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The Institute for Policy & Social Research brings together social scientists from a broad range of disciplines to pursue and conduct sponsored research at the international, national, regional, state, and local levels. IPSR affiliated faculty represent disciplines such as economics, education, environmental studies, geography, political science, public administration, social welfare, sociology, and urban planning. More information can be found on the About IPSR page. What's New IGERT C-CHANGE website now live. Visit: http://www.igert.ku.edu/ Innovative KU program to create leaders on urgent issue of climate change LAWRENCE — A groundbreaking new training program for graduate students at the University of Kansas is exploring the impact of climate change on Earth’s biology, ecology and social systems. Known as C-CHANGE (Climate Change, Humans, and Nature in the Global Environment), the program’s goal is to develop experts in science, engineering and policy who will become tomorrow’s leading voices on the “grand challenge” of climate change. [View full new release at: http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/september/23/cchange.shtml]    The 42nd Edition of the Kansas Statistical Abstract is now available! The abstract is available EXCLUSIVELY online as a PDF file with individual pages available in Microsoft Excel and PDF. For more information and access to the data, please visit http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/ksah/. The Kansas Statistical Abstract was featured in a radio spot on the Jayhawk Radio Network, tune in or click the button below to play the clip now: Recent Events 2008 GIS Day @ KU November 19, 2008 IPSR is pleased to be a sponsor of this year's GIS Day @ KU. GIS Day is a nationwide event to promote awareness and appreciation of geographic information system (GIS) science. Please join us in exploring how GIS is changing the way we interact with and learn from information about the world around us. This event is free and open to the public, please register online at: http://www.gis.ku.edu/gisday/2008/ Recent Publications KCCED County Profiles KCCED County Profiles were updated in October 2007. Check out the latest data for your county at: http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/kcced/profiles/ Kansas Policy Review The Spring 2007 issue of the Kansas Policy Review (KPR) is now available at: http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/publicat/kpr/index.shtml. For other publications please visit our Publications Page.

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