News & Notes | November 12, 2020
More than 500 people from 28 states and two countries joined the La Follette School for Politics and Policy with Maggie Haberman of The New York Times on October 29 - just five days before the 2020 presidential election. Read more.
Sam Trejo's research explores how social, environmental, and genetic factors combine to shape human development and the implications for public policy. He specializes in a wide range of quantitative tools, including quasi-experimental, computational, and biosocial methods. Read more.
Brittney Mitchell and Mary Michaud
Mary Michaud and Brittney Mitchell have joined the La Follette School staff. Michaud is a faculty associate, and Mitchell is an outreach specialist. Read more.
In the News 
Professor Greg Nemet, Biden's 'gaffe' is the truth: Oil is history, Washington Post. Read more.

Professor Tim Smeeding, Wisconsin overall poverty rate increased from 2017 to 2018, WMTV. Read more.

Professor Menzie Chinn, Don't Be Fooled By The Very Strong GDP Report, Forbes. Read more.

Associate Professor Manny Teodoro, Lack of Utility Data Obscures Customer Water Debt Problems, Circle of Blue. Read more.

Associate Professor Tana Johnson, COVID: An Extraordinary Crisis, but Ordinary Political Patterns, Duck of Minerva. Read more. 

Assistant Professor Lindsay Jacobs, Changing Social Security: Who's Affected, Squared Away Blog. Read more. 

Professor Emeritus Dennis Dresang, What's at stake in the state legislature this election? Channel3000.com. Read more. 

Faculty affiliate Malia Jones, Women who inspire: Culturists breaking through during Covid-19, NBC News. Read more.

Faculty affiliate David Canon, Campaign 2020 and Wisconsin, C-Span. Watch.
TODAY -
with Prof. Emeritus Dennis Dresang & former Govs. Jim Doyle & Scott McCallum
7 p.m.
Calendar 
Nov. 20: Monthly La Follette School Graduate Admissions Information Sessions

Dec. 2: Seminar Series: Co-Cities: Reimagining Cities and City Space as Common Goods

Dec. 18: Monthly La Follette School Graduate Admissions Information Sessions

Oct. 6, 2021: La Follette Forum - Climate Policy
In Memoriam
Dane County Board Supervisor Paul Rusk (MA '91) passed away in October. Read more.
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