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 Martin School News

The Martin School would like to congratulate recent Martin School graduate Amanda Deerfield for being selected as a Cato Summer Fellow.

Martin School Director Dr. Merl Hackbart was recently interviewed in Governing magazine, "Do the States have a Debt Problem?"

An essay by John Thelin, professor of higher education and public policy, was recently featured in "Inside Higher Ed" discussing issues related to college athletics and university presidents. Dr. Thelin is a joint faculty member of the Martin School.

The Martin School, along with the Deparment of Economics, is pleased to announce that it will be hosting visiting scholar David Agrawal, Assistant Professor of econcomics at University of Georgia, from May 12 through June 7.

The Martin School is honored to announce that Mr. David Adkins, Executive Director and CEO of the Counsel of State Governments and member of the Martin School Board of Visitors, will be the speaker at this year's Martin School Graduates Recognition and Award Ceremony at 3 p.m. in the W.T. Young Library on Friday, May 3. To read more about Mr. Adkins and The Council of State Governments, click here.

Martin School Announces Hall of Fame, Distinguished Alumnus Award Senator Wendell H. Ford was the first person to be inducted into the Kentucky Public Service Hall of Fame, at the annual Alumni and Friends Reception hosted by the University of Kentucky's Martin School of Public Policy and Administration. Read more about the event here.

The Martin School would like to introduce Xin Zhang, one of our Visiting Scholars for 2012-13. Xin Zhang has served as a lecturer in the Department of Public Administration in the School of Management at Hubei University of technology from 2005-2007. Her research experience includes studies in Government Information Safety, Higher Education Policy, and Local Government Performance Evaluation Systems. Read more about Xin Zhang and our other guest scholars here.

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