12-1:30 pm, Sanford Institute, Rhodes Conference Room RSVP
Cynthia Kuhn is professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University. Her research is focused on understanding the biologic factors that increase sensitivity to drug abuse and depression in vulnerable populations.
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3:30-5 pm, Sanford Institute, Rhodes Conference Room RSVP
Dr. Blank will discuss the public policy agenda for the near future, which is aimed at assisting low-income families to become more economically self-sufficient. Following the passage of landmark legislation reforming the cash welfare system in this country in the mid-1990s, a major increase in employment among single mothers was linked with a major decline in their use of cash assistance. The current debate over 'next policy steps' focuses on a very different set of issues than did the debate of the 1990s. Among the key topics to be discussed: Reasons for focusing on fathers and low-income men as well as on single mothers and their children; the importance of linking low-income persons with mainstream financial institutions; and further policy options that would help provide support for working and non-working low-income families.
Rebecca M. Blank has been the Robert V. Kerr Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution since July 2008. Prior to joining Brookings, she was dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and co-director of the National Poverty Center. She served as a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 1997-1999. Her 1997 book, It Takes A Nation: A New Agenda for Fighting Poverty, won the Richard A. Lester Prize for the Outstanding Book in Labor Economics and Industrial Relations. Her more recent work includes the books The New World of Welfare (co-edited with Ron Haskins , 2001, Brookings Press), Is the Market Moral ? (co-authored with William McGurn, 2003, Brookings Press) and Working and Poor (co-edited with Sheldon Danziger and Robert Schoeni, 2006, Russell Sage Press).
Reception immediately following lecture. Seating is limited. Please register for this event by September 5.
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11am-12:30 pm, Sanford Institute, Rhodes Conference RoomRSVP
Rebecca M. Blank has been the Robert V. Kerr Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution since July 2008. Prior to joining Brookings, she was dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and co-director of the National Poverty Center. She served as a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 1997-1999. Her 1997 book, It Takes A Nation: A New Agenda for Fighting Poverty, won the Richard A. Lester Prize for the Outstanding Book in Labor Economics and Industrial Relations. Her more recent work includes the books The New World of Welfare (co-edited with Ron Haskins , 2001, Brookings Press), Is the Market Moral ? (co-authored with William McGurn, 2003, Brookings Press) and Working and Poor (co-edited with Sheldon Danziger and Robert Schoeni, 2006, Russell Sage Press).
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