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Jayhawk Planners Take On the National Planning Conference 2024
#JayhawkPlanners were everywhere at this year’s National Planning Conference amongst the over 4,000 attendees and 200 sessions and mobile workshops. The in-person conference was April 13-16 in Minneapolis. Twelve current students attended, and we spotted alumni and KU Urban Planning Advisory Board members out and about, but especially at the Sunflower Reception.
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Jayhawk Planners Take On the National Planning Conference 2024
#JayhawkPlanners were everywhere at this year’s National Planning Conference amongst the over 4,000 attendees and 200 sessions and mobile workshops.
KU #1 in Latest Local Government Management MPA Program Rankings
Continuing Its Legacy of Excellence: KU SPAA Reaffirms Its Status as the Premier Choice for Local Government Management Education
ASPA Announces 2024 Class of Founders’ Fellows, Inaugural Underwriting Sponsors of Flagship Program
Washington, DC.—The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) announces its 2024 class of Founders’ Fellows, ASPA’s premier program that recognizes the exceptional accomplishments and potential of the next generation of public servants in both academic and practitioner communitie
Discussion Series on the ‘Future of Democratic Governance:’ Takeaways from the First Lecture of the Series and Looking Ahead to the Next Conversation
You can watch a recording of Al Robert's lecture here.
National League of Cities Kicks Off ‘Roadshow’ Celebrating Organization’s 100th Anniversary in Lawrence, KS
First Roadshow Stop to Take Place at the University of Kansas, Site of NLC’s Founding in 1924
LAWRENCE, KS – One hundred years ago, in 1924, the National League of Cities (NLC) was founded in Lawrence, Kansas at the University of Kansas in the original Frase
Associate Professor Zachary Mohr Advocates for Election Administration Funding Reform at US House Committee Hearing
On Wednesday, February 7, 2024, Associate Professor Zachary Mohr, from the KU School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA), made significant contributions to the discourse on election administration funding by providing expert testimony during a hearing held by th
SPAA and IPSR Launch Discussion Series on ‘The Future of Democratic Governance’
The Challenge to Democracy: Is the Field of Public Administration Ready to Meet It?
The KU School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) and the Institute for Po
Maja Husar Holmes Joins SPAA as New Director
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Public Affairs & Administration (SPAA) will welcome new leadership in 2024. Maja Husar Holmes has been named director of the school, effective Jan. 1.
SPAA Alumni Recognized as Emerging Leaders
SPAA congratulates alumni Chanté Martin and Whitney Morgan on receiving the Emerging Leaders Award!
The University’s Alumni Association Black Alumni Network recently announced the eleven recipients of the Emerging Leaders Award. The award is bestowed based on professional achievements and…