News & Notes | July 31, 2019
Yang Wang
Wang promoted, research featured in national media
It has been a busy spring for La Follette School faculty member Yang Wang. She received a Vilas Early Career Investigator Award, was promoted to associate professor with tenure, and had her research highlighted in the New York Times and other news media. Read more.
Michael and JoAnn Youngman
Youngmans' estate gift to support faculty chair
An estate gift from Michael and JoAnn Youngman will create the La Follette School's first endowed faculty chair. Michael Youngman received his master's degree in public policy and administration in 1982 from UW-Madison's Center for the Study of Public Policy and Administration, the La Follette School's predecessor. Read more. 
Jason Fletcher
Fletcher receives 2 UW-Madison research awards
Professor Jason Fletcher received a 2019 Vilas Mid-Career Award from UW-Madison's Office of the Provost. He also received a UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative award from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).  Read more. 
1st Accelerated Student Gathering a success
Graduating and continuing students in the La Follette School's Accelerated Program gathered Monday, May 6 to welcome incoming students and share advice and wisdom for a successful transition into the master's degree program. Read more.
In the News
Professor Greg Nemet, Is US Environmental Tax Policy Hindering Solar Power to Fuel Digital Technologies? Cointelegraph. Read more. 

Professor Tim Smeeding, Report: Job Growth Among High-Skilled, Higher-Paying Jobs, WPR. Read more.

Professor Greg Nemet , Leaders in campus sustainability weigh in on University efforts to combat climate change, Badger Herald. Read more . 

Faculty affiliate Nick Hillman, Higher Education Has Become a Partisan Issue, The Atlantic. Read more. 

Faculty affiliate Barry Burden, Loudest Republican voice against 'send her back' in Wisconsin is a congressman from Trump country, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.  Read more. 
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Tuesday, Sept. 3
5 to 7 p.m.

Calendar 
Aug. 24: Class of 2009 reunion

Sept. 3: Hill Fest

Sept. 19: Career Services Discussion: Mike Beland, Deloitte

Oct. 2: Public Affairs Journalist in Residence Clare Malone

Oct. 24: Neuroscience & Public Policy Seminar by Claire Erickson

Nov. 2:  National Science Policy Network Annual Symposium
Alumni News

Alexis MacDonald (MPA '08) accepted a position with the US House of Representatives' Committee on Veterans' Affairs and received the Badger of the Year Award from the Wisconsin Alumni Association's DC Chapter. Read more. 


Bryan Gadow (MPA '05) graduated from the Wisconsin Certified Public Manager Program and was the Graduation Ceremony keynote speaker for the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture master's program in urban and regional planning at UW-Madison. Read more. 
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