The University of Chicago Institute of Politics

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28	29	30	1	2	3 IOP Career Development: Academic Year 2025 - 2026 Internships Info Session State & Local Lobbying 101	4
5	6 Careers in the Nonprofit and Advocacy Space	7 DC Drama: Budget Cuts, Tariffs, Ice Raids & The Court Unpacked	8 Chicago’s ICE Age: Resistance from the Streets to the Legislature	9	10 State & Local Lobbying 101	11
12	13 The Shifting Politics on Israel	14	15 Clash of the Conservatives: Is the Populist Project Worthwhile?	16	17 State & Local Lobbying 101	18
19	20	21	22 Caldwell \| Where Do We Go from Here: What Will American Foreign Policy Look Like in Ten Years? Peltola \| Do You Want To Make Something Happen? Do It Locally	23 Wagner \| Firing Generals & Invading Cities: When Politics Breaks Military Norms Congresswoman Sarah McBride in Conversation with David Axelrod	24 The Rent is Too Damn High: Chicago Housing Development Trek State & Local Lobbying 101 Senator Lisa Murkowski in Conversation with David French The View from the Governor's Office with Lauren Curry, Chief of Staff to Georgia Gov. Kemp	25
26	27 Pressman \| The Transnational Reach of Authoritarianism	28 Warren \| The Storytellers: National Security As Policy Imperative & Political Theater Democracy at a Crossroads: What Americans Can Learn From Hungary	29 Caldwell \| Divided We Stand: A View From the Other Side - Why America Must Lead the World	30 Wagner \| “Thank You for Your Service” (But What Does That Really Mean?)	31 From Discord to Democracy: How Gen Z Is Shaping Nepal’s New Government State & Local Lobbying 101	1