Institute of Politics

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Each year, the IOP hosts dozens of public Speaker Series events, providing students and the general public direct contact with elected officials, activists, authors, journalists, and other key practitioners in politics and public service.

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Is RFK Jr. right about our food system?

April 08, 2025

  • Public Health, Food & Agriculture

Pipe Dreams or Progress? Tackling Chicago’s Lead Crisis

February 07, 2025

  • Chicago & Illinois
  • Domestic Policy
  • Public Health, Food & Agriculture

Everybody Hates This: Healthcare

January 16, 2025

  • Public Health, Food & Agriculture
  • Domestic Policy

Bridging the Divide Conference: The Great American Loneliness: Health Disparities & Deaths of Despair in America

April 11, 2024

  • Public Health, Food & Agriculture
  • Activism

Bridging the Divide Conference: We Are What We Eat

April 11, 2024

  • Domestic Policy
  • Public Health, Food & Agriculture

Chicago Style - Trauma Care on the South Side: In Conversation with Trauma Center Director Dr. Selwyn Rogers

May 09, 2023

  • Student-Led Program
  • Public Health, Food & Agriculture
  • Chicago & Illinois

Opioid Crisis Redux: What Can and Is Government Doing

April 04, 2023

  • Domestic Policy
  • Public Health, Food & Agriculture

Toxic Chemicals and Lead Pipes: Water Crises in the US

March 24, 2023

  • Public Health, Food & Agriculture

Rebuilding Trust and Equity in Public Health: A conversation with Ngozi Ezike and Thomas Fisher

May 16, 2022

  • Public Health, Food & Agriculture

Chicago Style: Combating Maternal Health Disparities

May 13, 2022

  • Public Health, Food & Agriculture
  • Chicago & Illinois
  • Student-Led Program

Dinner and digging

May 11, 2022

  • Journalism & Media
  • Public Health, Food & Agriculture

Bridges, Broadband, and Babies: Inside Pete Buttigieg's First Year in Washington

May 04, 2022

  • Public Health, Food & Agriculture

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