News & Notes | November 23, 2016 
Writer in residence Dave Weigel, others respond to questions about 2016 election
An overflow audience of more than 280 people asked a wide range of questions about the 2016 presidential election during a panel discussion November 15 sponsored by the La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Election Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Read more.
Students learn about career opportunities from alumni in D.C.
Twenty master's degree students participated in the third La Follette in D.C. career development program Nov. 3 and 4, visiting potential employers, networking with alumni and friends, and learning about what it's like to live and work in the nation's capital. Read more.
Grant aids Fletcher study on early contextual contributors to adult health
La Follette School Professor Jason Fletcher is the principal investigator for a $300,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) supporting research on the impacts of children's neighborhoods on racial disparities in adult health outcomes. Read more.
Chinn shows the relevance of research in real time via blog
From "Brexit" to U.S. presidential candidates talking about immigration, from the latest job reports to the latest dip in oil prices, every event that makes the headlines carries an economic impact, and a blog co-authored by a UW-Madison professor analyzes and contextualizes these newsworthy happenings. Read more.
L a Follette in the News
  •  Professor and Director Don Moynihan: With declining state support for UW, budget could tie funding to performance, The Daily Cardinal. Read more .
  • Faculty affiliate Ken Mayer: UW researchers to study voter ID effect, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Read more.
  • Faculty affiliate Kathy Cramer : Trump's victory and the politics of resentment, Scientific American. Read more . 
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    Nov. 29: Seminar Series, Judy Gueron
    Dec. 8: Inequality and Taxation: Evidence from the U.S., 1980-2010, IRP Seminar with Rourke O'Brien 
    Dec. 9: Election Symposium 2016
    Feb. 2: Madison Alumni & Friends Reception
    Feb. 16: Mobile Finance, Household Finance Research Seminar with Emilia Tjernstrom
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    Save the date: Madison Reception
    The La Follette School of Public Affairs' 2017 Madison reception for alumni and friends is scheduled for Thursday, February 2 at The Madison Club. Read more.
    Lindsay Read 
    (MPA '09)
    My most rewarding experience at La Follette was working with the Wisconsin Legislature on a special taskforce to address childhood obesity.  Read more.
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