Julianna Pacheco, program director and senior research fellow in Politics and Policy Research Program, has been awarded a $50,000 research grant from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR&R).

The Iowa Social Science Research Center (ISRC) grants team assisted Kate Magsamen-Conrad, associate professor of Communication Studies, in securing a National Institute of Health subaward worth $202,332 as part of a funded project called Free Time 4 Wellness (FT4W).

Chile, located along the Pacific coast of South America, experienced nearly two decades of authoritarian rule during the 1970s and 1980s. On September 11, 1973, General Augusto Pinochet led a military coup that overthrew the socialist government of President Salvador Allende.

As one of the most debilitating neurological diseases afflicting young adults across the world, multiple sclerosis (MS) has been on the rise in recent years.

Thirty years ago, widespread flooding across Iowa caused extensive damage to homes, businesses, infrastructure, and agriculture.

The rise of extremist ideology has been a growing international concern. U.S. mass killings linked to extremism, for example, have spiked over the last decade.

As one of the fastest growing languages in the world, Chinese has made its mark on both classrooms and workplaces in the United States.

The Public Policy Center and the Iowa City Police Department (ICPD) have entered a research partnership to analyze traffic enforcement patterns in Iowa City, following the Iowa City City Council's unanimous approval of the study on April 25.

Ethan Rogers, assistant research scientist in the Crime and Justice Policy Research Program, is teaming up with researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) to study important policy-relevant questions on violence, victimization, and well-being.

Mark Berg, professor and collegiate scholar in the Department of Sociology and Criminology, will serve as the interim director of the PPC, starting January 13, 2023.