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		<title>Call for Applicants: Public Policy Challenge Executive Director</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fels Institute of Government is currently looking for applicants to the position of Public Policy Challenge Executive Director for the 2011-2012 academic year at Penn.
For a details on salary, responsibilities, and how to apply, please download the official Challenge ED Job Description 2011.
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		<title>Congratulations to Our Winning Team, Virtual Market Philly!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2nd Annual Public Policy Challenge is officially at an end after Sunday&#8217;s Finals at the National Constitution Center. Five teams delivered fantastic presentations, outlining well thought-out ideas to make Greater Philadelphia a better place. In the end, team Virtual Market Philly emerged as the grand-prize winner of $5,000 &#8211; $2,500 of which will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the Judges for This Year&#8217;s Public Policy Challenge Finals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 06:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following brilliant minds will be judging the projects presented by our five finalist teams at the Public Policy Challenge Finals, taking place on Sunday, March 20th from 1 &#8211; 4 p.m. at the National Constitution Center&#8217;s Kirby Auditorium:
Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley 
Pennsylvania State Rep. Dwight Evans
John DiIulio, Professor and Director of the Fox [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the Public Policy Challenge 2011 Finalists</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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After the February 21st Round Robin, the Public Policy Challenge 2011 staff team at the Fels Institute of Government set to work reviewing scoring sheets and placing teams in ranking order according to how feasible and effective our Round Robin judges deemed each project.
Along with Fels Executive Director David Thornburgh, the PPC 2.0 staff is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On to Round II&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a fast-paced couple of months, we have finally arrived at Round II of the Public Policy Challenge 2011. Workshops 1 and 2, which took place on January 31st and February 7th respectively, gave our student teams several &#8220;tools&#8221; to carry in their public policy &#8220;toolboxes,&#8221; and the hard work that followed resulted in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge 2011 Background Materials Updated</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attention Teams, Workshop Leaders, and Judges:
Please click here to download and view a finalized version of the Challenge 2011 Background Materials. The document has been updated with finalized locations, times, workshop leaders, and deliverables.
We at Fels are looking forward to Workshop #1 on January 31st! 
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		<title>Dates and Locations Finalized for Challenge Events</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After working through the break to book sites and speakers for our upcoming workshops and judging events, we have confirmed the following times and locations. Perhaps the most exciting piece of news on the list: our Finals event in March will take place at the National Constitution Center.
Workshop #1 – Monday, January 31st (5:30-8:30pm)
Houston Hall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Sponsors and Exciting Speaker Lineup Set for Dec. 6th</title>
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		<comments>http://www.publicpolicychallenge.org/2010/12/6-sponsors-and-exciting-speaker-lineup-set-for-dec-6th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2nd Annual Public Policy Challenge is off to a fantastic start  this year, after a total of 51 participants and 6 sponsors have signed  on to the competition.
Selected from a large pool of highly-qualified individuals, the  chosen participants this year represent diverse backgrounds and skill  sets, not to mention schools [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teams Have Been Selected! Next Stop: Meet and Greet!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 04:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out of a large pool of highly qualified applicants representing nearly every graduate program at the University of Pennsylvania, 50 students stood out the most to the Public Policy Challenge Selection Committee! They have been placed into 10 teams of 5 based on their policy interests, which range from improving K-12 education to promoting urban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campusphilly.org highlights the PPC!</title>
		<link>http://www.publicpolicychallenge.org/2010/11/campusphilly-org-highlights-the-ppc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.publicpolicychallenge.org/2010/11/campusphilly-org-highlights-the-ppc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Campusphilly.org featured the Public Policy Challenge as a new and promising way to revitalize Greater Philadelphia. Ana Liss wrote that the PPC offers an opportunity for students to learn the process of producing and implementing public policy to aid the region in its expected growth.  Check out the article at campusphilly.org and fill out the [...]]]></description>
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