J-PAL North America and Results for America announced 18 new collaborations with state and local governments through their Leveraging Evidence and Evaluation for Equitable Recovery (LEVER) programming.
The MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences bestowed Infinite Mile Awards on five staff members selected by their colleagues for going the extra mile in their roles and work on a regular basis.
J-PAL North America is developing a strategic vision, to be informed by a new racial equity advisory committee to advance inclusion, prioritize racial equity in research, and promote equitable and inclusive research practices in its network.
MIT's J-PAL North America announces six new evaluation incubator partners to catalyze research on pressing social issues, including housing stability, procedural justice, transportation, and income assistance.
Matthew Notowidigdo has been named co-scientific director of J-PAL North America. The professor of economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business an MIT alumnus will guide J-PAL North America in developing rigorous research on economic mobility and advise the creation of a racial equity research agenda.