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How does our safety net stack up relative to those of peer countries? Stanford University professor Karen Jusko addresses this question in the third installment of our “State of the Union” video series.
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The Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity is accepting applications for its faculty research fellowship program. The program brings together Stanford scholars addressing issues of race and ethnicity. Applications are due on May 6, 2016.
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News from Other Poverty Centers
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Poverty Research and Policy Summit
The Center for Poverty Research at UC-Davis is hosting a summit on April 22 that brings together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and advocates to discuss the state of poverty research and how it can better inform public policy in the coming decade.
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Anti-Poverty Policy Innovations
Proposals are due by April 15 for a special edition of the Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences devoted to anti-poverty policy innovations. Each article should propose a specific, potentially high-impact, innovative, or particularly promising policy or policy approach.
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Jeff Chang and Jerome Reyes of Stanford’s Institute for Diversity in the Arts examine contemporary art, justice movements, and popular culture to illuminate social change and cultural politics in the U.S. over the past half-century.
Monday, April 4, Cantor Auditorium, 5:30pm
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Michael Kirst, President of the California State Board of Education, and Jennifer Wolf, Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, lead a discussion on the likely effects of the Common Core on humanities teaching in public schools.
Friday, April 8, Terrace Room, Building 460, Margaret Jacks Hall, 12pm
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This seminar considers how social medicine and an integrated team approach can be used to address the problem of homelessness.
Tuesday, April 12, LKSC 203/4, 12:30pm
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Rucker Johnson, Emmanuel Saez, and Sandra Smith (from UC-Berkeley) join Raj Chetty, David Grusky, Pablo Mitnik, and Sean Reardon (from Stanford) for the third annual Berkeley-Stanford Conference on Inequality. This year’s featured topics: education and labor markets.
Friday, April 15, Koret-Taube Conference Center, 9am
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The fifth TEDxStanford features some of Stanford's most accomplished pioneers in the arts, technology, medicine, and social sciences. This year's topic: "The Human Race."
Sunday, April 24, CEMEX Auditorium, 11am
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