Health economist Katherine Baicker will give the 2017 Paul Offner Lecture on Tuesday, November 28 at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. Her presentation, The Effect of Medicaid Spending, Health, and Well-Being: Evidence and Implications for Reform, begins at 4:30 p.m. Read more.
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Faculty, alumni participating on Thompson Center panels
La Follette School Professor Susan Yackee and Associate Director Hilary Shager will lead two of the five panel discussions at the opening conference of the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Leadership Across the Branches, a daylong public event, is Friday, November 17 at the Fluno Center. Read more.
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Summer internships provide students with experience in U.S., abroad
Summer internships took La Follette School students to Germany, California, Missouri, Chicago, India, Washington, D.C., and other locations during 2017. Read more.
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La Follette School Professors Don Moynihan and Dave Weimer offered presentations about their areas of expertise during the 2017 National Legislative Program Evaluation Society (NLPES) Conference in Madison this fall. Associate Director Hilary Shager also served on a panel discussion. Read more.
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Cancian, others share expertise at APPAM
Eleven La Follette School faculty and staff members presented their research at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Fall Research Conference in Chicago. Read more.
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In the News
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Professor Jason Fletcher,
Upcoming festivals focus on the intersection of art and science, Wisconsin State Journal. Read more. Read more.
Professor Jason Fletcher,
Can 'Sin Taxes' Solve America's Obesity Problem?, Consumer Reports. Read more.
Faculty affiliate Deborah Ehrenthal, Understanding disparities in Wisconsin infant mortality rates, Wiscontext. Read more.
Faculty affiliate Barry Burden, Trump's base wants to hold on to the past at all costs, Los Angeles Times. Read more.
Faculty affiliate Justin Sydnor, Why So Many People Choose the Wrong Health Plans, The New York Times. Read more.
Alumnus Daniel Speckhard (MA '82), In Africa, defense without diplomacy and development is a losing strategy, The Hill. Read more.
Student Noah Roberts, Homegrown: Local leaders jump-start political careers while enrolled at UW, The Daily Cardinal. Read more.
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Nov. 15:
La Follette Seminar: Experiential Financial Literacy
Nov. 16: A Conversation with La Follette School Alumnus Mark Hadley
Nov. 17:
A Conversation with La Follette School Alumnus Bill Schmitt
Nov. 20: A Conversation with La Follette School Alumna Joy Bertrand
Nov. 28:
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he Impact of Health on Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from MRFIT
Nov. 28: Leadership Across the Branches
Dec. 6: La Follette School Seminar: Eileen Chou, Battan School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia
Dec. 7: BIG Series: Eileen Chou, Battan School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia
Feb. 1: Madison Alumni & Friends Reception
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 Alumni repeat as masters of trivia
An alumni team once again prevailed in the La Follette School Student Association (LSSA) Trivia Fundraiser. The Muscle that Prevents the Hustle - with several Legislative Audit Bureau employees - took first place, while five members of La Follette's Class of 2017 finished second. Read more.
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