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Jan 7, 2026

How to Make Communities More Resilient to Climate Change

A new strategy lays out how local governments can limit adverse impacts of climate change on their communities. Co-authors Christopher Galik and Georgina Sanchez explain.
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Jan 6, 2026

Study Finds Support for Solar Energy Has Become Politically Polarized

While public support for solar energy remains high, that support declined significantly from 2016 to 2022. Corresponding author Serena Kim explains.
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Dec 9, 2025

Ambrose and Kim Awarded $500,000 Sloan Grant

"Collaborative Approaches to Electrification, Load Growth, and Demand Management in Rural Electric Co-ops" will help vulnerable communities meet rising demands in electricity.

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Dec 3, 2025

Nowell Awarded Grant to Develop Eastern Fire Network

Public Administration professor Branda Nowell of NC State’s School of International and Public Affairs, along with associate dean for research at the College of Natural Resources Robert Scheller, and associate professor Jelena Vukomanovic of the Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State, were awarded an NSF Fire Grant to build a transdisciplinary research and education…
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Nov 24, 2025

Winter 2025 News from Public Administration

The Department of Public Administration at NC State has had an extraordinary year, as we've been leaning into our strategic plan.

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Nov 13, 2025

Rickabaugh and Ambrose Awarded STEPS Grant

Public Administration faculty assistant professors Jay Rickabaugh, as lead principal investigator, and Graham Ambrose, as co-principal investigator, were awarded a $105,000 STEPS grant to study Soil and Water Conservation Districts and their impact on phosphorus sustainability and nutrient management.  Soil and water conservation districts (SWCDs) play a key role in incentivizing and scaling best management…
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Nov 6, 2025

SPIA Fellow Evaluates Future of INGOs

Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken, the first nonresident fellow of the NC State School of Public and International Affairs, visited the campus in late October to present a colloquium about the future of transnational nongovernmental organizations (TNGOs) to Ph.D. and Master of International Studies and later presented a public talk, “Successful Irrelevance – or Disappearance? The Future…

Oct 16, 2025

Graham Ambrose appointed associate editor

Assistant Professor Graham Ambrose of the department of Public Administration in the School of Public and International Affairs has been appointed as an associate editor of the journal, Policy Design and Practice, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal for international scholars and practitioners on the design and practice of public policy, including policy research, governance and public…
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Oct 1, 2025

Tracy Appling Earns 2025 NASPAA Professional Staff Award

The Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) announced that Tracy Appling, internship director and assistant teaching professor in the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), is the recipient of the 2025 NASPAA Professional Staff Award. She was recognized for her work with the Department of Public Administration’s Master of Public…
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Oct 1, 2025

Tracy Appling: Spotlight Story

In the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), students can find career success help. Tracy Appling, internship director and assistant teaching professor in the school.  “I enjoy connecting students with agencies, keeping our alumni connected and developing NC State’s networks in relevant communities – that’s what I do best,” said Appling. As an assistant…