News & Notes | September 8, 2020
Maggie Haberman
As the United States faces its most serious challenges in recent history, the La Follette School is offering a series of live-streamed events leading up to the Nov. 3 election. Election 2020: A Spotlight on Policy begins Sept. 30 with a Town Hall panel discussion on the social impacts of COVID-19 and concludes Oct. 29 with a presentation by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Maggie Haberman of The New York Times. Haberman's visit is funded by the Kohl Initiative. Read more.
La Follette School students conducted research and analysis for State Rep. Tip McGuire and the League of Wisconsin Municipalities as their culminating Workshop in Public Affairs (PA 869) projects in Spring 2020.
For the League, a group of students analyzed 108 referenda in Wisconsin from 2006 to 2018. Another team investigated policies to help small businesses attract and retain workers by offering or providing access to health insurance, retirement plans, and paid leave. Read more.
Lindsay Jacobs, Tim Smeeding
Faculty members Lindsay Jacobs and Tim Smeeding are co-investigators for a research project to bolster human and robot collaborations in the manufacturing sector. The research, led by Professor Robert Radwin of the College of Engineering, is funded through a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Read more.
In the News 
Professor J. Michael Collins, Coffee, ketchup and Nike Air Max: it's the COVID consumer economy, Thomson Reuters. Read more. 

Professor Susan Webb Yackee, Regulation, Delegation, and the Affordable Care Act, The Regulatory Review. Read more.  
 
Professor Menzie Chinn, What Economists Fear Will Happen Without More Unemployment Aid, FiveThirtyEight. Read more.

Professor Tim Smeeding, Little traction for Trump memos on unemployment, housing. Wisconsin Examiner. Read more. 

Professor Emeritus Andrew Reschovsky, 'Deleterious' public service cuts likely without federal aid, new research predicts, The Cap Times. Read more. 

Bo McReady (MPA '10), Chart of US birthdates finds Christmas, New Year's Day least popular, New York Post. Read more. 

Faculty Affiliate Barry Burden, In Year of Voting by Mail, a Scramble to Beef Up In-Person Voting, Too, The New York Times. Read more.
Calendar 
Sept. 11: Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Speaker Panel 

Sept. 18: Seminar Series: How Propaganda Manipulates Emotion to Fuel Nationalism: Experimental Evidence from China 

Sept. 30: Seminar Series: The Assessment Gap: Racial Inequalities in Property Taxation

Sept. 30: Town Hall - Beyond Health: The Social Impacts of COVID-19

Oct. 2: Swing State Wisconsin: The Major Issues for Voters this November. 

Oct. 12: Seminar Series: The State from Below: Democracy and Citizenship in Policed Communities
Alumni News
Bill Schmitt (MIPA '05) joined United Methodist Children's Services of Wisconsin (UMCS) in Milwaukee as its executive director. He previously worked for Catholic Relief Services (CRS), leading relief efforts for some of the world's most challenging crises. Read more. 

Tawsif Anam (MPA '13) has been nominated for a Professional Elevation Award by Madison Magnet, Madison's largest young professional organization. Voting continues online through Friday, Sept. 11. Read more.
Alumni: 
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