and we will gladly update. Week of October 3, 2010:
[more]We are excited to share that the Policy Research Shop (PRS) has been awarded a three-year, $750,000 grant by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) to continue doing what it does best: helping undergraduates apply what they learn in the classroom to the real world of public policymaking. You can read more of the announcement at Dartmouth Now.
[more]State Senator Matthew Houde ‘91 and State Representative Laurie Harding discuss the New Hampshire House of Representatives and Senate with students in PBPL 45 on October 14, 2010.
[more]On Thursday evening, October 7, Ray Burton, one of five members of the New Hampshire Executive Council, and Mike Cryans, one of three members of the Grafton County Commission, met with students in Professor Ron Shaiko’s PBPL 45: Introduction to Public Policy Research class over dinner to discuss the unique characteristics of New Hampshire state, county, and local governments. New Hampshire is unique in its establishment of the Executive Council or Governor’s Council. The state does not have a lieutenant governor; rather it has a five-member council with powers fa
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