COLUMBIA, MO. --- The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) today announced the appointment of Dr. Matthew Fannin, as Associate Director, RUPRI Analytic and Academic Programs. He is currently Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, and Louisiana Center for Rural Initiatives. RUPRI is a national policy institute headquartered in the Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri. Dr. Fannin received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Louisiana State University, and his Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of Missouri.

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2013-05-22 - Getting our Story Straight: Rural Facts in Search of the 'Grand Narrative.'
• RUPRI President and CEO Chuck Fluharty's latest column for Agri-Pulse.  http://www.agri-pulse.com/Opinion-Getting-our-story-straight-Fluharty-May2013.asp

2013-05-08 - Two Presentations by RUPRI Health Panel Chair Keith Mueller
• How to Succeed by Trying: Adapting to Change and ACOs and Much More: Health Reform Comes to Rural America both made to the Rural Hospital Conference of the Colorado Hospital Association, Colorado Spring, CO, May 2013.

2013-05-08 - New Presentation by Clint MacKinney to the National Rural Health Association
• Frontier Extended Stay Clinics: A Sustainable Frontier Community Model.  Presented to the NRHA Annual Rural Health Conference, Louisville, KY.

2013-05-01 - Presentation by RUPRI Health Panel Chair Keith Mueller
• Impact on Health System Market Changes on Rural Health: ACO, PCMH, VBP Consolidation.  Presented to the State Offices for Rural Health Region D Meeting, San Diego, CA. Click here to open presentation.

2013-04-26 - New Presentation by Clint MacKinney to the Comprehensive Advanced Life Support Conference
• The Rural ED as a Flagship Service for the Hospital, Hospital System, and Community.  Presented in Minneapolis, MN.

2013-04-18 - Rural America, Urban America, or E Pluribus Unum?
• RUPRI President Chuck Fluharty is now a contributing columnist on Agri-Pulse. Here is his current column: <http://www.agri-pulse.com/Rural-America-Urban-America-Fluharty-04082013.asp>

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WH Rural Council Announces Three New Initiatives
The White House Rural Council announces three new initiatives to leverage existing programs and funding to drive economic growth in rural communities.
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Small Main Street Businesses Revitalize Rural MS Town
New York Times higlights the work of four entrepreneurial women to revitalize rural Water Valley, Mississippi.
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