Center News
MPRC faculty contribute to theoretical and applied developments in their various fields as well as to discussions that impact public policy. Some recent news stories are abstracted below.
Steinberg investigates mental health impacts of abortion
Beyond the question of access to abortion lie the mental health impacts in cases of restricted access
Cohen: Marriage is "rarer and more stable"
Cohen notes achievement of status as an element of contemporary marriage trends
Haltiwanger interviewed for Brookings Institute Podcast
Faculty Associate John Haltiwanger appeared on the Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity to discuss his recent paper depicting a surge in new businesses.
Seeds of injustice: Payne-Sturges highlights the exploitation of migrant farmworkers
Op-Ed in The Baltimore Sun
Richardson co-leads UMD initiative on gun violence
PROGRESS initiative joins UMD researchers with Maryland policy makers
New JAMA paper calls for interagency data collaboration
Highlighting Marie Thoma's work on discrepancies in maternal mortality data
Joseph Richardson elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Decades of rigorous science on gun violence earn Richardson this highly esteemed honor
Melissa Kearney examines impact of declining marriage rates
Book and opinion piece in the New York Times lay out "elephant in the room" issues of family structure