News & Notes | April 18, 2019
Class of 2018 wins Day of the Badger competition
Congratulations to the Class of 2018 for winning the La Follette School's first Day of the Badger Class Competition. More than one-quarter of 2018 graduates donated to the La Follette School during UW-Madison's inaugural day of giving (actually 1,848 minutes). Read more.
Fall 2019 cost-benefit analysis projects sought
The La Follette School of Public Affairs is seeking client proposals for its fall 2019 Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) course. Graduate students in the course work in teams on a real-world issue for an actual client, providing excellent learning opportunities for students and useful products for clients. Read more.
Michael Caniglia
Student presents research about impact of mortgage interest deduction on housing policy
First-year student Michael Caniglia presented a paper he wrote for the La Follette School's Policymaking Process course during a conference in Washington, DC, March 29 and 30.  Caniglia shared his research on The Intersection of Policy Drift and Punctuated Equilibrium Theory: The Case of the Mortgage Interest Deduction during the annual  DC Regional Student Conference  for the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management. Read more. 
Menzie Chinn
Alumni magazine highlights Chinn's trade expertise
La Follette School Professor Menzie Chinn was featured in the Spring 2019 issue of On Wisconsin, published by the Wisconsin Alumni Association. In the article What's the Tiff about Tarriffs, Chinn addressed the steep tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. Read more.
In the News
Associate Professor J. Michael Collins, Trying to downsize your home? Good luck with that, Minnesota Public Radio.  Read more .

Professor Greg Nemet, K-12 students call for climate action, teachers take lessons outside, Daily Cardinal. Read more. 

Faculty affiliate Ryan Owens, Brian Hagedorn's likely Supreme Court win cements conservative dominance in state, Wisconsin State Journal. Read more. 
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Calendar 
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

May 15: Wisconsin Women in Government Gala
Alumni News
Nick Osborne (MPA '05) began his duties as Polk County's chief administrative officer (county administrator) in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on February 25. Previously, he served as assistant to the county administrator in Rock County, Wisconsin, for eight years. Read more.

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