News & Notes | October 14 , 2020
Hundreds of people from across the country participated in the first three events of the La Follette School series Election 2020: A Spotlight on Policy. More than 250 people also are registered for the next event in the series, Politics and Policy with Maggie Haberman of The New York Times on Thursday, Oct. 29. Read more.
In the years following a fatal school shooting, children attending the school where the shooting occurred experience a substantial increase in antidepressant use, according to a study by La Follette School Assistant Professor Sam Trejo and colleagues published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read more.
Jason Fletcher
Children in families characterized as minorities, those without health insurance, or those with low socioeconomic status experience less upward health mobility and greater downward health mobility relative to their more advantaged peers, according to research by Professor Jason Fletcher and Katie Jajtner. Read more.
Philipp Koellinger
Professor Philipp Koellinger investigates how genes influence economic behavior and how insights into the genetic architecture of behavioral outcomes can inform social and medical research. Some of his work also explores how the brain mediates relationships between genes and human behavior. Read more.
In the News 
Professor Greg Nemet, Despite lack of White House support, fight against climate change continues, The Cap Times. Read more.

Assistant Professor Ross Milton, With time running out, bids for Wisconsin's federal COVID-19 relief intensify, Wisconsin State Journal. Read more.  
 
Professor Tim Smeeding, IRS Estimates More Than 111K Wisconsinites Might Have Not Claimed Coronavirus Stimulus Checks, Wisconsin Public Radio. Read more/listen.

Professors Menzie Chinn and Tim Smeeding, State Unemployment Rate Declined Slightly in August, Wisconsin Public Radio. Read more/listen.

Faculty affiliate Fenaba Addo, Student debt is fueling the Black-white wealth gap - and pursuing a college degree has become 'racialized,' this professor says, MarketWatch. Read more.
Calendar 
Oct. 23: Monthly La Follette School Graduate Admissions Information Sessions

Oct. 29: Politics and Policy with Maggie Haberman

Nov. 5: Virtual Graduate Admissions Session for Certificate in Public Policy Students

Nov. 10: Working at Grant Thornton - Recent Alumni Panel

Nov. 11: Seminar Series: Effects of Post-Colonial Racism and Foreign Aid on Trade Reciprocity: Evidence from the Uruguay Round (1986-94)
Alumni News
Megan Stritchko (MPA '09) says she uses many of the concepts she learned during her project assistantship, especially as they relate to financial oversight, in her work today. Read more.
Heidi Normandin (MA '98) says the La Follette School gave her a well-rounded set of tools to approach public policy and public administration problems. "Even at my first job, I felt equipped to handle whatever project came my way." Read more.
Alumni: 
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