News: Gender
La Follette’s Rowe giving Gender & Women’s Studies talk
Robyn Rowe, visiting assistant professor at the La Follette School, will present the Gender & Women’s Studies Colloquium on Thursday, January 24.
Writer in residence Weigel, others respond to questions about 2016 election
An overflow audience of more than 280 people asked a wide range of questions about the 2016 presidential election during a panel discussion November 15 sponsored by the La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Transition from baby boom to baby bust brings policy challenges
Professor Tim Smeeding explores four policy problems brought on by declining fertility and a growing proportion of elders in an article published in Science magazine.
Wisconsin women working in government complete leadership program
Hynes improves the community's health
2010 alum Emma Hynes is a health-care policy analyst with the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families and a policy associate and program manager with the Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health.
Koliner helps shape health policy
Sara Koliner was in a job training session when she got a crash course on the U.S. health system. What she learned eventually brought her to the La Follette School to pursue a public affairs degree.
Women to start in leadership seminar
Child care, women's labor supply to be discussed
Women invited to apply for leadership seminar
Trembley finds La Follette training strengthens communication skills
Andrew Trembley came to the La Follette School so he could communicate with people who aren't experts in probit models and regression analysis.