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Emma Santore at Research Fair

Two SPIA undergraduates bring policy research to the Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression Fair

Emma Santore and Lily Shaw took policy memos from the classroom to Pitt’s fall research fair, sharing their work with students, faculty, and the community.

BRIDGE Fellows at the kickoff event

Pitt, Carnegie Mellon students build skills to talk across differences in new BRIDGE Fellows Program

The inaugural cohort of 13 fellows brings together students from ten programs at two universities to practice dialogue, mediation, and civic leadership.

Headshots of Zoila Ponce de Leon and Siyao Li

Two new books from SPIA faculty tackle the politics behind healthcare and global investment

In new books out this fall from Cambridge University Press, Assistant Professors Zoila Ponce de León and Siyao Li examine how political power, not just good policy, determines what actually gets done.