Baker Center Brief Offers Recommendations for TVA
…Valley Authority can position itself for the future. The brief, authored by J. Scott Holladay, a Baker Center Fellow and associate professor of economics, examines both broad trends in the…
UT Hosts Senate Debate Between Blackburn, Bredesen
…evening. A partnership between the Baker Center and Nexstar Media Group Inc., the parent company of local ABC affiliate WATE-TV, the hourlong forum was broadcast statewide. The questions spanned issues…
UT’s Baker Center, Nexstar to Host Final Senatorial Debate
…8 p.m. EDT Wednesday, October 10. The debate is a partnership between the Baker Center and Nexstar Media Group Inc., which will broadcast the event statewide. Nexstar is the parent…
Student Groups, Academic Units Launch #VolsVote Campaign
…Baker Center 10th anniversary celebration, “Broken: Can the Senate Save Itself and the Country?” with Ambassador Ira Shapiro, 5 p.m. in the Baker Center’s Toyota Auditorium. Nov. 6: Election Day….
Economist Available to Speak on White House Trade Negotiations
The White House announced Monday it had reached a preliminary agreement with Mexico to rework major portions of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The details of the possible final…
Akins Cited by Newsweek in Article about Chinese Investment in Pakistan
…Pakistani port. The article quotes Harrison Akins, a researcher at the Howard Baker Center who focuses on Pakistan and China. Akins said, “Chinese investment in Pakistan is expected to reach…
UT Community Has Connections with Barbara Bush
With the news of former first lady Barbara Bush’s death, several members of the campus community have shared a couple of interesting anecdotes and photos. Journalism and Electronic Media Professor…
Baker Center to Host Statewide Summit on Voter Education
…campus teams to improve student education and engagement in one of the most important aspects of democracy—voting,” said Katie Cahill, associate director of the Baker Center. “We hope this summit…
Baker Center Announces New Board Members, Washington Program
…Flying J, Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, UT Chancellor Beverly Davenport, and Baker Center Director Matt Murray. Matt Murray “I am very excited about the opportunity to work with the…
Baker Center Launches Washington Program
…director of the Baker Center, will be the primary instructor for the course. Students can request academic credit for the program through their home departments. “This is an experiential educational…
Baker Center Announces Spring Lectures and Events
UT’s Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy has released its schedule for lectures and events this spring: February 7—Akbar Ahmed, Ashe Lecture Series, 5–6 p.m., Toyota Auditorium. “Being…
UT and WVU Release Research on Coal Demand in Appalachia
…the Baker Center and associate director of the Boyd Center. “Steps need to be taken to find alternative engines of economic development since the coal industry is not expected to…