Donna Ginther, professor of economics and Director of IPSR's Center for Economic and Business Analysis, has received a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to research the influences on women in biomedical sciences. Read full press release at link below.
Link(s): http://www.oread.ku.edu/~oread/2009/november/2/stories/ginther.shtml

The latest national, state, and county population estimates by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin and Puerto Rico Commonwealth and Puerto Rico Municipios by age and sex - for July 1, 2008 - were released by the U.S. Census Bureau on May 14, 2009. These estimates for Kansas and it's counties can be found at the link below.
Link(s): http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/census/estpop/asrh08/

LAWRENCE — A doctoral student in economics from the University of Kansas and her dissertation adviser have received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to study the impact of highly skilled immigrants on the U.S. economy.
Link(s): http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/may/13/economy.shtml