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Call for PSTC Summer Research Awards, 2019
April 7, 2019
The PSTC is accepting applications for summer research awards in 2019. All PSTC graduate student trainees are eligible.
Jackson awarded NIH grant to examine public investments on child well-being
March 1, 2019
PSTC sociologist Margot Jackson to produce the first research to comprehensively examine the effects of public investments on inequality in family behavior and child well-being.
Mexico-U.S. migration from the Mexican perspective
February 1, 2019
Series features top Mexican migration scholars providing current research findings and perspective on the future of Mexico-U.S. migration.
GIS and improving maternal health
January 28, 2019
GIS Institute participants present research with a GIS perspective.
Fussell awarded NIH grant to address long-term effects of Katrina
December 14, 2018
The PSTC's Elizabeth Fussell to create data sets to examine outcomes in decade following hurricane.
PSTC accepting applications for postdocs
December 13, 2018
Review of applications for postdocs in data science and population studies begins January 11.
Former PSTC director named AAAS fellow
November 30, 2018
John Casterline elected for prestigious honor for his contributions to the field of social demography.
PSTC awards faculty seed funds
November 26, 2018
Four faculty associates receive funding for projects on housing and health, adolescent life, racial disparities and household strategies.
Migrant illegality symposium examines undocumented experience
November 21, 2018
Kevin Escudero and Andrea Flores coordinate event to address the importance of place in immigrant activism.
In the News
Congestion Pricing: N.Y. Embraced It. Will Other Clogged Cities Follow?
April 7, 2019 | New York Times | Matthew Turner
Brown Economics Professor Matthew Turner provides insight on congestion pricing.
Gender Inequality in China
February 26, 2019 | CSCC Podcasts | Yun Zhou
PSTC Postdoc Yun Zhou discusses gender inequality in China, particularly the implications of the one-child policy and its repeal.
Weedkiller 'raises risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma by 41%'
February 14, 2019 | The Guardian | David Savitz
PSTC epidemiologist David Savitz comments on a new study on the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate herbicides.
Barriers to Black Progress
February 13, 2019 | City Journal | Glenn Loury
PSTC economist Glenn Loury discusses the persistence of racial inequality in the U.S. with Jason Riley at a Manhattan Institute event.
A High-Crime Neighborhood Makes It Harder To Show Up For School
February 13, 2019 | NPR | Julia Burdick-Will (alum)
"Kids who are supposed to be walking along streets with higher rates of violent crime are more likely to miss school," says Julia Burdick-Will, sociologist at Johns Hopkins University and a former PSTC postdoc.
The Biggest Economic Divides Aren’t Regional. They’re Local. (Just Ask Parents.)
February 12, 2019 | New York Times | John Friedman
The NYT cites research by PSTC economist John Friedman, noting neighborhoods explain "most of the geographic variation in upward mobility."
Overcrowded Prisons – Nightmare Nests
February 1, 2019 | The Good Men Project | Anna Aizer
Article cites study by PSTC economist Anna Aizer that finds youth who are imprisoned are less likely to finish school, more likely to offend again.
State and Local Policymaking, Panel 1
January 31, 2019 | C-SPAN | Justine Hastings
PSTC economist Justine Hastings participated in a Brookings Institute forum on evidence-based policymaking.