News & Notes | July 28, 2020
Professor Greg Nemet, Assistant Professor Morgan Edwards, and two La Follette School alumni are among a cohort that received the 2020 Research Cluster Grant from UW-Madison's Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies.  Read more 

Manny Teodoro
New faculty member Teodoro funded by Kohl Initiative
Associate Professor Manny Teodoro will join the La Follette School faculty in August with funding from the Kohl Initiative. Teodoro's research focuses on U.S. environmental policy and implementation. He also studies public management and bureaucratic politics, emphasizing labor markets as political phenomena and predictors of organizational performance.  Read more . 
Student projects benefit LIFT Dane, Movin' Out
La Follette School students collaborated with two community groups - Movin' Out and Legal Interventions for Transforming (LIFT) Dane - as part of their culminating Workshop in Public Affairs (PA 869) projects during the Spring 2020 semester. Read more. 
Kyle Weatherly
Evers appoints alumnus Weatherly to Board of Regents
Kyle Weatherly (MPA '06) of Milwaukee was among three University of Wisconsin System Regents appoint ed b y  Governor Tony Evers on Ju ne  1. Weatherly is the founder and CEO of Frontdesk, which provides short-term apartment rentals across the U.S. Read more .
In the News
Ryan Baumtrog (MPA '08), Minnesota prepares to release $100 million in housing assistance, StarTribune, Read more.
 
Professor J. Michael Collins, Why Black Americans face more retirement challenges, Yahoo Finance.
 
Liz Doyle (MPA '18), Editorial: Dane County should reopen the debate about the jail and criminal justice reform, The Cap Times. Read more.
 
Professor Sarah Halpern-Meekin, Poverty and the Pandemic, 1050 Bascom. Listen more.
 
Faculty affiliate Barry Burden, Voter registrations show glimmer of hope for Donald Trump in Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Journal. Read more.
 
Faculty affiliate Nicholas Hillman, Travel advisories add another hurdle to reopening campuses, EducationDive. Read more.
 
Faculty affiliate David Canon, These Are the Clerks Who Carried Wisconsin Through its April Pandemic Election. Here Are Their Fears About November, Frontline. Read more.
Alumni: 
Calendar 
Aug. 27 : New students Orientation

Feb. 25, 2021 Madison Alumni & Friends Reception
Alumni News
Alumnus Randy Romanski (MA '95) was appointed by Gov. Tony Evers to his second stint as secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.  Read more.

Alumna Frances 
Huntley-Cooper (MA '94)  received the inaugural Women Who Inspire Award from the Committee to Celebrate the Centennial Anniversary of Wisconsin's Ratification of the 19th Amendment.  Read more . 
La Follette School recruiting for combined instructor, student advisor position
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