Students use scholarships to explore energy analysis, health care
Contributions from alumni and friends of the La Follette School are helping two students focus their public affairs careers on energy analysis and health-care management. Read more ...
Hernandez applies management skills to health care
By the time Shaun Hernandez was wrapping up his bachelor’s degree, he was pretty sure he wouldn’t go on to medical school. Read more ...
Cubero shifts focus from finance to energy analysis
After five years as a financial analyst, Ed Cubero is turning his attention to studying energy policy and analysis and public affairs at the La Follette School. Read more ...
Alumni, friends build social capital
The relationships among alumni, friends, faculty and staff benefit everyone, the La Follette School's director notes in his La Follette Notes column. Read more ...
Detwiler believes in government as force for the public good
Lawmakers in California can thank alum Peter Detwiler’s experience in Wisconsin for the easy-to-read legislative analyses he prepared for them to summarize what a proposed statute would do, why it was needed, its cost, why certain interests opposed or supported it, and the bill’s legislative history. Read more ...
Fellowship enhances Walsh’s pursuit of degrees in public affairs, public health
For student Andrew Walsh, receiving the Ina Jo Rosenberg and Shiri Eve Leah Gumbiner Fellowship makes possible the whole endeavor of earning dual master’s degrees in public affairs and public health. Read more ...
First award made from Doris J. Hanson Fund
C.P. Frost is the first student to receive scholarship funds from the Doris J. Hanson Fund. Community leaders established the fund after the longtime public servant passed away in 2006. Read more ...
Donations and bequests help students pursue careers in public affairs
Six students benefited from the generosity of alumni and friends of the La Follette School during the 2010-2011 school year. The students’ interests include shaping institutions, crafting anti-poverty policy, solving problems, and using neuroscience to inform public policy. Read more ...
Smith looks to career in international copyright law
Addison Smith has found a way to bring together his diverse interests: a dual degree in international public affairs and law with a career goal of working in international copyright law. Read more ...
Rosen tackles structures to shape social and urban policy
Academic debate in the classroom wasn’t quite enough, Lara Rosen found, a discovery that eventually led her to enroll at the La Follette School of Public Affairs to study social and urban policy at the state and local levels. Read more ...