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Milestones define 2025-26 academic year for La Follette

Teodoro welcomes leading environmental policy scholars to Madison

50 leading environmental social scientists from around the world converged on Madison this summer for the 2026 Environmental Politics & Governance Conference hosted by La Follette’s Manny Teodoro. The conference, which took place June 29 …

La Follette students make an impact in DC

Every summer, a variety of La Follette students head to Washington, D.C., interning or working in different roles to get hands-on experience with the issues they care about most.

Scholarship recipients making their mark

This summer, La Follette students are opening doors across the globe thanks to support from Ascendium and Summer Policy Learning Experience Scholarships.

La Follette alumni prepare the next generation of policy leaders

This summer, a group of La Follette alumni stepped into the supervisor's role, taking on student interns and discovering what they already knew: that the next generation of La Follette students is exceptional.  

Graduate Program Manager Mo O’Connor retires

In July 2026, Graduate Program Manager Mo O'Connor retired after an impressive student-facing career that included time as a high school teacher and 25 years in career services across multiple UW–Madison departments.

La Follette alum and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Lisa Ellinger, retires

In May 2026, Director of Strategic Initiatives Lisa Ellinger (MPA ’03) retired from La Follette after an illustrious career as a public servant that spanned a variety of public policy sectors.

Pevehouse, Pifarré i Arolas win prestigious UW-Madison awards

La Follette School faculty members earned two of UW-Madison’s highest honors in the 2025-26 academic year, showcasing La Follette’s expertise and teaching talents across a variety of disciplines.  

Capstone projects bridge research and real-world policymaking

34 La Follette students concluded their graduate studies this spring by successfully completing La Follette’s capstone project.

La Follette Legislative Staff Training 2026

Every Friday this month, a bipartisan group of Wisconsin State Legislature staff is turning the Capitol into a classroom, taking a graduate-level crash course in public policy.