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Sheldon Danziger was quoted in an Associated Press story published by CBS News, MSNBC, and others called, "Working-age adults make up record share of U.S. poor."The article—published ahead of the 2010 census figures that will be released next...

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Professor Jim House is on a research leave this year as a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation in New York City. From his office on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, he's writing a new book, tentatively titled Beyond Sicko and Health Care...

Robert Axelrod's research on conflict resolution—especially between Israel and Palestine—was cited in a New York Times article about the human brain's sometimes conflicting literal and metaphorical interpretation of concepts or events. "Mutual...

Sheldon Danziger was quoted in a Washington Post article called "Welfare's safety net hard to measure among states." Many are concerned that, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of impoverished Americans is increasing but the amount and...

Sheldon Danziger spoke to a variety of media outlets about the release of a U.S. Census Bureau report on the nation’s poverty level. According the report, poverty in the U.S. reached a 51-year high with 14.3% of the population falling below the...

At a ceremony in Washington D.C., Sheldon Danziger and Becky Blank, former Ford School dean, were inducted as 2010 Fellows of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS). Fellows are selected not only for their contributions to the...

National Poverty Center surveying effects of recession and federal stimulus on Southeast Michigan workers and families Long affected by the loss of well-paid manufacturing jobs, workers and families in Southeast Michigan have been hit especially...

Sheldon Danziger was quoted in a New York Times and a PBS article both discussing the increased U.S. poverty rate. These latest discussions were spurred by the release of "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008,"...

In a recent podcast, Sheldon Danziger shared his research on poverty levels and trends in the U.S. and made suggestions on what the Obama Administration could do to help bring people above the poverty line. Sheldon explained that anti-poverty policy...

Distinguished University Professorships recognize full or associate professors for exceptional scholarly and/or creative achievement, national and international reputation, and superior teaching skills. Created in 1947, each professorship bears a...

The National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan has been awarded a federal co-operative research agreement based on a national competition that extends its research, training and dissemination activities through 2010. The NPC began its...