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IRP Announces Recipient of National Dissertation Award For Research on Poverty and Economic Mobility
IRP Honors the Life and Legacy of Former Director Bob Haveman
From IRP Director Katherine Magnuson: Robert (Bob) H. Haveman Obituary It is with deep sorrow that we share the news that former IRP Director Bob Haveman passed away, surrounded by family, on Saturday June 18, …
IRP pleased to partner with City of Madison on Madison Forward Fund
The Madison Forward Fund, a guaranteed income research program to support low-income families in Madison, Wisconsin, launched on June 21, 2022. The effort brings together the City of Madison, the Institute for Research on Poverty at …
IRP Announces Three Recipients of Funding for Poverty and Economic Mobility Research
IRP announces 2022–2023 cohort of National Poverty Fellows
IRP is pleased to announce the incoming cohort of 2022–2023 National Poverty Fellows postdoctoral scholars who will be in residence in three different federal offices starting later this year. The fellows are: Sarah Charnes (PhD 2021, …
IRP Honors the Life and Legacy of Research Affiliate Sara McLanahan
All of us at IRP are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Affiliate Sara McLanahan. She will be missed as a scholar, mentor and friend. We extend our condolences to her husband Irv …
Message from the Director
Dear Friends and Colleagues, 2021 has been a year like no other in many ways. We have continued to learn how to navigate the COVID-dominated landscape, and while vaccines are now available for more and …
IRP Names Five Researchers as Emerging Poverty Scholar Fellows
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 …
UW–Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty Named National Research Center on Poverty and Economic Mobility
CONTACT: Judith Siers-Poisson, Communications Director, sierspoisson@wisc.edu; 608-262-7779 MADISON—The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the nation’s longest-standing center for poverty research, has been awarded a five-year, $10.6 million cooperative agreement to …