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*Happening Tonight* Public Square Series - Stop Violence, Save Lives: Evidence-Informed Strategies for Reducing Violent Crime
The Baker Center worked in partnership with the City of Knoxville on the event, which will be held tonight, Wednesday, May 4th, from 5:00 to 6:00 pm in the Toyota Auditorium or through live webcast.
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Marie Yovanovitch, Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine
On Monday, May 2, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, joined us for an Ashe Lecture moderated by former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt and Syria, Margaret Scobey. In case you missed the event, you can watch the recording here. We welcomed 500 guests in person and more than 150 guests online.
Yovanovitch discussed the geopolitical crisis in Ukraine as well as her own experience working as an ambassador there. The event was followed by a book signing for her newly released memoir, "Lessons From the Edge: A Memoir."
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Dr. Greene NHTSA Award Energy & Environment Senior Fellow Dr. David Greene was awarded the NHTSA Administrator’s Superior Accomplishment Award for incredible work on the CAFE Team, whose members are recognized for outstanding teamwork and dedication to America’s Fuel Economy Standards for Model years 2024-26.
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HealthConnections: Life Expectancy in Tennessee
"Life expectancy is a key measure for assessing the health of a population and reflects a myriad of factors related to health and healthcare, such as nutrition and access to health care. It also affects what we call the social drivers of health, the conditions in which we live, work, and play, and our standard of living."
You can listen to the full audio here.
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Chair of Middle East Studies
Global Security Fellow, Dr. Matt Buehler has been elected to serve as Chair of Middle East Studies and its interdisciplinary major for the 2022-2025 period. Middle East Studies goal is to provide students with top-level interdisciplinary training in the history, culture, literature, politics, languages, and religions of the Middle East in order to prepare them for a variety of careers related to this significant region of the world.
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South Korea’s Role in the Era of a U.S.-China Rivalry
The Global Security Program hosted a workshop titled, “South Korea’s Role in the Era of a U.S.-China Rivalry: Territorial and Maritime Disputes, Alliances, and Regional Security”, at the Baker Center on April 22-24, 2022. The workshop was a part of the research project by Dr. Krista Wiegand, Director of Global Security, and Dr. Sojeong Lee, Global Security Post-doctoral Fellow, funded by a grant from the Korea Foundation. With Wiegand and Lee, several scholars from the U.S. and South Korea joined the workshop in-person and virtually. Participants presented their research and shared thoughts on the U.S.-China power competition, alliances, South Korea’s strategies, and important issues in security and peace in the Korean Peninsula, East Asia, and the Indo-Pacific.
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Carbon Cost Efficiency
Energy & Environment Research Fellows, Dr. Seong-Hoon Cho and Dr. Paul Armsworth are both contributors in a recent publication of a Liu et al with Springer Nature on a publication titled "Does a trade-off exist between economic and environmental impact of forest carbon payment programs?" The publication focuses on how effective conservation programs should provide environmental benefits, but also promote local economic growth.
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Routledge Companion to Environmental Ethics
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Public Policy Analytics Minor
The Public Policy Analytics Minor is offered to students pursuing majors in all colleges. The minor teaches advanced analytical tools and applications of data-driven research for public policy. It is beneficial for students majoring in all backgrounds, especially those preparing for graduate school or careers in public policy. Click here for more information.
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Student Spotlight
Zoe Ward is a junior at the university studying Global Health Security and One Health through the College Scholars Program and minoring in the Center's Public Policy Analytics. She is an active Baker Scholar, Baker Ambassador, and research assistant. Zoe is also a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society and is currently part of the core leadership team organizing a One Health Leadership Summit held at the university. This summer, she is studying abroad in Kenya for a Public Health internship and Kiswahili language program through the School of International Training receiving the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship to pursue this program. She is using this time abroad to collect data and research for her College Scholars and Baker Scholars thesis on how Rift Valley Fever impacted Sub-Saharan Africa's response to COVID-19.
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Baker Center Staff Spotlight
We want to highlight our new Director of External Affairs, David Smith. Dave joined the Baker Center in late March and is the former director of communications for the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation and former Gov. Bill Haslam.
In this new role, he leads the Baker Center's engagement with outside stakeholders, including policymakers, the media, and the general public. He guides the Center’s digital presence and event programming and serves as an advisor to UT faculty and staff across campus as they seek to share their research with external audiences.
"We are so fortunate that Dave has agreed to join our team. His experience in policy communications will help us highlight the incredible work UT faculty do each and every day to benefit the state, the country, and our world." —Executive Director Marianne Wanamaker
He has already made a great impression on all of us with his hard work on events here and communications across the state!
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Get Involved with the Baker Center
The Center is a home for civic engagement for students in all disciplines and at all levels. Through programs, events and lectures, and helpful faculty and staff, the Center aims to engage the community on the topics of Global Security, Leadership & Governance, and Energy & Environment. Visit bakercenter.utk.edu for more information.
Some ways to get involved with the Center:
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The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy is a nonpartisan institute devoted to education and research concerning public policy and civic engagement and made possible by many generous donors including Senator Baker. For more information about the Center and ways to support our efforts go to bakercenter.utk.edu.
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