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Prominent Tennesseans Endow Baker School Scholarships at UT

Six esteemed Tennesseans have pledged $500,000 each to endow four-year undergraduate scholarships at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs. Demonstrating a commitment to investing in UT students and strengthening civic health, the Baker Scholars program aims to attract and educate a new generation of leaders who…
Baker School to Serve as Early Voting Location October 28 – 31

If you are registered to vote in Knox County, you can vote early at the Baker School from Monday, October 28 to Thursday, October 31. See below for each day’s times. 10|28 9am-6pm 10|29 9am-6pm 10|30 8am-8pm 10|31 9am-6pm Please note that on election day, November 5, you must vote in person at your assigned…
Transportation Policy Drives Baker School’s Research in Energy and Environment

For over a decade, the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy conducted energy and environmental policy research, informing policy on issues that were passions for Senator Baker. When the Center became the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) in 2023, the former Energy and Environment Program…
The Baker School and Haslam Put Economics in Focus for the 2024 Presidential Election

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE – The Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) and the Haslam College of Business (Haslam) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, welcomed a pair of national pundits – Michael Strain and Matthew Yglesias — to discuss economics and the 2024 Presidential Election on September 25. The…
How has Polarization Changed Governing? – with Anthony Foxx and Margaret Spellings

While political polarization is most visible in Congress, it affects the branches of the federal government in different ways. In this wide-ranging episode, our hosts, former Tennessee Governors Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam speak with Anthony Foxx, former Secretary of Transportation under President Obama, and Margaret Spellings, former Secretary of Education under President Bush, about…
Baker School Programs Enroll 136 Students in Second Year

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE – Newly released census data shows that Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is serving 136 in its undergraduate and graduate programs this fall. “I am incredibly proud of the start that we have had at the Baker School. Our…
MOU Between Baker School & ORNL Paves Way for Collaboration

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE – University of Tennessee Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) Professor and Director of the Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs Krista Wiegand, PhD, joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Associate Laboratory Director Moe Khaleel, PhD, for a ceremonial signing of a new Memorandum of…
Constitution Day with Yale Professor of Law Keith Whittington

In celebration of Constitution Day, the Institute of American Civics (IAC) at the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, hosted Keith Whittington, the David Boies Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Whittington’s teaching and scholarship span American constitutional theory, American political…
Baker School Launches New Season of You Might Be Right Podcast with Former Governors Bredesen, Haslam

Fall season will focus on how polarization, from what the research says to how it impacts governing KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – (September 12, 2024) – Today, the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) at the University of Tennessee launched a new season of You Might Be Right, a podcast…
UT Students Experience Japanese Culture and Foreign Policy on Japan Ambassadors Trip

This summer 12 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, students followed in the footsteps of former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard H. Baker Jr. for the Japan Ambassadors trip. Based in Kobe and Tokyo, the immersive experience is designed to provide students with a unique view of U.S.-Japan relations and Japan’s cultural history. It is presented by…