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UW–Madison call for abstracts: Contemporary Social Problems Initiative to complement IRP DreamUp
Eric Grodsky says systemic poverty plays large role in Wisconsin’s persistently high achievement gap
New report finds large poverty disparities among persons of color compared to whites in Wisconsin and especially Milwaukee County
CONTACT: Timothy Smeeding, smeeding@lafollette.wisc.edu, (608) 890-1317 MADISON—A supplement to the annual Wisconsin Poverty Report released today examines poverty and income by race and ethnicity in the state overall and in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin’s most populous …
Annual Poverty Research and Policy Forum, 2018: Rethinking Welfare: Promoting Opportunity and Independence – livestream
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 8:30 am–4:00 pm Eastern, 7:30 am–3:00 pm Central, 6:30 am–2:00 pm Mountain, 5:30 am–1:00 pm Pacific Register to join livestream | View the Agenda
Census Bureau announces 2017 national poverty rate remained high at 12.3%, Tim Smeeding in NYT remarks, “The fruits of the recovery are not being spread around evenly.”
University of Wisconsin–Madison Joins Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty
Nonprofit collaborative seeks to transform poverty studies in the United States Media Contact: Marcy Carlson, Professor of Sociology and Director, Center for Demography and Ecology, carlson@ssc.wisc.edu, (608) 262-1085 MADISON, WISCONSIN, Sept. 13, 2018 – The University of Wisconsin–Madison has …
National Poverty Fellows Program Call for Applications for 2019–2020 (Due 11/28/2018)
The National Poverty Fellows Program is a federal government-university partnership that seeks to build the capacity of researchers to conduct high-quality policy-relevant research on poverty and inequality in the United States and to contribute to the effective …
Careers in Poverty Research Webinar, September 28
Friday, September 28, 2018 Hosted by Rebecca Schwei Interested in poverty research but not sure what your career options are after graduation? In this webinar, Rebecca Schwei, IRP’s Research and Policy Coordinator, interviews four recent …
One in five households reported reducing or forgoing basic necessities like food and medicine to pay an energy bill: Public invited to a free 9/25 campus forum on energy insecurity
DATE & TIME: September 25, 2018 – 4:30 pm–5:45 pm LOCATION: Wisconsin Energy Institute, Room 1115, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726 MORE INFORMATION REGISTER This event is hosted by the Wisconsin Energy Institute in partnership with the …