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As more than two billion people worldwide still lack access to safely managed drinking water, new research from the La Follette School of Public Affairs investigates the effects of early-life exposure to citywide water filtration on longevity in the early 20th-century. A series of 20th-century policy shifts in American cities to public health infrastructure, including …
A new study co-authored by two University of Wisconsin–Madison professors suggests longevity gains across all states and regions for people born between 1941 and 2000, in contrast to previous estimates suggesting a century of stagnation or even declines in parts of the South. Published in the journal BMJ Open, the study by Héctor Pifarré i …
The gift from Herb Kohl Philanthropies, totaling $30 million, dedicates $10 million to support ongoing programming and $20 million for building renovations.
The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies presented Professor Manny Teodoro of the La Follette School of Public Affairs with its prestigious 2025 Donald R. Boyd Award during its 2025 Executive Management Conference this fall.
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The La Follette School of Public Affairs is hosting renowned scholar Professor Sendhil Mullainathan on November 6 for a sold-out public presentation on the profound changes AI will bring to the economy and public policy. In his talk, “We’re Building the Wrong AI,” Mullainathan will provide an accessible overview of the two kinds of AI …
Professor Gregory Nemet, the La Follette School of Public Affairs’ pioneering scholar in energy systems, technological innovation, and climate policy, released the second edition of his influential book on solar energy this summer. How Solar Energy Became Cheap examines the rapidly accelerating role of solar photovoltaics (PV) in the global energy transition and highlights lessons …
A new study co-authored by a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor finds that life expectancy gains made by high-income countries in the first half of the 20th century have slowed significantly, and that none of the generations born after 1939 will reach 100 years of age on average. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National …
A new study published this weekend in Scientific Reports, a Nature Portfolio journal, analyzes the relationship between increasing building electrification and the energy burden for the remaining gas utility customers over time. Whether building electrification is market-driven or policy-driven, this analysis is intended to support energy regulators and planners in proactively considering and avoiding the …
A host of emerging methods that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere can be critical tools to limit global temperature increases, so long as policymakers don’t overestimate the methods’ role in their climate strategies. This is according to research published yesterday in Nature Communications led by PhD student Matilyn Bindl from UW–Madison’s Nelson Institute for …