FALL 2009 Boston 101 Series: The Fall 2009 Boston 101 Series continues on November 18 at 5:30 p.m. in Bell Hall, 5th floor of the Belfer Building, with "Redrawing the Lines: Accountability and Effectiveness in Increasingly Diverse Police Departments" with Dick Lehr, Author of The Fence: A Police Cover-up Along Boston’s Racial Divide and Professor of Journalism, Boston University; Ronald Davis, Chief of Police, East Palo Alto, CA; and Malcolm Sparrow, Professor of Practice of Public Management and Faculty Chair of the Executive Program on Strategic Management of Regulatory and Enforcement Agencies, Harvard Kennedy School and former Detective Chief Inspector, British Police Service. The Fall Series concludes on Tuesday, December 2 at 5:30 p.m. with "Serving Emotionally Disturbed Youth: Lessons from the Award-Winning Wraparound Milwaukee Program" in the Malkin Penthouse, 4th floor of the Littauer Building with Bruce Kamradt, Administrator, Milwaukee Children’s Mental Health Services/Wraparound Milwaukee and commentary by Julie Wilson, Harry Kahn Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Director, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School (MORE)
NEW REPORT: Controlling the Cost of Municipal Health Insurance: Lessons from Springfield A report issued by the Edward J. Collins Jr. Center for Public Management at UMass Boston's McCormack School of Policy Studies and the Rappaport Institute documents the millions of dollars in annual savings achieved by the City of Springfield resulting from the decision of the Finance Control Board to transfer the City’s employees to the Commonwealth’s Group Insurance Commission (GIC). The report was authored by Robert L. Carey, an expert on Massachusetts health insurance costs. (MORE)
RAPPAPORT INSTITUE POLICY BRIEFS AND WORKING PAPERS: This spring the Rappaport Institute released three new Policy Briefs on health care, non-compete agreements, and inclusionary zoning.
INFORMATION SESSIONS FOR THE RAPPAPORT INSTITUTE PUBLIC POLICY SUMMER FELLOWSHIP ARE TAKING PLACE NOW: Are you a graduate student who will continue their academic studies in the 2010-11 and would like to spend the summer working at a state or local government agency and receive a $7000 stipend? If so, attend one of our information sessions which will be held throughout Boston this fall. Rappaport Institute staff will be at Northeastern Universityon Tuesday, November 10 from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. at the Curry Student Center, 342 Huntington Avenue. Rappaport Institute Staff will also be at the Harvard Kennedy School Summer Internship Fair on Monday, November 23 from 2 - 5:30 p.m. on the 5th floor of the Taubman Building at 15 Eliot Street. (MORE)
2009 RAPPAPORT PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWS The 2009 Rappaport Institute Public Policy Fellows were chosen from five schools to participate in our 10-week summer fellowship. These students will work at state or local agencies for twelve weeks during the summer. (MORE) Antoniya Owens, a 2009 Summer Fellow, was featured on the Harvard Kennedy School's website, in "Student Researches the Effect of English Language Education on ESL Children." The fellows program was also featured on the Harvard Kennedy School's website in October, "Rappaport Fellows Think Globally, Act Locally"
FALL 2009 Boston 101 Series: The Fall 2009 Boston 101 Series continues on November 18 at 5:30 p.m. in Bell Hall, 5th floor of the Belfer Building, with "Redrawing the Lines: Accountability and Effectiveness in Increasingly Diverse Police Departments" with 
NEW REPORT: Controlling the Cost of Municipal Health Insurance: Lessons from Springfield A report issued by the Edward J. Collins Jr. Center for Public Management at UMass Boston's McCormack School of Policy Studies and the Rappaport Institute documents the millions of dollars in annual savings achieved by the City of Springfield resulting from the decision of the Finance Control Board to transfer the City’s employees to the Commonwealth’s Group Insurance Commission (GIC). The report was authored by Robert L. Carey, an expert on Massachusetts health insurance costs. 
RAPPAPORT INSTITUE POLICY BRIEFS AND WORKING PAPERS: This spring the Rappaport Institute released three new Policy Briefs on health care, non-compete agreements, and inclusionary zoning. 
INFORMATION SESSIONS FOR THE RAPPAPORT INSTITUTE PUBLIC POLICY SUMMER FELLOWSHIP ARE TAKING PLACE NOW: Are you a graduate student who will continue their academic studies in the 2010-11 and would like to spend the summer working at a state or local government agency and receive a $7000 stipend? If so, attend one of our information sessions which will be held throughout Boston this fall.