Stories indexed under: La Follette School of Public Affairs

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  • Research: One in 20 Milwaukee renter-occupied households evicted each year Jan. 4, 2010 Eviction is such a common occurrence in the lives of Milwaukee's urban poor that one renter-occupied household in every 20 is evicted each year, according to research based on an analysis of court records and a year's worth of sociology fieldwork from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • TechShop students help nonprofits boost social-networking profiles, interactivity Dec. 8, 2009 College students have a reputation for spending countless hours updating their Facebook status, tweeting with friends on Twitter and watching online videos.
  • 'Vote here' sign Early voting option can decrease turnout, research shows Nov. 17, 2009 Although states are moving quickly to put in place election procedures that allow for early voting, allowing people to cast ballots ahead of Election Day often results in lower turnout, according to research from a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientists.
  • UW-Madison students foster community development on island in Uganda Nov. 12, 2009 Eleven University of Wisconsin-Madison students working on an island in Uganda's Lake Victoria knew they were making a difference when a member of the country's parliament came to check out the fledgling girls' soccer team they had helped put together.
  • Economist takes on global debt crisis in classroom, book, blog Oct. 29, 2009 As the financial markets melted down last fall, University of Wisconsin-Madison economist Menzie Chinn says he was surprised not only by the depth of the economic downturn that set in, but also by the certainty of Monday-morning quarterbacking from observers of the government's response to the crisis.
  • La Follette School of Public Affairs director wins $3 million federal grant June 18, 2009 University of Wisconsin-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs director Carolyn Heinrich has won a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to expand her evaluation of federally mandated tutoring programs in public schools.
  • Photo of doctor and patient Early Alzheimer's diagnosis offers large social, fiscal benefits May 18, 2009 Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease could save millions or even billions of dollars while simultaneously improving care, according to new work by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
  • Wisconsin Poverty Report gauges nature and extent of problem statewide May 4, 2009 The first-ever Wisconsin Poverty Report finds that nearly 11 percent of Wisconsin's population and one in seven children lived in poverty in 2007 and that the need for food - and almost always with it is poverty - has grown substantially as the recession deepened in the last two years.
  • Study: Family income does not dictate UW-Madison admission April 16, 2009 New research from the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that UW-Madison is not letting a family's income determine whether the campus admits a freshman.
  • Flood seminar seeks to avoid future devastation March 30, 2009 Two national experts will join more than a dozen Wisconsin researchers and government officials in April in Madison at a symposium aimed at helping Wisconsin communities avoid devastating floods like those that inundated the Midwest last year.
  • Social Security expert: Modest changes may offer more protection Feb. 26, 2009 UW–Madison sociologist Pamela Herd has been a scholar of Social Security for more than a decade, but her most poignant lesson may have come from her own mother’s experience last fall.
  • Spring public policy series announced Feb. 11, 2009 Specialists in administrative law, entrepreneurship and social statistics will speak on a variety of public policy issues this spring through joint sponsorship of the La Follette School of Public Policy and the Center for the World and the Global Economy (WAGE).
  • Smeeding brings expertise to poverty research institute Dec. 10, 2008 Tim Smeeding knows something about horses, and about success. He strides to his office chalkboard, and in an animated style, picks up a piece of chalk and starts scribbling away. An equation comes into view: “Success = an idea, the money, and the horses to get it done.” Smeeding, the new director of the Institute for Research on Poverty, has lived out that equation many times.
  • La Follette School notes 25 years with special issue of policy report Nov. 11, 2008 The Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs is marking its 25th anniversary with an expanded issue of the La Follette Policy Report that showcases Wisconsin public affairs research.
  • Dollar sign Economy experts Nov. 6, 2008
  • Economics professor to address global financial crisis Oct. 23, 2008 Menzie Chinn, a professor in the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will discuss "The Global Financial Crisis: What You Need to Know Now" in a lecture sponsored by the UW-Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE).
  • Chances for post-election health reform examined during La Follette lecture Oct. 22, 2008 Is America primed for health care reform? That’s one of the questions Thomas Oliver will address at a free public lecture at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at the La Follette School of Public Affairs.
  • Kenosha development could ease tribe’s social, economic woes, study finds Oct. 9, 2008 The Menominee Indian Tribe's proposed Kenosha entertainment center and casino would enable the poverty-stricken tribe to greatly improve living and work conditions on its northern Wisconsin reservation and begin remedying the economic and social ravages caused by the U.S. government's termination of its status as a federally recognized tribe in the 1950s, '60s and '70s, according to a new analysis by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs.
  • La Follette professor elected to National Academy of Public Administration Oct. 8, 2008 David L. Weimer, professor of public affairs and political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named a fellow-elect of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA).
  • ‘Payback’ site to aid students, families Sept. 30, 2008 Parents and high school counselors trying to persuade high schoolers that a college education pays off have a new tool at their disposal: a Web site that calculates how much better off an individual expects to be over her or his lifetime with a college degree, compared to just a high school diploma.