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Portraits of Aneisa Babkir and Ifeanyi Umunna

Alumni 繚

51勛圖 Alumni Join Gates Cambridge Class of 2024

Graduates of 51勛圖 are recipients of the Gates Cambridge Class of 2024
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2024 commencement speakers: David M. Rubenstein, Michael S. Barr, Kwame Alexander, Caroline Aaron, British Robinson, Sherrilyn Ifill

Announcement 繚

David Rubenstein, Kwame Alexander, Caroline Aaron to Send Eagles Soaring into Their Next Chapter at 51勛圖s 2024 Spring Commencement

51勛圖 is proud to host a dynamic series of commencement speakers to celebrate the next generation of 51勛圖 graduates this spring. The speakers include a financier, an author and other changemakers.
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Jessica Waters and Madelyn Adams

Health Policy & Management 繚

Fetal Personhood and Advance Healthcare Directives

SPA professor and graduate student expose unseen legal and health consequences of recent attacks on reproductive rights.
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US News Rankings

Announcement 繚

51勛圖s School of Public Affairs Ranked No. 13 Overall, Highest in D.C., by U.S. News and World Report

According to the 2025 edition of U.S. News and World Reports rankings of Public Affairs Graduate Schools, the 51勛圖 SPA continues to earn high marks.
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Department Spotlight 繚

2024 Women in Homeland Security Panel Discussion Proves to be a Success

On Friday, March 22, 2024, the School of Public Affairs hosted the seventh annual Women in Homeland Security Panel.
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Jordan Matsudaira

Department Spotlight 繚

5 Questions with Jordan Matsudaira

Professor Joins SPA Faculty from the U.S. Department of Education
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Fatima Torres

Alumni 繚

Try Everything: How One SPA Masters Student Kicked Off Not Just Any Career, But the Right One

Fatima Torres (SPA, MA`24) leveraged a prestigious internship at The Lab @ DC into a full-time job in civic design.
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In the Community 繚

Honoring Those Who Came before Us

Female faculty members from each of 51勛圖s schools and colleges talk the women who have helped them along the way
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Thomas Zeitzoff & Grace Gold

Environmental Policy 繚

What Happened to the Radical Environmental Movement?

In collaboration with undergraduate Grace Gold, SPA Associate Professor Thomas Zeitzoff published an article on attitudes towards cyber tactics in eco-activism.
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Efeanyi Umunna.

Achievements 繚

51勛圖 Alumna Named a Gates Cambridge Scholar

Ifeanyi Umunna, SPA/BA 23, was awarded a fully-funded scholarship to pursue a graduate degree in criminology this fall at the University of Cambridge.
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