Tag: political science

Madison to D.C.: Senior Paige Leiser Develops Expertise through WiW

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From stumping for Klobuchar in Minnesota to Biden on the Madison campus, rising senior and political science student Paige Leiser has a passionate history in politics. Now, through the Wisconsin in Washington D.C. Internship Program (WiW) this summer, she is developing the know-how and D.C. career expertise to take her above and beyond. WiW offers …

Longtime political scientist, scholar on African politics M. Crawford Young dies at 88

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M. Crawford Young, an emeritus professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and one of the foremost scholars in the world on African politics, died Jan. 22 in Madison from complications related to congestive heart failure. He was 88. While the Department of Political Science was Young’s disciplinary base, he was a central …