Dear RSF: Please join us next Wednesday, October 29, at 11 in the library and on Zoom for a presentation by Visiting Researcher Colleen Heflin on her recent RSF book “Food for Thought: Understanding Older Adult Food Insecurity.” Heflin is Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs at Syracuse University, where she has been since… Read More Visiting Researcher Seminar, October 29: Colleen Heflin

Dear RSF: Please join us next Wednesday, October 22, at 11 in the library and on Zoom for a presentation by Visiting Scholar Wendy Roth, discussing her forthcoming book with Russell Sage, “Through the DNA Looking Glass: The Impact of Genetic Ancestry Testing on Race, Ethnicity, and Family.” Click on the following link for background… Read More Visiting Scholar Seminar, October 22: Wendy Roth

Hi all: Just a quick reminder that there will be no Wednesday seminar next week, as we have our Broadway outing to see Hell’s Kitchen. The seminar series will continue on Wednesday, October 22, with a presentation from Visiting Scholar Wendy Roth.

Dear RSF: Please join us next Wednesday, October 8th at 11 in the library and on Zoom for a presentation by Visiting Scholar Francesc Ortega entitled “How to manage flood risk equitably?” Ortega is the Dina Axelrad Perry Professor in Economics at Queens College, City University of New York, where he has been appointed since 2012. He… Read More Visiting Scholar Seminar, October 8: Francesc Ortega

Dear RSF: Please join us for a Guest Seminar next Wednesday, October 1, at 11 in the library and on Zoom by sociologist and political scientist Leslie McCall from the CUNY Graduate Center entitled “If Not Government, then What? A Three-part Typology of Redistributive Preferences.” McCall is Presidential Professor of Sociology and Political Science at… Read More Guest Speaker Seminar, October 1: Leslie McCall

Dear RSF: Please join us for a Guest Seminar on Wednesday, September 24 at 11 in the library and on Zoom by acclaimed social economist Jane Waldfogel of Columbia University’s School of Social Work. She will be discussing her new Russell Sage book, Child Benefits. Britain’s War on Poverty (Russell Sage, 2010) was a previous recent monograph. Waldfogel… Read More Guest Speaker Seminar, September 24: Jane Waldfogel