Maryland Population Research Center...

MPRC's maintains four cores to serve our faculty and students. They include an Administrative Core, a Computing Core, an Information Core and Developmental Infrastructure.

Administrative Core

The Administrative Core has four primary objectives: (1) to provide overall leadership and coordination; (2) to seek opportunities to nurture new population research initiatives; (3) organizes activities to promote interdisciplinary exchange and build a sense of community around the Center; and (4) implement cost-effective and timely services to minimize the administrative burden on individual faculty associates conducting research. : : MORE

Computing Core

The Computing Core runs two integrated computer systems. It is responsible for all network operations at MPRC and for integrating and leveraging computing resources on campus for MPRC’s benefit. It is responsible for all software and hardware function; helping faculty and students plan their computing needs and teaching efficient use of computing resources; supporting the computing activities of the Administrative Core; and planning and anticipating the needs of faculty and monitoring emerging technology. The Computing Core provides the back-end programming needed to develop and maintain tools implemented by the Information Core. : : MORE

Information Core

The Information Core seeks to provide services to facilitate and optimize the various aspects of the research enterprise of MPRC associates and staff, dealing especially with the organization and dissemination of information. Core staff work with researchers and staff of other cores to identify needs and develop front-end design of web tools to organize and disseminate information. This core supports conference organization, work group activities, data dissemination, a new working paper series and individual research portals for faculty collaboration. : : MORE

Developmental Infrastructure

The Developmental Infrastructure Core has three goals. First it provides both financial and intellectual support for the development of early stage ideas. Second, it supports a set of interdisciplinary groups, each with a specific set of activities for intellectual development. Third, it supports the set of activities that bind the entire faculty together into a common interdisciplinary center. : : MORE

Maryland Population Research Center
0124N Cole Student Activities Building (#162)
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: 301-405-6403
Fax: 301-405-5743