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These live recorded sessions cover a range of timely policy topics.
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the debate. The Effects of the Social Environment on Children's Health Rosalind Wright, MD, MPH, Associate Professor in Medicine, Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School recently spoke at IPS in December. Dr. Wright''s research focuses on the role of neighborhood and social disadvantage in health disparities, the social constructs that are predictors of health, and the influence of living with violence on health outcomes in women and health. Listen to the Seminar. Revisiting Jacob's Ladder: The Effects of Public Policy on Father Involvement in Fragile Families Ronald B. Mincy, Ph.D., Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Practice at Columbia University recently spoke at IPS in October. Dr. Mincy teaches graduate courses on family reformation and social welfare policy. He has published widely on the effects of income security policy on family formation, responsible fatherhood, the urban underclass, and urban poverty. Dr. Mincy is widely regarded as a critical catalyst for changes currently underway in the treatment of low-income fathers by U.S. welfare, child support, and family support systems. Listen to the seminar. Press, Politics and Public Policy Veteran journalist Marvin Kalb, author of One Scandalous Story: Clinton, Lewinsky and 13 Days That Transformed American Journalism, spoke to students in IPS' Master of Arts in Public Policy this fall. In his 30 year broadcast career, Kalb served as chief diplomatic correspondent for CBS News and NBC News, and as moderator of Meet the Press. He is executive director of Harvard University's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy office in Washington. Listen to the seminar. A Brighter Future for D.C. and Other Challenged Cities? Economist Alice Rivlin, one of the nation's leading policy analysists has recetnly completed a provocative study with Carol O'Cleireacain, her colleague at the Brookings Institution, on "Envisioning a Future Washington." The Paper sets out a bold residential and population strategy, as well as a vision for economic development and fiscal health for the District of Columbia over the next decade. In her presentation for the Social Policy Seminar Series at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, Rivlin discusses the fiscal troubles of D.C., and solutions for it and other cities, including Baltimore. Rivlin is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and served as Chair of the District of Columbia Financial Assistance Authority. She was vice of the Federal Reserve Board and director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. Listen to the Seminar. Baltimore in Transition Urban experts from around the world convened for the 30th annual conference of the International Urban Fellows in Baltimore to study "Baltimore in Transition: How Do We Move From Decline to Revival?" John O'Donnell, chief city planner for the City of Cork, Franz Vonk, city planner for Heerlen, the Netherlands, and Antonia Casellas, a former Urban Fellow who is studying cultural tourism, talked with WJHU Talk Show host Marc Steiner about how they see the future of Baltimore, and that of other aging industrial cities around the world. Neighborhoods on the Brink George Galster, professor from Wayne State University who has studied patterns in the inner city, spoke on "Neighborhoods on the Brink -- Is There a Point of No Return?" recently. The seminar generated a lively discussion among leaders from Baltimore foundations, community groups and government, along with students and faculty from Johns Hopkins University. The seminar was cohosted by IPS, the Department of Economics and the Department of Health Policy and Management. Listen to the seminar.  U.S.
Mayors RoundtableHow does an older, industrial city go from decline to revival? That was the question posed to the mayors of Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh, as well as the former mayor of Philadelphia, at a recent roundtable discussion sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, as part of the International Urban Fellows 30th annual conference. Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley (pictured, left), Washington Mayor Anthony Williams, Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy and Edward Rendell, former mayor of Philadelphia, tackled the challenges of urban revival. Listen in on their conversation. |