News & Notes | August 31, 2016 
Susan Yackee and Don Moynihan
Moynihan takes over as
director, Yackee to lead school's Board of Visitors
Professor Don Moynihan, an internationally recognized public management expert, has succeeded Professor Susan Webb Yackee as director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs. Yackee will continue to serve as director of the La Follette School's Board of Visitors. Read more. 
Wolfe, Pollak research cited in Newsweek 
The cover story for the September 2 issue of Newsweek magazine features research by La Follette School Professor Barbara Wolfe and faculty affiliate Seth Pollak. Their report "Association of Child Poverty, Brain Development, and Academic Achievement" is cited as one of two studies that "cracked open a public conversation" on the influence of poverty on children's learning and achievement.  Read more. 
Alumnus Russell is UW-Madison's first Fulbright-Clinton fellow
Christopher Russell (MIPA/JD '16) has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant to work in Ukraine's Ministry of Justice through the Clinton Public Policy Fellowship. Read more.

La FolIette in the News
  • Professor J. Michael Collins, Wisconsinites Know More Than They Think About Financial Issues, WisContext
  • Professor Tim Smeeding and Professor Emeritus Andrew Reschovsky, Dane County Moves to Make 'Living' Wage a, Well, Living Way, Wisconsin State Journal 
  • Professors Maria Cancian and Lawrence Berger, Incarceration and CPS Involvement, IRP Fast Focus
  • Faculty affiliate Barry Burden, Why Voter ID Laws are Losing Judges' Support, Governing
  • Faculty affiliate Alta Charo, The Unintended Consequences of Congress's Ban on Designer Babies, MIT Technology Review

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    Calendar 
    Sept. 1:  Orientation
    Sept. 1: Hill Fest
    Sept. 2: Graduate School Degree Dash
    Sept. 6: Classes begin
    Sept. 15: Applying for the Presidential Management Fellowship
    Oct. 13: A Real Town Hall - Milwaukee
    Oct. 19: A Real Town Hall - Madison 
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    Alumni News
    Policy training serves Eskrich well as city council member
    The Cap Times featured Sara Eskrich (MPA/MPH '15), who was elected to the Madison Common Council in April 2015. Read more. 
    Profile: Joanna Marks (MPA '10), self-employed consultant.
    "A degree from La Follette is extremely versatile and well-regarded." Read more. 

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