NY Times' journalist Lipton to discuss Environmental Protection Agency
The La Follette School is hosting a public presentation by Eric Lipton of The New York Times, who will be at UW-Madison from October 8-11 as the Public Affairs Journalist in Residence for Fall 2018. The presentation, The Hot Zone: A Look at the Environmental Protection Agency in the Era of Trump, is Tuesday, October 9 at 4:30 p.m. Read more.
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2018 cohort brings wide-ranging experiences
With 52 students, the La Follette School's 2018 cohort includes a practicing physician, the founder of a nonprofit organization, an award-winning playwright, two nurses, a newspaper editor, a police officer, three military veterans, and people with a wide range of other experiences. Read more & view photo gallery.
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Faculty leading pre-election Town Hall discussions on health, social policy
The La Follette School and Department of Political Science along with the Wisconsin Alumni Association are hosting a series of Real Town Hall events in preparation for the 2018 midterm elections.
La Follette School Director and Professor Susan
Yackee
will moderate panel discussions in Madison on September 20 and in Milwaukee on October 11. Read more.
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Fletcher leading $2 million project studying place of birth, health, and mortality
La Follette School Professor Jason Fletcher and four UW-Madison colleagues received a $2 million grant from the National Institute on Aging. The project, The Importance of Place of Birth in Determining Health and Mortality at Older Ages, will examine the extent to which place of birth contributes to old age health inequalities by birth cohort, race/ethnicity, gender, and educational attainment in the United States.
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In the News
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Professor Tim Smeeding, The fight for $15 campaign has drawn attention to the minimum wage - and set a benchmark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Read more.
Director and Professor Susan Yackee, The Trump administration might be deregulating more than you know (or could know), The Washington Post. Read more.
Professor Tim Smeeding, Emeritus Professor Barbara (Bobbi) Wolfe, UW-Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank is ready for 'another 5 years', Wisconsin State Journal. Read more.
Associate Professor J. Michael Collins, Wary of capitalism, young people turn to socialism - and it's more than just Bernie Sanders, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Read more.
Faculty affiliate Justin Sydnor, How to make a high-deductible health plan work for you, MSN Money. Read more.
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Seeking
client-based Workshop project proposals
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September 14-16: Class of 2008 Reunion
September 19: La Follette School Seminar: Connecting Stars to People's Wishes Using Contingent Valuation to Develop Consumer-Based Weights for Health Report Cards
October 8-11: Public Affairs Journalist in Residence Eric Lipton, The New York Times
October 11: A Read Town Hall, Social Policy & Poverty, Milwaukee
October 17: EuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts, with Ashoka Mody
November 8: DC Alumni & Friends Reception
February 7: Madison Alumni & Friends Reception |
Richelle Andrae (MPA '17) co-authored the 2018 Healthcare Workforce Report published by the Wisconsin Council on Medical Education & Workforce.
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A recent article in The Economist referenced a paper by Kavan Kucko (MIPA '08) and Professor Menzie Chinn. Read more.
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