Events and Lectures
Presentations from the Public Policy Forum "Tugging on the Safety Net: Understanding Poverty and Poverty Programs in Today's Economy" are now available here.
Spring 2013
Research Seminar Series in Public Policy and Economics
All seminars will be held in Public Policy Room 438. NOTE NEW TIME: SEMINARS WILL START AT 2:00 PM
Friday, February 1, 2:00 pm
Karen Clay, Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon
Coal, smoke and death: Bituminous coal and American home heating, 1920-1959
Friday, March 8, 2:00 pm
Lesley Turner, Department of Economics, University of Maryland
The impact of financial aid on program of study and educational attainment
Thursday, April 4, 2:00 pm
Kasey Buckles, Department of Economics, Notre Dame University
The effect of college education on health
Friday, April 26, 2:00 pm
Robert Kaestner, Department of Economics, University of Illinois Chicago
TBD
Tuesday, May 7, 2:00 noon
Christy Chapin, Department of History, UMBC
Ensuring America's health: The role of insurance companies in the health care system's development
Social Science Forums
These on-campus sessions present topics of interest to the social science community and beyond.