Category: Students

What skills do health policy professionals find most useful?

Alumni discuss skills and attributes they find useful for their work in health policy.

Graduate students learn from alumni working in Chicago

Earlier this year, La Follette School students traveled to Chicago to meet and learn from alumni working at public, private, and nonprofit organizations.

Black students and alumni make important connections during networking event

Alum Theola Carter organized an event for our graduate students to meet with Black alumni and other public policy leaders.

Rep. Shelia Stubbs discusses criminal justice reform with La Follette

Representative Shelia Stubbs joined the La Follette School to discuss criminal justice reform as part of the school’s Elevating Equity in Policymaking series.

La Follette School celebrates 40 years

Throughout its history, the La Follette School has embraced the Wisconsin Idea through research that informs better policymaking and by educating future policy leaders who have the skills to discover, critically examine, and preserve knowledge that will benefit our future society.

La Follette students help build powerful tool for climate technology research

Three La Follette graduate students developed a database to help anticipate how long it may take for new climate technologies to scale up to levels necessary to limit climate change.

La Follette students secure competitive positions across campus

Opportunities across campus provide students with financial benefits, such as tuition remission, and hands-on experience.

Certificate program growth and December graduates

147 new students joined the certificate programs in November, bringing the total number of undergraduate students enrolled to 470.

Internships bridge gap between academic knowledge and real-world application

Five La Follette School students share their experiences in public-policy internships.

Student news – winter 2023

While learning to create change in their classes, our students are also engaged on campus and in the wider community.