Ending Poverty: What's your why?
If you’ve met anyone from LEO, you’ve invariably been asked about your “why” – the experience that inspired your life commitment, the memory you cling to when keeping that commitment seems too hard, the...
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Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan speaks about evidence-based anti-poverty policy
LEO was honored to cohost, with The Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy, an event for University of Notre Dame students featuring Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. The event, “Evidence and Policymaking in the Age...
LEO earns $750,000 in funding awards to support continued anti-poverty work
The Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) at the University of Notre Dame has received multiple funding awards totaling nearly $750,000 this summer to continue its work reducing poverty and improving lives through evidence-based programs and policies. Read More about LEO earns $750,000 in funding awards to support continued anti-poverty work
LEO Quarterly Report - Summer 2019
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LEO at IRP
LEO co-founder Jim Sullivan and research faculty Patrick Turner were both in Wisconsin recently to present at the Institution for Research on Poverty's Summer Research Workshop. Here, Dr. Sullivan discussed the Padua Project…
LEO Faculty Affiliate Melissa Kearney Featured in the NewsÂ
Dr. Melissa Kearney, Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland and a lead researcher on LEO’s Stay the Course project, recently had her work on effective solutions to poverty and the impact of fatherlessness in families featured in news...
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Impact+: LEO and Stand Together
LEO and Stand Together met earlier this month to lead six non-profits in a workshop centered on their partnership, Impact+. While here, LEO provided the organizations with tools to design program evaluations based on evidence to create an impact that lasts....
LEO Quarterly Report - Spring 2019
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LEO's Jim Sullivan's statement on the new Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking
Dr. Sullivan highlights his work with lawmakers and the Commission for Evidence-Based Policymaking leading to this new bipartisan effort.
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LEO Participates in ND Day
ND Day is an annual celebration of community at Notre Dame where voters determine the allocation of a $1.2 million challenge fund to groups and causes on campus.…
New LEO Study Shows That Homelessness Prevention Reduces Crime
A new study conducted by researchers at the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) at the University of Notre Dame shows that emergency financial assistance for people facing homelessness not only reduces shelter entry, but also reduces criminal behavior. Read...
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Harvard Business Review: David Phillips on "commuter discrimination."
LEO Research Associate Professor David Phillips authored a piece in the Harvard Business Review on his new research that demonstrates a hiring bias against people with long commutes.
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LEO welcomes Heather Reynolds as inaugural managing director.
Heather Reynolds, currently CEO and President of Catholic Charities of Fort Worth (CCFW) will join LEO as the first managing director. LEO recently developed a 5 year strategic plan and Ms. Reynolds will lead LEO through a period of growth...
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LEO Hosts Webinar on "Nudging Towards a College Scholarship," Insights from an Enrollment Intervention
On November 1, Dr. Sarah Kroeger, LEO Assistant Research Professor, and Karla Lee, Director of Middle Schools with the South Bend Community School Corporation, shared findings from a nudge intervention to encourage enrollment in the 21st Century Scholars Program, a...
LEO Quarterly Report
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Texas Higher Education Coordination Board Conference
In September 2018, LEO co-founder Jim Sullivan spoke about the importance of using rigorous methods to structure and evaluate the effect of Emergency Financial Assistance (EFA) programs on college students. The Texas Higher Education Coordination Board hosted a conference for colleges and...
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Catholic Charities 2018 Annual Gathering
This month, LEO research associates, Andrea Ringer and Grace Ortuzar, attended the Catholic Charities 2018 Annual Gathering in Buffalo, NY. Andrea presented with Natalie Lecy from Catholic Social Services Rapid City, South Dakota on how agencies can prepare to generate...
David Phillips Speaks to NPR about LEO's Homelessness Prevention Work
LEO Research Associate Professor David Phillips recently spoke with NPR in Seattle about homelessness prevention and its potential for positive impact and cost effectiveness.
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LEO Co-Founder James Sullivan's Wall Street Journal Op Ed on Poverty in America
James X. Sullivan, University of Notre Dame professor of economics and co-founder of LEO, featured a piece in the Wall Street Journal highlighting America's progress in addressing and confronting poverty on a national level. In the article, he and...
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David Phillips Speaks to NPR about LEO's Homelessness Prevention Work
LEO Research Associate Professor David Phillips recently spoke about homelessness prevention and its potential for positive impact and cost effectiveness. Phillips highlighted LEO's current project in King County evaluating the Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative. Read and Listen here.
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