Stories indexed under: Public affairs

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  • Student wins city management fellowship in Kansas City April 8, 2008 Throughout her academic career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Carissa DeCramer has been narrowing her focus. As an undergraduate, she double-majored in international relations and political science. As a graduate student at the La Follette School of Public Affairs, she followed the domestic track.
  • UW-Madison graduate programs fare well in annual U.S. News rankings April 2, 2008 A number of graduate programs and specialties at UW-Madison scored high marks in the 2009 "Best Graduate Schools" edition of U.S. News and World Report.
  • Iowa political reporter, best-selling business writer to visit March 10, 2008 A political writer who provided wall-to-wall coverage of the yearlong campaigns leading up to the Iowa presidential caucuses and the author of a book detailing Wal-Mart's pervasive effect on society will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison as writers in residence.
  • Photo of Fost Bioethicist Fost debates use of steroids in sports Jan. 23, 2008 Norman Fost, professor in the departments of pediatrics and medical history and bioethics, and director of the Program in Bioethics, particpiated recently in an Intelligence Squared U.S. debate as an advocate for the motion “Should We Accept Steroid Use in Sports?”
  • Photo of object from nanoworld exhibit Nanotech’s health, environment impacts worry scientists Nov. 26, 2007 The unknown human health and environmental impacts of nanotechnology are a bigger worry for scientists than for the public, according to a new report published Nov. 25 in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
  • Book documents economic, health disparities that women encounter in retirement Nov. 20, 2007 A new book by a UW-Madison professor addresses disadvantages that can impede women from achieving economic and health security when they retire.
  • UW-Madison and Urban Institute launch Offner lecture series Oct. 24, 2007 Paul Offner's legacy of applying good scholarship to public policy solutions, especially for society's disadvantaged, will be celebrated with a lecture series sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs in partnership with the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Institute.
  • Seventeen state government officials complete Certified Public Manager program May 7, 2007 Seventeen managers from Wisconsin state and local government will become Wisconsin Certified Public Managers at a ceremony at the State Capitol on May 11. The nationally accredited certification is achieved through completion of 300 instructional hours in the Wisconsin Certified Public Manager Program administered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.