As the Spring 2021 Public Affairs Journalist in Residence, Amy Westervelt discussed the news media’s role in the fossil fuel industry’s efforts to block climate action and obscure climate science.
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Fall Picnic
By invitation only. To celebrate the return to campus, we are having a picnic for La Follette School graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, staff, and 2020 and 2021 graduates. Picnic food (including a vegetarian option) …
Federally Employed Women present Back2Stem
STEM Day is a full day of training, live demos with an interactive Career Fair focused on sharing a wealth of information in key science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) studies. Statistics show few American …
Seminar Series: Understanding Geographic Disparities in Mortality
Presenter: Professor Jason Fletcher, La Follette School of Public Affairs Nearly all analysis of geographic disparities in health and mortality measure “places” where people die rather than where they were born. Yet, more than one-third of …
Understanding Geographic Disparity in Mortality
Professor Jason Fletcher and colleagues use new data to compare life expectancies by state of residence and by state of birth.
Hispanic Heritage Month Leadership Talk
The Chicago Federal Executive Board, in partnership with the Government College Relations Council would like to invite you to a leadership talk with leaders from the Government College Relations Council, Department of Commerce, and Department of Labor “The …
Fall Career & Internship Fair (Virtual)
The Career & Internship Fair connects over 3,000 students with a wide range of employers and is open to all enrolled students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, plus recent alumni who graduated within the past …
Seminar Series: Toward Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence: Harnessing AI to Improve Human Decision-Making
Presenter: Chenhao Tan, assistant professor, Department of Computer Science, and affiliate, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago Language plays a central role in human activities, including policy applications. For instance, if AI systems can …
Towards Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence: Harnessing AI to Improve Human Decision-Making
Chenhao Tan will present recent efforts in developing best practices for incorporating AI into human decision-making.
Fall Career & Internship Fair (In-Person)
The Career & Internship Fair connects over 3,000 students with a wide range of employers and is open to all enrolled students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, plus recent alumni who graduated within the past …