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Achievements featured in Highlights report

Posted on September 17, 2021

The 2020–2021 academic year gave the La Follette School many opportunities to celebrate, despite the many unprecedented challenges. The School welcomed 11 faculty members, honored 50 amazing master’s degree graduates, and grew its undergraduate course enrollment to more than 400 students.

Posted in Academics, News, Students

Weimer honored for distinguished contributions

Posted on September 14, 2021

La Follette School Professor David Weimer has been selected to receive the inaugural Policy Field Distinguished Contribution Award from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). 

Posted in Academics, Faculty, News

Weimer contributes to National Academies report on radioactive materials

Posted on August 13, 2021

La Follette School Professor David Weimer contributed to a new report on the uses of radioactive materials such as cobalt-60 and cesium-137 in the United States and around the world.

Posted in Academics, Energy and the Environment, Faculty, News

Barnes focuses on sexual violence research

Posted on August 12, 2021

Mariel Barnes joins the La Follette School as an assistant professor of public affairs this fall. Her primary research agenda examines everyday forms of violence against women, gender, and the politics of the welfare state with a specific focus on highly industrialized countries.

Posted in Academics, Faculty, News, Social Policy

Students collaborate with Sixteenth Street health centers, other clients

Posted on July 19, 2021

Client-based projects provide tremendous opportunities for La Follette School graduate students and local, state, national, and international partners. This year, several projects for the Workshop course focused on issues related to equity and serving under-resourced communities.

Posted in Academics, News, Students

Public Policy Certificate enrollment to surpass 200 undergraduate students

Posted on July 12, 2021

For the 2021–22 academic year, the La Follette School’s Undergraduate Certificate in Public Policy program will increase its enrollment to more than 200 students.

Posted in Academics, News, Students

La Follette School awards 64 undergraduate certificates

Posted on June 14, 2021

Sixty-four students who received undergraduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in May also earned a Certificate in Public Policy from the La Follette School of Public Affairs.

Posted in Academics, News, Students

7 certificate students earn bachelor’s degrees

Posted on January 12, 2021

Seven UW–Madison undergraduate students received certificates in public policy from the La Follette School along with their bachelor’s degrees in December 2020.

Posted in Academics, News, Students, Undergraduate
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