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Dear Friends and Colleagues,  As the year comes to a close, we are grateful for the community of scholars and practitioners that have come together over the past year to advance IRP’s vision of producing …

Contact: Hallie Lienhardt, Assistant Director & Research Program Manager, UW-RDRC 608-890-0229 | hallie.lienhardt@wisc.edu The U.S. Social Security Administration is funding 12 major research projects sponsored by The University of Wisconsin–Madison Retirement and Disability Research Center (UW-RDRC) …

The Institute for Research on Poverty Welcomes Dr. Sarah Halpern-Meekin as New Director Dr. Sarah Halpern-Meekin will assume leadership of the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on August 19, …

The IRP community was saddened to learn of the passing of former IRP Director Eugene “Geno” Smolensky on December 17, 2023. We extend our condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues. Barbara Wolfe, former IRP …