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Gray became interested in public policy after taking a captivating Food Politics and Policy course, during which he had the opportunity to work with Sanford&#8217;s own World Food Policy Center. At Duke, he looks forward to sharpening his\u00a0quantitative and analytical skills while\u00a0studying Energy and Environmental Policy.\u00a0Outside of school, Gray loves cooking, watching old movies, training his dog, and trying not to let his Latin\u00a0get too rusty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3369,"template":"","student_areas_of_interest":[14,8],"intake_semester":[52],"degree":[34],"class_list":["post-3368","student","type-student","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","student_areas_of_interest-energy-environment","student_areas_of_interest-technology-policy","intake_semester-fall-2023","degree-mpp","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gray Rucker - MPP Student Resources<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/mppstudents\/student\/gray-rucker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gray Rucker - MPP Student Resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gray was born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. 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