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The School of Public Policy is host to several noteworthy visiting scholars, public- and private-sector officials, and policy leaders, providing students the chance to interact with those responsible for shaping policy in their respective fields.
How We Lost the California Dream, and How to Get It Back
The School of Public Policy is honored to host Lee E. Ohanian, professor of economics, and director of the Ettinger Family Program in macroeconomic research at the University of California, Los Angeles, for the first 2026 SPP Economic Seminar Series event.
Recent Events
Are American College Campuses 'Free Speech Zones'?
Dr. Robert Kaufman
Alan Dershowitz
Amy Wax
The Rational Bible: Exodus
Dennis Prager, Founder, PragerU
A demonstration of one option for increasing engagement around the state ballot initiative.
Inaugural Cross-Sector Leadership Conference
Project for cross-sector leadership supports leaders across the government, business, and nonprofit sectors.
The American Project
Victor Davis Hanson
Dinner and Keynote Address: Trump—Symptom or Catalyst?
Quest for Community: Is Communitarian Conservatism Relevant in an Age of Social Distancing and Political Polarization?
Ross Douthat
Gracy Olmstead
Pete Peterson
Preserving the American Project: The Bias Narrative vs. the Development Narrative
Glenn C. Loury, Professor of Economics and Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences, Brown University