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    • Phil & Bill Answer Your Questions

      Phil & Bill Answer Your Questions

      Two years and more than 200,000 downloads later, You Might Be Right has inspired listeners across the country. In recognition of this milestone, we invited some of our most avid listeners to participate in an episode by asking Governors Bredesen and Haslam questions about the podcast, about their time in office, or current hot topics.…

    • Are you Smarter than a Baker School Student?

      Are you Smarter than a Baker School Student?

      The Baker School’s inaugural class of incoming freshman came together for the first time to meet each other and get to know faculty and staff.

    • Baker School Announces Slate of Fall Events 

      Baker School Announces Slate of Fall Events 

      The Howard H. Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) has framed its fall public programming around the November 5, presidential election, encouraging the University of Tennessee community to Get Informed. Get Engaged. Vote.  

    • The puzzle that is public policy and public affairs

      The puzzle that is public policy and public affairs

      The Baker School is a school of public policy and public affairs, but our undergraduate curriculum leads to a degree in public affairs. Some might ask what the difference is between the two, or how they are related to one another. The answer – they are the pieces of the puzzle that bring the big…

    • CETEP Fellow Paul Armsworth Publishes New Conservation Paper

      CETEP Fellow Paul Armsworth Publishes New Conservation Paper

      A new paper, Optimal Conservation Outcomes Consider Donor Geography and Their Willingness to Support More Distant Projects, by Paul Armsworth, et. al. has been published in the Biological Conservation.

    • UT’s Institute of American Civics Survey Shows Urgent Need for Civics Education in Tennessee

      UT’s Institute of American Civics Survey Shows Urgent Need for Civics Education in Tennessee

      The Institute of American Civics conducted a statewide survey this spring examining civic knowledge and participation by Tennesseans.

    • Baker School Launches Blog

      Baker School Launches Blog

      This blog will share first-hand accounts of our student programs, such as the Washington Fellowship program or the Local Government Intern opportunities.

    • What’s Happening with AI Right Now? – with Michael Kratsios

      What’s Happening with AI Right Now? – with Michael Kratsios

      In this episode, our hosts, former Tennessee Governors Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam, speak with Michael Kratsios, former Chief Technology Officer of the United States, about the most compelling use cases for AI, and if Ai has been as disruptive as we thought it might be a year ago. Nearly a year after the first…

    • The Baker School Welcomes Ten New Faculty 

      The Baker School Welcomes Ten New Faculty 

      KNOXVILLE, TN, August 1 — The Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville welcomed 10 experts from across the country on August 1 as it prepares to welcome its inaugural class of undergraduate majors. The ten new faculty have expertise ranging from public…

    • What is the History and Future of Presidential Debates? – with Frank Fahrenkopf

      What is the History and Future of Presidential Debates? – with Frank Fahrenkopf

      Our hosts former Tennessee Governors Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam, discuss the history, significance, and future of presidential debates with Frank Fahrenkopf.