Stories indexed under: Political science

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• Witte to retire after 35 years of teaching, research, service April 18, 2012 John Witte tends to learn a subject as he goes along. From industrial relations to education policy, the La Follette School political scientist accepts a challenge and becomes an expert. Kazakhstan is next on Witte’s agenda.
• Anthony Shadid: A journalist's life remembered, a legacy that lives on Feb. 17, 2012 The world knew Anthony Shadid as a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who covered the Middle East. The University of Wisconsin-Madison knew Shadid when he was just a young journalism student on deadline for the Daily Cardinal.
• Yale political scientist to speak at UW–Madison Oct. 13, 2011 The Yale political scientist who authored a "public option" plan for national health care will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison to deliver a Hilldale Lecture in the Social Studies on American politics and the middle class.
• UW–Madison experts available to media to discuss 9/11 Aug. 25, 2011 As the world marks the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has a number of experts who can discuss topics and issues connecting the anniversary and counterterrorism, religion and politics.
• Latest Badger Poll results to be released July 13, 2011 The results of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Badger Poll will be released this week and will examine the views of Wisconsin residents on state and national government, politics and economics, as well as the differences among urban, rural and suburban areas of Wisconsin.
• Recent UW-Madison graduates win award for strategic media plan June 13, 2011 As recent University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates hoping to land jobs in political and strategic communications, Dana Vielmetti and Paige Helling this week found themselves in an enviable position.
• Political features writer, Silicon Valley business reporter to visit campus Sept. 28, 2010 A writer who chronicles the personalities in the nation’s capital and a reporter on the world’s biggest technology companies will visit campus as writers in residence.
• UW-Madison chancellor hosts ‘Meeting of the Minds’ Sept. 20, 2010 University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin will lead a dynamic conversation on Wednesday, Sept. 29, with four UW-Madison faculty at the top of their fields to cut through the chatter and tackle the issues at the core of what it means to live in a democracy in 2010.
• Latest Badger Poll results to be released July 14, 2010 The results of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's 30th Badger Poll will be released this week.
• Kindergartners stump a professor, learn about college May 5, 2010 How many clowns are there in the world? How do slugs pull their eyes into their bodies? What’s the meaning of life?
• Recent sightings: Kindergarten Prof April 28, 2010
• Book explores organ transplant network, evidence-based decision-making March 24, 2010 In an important and timely study of medical governance, professor David Weimer of the La Follette School of Public Affairs explores a regulatory approach that delegates decisions about the allocation of scarce medical resources to private nonprofit organizations.
• ‘Office Hours’ provides update on the stimulus plan and the economy March 2, 2010 Two experts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business will discuss the state of the national economy on "Office Hours" Tuesday on the Big Ten Network.
• Foundation funds housing assistance research of three faculty members March 1, 2010 Three Institute for Research on Poverty research affiliates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have received a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to examine the effects of Section 8 housing subsidy receipts on the economic self-sufficiency of low-income families and the educational opportunities of their children.
• Study: Bloggers’ reasons for writing change over time Feb. 10, 2010 While political bloggers were initially inspired to post their thoughts online as a way to help them blow off steam or articulate new ideas, over time they're driven to blog by a desire to influence mainstream media or public opinion, according to research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• New study rejects mortality-privatization link Jan. 29, 2010 A new study reconsiders and ultimately rejects a well-publicized claim that mass privatization of state enterprises caused a drastic increase in premature deaths after the fall of communism in ex-Soviet countries.
• TIP/Campaign finance experts Jan. 21, 2010
• Latest Badger Poll results to be released Nov. 30, 2009 The results of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Badger Poll will be released this week.
• 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.
• Wisconsin cautious about Obama health care plan; Milwaukee poised for reform Oct. 4, 2009 More Wisconsinites oppose President Barack Obama's health care plan than support it, according to a new poll that also shows a majority of Milwaukee County residents favor a mayoral takeover of the Milwaukee Public Schools.