The Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy

2013 BCLLC Application Now Available

Incoming 2013 UT Freshman can sign up for the Baker Center Living & Learning Community until May 31, 2013

Support the Baker Center

Make a gift to the Baker Center and get a 2013 calendar of photographs by Sen. Baker!

Victor Ashe Gift Establishes Lecture Series

Baker Center will host ambassadors and prominent mayors.

Baker Distinguished Lecture Series

Sec. Arne Duncan to present 2nd Baker Distinguished Lecture on April 3, 2013 at the University Center Auditorium, 1-2 pm

Call for Papers 2013 Summer Economics Workshop!

Looking for authors and discussants for workshop on "Identification of Causal Effects in Environmental and Energy Economics" - July 15-16, 2013

Click here for facility reservations at the Baker Center

Policy Briefs & White Papers

White Paper 3-13: The Water Energy Nexus in East Tennessee

The Water Energy Nexus in East Tennessee was produced by Dr. Carol Harden and her team at the UT Dept. of Geography, under a grant from the Baker Center. Dr. Harden’s paper explores the demands energy production has placed on water resources in Tennessee, and especially East Tennessee. As home to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), power [...]

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