News & Notes | August 20, 2019
UW-Madison Professor Ken Genskow shared his research with legislators and staff.
La Follette School connecting campus and policymakers
Topics at the La Follette School's recent Office Hours at the Capitol included water quality and quantity, industrial hemp, insect-borne diseases, and public and private health insurance. Read more. 
26 complete Women in Government Program
Wisconsin Women in Government (WWIG) welcomed 26 women into its ranks after a leadership seminar in May led by La Follette School Director and Professor Susan Webb Yackee and Dennis Dresang, emeritus professor of public affairs and political science. Read more. 
Geoffrey Wallace
Wallace chosen as Kohl Undergrad Education Chair
The La Follette School has selected Associate Professor Geoffrey Wallace as its first Kohl Undergraduate Education Chair. Funded by the Kohl Initiative, this faculty leadership position will guide the School's new Undergraduate Certificate in Public Policy program. Read more.
J. Michael Collins
Collins promoted to full professor
The UW System Board of Regents approved the promotion of J. Michael Collins to full professor. Collins serves on the faculty of the La Follette School and the School of Human Ecology. He also is the La Follette School's Outreach Chair, assisting with expansion of the its outreach team through the  Kohl Initiative . Read more. 
In the News
Professor Emeritus Andrew Reschovsky, Fact-checking Marianne Williamson on school funding in the United States, PolitiFact. Read more. 

Faculty affiliate Ken Mayer , In the War Against Gerrymandering, an Army of Voters Meets a Dug-in Foe, New York Times. Read more.  

Faculty affiliate Barry Burden, Politics with Amy Walter: The Past and Present of Gun Control, WNYC. Listen.  
BRING
THE FAMILY! 

Hill Fest  2019

Tuesday, Sept. 3
5 to 7 p.m.

Calendar 
Aug. 24: Class of 2009 reunion

Sept. 3: Hill Fest

Sept. 19: Career Discussion: Mike Beland, Deloitte

Oct. 2: Public Affairs Journalist in Residence Clare Malone

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

Oct. 30: La Follette School Student Association Trivia Fundraiser

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

UW-Madison's Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership has named Eric Tempelis (MPA '03, JD '06) as its new assistant director. He previously worked in local, state and federal government, most recently as a prosecutor. Read more.
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