Past NPC Events - 2007
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Seminar: "The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America." Katherine Newman, Princeton University. Co-sponsored by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. February 6, 2008, 4 pm – 5:30 pm, Annenberg Auditorium, 1110 Weill Hall.
Seminar: "Can Educational Outcomes be Improved in Community Colleges? Recent Evidence from Two Randomized Studies." Cecilia Rouse, Princeton University. Jointly sponsored by the Center for State, Local and Urban Policy. January 22, 2008, 4 pm – 5:30 pm, Betty Ford Classroom, 1110 Weill Hall.
Symposium: 2008 MLK Day Symposium Event. TBD. Sandra Smith, University of California-Berkeley, and Mary Patillo, Northwestern University. Jointly sponsored by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. January 21, 2008, 4 pm – 5:30 pm, Annenberg Auditorium, 1120 Weill Hall.
Seminar: “The Impact of Unemployment on Time Investments in Health.” John Cawley, Cornell University. January 9, 2008, noon – 1 pm, 3240 Weill Hall
Seminar: “Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: A Search for Mechanisms in Time Use Data.” John Cawley, Cornell University. January 9, noon – 1 pm, 3240 Weill Hall, 735 S. State Street.
Seminar: “Work After Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of Children.” Rachel Dunifon, Cornell University. January 7, noon – 1 pm, 3240 Weill Hall, 735 S. State Street.
Conference: "Workshop on the Long-run Impact of Early Life Events." December 13-14, 2007. Ford School of Public Policy, Weill Hall, Ann Arbor, MI.
Seminar: "The New Poverty Governance: Race, Place and the Punitive Turn in U.S. Welfare Policy." Sanford Schram, Bryn Mawr College. November 30, 2007, noon – 1 pm, 3240 Weill Hall
Seminar: "The Effects of New York City’s Charter Schools on Student Achievement." Caroline Hoxby, Stanford University. Jointly sponsored by the Center for State, Local and Urban Policy. November 19, 2007, 4 pm – 5:30 pm, 1120 Weill Hall.
Conference: "Access, Assets and Poverty" October 11-12, 2007. Washington, D.C.
Event: "Marital Sorting, Household Labor Supply, and Intergenerational Earnings Mobility across Countries" October 8, 2007, 12:00pm – 1:00pm, Third Floor Conference Room, Rm 3240 Weill Hall. Details here.
Seminar: Marital Sorting, Household Labor Supply, and Intergenerational Earnings Mobility across Countries.
Conference: "The Impact of Religion and Faith-based Organizations on the Lives of Low-Income Families." June 7, 2007. Washington.
Seminar: "Transitions In and Out of the WIC Program: A Cause for Concern?" Alison Jacknowitz, Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Policy, American University and NPC Visiting Scholar. April 5, 2007. Noon–1 p.m., Room 5240, Weill Hall.
Seminar: "Fragile Families: The First Five Years." Sara McLanahan, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University. Co-sponsored with the Population Studies Center. April 2, 2007. Noon–1 p.m., 6th Floor of ISR Building, 426 Thompson Street.
Seminar:"Latinos, Immigration Policy, and the National Interest." Cecilia Muñoz, Vice President, Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation, for the National Council of La Raza; and Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Co-sponsored with the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. March 28, 2007. 4–5:30 p.m., Annenberg Auditorium, Room 1120 Weill Hall.
Conference: "NPC Annual Workshop for Small Grant Recipients." March 23, 2007. 3240 Weill Hall. Details here.
Seminar: "The Supplemental Security Income Program in the Aftermath of Welfare Reform." Lucie Schmidt, Assistant Professor of Economics, Williams College and NPC Visiting Scholar. March 22, 2007. Noon–1 p.m. Room 3240 Weill Hall.
Seminar: "Higher Ground: New Hope for the Working Poor and their Children." Greg Duncan, Edwina S. Tarry Professor, School of Education and Social Policy, Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University. Co-sponsored by the Population Studies Center. March 15, 2007. 4-5:30 p.m. Annenberg Auditorium, Room 1120 Weill Hall.
Seminar: “Work Over Welfare: The Inside Story of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law.” Ron Haskins, The Brookings Institution. Book signing and reception followed. Co-sponsored with the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. January 31, 2007. 4-5:30 p.m. Annenberg Auditorium, Room 1120 Weill Hall. See the Video: 72:00 
Download the presentation here. 
Seminar: "The Social and Political Implications of Hurricane Katrina: Looking Back and Looking Ahead." Panelist: John Logan, Professor of Sociology, Brown University, and Michael Dawson, Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago. Moderator: Alford Young, Jr., Department of Sociology and Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan. February 9, 2007. 1-3 p.m. Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union.
