GAO interns gain from training, alumni, funding
Seven La Follette School students learned the intricacies of federal program evaluation and auditing at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) this summer. They also experienced the tight group of La Follette School alumni in and around the nation's capital - known as the DC Bobs.
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3 weeks until Hill Fest welcome picnic
Alumni, friends, students, faculty, and staff are invited to the La Follette School's annual Hill Fest welcome picnic September 1 from 5 to 7 p.m.
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Sept. 28 book talk features Wisconsin Idea author Hoeveler
The Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE), University of Wisconsin Press, and Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs are sponsoring a book talk with David Hoeveler, author of John Bascom and the Origins of the Wisconsin Idea.
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Pruitt, Heinrich to join Board of Visitors
The La Follette School is adding two members to its Board of Visitors. Charles "Chuck" Pruitt will join the Board this fall, and Carolyn Heinrich will join in 2017. Pruitt and Heinrich will increase the Board's size to 10 members. Read more.
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La Follette in the News
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Professor Maria Cancian, Why broadening access to federal administrative data is critical for improving government services and increasing taxpayer value, Gov Innovator podcast.
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Professor Barbara Wolfe and Faculty Affiliate Seth Pollack, Deepening connections between neuroscience and public policy to understand poverty, Institute for Research on Poverty.
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Faculty affiliate Nicholas Hillman,
UW Prof: Hillary Clinton's free college tuition plan unlikely to fly in Wisconsin, The Capital Times. Read more.
Faculty affiliate Byron Shafer, Pulling back the curtain on the real aim of the parties, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Aug. 18: Gladfelter Award nominations due
Sept. 1: Hill Fest
Sept. 2:
Graduate School Degree Dash
Sept. 6: Classes begin
Oct. 13: A Real Town Hall - Milwaukee
Oct. 19: A Real Town Hall - Madison
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News for you!
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Profile: Scott Williams (MPA '10), research and education coordinator, Wisconsin Energy Institute.
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Profile: Alisha Bower (MPA '16), International Agriculture Intern, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Lima, Peru
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Paper by '14 alumnus Frerick focuses on corporate taxes
Austin Frerick (MPA '14) co-authored a paper about how the corporate tax base has changed during recent years.
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