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November 14 | Panel Discussion: The Role of Higher Education in Advancing Integrated Employment
Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m. ET Location: Renaissance Washington D.C. Downtown Hotel, 999 9th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 The Harkin Institute’s panel discussion on the role of higher education in maximizing participation in...
read moreHarkin Institute celebrates D.C. Experience scholars
The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement celebrated its 2018 D.C. Experience Scholarship recipients at an open house on Tuesday, October 9. During the event, scholarship recipients Wyatt Anderson and Anna Gabalski shared stories about...
read moreThe Harkin Institute announces members of new disability policy committee
The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement has established a new disability policy committee to provide input and help direct the Institute's research and programming in the area of people with disability and disability employment. The...
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Harkin Institute hosts panel discussion on Iowa redistricting
The Harkin Institute convened a panel of experts to discuss Iowa's redistricting process and how it stands out from that of other states during an event at the National Press Club on September 18, 2018. The event, Drawn Out: How Iowa Got Redistricting...
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Jones participates in UI Executive in Residence Program
Harkin Institute Executive Director Joseph Jones participated in the University of Iowa College of Public Health's Executive in Residence Program on October 10, 2018. Jones spoke with graduate students about his own career path as well as projects The...
read more90 Ideas in 90 Minutes: Joseph Jones shares Institute best practices
Harkin Institute Executive Director Joseph Jones shared some of The Harkin Institute's best practices through the Business Record's 90 Ideas in 90 Minutes publication and event. Jones was one of nine central Iowa leaders selected to share 10 of their...
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November 15-16 | Harkin International Disability Employment Summit
Date: November 15-16, 2018 Location: Renaissance Hotel, 999 9th Street NW, Washington D.C. Employment is the key to independence and economic sustainability, and our Summit meets to ensure that the world’s largest minority, people with disabilities, get a...
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Senator Harkin among recipients of inaugural $100k Jean Mayer Prize in Nutrition Science & Policy
BOSTON (Oct. 22, 2018)—The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University has awarded the school's inaugural $100,000 Jean Mayer Prize for Excellence in Nutrition Science and Policy to two individuals and two...
read moreBuckingham-Schutt Op-Ed: Puerto Rican Students Need Safe Schools, Healthy Meals
This week, and all month long, we celebrate national school lunches. As excited as I am to recognize how far we have come to improve the quality and quantity of food we serve our children at school, I can’t help but think about students in Puerto Rico who...
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Senator Harkin Speech: Constitution and Persons with Disabilities
Senator Tom Harkin (retired) spoke about how the protection of rights of persons with disabilities has evolved over time during a speech on Monday, September 17, 2018 at the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education. Senator Harkin...
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