News Archive

TSPPPA Ranks among the Best in Country
Columbian College’s Trachtenberg School increased its overall standing among public affairs schools in the U.S. News & World Report ranking of the nation’s top graduate programs.
Letter to Masters and Combined Degree Students
Dear masters and combined degree students,
Letter to TSPPPA Students from Director Mary Tschirhart: Welcome Back!
Fall Capstone Final Presentations
Please join instructors Joe Cordes and Jaci Dickerson for the Fall Capstone final presentations. There will be five presentations:
Spring 2022 Field of Study Course Offerings
PAD 6048.10 – Financing State and Local Government
Apply to be a TSPPPA Research Assistant for Spring 2022
As a Graduate Research Assistant, you will work up to 10 to 15 hours per week with Trachtenberg School faculty and staff.
You're Invited to TSPPPA's Annual Holiday Party
Please join the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration for our annual Holiday Party on Friday, December 10, 4:00-5:30 pm at 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 10th

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Coast Guard Alumni Serve Ships and Shores
As Coast Guard officers, TSPPPA alumni like Captain Zeita Merchant, MPA ’10, are trailblazers, lifesavers and among the nation’s leading military minds.

PEER Partnership Expands Education Equity

Study: School Shootings Shatter Communities
TSPPPA Professor Lang (Kate) Yang uncovered the hidden toll of decades of school shootings as higher-income families move away from communities struggling with stigma.

Remembering Jerry Ellig (1962 – 2021)
Dr. Jerry Ellig, research professor at the Trachtenberg School’s Regulatory Studies Center, passed away suddenly on Wednesday of last week.