News & Notes | September 27, 2018 
Tjernström selected for APPAM award

Assistant Professor Emilia Tjernström has received a 40 for 40 Fellowship from the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM). The award provides funding for Tjernström to attend APPAM's Fall Research Conference in Washington, DC, later this year. Read more. 
Scholar to discuss European financial crisis
Ashoka Mody, a leading expert on international finance and financial crises, will discuss his recent book, EuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts, on Wednesday, October 17 at Grainger Hall. Mody will give a keynote presentation at noon, followed by comments from Professors Menzie Chinn and Mark Copelovitch. Read more. 
Kane learning Turkish through FLAS fellowship
 
Master of international public affairs (MIPA) student Jamey Kane received a Foreign Language and Area Studies ( FLAS ) fellowship for the 2018-19 academic year. He will use the fellowship to study Turkish at UW-Madison. Read more. 
Fletcher's research sheds light on lowering drinking age
Research by Professor Jason Fletcher provides new information about the effects of legal alcohol access at age 21 on previously unexplored or underexplored risky behaviors. Read more. 
In the News
Professor Jason Fletcher, Wisconsin Study Finds Binge Drinking Differences Between Men & Women, WUWM. Listen. 

Faculty affiliate Justin Sydnor, Life Insurance Offering More Incentive to Live Longer, The New York Times. Read more.

Faculty affiliate Nick Hillman, A Big Payout on Student Loans? There's an App for That, Inside Higher Ed. Read more. 
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Calendar 
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
Alumni News

Erika Jones (MPA '11) and Jessica Jones opened Giant Jones Brewing Company on Madison's near East Side in June. Read more.

Joshua Cruz (MPA '18), a student in the Neuroscience & Public Policy Program, is giving a presentation titled Poverty, Pregnancy, and Public Assistance Programs: A Neuroscience & Public Policy Perspective on Thursday, October 4. Read more. 
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