News: School of Public Policy and Leadership

two women and a man in breezeway
Business and Community |

Community graduate research assistant program connects students to the nonprofit community.

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People |

The president of the grad student association and 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ employee added another Rebel degree to her credentials.

Portrait of Yuri Graves, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's first emergency manager, stands by a call box.
People |

The university's emergency manager comes by his experience with crisis planning courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard.

Greenspun Hall
Business and Community |

Co-chaired by Sen. Harry Reid and Speaker John Boehner, board includes high profile experts who will direct bipartisan, research-based public policy solutions.

Isack Tenorio
People |

Commencement speaker Izack Tenorio found his niche in working on public initiatives. Now he sees them as a key tool in helping to ease divisions in the country.

hands holding cardboard cutout of house
Business and Community |

College of Urban Affairs partners with community groups to stop Southern Nevada crisis.

man in front of Las Vegas City Hall
Research |

With partisan gridlock at the higher levels, cities like Las Vegas will be the new leaders in innovative government.

Portrait of Jason L Wasden
People |

This new director of government affairs said he was drawn to 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ where innovation knows no bounds.

Group of police officers
Campus News |

Students in 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's crisis and emergency management program focus on preparedness for potential disasters

Graduate student Schuyler Roberson presents to class
Business and Community |

Participants in the School of Public Policy’s Grantwell course make big-money decisions to help local nonprofits

Erika Schumacher at Red Rock Canyon
People |

Erika Schumacher leans on her experiences as a chief ranger of public lands to coordinate the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ emergency crisis management program.

John Wagner in his office at the Fifth Street School
Business and Community |

Nonprofit, Community, and Leadership Initiative works to bolster and improve collaboration between groups