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Community Health and Well-Being
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How Pittsburgh Is Addressing Social and Economic Disparities
Jul 2, 2019
Pittsburgh has been taking a hard look at race, wealth, and opportunity. In partnership with RAND, the city has run and published its numbers on subjects ranging from police contacts to business ownership to graduation rates as part of a commitment to do better.
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Neighborhood Influences on Health
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Pittsburgh's Hill District Is Losing More Than a Supermarket
Tamara Dubowitz @TamaraDubowitz, La'Vette Wagner
Apr 1, 2019
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
When the Shop 'n Save in Pittsburgh's Hill District closed its doors for good, residents lost the ability to go to a supermarket near their homes. But they also lost something less tangible: a symbol of hope, opportunity, and change for their neighborhood.
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Global Climate Change
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Resilience and Adaptation Strategies Can Address the Impacts of Climate Change
Feb 26, 2019
With climate change already generating storms, heat waves, and droughts beyond historical norms, local governments need to do more to prepare. A decisionmaking framework developed by RAND allows communities to stress-test ideas, weigh the trade-offs, and plan for a range of possible futures.
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Water Supply
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Getting the Lead Out of Pittsburgh's Water
Jordan R. Fischbach @fischinwater, Linnea Warren May
Jul 3, 2017
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Without an aggressive long-term strategy for replacing service lines, and collaboration among the water authority, public officials, and residents, lead in Pittsburgh's water will persist.
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Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh's Annual Day of Giving
Susan S. Sohler Everingham
Sep 21, 2016
All funds that RAND raises on September 21 through Pittsburgh's Day of Giving will be devoted to RAND's work taking place in southwestern Pennsylvania.
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Educational Program Evaluation
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Pittsburgh Schools Are Making Progress
John Engberg
Jul 11, 2016
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Public Schools can reach new levels of excellence if its leadership boldly and wisely chooses initiatives that will serve all children and if it uses data to decide which initiatives should continue.
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Pittsburgh
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Helping Pittsburgh Stay on the Cutting Edge of Education Innovation
John F. Pane @JohnFPane, Laura S. Hamilton @HamiltonLauraS
May 8, 2016
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Local organizations, educators, and leaders are creating remarkable learning experiences for Pittsburgh's young people, and other cities around the country are striving to replicate their innovations.
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Pittsburgh
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In Pittsburgh, a Day of Giving
Susan S. Sohler Everingham
Apr 27, 2016
All funds that RAND raises on May 3 through Pittsburgh's Day of Giving will be devoted to RAND's work taking place in southwestern Pennsylvania.
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Neighborhood Influences on Health
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The Surprising Ways That a Supermarket Changed a Food Desert
Feb 24, 2016
The arrival of a new grocery store in a 'food desert' neighborhood delivered some obvious health benefits. But the benefits had nothing to do with whether the residents shopped there.
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Police-Community Relations
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Examining Police, Community Relations
May 8, 2015
The “Strengthening Police-Community Trust” panel held Wednesday at RAND's Pittsburgh offices felt ripped from the headlines, and from the outset the discussion was focused on what the moderator called “the intersection between the community and the police.”
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Pittsburgh
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Building the Best Pittsburgh Possible
Susan S. Sohler Everingham
Apr 9, 2015
p4 Blog
Pittsburgh's journey toward its bright future has only just begun. To realize its potential, the city needs a vision as well as an innovative, inclusive, and data-driven approach to community development.
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Neighborhood Influences on Health
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Location, Location, Location: Does the Food Desert Narrative Hold Up?
Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Tamara Dubowitz @TamaraDubowitz
Oct 28, 2014
The RAND Blog
There's little rigorous evidence to support the notion that 'food deserts' are driving the U.S. obesity epidemic. But this narrative has nearly become conventional wisdom. In response, stakeholders have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into bringing supermarkets to these neighborhoods.
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Community Health and Well-Being
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Here's to Our Health
Tamara Dubowitz @TamaraDubowitz, Anita Chandra, Wendy M. Troxel @wendytroxel
Nov 25, 2013
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Atop the new mayor's agenda should be improving the health and well-being of Pittsburgh residents. With an unassailable electoral mandate in hand, Mr. Peduto is positioned to take bold steps. And the best way to do that is by applying scientific and medical evidence to shape an integrated, citywide, health-policy framework.
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Education Policy
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School Principals Respond to Performance-Based Evaluation System
Laura S. Hamilton @HamiltonLauraS, John Engberg
Aug 15, 2012
The RAND Blog
It's fair to say the program turned out to be an important step for the district in the context of its overall reform plan considering how important high-quality school leadership is for improving teaching and learning, write Laura Hamilton and John Engberg.
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The Upside of Snowmageddon
Susan S. Sohler Everingham, Stuart S. Olmsted, Henry H. Willis @HenryHWillis
Mar 28, 2010
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The city's lame response shows, yet again, why we need more cooperation among local governments.
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Getting to Know Pittsburgh: The City Has Embraced Me ... and Now the World?
Susan S. Sohler Everingham
Sep 19, 2009
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In the year since I moved to Pittsburgh from Southern California, it's become clear that I unwittingly chose the perfect moment in history to come here, writes Susan Everingham.
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Public Libraries Are Needed Now More Than Ever
Susan S. Sohler Everingham, Sally Sleeper
May 29, 2009
Pittsburgh Business Times
What Pittsburgh attraction provides $3 of economic output for every public dollar invested? The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. If you find this factoid unlikely, it is because the research that discovered it received an astounding lack of attention, write Susan Everingham and Sally Sleeper.
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Pittsburgh
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RAND Finds Pittsburgh Grand; Research Nonprofit Marks 6 Years With New Offices and Commitment to Make the City and Region Better
James A. Thomson @thomson0145, Barry Balmat
Jun 20, 2006
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Published commentary by RAND staff: RAND Finds Pittsburgh Grand; Research Nonprofit Marks 6 Years With New Offices and Commitment to Make the City and Region Better, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Forum: Leaner Learning
Brian Gill
Dec 4, 2005
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Published commentary by RAND staff: Forum: Leaner Learning in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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The Falling Dollar: A Silver Lining for Pittsburgh
Barry Balmat, Keith Crane
May 8, 2005
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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Regional Cooperation Is Not Capitulation
Sally Sleeper
Oct 17, 2004
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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Parents of Schoolchildren: Start Your Information Engines
Brian Gill, Laura S. Hamilton @HamiltonLauraS
Oct 10, 2004
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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Downtown is a Pittsburgh Neighborhood
Rachel Rue
Oct 3, 2004
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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Quality, Not Quantity
Henry H. Willis @HenryHWillis
Sep 26, 2004
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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The Bright Lights in Pittsburgh's Future
Barry Balmat, Peter A. Morrison
Sep 19, 2004
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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