Courtney Berner has been named Executive Director of the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives, and will succeed Anne Reynolds, the current Executive Director, on January 8, 2018. Reynolds is retiring her post after twenty-two …
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REDA Alumni named to the AESP Wisconsin Board
UW-Madison’s Resource and Energy Demand Analysis (REDA) master’s program is delighted that not one, but two REDA alumni have been elected to the board of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Association of Energy Service Professionals …
Understanding entrepreneurship in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Television and the University of Wisconsin – Madison teamed up for a documentary on entrepreneurship across Wisconsin. AAE’s Steve Deller explains how a slow recovery from the 2007 recession has influenced business owners …
Number of dairy farms continues to decline
Steve Deller talks to WPR about the continuing decline in the number of dairy farms in the state, and what changes in the industry mean for rural economics.
Are you sure you want to hand over your DNA?
AAE Professor Jason Fletcher looks at the intersection of genetic discovery and social science, and encourages you to think twice before handing over your DNA.
Entrepreneurship in Economic Development
Economic Development Specialist Tessa Conroy gave a University Place Lecture for Wisconsin Public Television. Professor Conroy discusses the links between entrepreneurship and job growth, income growth, poverty reduction, innovation and regional stability. She also provides innovative …
AAE PhD Returns to Campus after 50 Years
Although he completed all the requirements for a PhD in 1967, Mexico native Luciano Barraza never got the opportunity to walk across the stage and receive his diploma. Instead it was mailed to him, as …
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
The choice to migrate is never easy. While there are a lot of economic theories about where and why people migrate, what we find is that real world behavior often doesn’t match what theories would …
Spotlight on Katie Burgess
Growing up on a dairy farm, Katie (Behnke) Burgess (B.S. ’08, M.S. ’10) had an interest in animals, but also learned that farming is about business as much as anything. As an incoming freshman at …
Alumnus is awarded, and gives back to AAE
When Professor Yang Yao (PhD ’96) of Peking University was recently honored with the Ronald Coase Institute (RCI) Alumni Award for Outstanding Achievement, he turned right around and donated his monetary prize to the AAE Forrest …