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Kohl Initiative

2024 Kohl Competition winners announced

Posted on August 24, 2024

The Kohl Competition awards funding to faculty research projects that exemplify evidence-based policymaking and meaningfully shape public policy.

Posted in Energy and the Environment, Health and Aging, Kohl Initiative, News, Public Management

Kohl Initiative empowers La Follette to promote civil discourse

Posted on June 19, 2023

A $10 million donation from former U.S. Senator Herb Kohl has empowered the La Follette School to grow at an unprecedented rate and to greatly expand policy education and outreach on campus. 

Posted in Donations and Scholarships, Kohl Initiative, News, Outreach

2023 Kohl Competition winners announced

Posted on March 21, 2023

The Kohl Competition supports nonpartisan research that policymakers can use to make evidence-based decisions when shaping public policy.

Posted in Faculty, International Policy & Economics, Kohl Initiative, News, Social Policy

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