Randall Kempner on International Development, Income Inequality and the Importance of Education
Alumnus Randall Kempner reflects on international development, income inequality, and the importance of education in narrowing the rich-poor gap....
LBJ Grad’s ‘Aunt Bertha’ – Building a Business With Social Impact
After going through a series of transformative life experiences that re-directed his path, Erine Gray, a 2004 MPAff graduate, reflected on his start-up company Aunt Bertha....
The dawn of public policy
The protests started in earnest in the spring of 1965. Operation “Rolling Thunder,” spearheaded by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, commenced on March 2, with massive and near-continuous air strikes...
Yiru Zhou '93 embraces the past and shapes the future of GPS
GPS’s 2016 Outstanding Alumna details what it means to be honored by and why she is dedicated to giving back to her School...
Jessica Meckler (F16): From Fletcher to New Delhi, Training Actors on the Ground
“You can move to basically any part of the world, and even if there’s no Fletcher person there, they can connect you to people,”...
Life After Fletcher in the Foreign Service
“Public service starts individually. Make the best of what you have and prepare yourself with education and experiences because that is public service within itself, having educated citizens.”...
On The Frontlines of the Ebola Battle And Inspired By The Women Healthcare Workers: Nahid Bhadelia Fletcher MALD ’05
Now she is adding further to her life’s work: advocating for and supporting the local health care workers who were so instrumental in helping to contain the outbreak last year....
Commitment to Service
Lukas Berg stumbled into his calling–serving his country in the U.S. Army. Now an American politics instructor at West Point, Berg credits his Yale degree with helping him prepare tomorrow’s leaders....
Bringing Peace Through Economic Empowerment
When Eddy Gicheru Oketch was growing up in rural Kenya, he witnessed the tribal violence that erupted in his country following disputed elections. That’s when he came up with his big idea....
Dawn of a New Era – Addressing Cybersecurity Threats
Jan Neutze works to counter the cyber threats of today and tomorrow....
Feeding Connections Between Business and Government
Olivia Yuan uses her linguistic and policy skills to connect the US and China....