Inspiring evidence-based policymaking
You’ve heard his distinctive voice reporting “the biggest stories of our time” in your headphones, now see him live on stage. Michael Barbaro is the founding host of The New York Times’ hit podcast, The Daily, and an award-winning journalist. On October 20 he will sit down with Susan Webb Yackee, director of the La …
On May 12, 2019, La Follette School Director and Professor Susan Webb Yackee announced the transformative $10 million gift from Senator Herb Kohl during the La Follette graduation ceremony in the Wisconsin State Capitol. Dubbed the Kohl Initiative, Sen. Kohl’s gift aimed to expand La Follette’s public outreach mission, advance the training of future public leaders, …
Professor Manny Teodoro presented his groundbreaking water utility report card project to policymakers at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
The Kohl Competition awards funding to faculty research projects that exemplify evidence-based policymaking and meaningfully shape public policy.
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.
The Kohl Competition supports nonpartisan research that policymakers can use to make evidence-based decisions when shaping public policy.