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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.

Transportation Policy Drives Baker School’s Research in Energy and Environment

For over a decade, the Baker Center conducted energy and environmental policy research, informing policy on issues that were passions for Senator Baker.

The Baker School and Haslam Put Economics in Focus for the 2024 Presidential Election

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

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

The Baker School enrollment numbers show that they welcomed 136 undergraduate and graduate students, including its inaugural public affairs class.

MOU Between Baker School & ORNL Paves Way for Collaboration

Baker School Professor Krista Wiegand joined ORNL Associate Laboratory Director Moe Khaleel for the ceremonial signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Tennessee and UT-Battelle. The agreement strengthens collaboration between UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.