John Casterline has been elected the president-elect of the Population Association of America. Casterline, now a professor in population studies in the Department of Sociology at The Ohio State University, was the PSTC director from 1992-1994.

Jerome Marston, a PSTC predoctoral trainee in Political Science, has been awarded the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award.

Brown university has launched a new Mindfulness Center with Associate Professor of Epidemiology Eric Loucks as the director.

Climbing the socioeconomic ladder can prove challenging for many low-income students, but a recent study co-authored by Associate Professor of Economics John Friedman shows that poor students and their rich counterparts who attend similarly ranked colleges end up with comparable earning outcomes after graduation. The study, covered by Business Insider, also notes that some colleges are more successful than others in boosting low-income students' chances of upward mobility.