SAVE THE DATE: Next Generation Rural Creative Placemaking Summit, October 12-14, 2016 at the University of Iowa .

Next Generation Rural Creative Placemaking Summit. We invite you to join us in Iowa for Next Generation: A Rural Creative Placemaking Summit. The Summit is designed to enhance cross-sector collaboration, elevate...

RUPRI Participates in first convening of the White House Rural Council and the National Association of Counties – Opportunity for All: Building a Brighter Future for Rural Families. Today, the Administration announced new efforts to build on ongoing progress to combat rural child poverty. Working hand-in-hand with county leaders to build a brighter future for rural kids and families

    ANNOUNCEMENT: Between 2012 and 2014, child poverty fell further than it had since 2000, indicating that the economic recovery is starting to improve prospects for poor families. Still, in...

Next Generation: The Future of Arts and Culture Placemaking in Rural America, a RUPRI / Art of the Rural collaboration, launched its first national product today, the Digital Learning Commons (ruralgeneration.org).

Today, the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) and Art of the Rural launch a new Digital Learning Commons (ruralgeneration.org). A platform for storytelling, research, and best practices, the Commons fosters an...

Creating a Sharing Economy that Actually Shares: Three ways nonprofits can embrace sharing, and bring their leadership and changemaking into the 21st century.

Stanford SOCIAL INNOVATION Review, Feb. 8, 2016 By:  Laura Zabel Executive director of Springboard for the Arts, a community development organization run by and for artists. Springboard operates Creative Exchange, a platform for...

Bruce Weber – The Applied Economics Department at Oregon State University recently honored Dr. Bruce Weber, Professor Emeritus and Director of the OSU Rural Studies Program, on the occasion of his retirement. Bruce continues his leadership role on the RUPRI Analytic and Academic Programs team.

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A Kentucky project from the RUPRI/AOTR “Next Generation” initiative bridges the rural/urban divide, in a ground- breaking exchange of creative Next Generation leaders, across the Commonwealth.

Thanks much to Daily Yonder! Click this link to view article Breaking Down Rural – Urban Barriers: Featuring Savannah Barrett of Art of the Rural and Josh May of Appalshop  ...

A Webinar was hosted on January 12th by NADO on USDA’s Strategic Economic and Community Development Program and How Rural Communities Can Apply

Click here for Webinar Recording & Slides   On January 12, the National Association of Development Organizations in partnership with U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA-RD) hosted an informational webinar...

RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis reviews Rural Medicare Advantage Plan Payment in 2015

Payment to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans was fundamentally altered by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA).  This brief finds that while plans operating in both rural and...

Sec. Vilsack, White House Rural Council, to lead new Obama Administration effort on rural heroin challenge. Today the Obama Administration will announce that USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack will lead a major new administration initiative to address the growing rural heroin use epidemic in rural America. Here is the Washington Post story.

Link to Article     Here’s how the White House plans to address rural America’s struggle with heroin The White House will announce Friday that President Obama is appointing Agriculture Secretary...

National Academy of Sciences releases report: Rationalizing Rural Area Classifications for ERS, including presentations from RUPRI Leaders, Dr. Tom Johnson and Dr. Bruce Weber

National Academy of Sciences releases report Rationalizing Rural Area Classifications for the Economic Research Service, including presentations from RUPRI Leaders, Dr. Tom Johnson and Dr. Bruce Weber The Economic Research Service...