Kohl's $1.5 million gift to fund La Follette School research competition
A $1.5 million gift from Herb Kohl Philanthropies will support faculty research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs. The gift will create the Herb Kohl Public Service Research Competition, which will sponsor innovative research that provides evidence-based information to address tough public policy and governance issues.
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Students' Workshop reports bring attention to challenging policy issues
Workshop reports by the La Follette School of Public Affairs' Class of 2016 shed light on some of the most challenging local, national, and international policy issues. One report - about the potential for long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) to mitigate the negative effects of unintended pregnancies - has received national media attention.
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Yackee's regulatory capture study draws attention from U.S. Sen. Warren
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren highlighted research by La Follette School Director Susan Yackee and UW-Madison doctoral student Simon Haeder in a recent essay on RegBlog, an online source of regulatory news, analysis, and opinion based at the University of Pennsylvania's law school. The essay provided several examples of corporate influence on government rule-making, also known as regulatory capture, including their study of the U.S. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).
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Nominations for Gladfelter Award due Aug. 18
The La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW-Madison is seeking nominations for the 2016 Lloyd D. Gladfelter Award for Government Innovation. The award is given to a non-elected municipal, county, state, or federal employee or a group of individuals who through their careers or through a specific innovation have helped solve a problem for Wisconsin residents and improved public service in the state. Read more.
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La Follette in the News
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Professor Barbara Wolfe, Faculty Affiliate Seth Pollak,
Building Brains, The Cap Times.
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Professor Don Moynihan, Plan to Improve Government Performance Would Actually Undercut Progress, Government Executive.
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Professor David Weimer, Secret Shoppers Find Access to Providers and Network Accuracy Lacking for those in Marketplace and Commerical Plans, Health Affairs.
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Professor Tim Smeeding,
Wisconsin Poverty rate remains unchanged. Wisconsin Gazette.
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Sept. 1: Orientation and Hill Fest Welcome Picnic
Sept. 6: Classes begin
Oct. 13: Public Policy Issues in U.S. Presidential Elections, Milwaukee
Oct. 19: Public Policy Issues in U.S.
Nov. 1: Go Big Read, An Evening with Matthew Desmond
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Brian Bell (MPA '10) was unanimously selected as the first administrator of the Wisconsin Ethics Commission.
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Peter Tempelis (MPA/
JD '06) is an assistant attorney general in the Medicaid Fraud & Elder Abuse Unit of the Wisconsin Department of Justice.
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Doug Johnson (MA, '77) is retiring after 38 years in the transit industry. He started at Madison Metro and has worked at Kitsap Transit in Bremerton, Washington, since 1990. Previously, he worked at People Mover in Anchorage, Alaska, and C TRAN in Vancouver, Washington. He received his bachelor's degree in history from UW-Madison in 1973.
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Jobs for Alumni
To receive periodic email messages about opportunities in the U.S. and abroad, email careerdevelopment
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