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Benjamin Clark
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Professor & Director. School of Planning, Public Policy & Management @ University of Oregon Civic tech, budget/finance, environmental resilience, coproduction, and crowdsourcing. Season 13 Eugene Beer League Champion.

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UO School of Planning, Public Policy and Management @uopppm.bsky.social · Dec 30
IPRE’s report on why businesses are leaving Oregon, conducted with Business Oregon, is cited in the Governor’s Prosperity Roadmap. This is a clear example of applied research informing policy and strengthening Oregon’s economic future.

#PPPM #Impact #Oregon

🔗: www.oregon.gov/gov/Document...
www.oregon.gov

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UO School of Planning, Public Policy and Management @uopppm.bsky.social · Dec 14
Undergraduate students in Urban Transportation, guided by Professor Robert Binder, presented final projects on 12/3 showcasing creative ways to make Tualatin streets safer, more connected, and more vibrant. These projects highlight how thoughtful planning can enhance mobility and community spaces.

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Benjamin Clark @benclarkphd.bsky.social · Dec 12
And starting in the fall they are both 12-month programs. Get for quicker and for less cheddar.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Dec 8
Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)

Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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UO School of Planning, Public Policy and Management @uopppm.bsky.social · Dec 3
UO PPPM students gain practical experience tackling real planning and policy projects that improve Oregon communities. Their efforts develop valuable skills and generate meaningful, lasting impact across the state.

Learn more about their projects here:
UO students gain hands-on experience while helping Oregonians
School of Planning, Public Policy and Management offers ways to learn by improving communities
news.uoregon.edu

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UO School of Planning, Public Policy and Management @uopppm.bsky.social · Dec 1
Explore the three PPPM master’s programs at the University of Oregon! 🌲✨

The MPA, MNM & MCRP programs can launch your impact-driven career in public service, nonprofits, or planning.

Priority deadline: Feb 1.

Learn more + apply: pppm.uoregon.edu/graduate
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Dec 1
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Nov 22
"Look, the Fed can do a lot of things, but what it can't do is lower the price of imports. It can't make it so there are more workers for California farmers to help pick the crops." These are self-inflicted supply shocks, and the Fed can't magically undo them. (The White House can.)

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · Nov 22
It’s not clear if the feline slipped from the eagle’s talons Wednesday morning or was discarded simply because the big bird didn’t have a taste for it.
Driver makes unbelievable 911 call: ‘I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield’
It’s not clear if the feline slipped from the eagle’s talons Wednesday morning or was discarded simply because the big bird didn’t have a taste for it.
www.oregonlive.com

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UO School of Planning, Public Policy and Management @uopppm.bsky.social · Nov 21
New Publication Spotlight!

Housing Policy Debate features “Walls of Perception: Contrasting Views on Housing Barriers Across Sectors in Oregon,” a new article by PPPM faculty member Rebecca Lewis, along with co-authors Bob Parker and Mary Follo.

🔗 urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

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UO School of Planning, Public Policy and Management @uopppm.bsky.social · Nov 11
New research from Professor Anne Brown and collaborators!

🛴 Dedicated Parking for Micromobility: A Practical Guide for Implementation: A resource for cities looking to expand and improve micromobility parking.

🔗 lnkd.in/g4khsiX3

#Micromobility #SmartCities #PublicPolicy

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UO School of Planning, Public Policy and Management @uopppm.bsky.social · Oct 17
This summer, UO MPA alum Cimmeron Gillespie biked 2,200 miles from the U.S.-Canada border to the U.S.-Mexico border in just 40 days, traveling along highways 101 and 1. Along the way, he visited Olympic and Redwood national parks, completing a remarkable endurance journey on two wheels.

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UO School of Planning, Public Policy and Management @uopppm.bsky.social · Oct 10
Hi BlueSky! 👋

We’re the School of Planning, Public Policy and Management (PPPM) at the University of Oregon, home to students and faculty dedicated to building stronger and more sustainable communities. Follow along for updates on our research, student projects, and ways we’re making an impact.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Sep 11
Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story
A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid
www.theatlantic.com

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Benjamin Clark @benclarkphd.bsky.social · Sep 4
Note to self: Maybe it's time to get some varicose vein tattoos ahead of the arrival of the real ones so people won't notice when they are really there.

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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · Aug 11
NEW: Congressional Budget Office analysis of who wins and loses in the GOP megabill.

Top 10% gets $13,600 a year (2.7% increase in income)

Bottom 10% *loses* $1,200 a year (3.1% drop in income)

This isn't shared sacrifice--it's class warfare.

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Benjamin Clark @benclarkphd.bsky.social · Aug 8
That album brings me back to my college dorm, a la 1995. So great

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · Jul 9
Among all the big bad things happening on our planet, there's one Big Good Thing, the sudden, startling rise of solar energy.
It changes the power dynamic, in every sense of the word 'power.'
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Jun 27
You’ve seen this movie before: Maybe Reagan guessed, Bush hoped, and Trump tried—but tax cuts never paid for themselves. Given the mountain of evidence, claiming once again that "tax cuts will pay for themselves" is no longer ideologically motivated optimism.

It's a lie.

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