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IRP Honors the Life and Legacy of Research Affiliate Peter Gottschalk

Posted on March 30, 2021

Peter Gottschalk of Portland Oregon, age 78, died on March 25. He was Professor of Economics at Boston College from 1987 until his retirement from teaching, but not from research, in 2010. He also taught …

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IRP Honors the Life and Legacy of Research Affiliate Franklin D. Wilson

Posted on January 20, 2021
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Message from the Director

Posted on December 16, 2020

Dear Friends and Colleagues, 2020 has been a difficult year. The COVID-19 pandemic is causing twin health and economic crises, and at the same time the nation is coming to terms with its deep-seated racial …

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Wisconsin Poverty Rate Rose in 2018 Overall, for Children, and for the Elderly

Posted on October 29, 2020

CONTACT: Timothy Smeeding, smeeding@lafollette.wisc.edu, (608) 890-1317 MADISON—University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers found discouraging results in the latest Wisconsin poverty analysis using a state-specific measure. The overall statewide poverty rate using the Wisconsin Poverty Measure (WPM) rose …

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IRP Names Two Innovative Researchers As Emerging Poverty Scholar Fellows

Posted on October 22, 2020

The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty announced the winners of a re-grant program funded by The JPB Foundation aimed at expanding antipoverty research capacity. Through the Emerging Poverty Scholars Fellowships, IRP is supporting …

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UW–Madison Teams Top National Competition to Help Middle Class

Posted on September 15, 2020

By Rebecca Jourdan Schwei Two teams from the University of Wisconsin–Madison won a combined $1.5 million in provisional funding in a national competition to help boost the middle class. The two teams, Connect Rx Wisconsin …

Posted in 2019-2020 Winners, DreamUp Updates, News

A Statement from University Poverty Research Center Directors on Mead’s “Poverty and Culture”

Posted on August 6, 2020

July 30, 2020 A recent commentary, “Poverty and Culture,” written by Professor Lawrence Mead and published in Society, a journal edited by Jonathan Imber, has caused great concern and anger within the poverty research community. …

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A Statement from Former Directors of the Institute for Research on Poverty About Research on Poverty and Race

Posted on August 6, 2020

A recently published opinion piece, “Poverty and Culture,” written by Professor Lawrence Mead and published in Society, has caused great concern within the poverty research community. While the editor has since withdrawn the article, the …

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Three IRP Affiliates honored with Vilas Professorships and Awards: Marah Curtis, John Eason, and Susannah Tahk

Posted on July 14, 2020
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Lonnie Berger named the new Associate Vice Chancellor for Research for the Social Sciences in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education

Posted on June 30, 2020
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