News & Notes | January 23, 2017 
As Stone scholars, students gain skills to improve public policy
Since 2005, almost 40 students have benefited from Mark Stone's generous donations to the La Follette School of Public Affairs. Stone, who lives in Illinois, has given several gifts to the La Follette School over the past 10 years to help graduate students gain the skills needed to improve the lives of people in the United States through public service. Read more.
U.N. urban development conference draws MPA student to Ecuador
Ken Smith considered the Habitat III conference in Ecuador a possible once-in-a-lifetime experience. The conference - formally known as the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development - is held only once every 20 years. Read more.
Student Miller honored as Presidential Management Fellows finalist
La Follette School student Beth Miller is a finalist for the prestigious Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program, which places recent graduates with federal agencies for two-year assignments. Read more.
Nemet paper named one of 10 'milestone articles'
The journal Environmental Research Letters (ERL) selected a paper by La Follette School faculty member Greg Nemet and two colleagues as one of the 10 "milestone articles" during the journal's first 10 years of publication. Read more.
In the News

Director Don Moynihan, Who's Really Placing Limits on Free Speech? New York Times. Read more.

 

Professor Pam Herd, Does Supplemental Security Income reduce disability in the elderly? Institute for Research on Poverty Focus. Read more.

 

Professor Emeritus Andrew Reschovsky, The fiscal condition of U.S. cities: Revenues, expenditures, and the "Great Recession." Journal of Urban Affairs. Read more.

 

Faculty affiliate Nicolas Hillman, When College Was a Public Good, Chronicle of Higher Education. Read more.
Madison Alumni & Friends Reception Thursday, Feb. 2
Calendar 
Jan. 24: Quality Measurement in Israeli Health Care
Jan. 31: Career services kickoff event
Feb. 2: Madison Reception  
Feb. 16: Mobile Finance, Household Finance Research Seminar with Emilia
Tjernström
Feb. 8: DC Bobs Happy Hour
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Alumni News
Wesley Sparkman (MPA '00) Online news site Madison365 named Sparkman as one of the 44 most influential African Americans in Wisconsin. Read more.
Eric O'Shaughnessy (MPA '15) and three colleagues published a paper based on research for the Cost-Benefit Analysis course in the journal Fisheries. Read more.
Nick Lardinois
(MPA '15) "I cannot imagine a graduate program better designed to prepare me for this job (Legislative
 Audit Bureau performance evaluator) than La Follette." Read more.
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