News: Communication
Friday, October 28, 2011
Student supports right to carry concealed weapon in city buildings
The City of Madison should allow people to bring concealed weapons into
municipal buildings, La Follette School student Jason Myatt told the
Common Council on October 18 shortly before it approved a weapons ban.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Mentzer wants to remove political barriers to education reform
Education policies too often get in the way of student learning, La Follette School student Ciara Mentzer discovered when she was a fourth-grade bilingual teacher in the South Bronx in New York City.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Haveman gives keynote at benefit-cost analysis conference
La Follette School economist Robert Haveman delivered the keynote address on October 21 at the Theory, Science, and Statistics in the Use of Benefit-Cost Analysis conference in Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Video, slides of Wolfe lecture on poverty, health available
A video and slides of public affairs professor Barbara Wolfe giving the Robert J. Lampman Memorial Lecture is available on the Institute for Research on Poverty's web site. She presented "Poverty and Poor
Health: Can Health Care Reform Break the Link?" on June 21, 2011.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Moynihan examines Hurricane Katrina, red tape
How an agency's culture affects the actions the agency takes is illuminated in new research from public affairs scholar Donald Moynihan on the federal response to Hurricane Katrina.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Reporter to share tips for policymakers
State Journal state capital reporter Mary
Spicuzza will share tips for how
policymakers should deal with the media at noon on Tuesday, October 11,
from noon to 1 p.m. in the La Follette School conference room.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Data systems help Meyer reach out, create networks
Debby Anderson Meyer does not like inefficiencies — particularly ones that keep her from building relationships with people.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Faculty comment on state finance, court ruling, health-care reform, economics
La Follette School faculty have been sharing their insights in the media.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Washington Post staffer to be public affairs writer in residence
Washington Post features writer Manuel Roig-Franzia will be on campus
October 3-7 as the fall public affairs writer in residence. He will eat
dinner with a small group of La Follette School students.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Faculty member works with Sesame Street Workshop
Public affairs professor Karen Holden advised Sesame Street on its new Sesame Street financial education initiative "For Me, for You, for Later: First Steps to Spending, Sharing, and Saving."