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Is the MPP the right degree for me?

Dec. 17, 2019 | By Wendy Hunter Barker | GPS News
With so many options, learn how you can master the job market with a degree in public policy

Through knowledge we gain understanding

Dec. 16, 2019 | By GPS Communications
Victor Shih models intellectual leadership and curiosity in his appointment as the Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations at GPS

Mapping a cleaner San Diego

Dec. 16, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
Sebastian Sarria, MPP ‘20 models the fight for clean energy at the City of San Diego, utilizing his GIS expertise to work on the city’s Climate Action Plan

A day in the life of a NCAA Woman of the Year Honoree

Nov. 26, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
In a Q&A complementing our Flickr tour, soccer star and 2021 MPP candidate Summer Bales reveals what attending GPS looks like today

Nirupama Rao defines the future of Indo-Pacific relations

Nov. 22, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
A Q&A with former Indian Ambassador to the United States during her Pacific Leadership Fellowship

Winter reading for the bibliophile

Nov. 21, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
We asked GPS professors to recommend their favorite must-read books, from the rich world of fiction to timeless novels

When Will We End Global Warming?

Nov. 21, 2019 | By Christine Clark | UC San Diego News
At the intersection of science, technology and policy, UC San Diego’s David G. Victor offers answers

Alumni nominated spotlight: Booz Allen Hamilton consultant Maura Deignan

Nov. 12, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
As part of our ongoing Pass the Pen series, we feature management consultant Maura Deignan ’13 who shares her favorite GPS memories and why San Diego is the best place to start your career

Leading from the front

Oct. 31, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
In our third annual Public Service Weekend, non-tradition is celebrated as students explore their role in changemaking and paving the path forward

Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies expands research on drug war and migrant crisis

Oct. 31, 2019 | By Christine Clark | UC San Diego News
With the ever-changing policies and complexities between the U.S. and Mexico, the center will inform the creation, implementation and evaluation of public policy to enhance the lives of citizens in both countries

A marriage of policy and advocacy

Oct. 28, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
A Q&A with fellows and human rights advocates Bennett Freeman and Rebecca MacKinnon during their residency at the Center on Global Transformation

Decarbonizing the grid

Oct. 21, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
Meet GPS’s new renewable energy expert, Michael Davidson whose research focuses on deploying low carbon energy in Asia’s emerging markets

Research at the border: A living laboratory of transformation

Sept. 26, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
A GPS team conducted policy-relevant research across the border at the crux of the U.S.-Mexico immigration debate

Sylff Fellows translate vision into reality

Sept. 24, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
Meet our current Sylff Fellows – two rising leaders who are gaining access to a world-class education thanks to endowed fellowship support

Personality vs Institutions: Do leaders matter?

Sept. 19, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
Meet GPS’s new assistant professor, Maria Carreri, whose research in political economy looks at the role of individual political leaders in determining policy outcomes

Untangling the relationship between democracy and education

Sept. 17, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
Agustina Paglayan’s study “Democracy and Educational Expansion: Evidence from 200 Years,” is awarded Best Comparative Policy Paper award by the American Political Science Association

Walking the path to global sustainability

Aug. 28, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
Alumnus Andrés Prieto, MPP ’19, unearths pathways to sustainable land and food systems in Mexico City as part of the United Nations network

War games and strategic competition return to the global stage

Aug. 27, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
In its inaugural training course, IGCC offers wide-ranging and multi-faceted perspectives on the great power competition of the 21st Century

Visiting scholar looks at Brazil’s milk production from the U.S.

Aug. 25, 2019 | By Rodrigo Curi | GPS News
Fulbright scholar Rodrigo Curi shares a recap of his time at UC San Diego working on his doctoral dissertation research examining public policies for milk producers impacted by climate change

Gifts with global impact

Aug. 23, 2019 | By Jade Griffin | GPS News
Alumni, friends and foundations provide $6 million in support during 30th Anniversary year

Alumnus negotiates EU-Mercosul agreement

Aug. 13, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
Rodrigo Serran ’14 forges opportunities for Brazilian economic growth in the EU as part of the largest trade agreement in Brazil’s history

Alumni nominated spotlight: Renewable energy expert Peter Moritzburke

Aug. 9, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
As part of our ongoing Pass the Pen series, we feature MEC Development Principal Peter Moritzburke ’96 who shares his favorite GPS memories and his key to success in renewables and the environment

Office hours: Career Services Director Stephanie Boomhower

Aug. 8, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
Our GPS career guru opens up about some of the dearest objects that adorn her office, painting a picture of her professional backstory and personal interests

What will the next 30 years hold?

Madeleine Albright inspires future diplomats

Forum on U.S.-China Relations to Bridge Divide between Washington and Beijing

Office hours: Professor Lauren Prather

Dare to fail: Finding your voice through improv

Pioneering international excellence

Data obsessed

Designing San Diego’s future

Summer reading for the bookworm

Bringing the GPS textbook to Washington, D.C.

Out of the lab: A program designed to foster real-world impact

Awarding the best and brightest student ambassadors

Saving the Mekong

Alumni nominated spotlight: Border X’s David Favela

A Global Free Spirit

30 years of designing the modern world order

Shaping San Diego’s Workforce: UC San Diego Trains Next Generation of Region’s Policymakers

Designing policy for a global impact

Hacking your data

Investing in the future of STEM in Baja California

Office hours: Founding Dean Peter Gourevitch

The life and times of an MPP student

UC San Diego's New Multi-Continental Partnership to Usher in Next Generation of Economic Diplomats

U.S.-China symbiosis takes hold

Feb. 28, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai paints the landscape for 21st century competition and cooperation between the U.S. and China at the 2019 Sokwanlok Distinguished Lecture

Justice can be beautiful

Feb. 25, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
In its San Diego film premiere, THE JUDGE celebrates stunning perseverance and bravery for women in Islamic law  

Understanding the Science of Work

Feb. 21, 2019 | By Christine Clark | UC San Diego News
From the hockey rinks of Canada, to conducting research on innovation, School of Global Policy and Strategy professor Elizabeth Lyons stays on the cutting edge

Would you be my valentine?

Feb. 19, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
During this season of love, meet a few GPS alumni who found love before, during or after attending the School

From Russia, with love

Feb. 14, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
For the Zudin family, GPS has offered a platform for global impact and familial support throughout the decades

Pass the pen: Alumna nominated spotlight

Feb. 13, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
As part of an ongoing series, we give alumni a chance to share their favorite GPS memories

Changemaking in the 21st Century

Jan. 29, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
GPS hosts “Dialogue Over Dessert” to celebrate those dedicated to finding innovative solutions to pressing problems 

Deep dive into Senegalese life

Jan. 24, 2019 | By Victoria Holden | GPS News
Victoria Holden, 2019 MIA candidate, pens about her time in Senegal on a Boren Fellowship, including how its readying her for a career in development and peace-keeping as a Foreign Service Officer

Office hours: Dean Peter Cowhey

Jan. 2, 2019 | By Rachel Hommel | GPS News
The GPS Dean opens up about some of the dearest objects that adorn his office, painting a picture of his professional backstory and personal interests