Alumni to join La Follette Forum, Policymaker in Residence, Highlights report

News & Notes | September 21, 2021

Achievements featured in Highlights report

The 2020–2021 academic year gave the La Follette School many opportunities to celebrate, despite the many unprecedented challenges. The School welcomed 11 faculty members, honored 50 amazing master’s degree graduates, and grew its undergraduate course enrollment to more than 400 students.

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Climate forum showcases alumni, diversity of voices

Four La Follette School alumni will be featured as panelists at the La Follette Forum: Climate Policy on Wednesday, Oct. 6. The daylong conference also brings a diversity of voices, including youth, to one of the most important issues across the globe.

Weimer honored for distinguished contributions

La Follette School Professor David Weimer has been selected to receive the inaugural Policy Field Distinguished Contribution Award from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM).

First Policymaker in Residence is former FTC chair

Jon Leibowitz, chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2009 to 2013, will serve as the La Follette School’s first Policymaker in Residence in October. Leibowitz received his bachelor’s degree in American history from UW–Madison and his doctor of law degree from the New York University School of Law.

Alumni News: September 2021

La Follette School alumni are making an impact as policy analysts, fiscal analysts, doctoral candidates, and winemakers. Yes, winemakers—Cheers!

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Koellinger leads massive study linking nearly 600 genomic regions to self-regulating behaviors

The Externalizing Consortium, an international research group co-founded by La Follette School Professor Philipp Koellinger, has identified 579 locations in the human genome associated with behaviors and disorders related to self-regulation, including addiction and child behavior problems.

Family Impact Seminar to address child care infrastructure

The Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars’ Legislative Advisory Board has chosen Rebuilding the Child Care Infrastructure as the topic of discussion for the 2022 seminar.

Politics & Politics with David Brooks of the New York Times

October 27 at 7 p.m. CST

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Upcoming Events

September 22: Seminar Series: Understanding Geographic Disparities in Mortality

September 29: Seminar Series: Toward Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence: Harnessing AI to Improve Human Decision-Making

October 6: La Follette Forum: Climate Policy

October 19: Policymaker in Residence presentation with Jon Leibowitz

October 20: Seminar Series with Paul Downer

October 27: Politics & Policy with David Brooks of The New York Times

November 17: Seminar Series with Jamila Michener

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Building the Future

After graduating from the La Follette School, Claire Zautke (MPA '19) returned to Milwaukee to help serve her community.

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Media Highlights

Spring 2021 Workshop students Oindrila Chattopadhyay, Abigail Harrison, Madeline McIlhon, Charles Pratt, Christine Welcher, and Tia Westhoff — He Beat Her Repeatedly. Family Court Tried to Give Him Joint Custody of Their Children — ProPublica

Professor J. Michael Collins — Student loan debt decreasing during COVID-19 pandemic — Yahoo! Finance

Associate Professor Sarah Halpern-Meekin — Making Sense of the 2020 US Census Report — InsideSources

Associate Professor Sarah Halpern-Meekin — Costs and Consquences of Virtual Instruction — PBS Wisconsin

Professor Philipp Koellinger — Almost 600 Genetic Locations Linked to Antisocial Behavior, Addiction, More Identified — NeuroScience News

Professor Greg Nemet — The climate crisis is getting worse, but the solutions have improved dramatically — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Professor Jon Pevehouse — The legacy of the War on Terror — WMTV NBC-15

Professor Tim Smeeding — Government support credited with decline in poverty in 2020 — Marketplace

Associate Professor Manny Teodoro — The Social Impact of Water — The H2O Duo Podcast

Professor Dave Weimer — Dave Weimer receives inaugural policy field distinguished award — Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management