News & Notes | April 5, 2019
Nemet offers insights into state solar projects
Greg Nemet
La Follette School Professor Greg Nemet discussed the intersection of solar energy and society on Wisconsin Public Television's Noon Wednesday segment of Here & Now on March 20. "We are hitting a tipping point, in terms companies that are trying to be good stewards but also have to represent their shareholders and earn profits," he said. Read more.
April 12: Yackee on interest group influence
La Follette School Director and Professor Susan Webb Yackee will present her research on government policy making as part of UW-Madison's Institute for Legal Studies' Compliance Initiative Speaker Series at noon Friday, April 12. Read more.
Rachel Ramthun
Student's research on tax incremental financing published
The Wisconsin Policy Forum recently published a paper on tax incremental financing (TIF) by La Follette School student Rachel Ramthun. She is the Todd A. Berry Graduate Research Fellow for the Policy Forum. Read more.
Fletcher in Sheboygan for social genomics talk
La Follette School Professor Jason Fletcher will present Molecular Me: Implications of the Genomics Revolution on Thursday, April 18 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The 90-minute presentation at the Mead Public Library begins at 7 p.m. Read more. 
Marjorie Matthews
Matthews recognized for Partners in Giving efforts
University Services Associate Marjorie Matthews was honored with the Doug Palm Community Service Award for her work as the La Follette School's Partners in Giving coordinator. Partners in Giving is a state employee workplace fundraising campaign in Dane County that raises millions of dollars annually for more than 500 charities. Read more. 
In the News
Assistant Professor Yang Wang, Long work commutes of pregnant women linked to low birth weights, MinnPost. Read more. 

Professor Menzie Chinn, Trump's Fed pick worries economists, rallies conservatives, San Francisco Chronicle. Read more. 

Professor Tim Smeeding, How to Cut Child Poverty in Half, The Hill. Read more. 

Faculty affiliate Kathy Cramer, Local Voices Network: Madison residents discuss climate change concerns, The Cap Times. Read more. 

Faculty affiliate Ryan Owens, Brian Hagedorn declares victory: What that means for Wisconsin, The Cap Times. Read more.
April 8 & 9: 
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April 12: Hidden Politics: Interest Group Influence during U.S. Regulatory Policy Making

April 13-14: Wisconsin Ideas Conference

April 17: How Solar Energy Became Cheap: A Model for Low-Carbon Innovation

April 18: Molecular Me: Implications of the Genomics Revolution

April 24: Media and Motivation: The Effect of Performance Pay on Writers and Content

May 12: Graduation
Alumni News
Mark Starik (MA '78)
is a contributing faculty member in the Public Policy & Administration Doctoral Program at Walden University. He  also conducts research and writes practitioner and academic articles about sustainability management. Read more.

Elizabeth Doyle (MPA '17)  is seeking election to the Dane County Board of Supervisors. A former member of the Verona City Council, Doyle is a health care rate analyst for the state Department of Health Services.  Read more .
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