CBO deputy director, alumnus challenges grads
Mark Hadley, deputy director of the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO), challenged the La Follette School's Class of 2018 to be reformers, to look for the good that exists, to build upon it, and to preserve it. Read more.
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Administrator applications due July 1
The La Follette School of Public Affairs has launched its search for a department administrator. This high-level administrative position oversees budgeting, human resources, and career services. Read more.
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Chancellor Becky Blank
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Collins, Shager among Alliance for the American Dream leaders
La Follette School Associate Professor J. Michael Collins and former Associate Director Hilary Shager (MPA '05, PhD '12) are among the leaders of the Alliance for the American Dream: DreamUp Wisconsin, a new community-university collaboration aimed at promoting shared prosperity and increasing American competitiveness. Read more.
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Nemet, colleagues review negative emission technologies for reducing CO2
In three comprehensive studies, an international consortium of 20 researchers, including the La Follette School's Greg Nemet and Sophia Rogers, found a major gap in climate change dialogue between science and policy. Read more.
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1982 alumnus Speckhard joins Board of Visitors
Daniel Speckhard (MA '82), president and CEO of Lutheran World Relief, has joined the La Follette School's Board of Visitors (BOV). Lutheran World Relief, an international development and relief organization, works in more than 30 countries. Read more.
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In the News
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Professor Tim Smeeding and Assistant Professor Rourke O'Brien, Nobody has babies anymore (except Sarah), Vox's The Weeds. Read more.
Professor Menzie Chinn, Trump applying 19th-century remedies to 21st-century problems. Read more.
Associate Professor Greg Nemet,
The inconvenient truth about carbon capture, Washington Post. Read more.
Professor Don Moynihan, Federal decision barring Trump from blocking Twitter users could have implications for Wisconsin, Capital Times. Read more.
Faculty affiliate Ken Mayer, Will the Tea Party Era End Where It Started-In Wisconsin? The New Yorker. Read more.
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June 19: DC Bobs, Bobterns, & Friends Happy Hour
August 30: Orientation
September 4: Hill Fest
September 14-16: Class of 2008 Reunion |
Dominic Habjan (MPA '18) is seeking election as county clerk in Missouri's Vernon County. Born and raised in Vernon County, Habjan received a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics, with an emphasis in public policy, from the University of Missouri. Read more.
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Lisa Ellinger (MPA '03) joined the Wisconsin Hospital Association as its new vice president of public policy. She previously worked for the Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds. Read more.
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