In early August 2011, the University Center for Social & Urban Research moved office locations on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.  Our new address is 3343 Forbes Ave.  We are located approximately half a mile down the road from our previous location and directly across from Magee Womens Hospital.  This move was necessary in order to make room for a new freshman residence hall.  Click here for our contact information with map links.    more ...

• Urban Affairs Association Conference 2012 - April 18-21
  • Sabina Deitrick, Local Host Committee Co-Chair
  • Panel participants:  Scott Beach, Donald Musa, Chris Briem, Doug Heuck, and Bob Gradeck
  • Ben Robinson, Chair of student volunteers and poster presenter
  • Registration Deadlines
    Early:  February 1, 2012 (5:00pm Central Standard Time)
    Late:  March 1, 2012 (5:00pm Central Standard Time)

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• Wednesday, Janeary 25, 2012:  Job Numbers In Pittsburgh Are Getting Stronger
  By Jared Adkins, 90.5 Essential Public Radio
  • PittsburghTODAY´s, Doug Heuck is interviewed regarding the state of the local economy.
  • "What´s unusual now, and really is kind of a terrific best of all worlds scenario, is that we went into the recession later, we didn´t go nearly as deep, and we´re coming out if at a much quicker rate than other regions"

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• Wednesday January 25, 2012:  The Survey Resarch Program now incorporates cell phone sampling into our Random Digit Dial surveys!
  
  • According to the most recent estimates, approximately 30% of U.S. households are cell-phone only
  • In addition, another 10-20% reports receiving most or all of their calls on their cell phone even though they still have a landline
  • This means that nearly half of all U.S. adults are reachable primarily by cell phone

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• Monday January 16, 2012:  Assessment Methods, Shortcomings Revealed
  By Andy Sheehan, KDKA TV
  • Regional economist, Chris Briem, is interviewed regarding Allegheny County assessment methods.
  • "Two out of three property owners should pay less in taxes next year."

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• Sunday January 8, 2012:  Many likely to see life savings dwindle in their ´older elderly´ years
  By Mike Wereschagin, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  • Richard Schulz, UCSUR Director, is quoted regarding senior healt care costs.
  • "As a group, seniors are much better off now than they were before we had Medicare. Health care costs were often devastating."

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• Sunday January 8, 2012:  Figure on losers aplenty from reassessment mess
  By Brian O´Neill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  • Our economist Chris Briem provides a different outlook on reassessments.
  • "About six of every 10 property owners would see a tax cut out of these reassessments."

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• Tuesday, December 28, 2011:  Loyalty, longevity are hallmarks at Pennsbury Village
  By Jodi Weigand, Pittsburgh Tribune Review
  • Economist Chris Briem provides data from the American Community Survey in this story about "aging in place."

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• December 22, 2011:  Pittsburgh Economic Quarterly (PEQ)
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  • Foreclosure, Vacancy and Crime
  • Transit and Commuting Patterns in Southwestern Pennsylvania
  • Updated Population Migration Report

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• December 19, 2011:  Location: Why Where You Set Up Shop Could Make or Break Your Company
  An Interview with Ron Morris, The American Entrepreneur
  • Doug Heuck, Director of the Southwestern PA Indicators Project, is interviewed on The American Entrepreneur radio show.
  • UCSUR´s Survey Research Program is highlighted (nine minutes into the interview) as Doug and Ron talk about a historic 32 county survey regarding life in the region.

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• December 12, 2011:  America´s most livable city
  By Christopher Booker
  • Sabina Deitrick, Director of our Urban and Regional Analysis Program, is featured in this Financial Times video.

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• Saturday, December 10, 2011:  Region records population gain for 2nd year in a row
  By Gary Rotstein, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  • Chris Briem´s Pittsburgh migration report is covered in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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• Thursday, December 8, 2011:  Focus on Healthy Aging
  By Tricia Pil and Daniel Bates, Pitt Chronicle
  • Richard Schulz, a Pitt professor of psychiatry and director of UCSUR is profiled in the Pitt Chronicle.
  • "Schulz, who also is associate director of the Aging Institute, has earned his place among the nation´s top experts on the social behavior and health largely because of his UCSUR-based research team´s study of the impact of illness and disability in late life on people and their partners."

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• Tuesday, December 6, 2011:  Migration Trends in the Pittsburgh Region Update
  
  • Economist Chris Briem releases an updated Pittsburgh migration report

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• Thursday, December 1, 2011:  Older Western Pennsylvania residents defy trends
  By Brian Bowling and Bill Vidonic, Pittsburgh Tribune Review
  • Economist Chris Briem projects population trends.
  • "Briem projects that Western Pennsylvania´s 65-and-older population will increase by 37 percent by 2030 while the same age group will increase by 51 percent in the state and 104 percent in the United States."

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• Sunday, November 27, 2011:  Census revises poverty line
  By Rachel Weaver and Jill King Greenwood, Pittsburgh Tribune Review
  • Economist Chris Briem provides insight regarding suburban poverty.
  • "Local areas with high rates of poverty are not necessarily places that are poor because of out-migration from the city."

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• Saturday, November 25, 2011:  Aged Population Continues to Rise in Allegheny County
  By Deanna Garcia, 90.5 Essential Public Radio
  • Chris Briem is interviewed regarding the aged population in Allegheny County.
  • "We´re in a period of relatively rapid increase. There´s a decline in the elderly population here, which is, generally speaking, 65 and over. Ninety plus has been increasing through the past as far as we look back, and is increasing now, but will be increasing a little slower toward the end of the decade."

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• Tuesday, November 8, 2011:  Census revises poverty line
  By Jason Cato, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  • Our economist Chris Briem is quoted regarding a census-revised poverty line.

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• Tuesday, November 8, 2011:  Civic Building could be sold for $1 million
  By Bob Bauder, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  • Downtown population data from UCSUR is referenced in this Tribune Review article.

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• August 22, 2011:  "Black Papers on African American Health"
  
  • The University Center for Social and Urban Research at the University of Pittsburgh, in partnership with the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh and the Allegheny County Health Department, is pleased to publish the second volume of what has come to be known as Pittsburgh´s "Black Papers" - a series of reports documenting the health status of African Americans and whites in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.  Volume one, entitled Black Papers on African American Health in Allegheny County, was published in September 2002.
  • The new volume, Allegheny County Population Health in Black and White, documents the vast differences that exist in the incidence, prevalence, and treatment of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS, among others.  While health conditions have improved in many ways for the population in Allegheny County since publication of Volume one, disparities in health and health care remain widespread.
  • Volume two contains introductory statements by Esther Bush, Thomas Starzl, and Ken Thompson and an Executive Summary by Jeannette South-Paul.  The report also contains an overview to black-white health in the county by Tony Robins and eight chapters on specific health disparities topics.  The report should prove to be a resource for the community, educators, and researchers for many years to come.

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University of Pittsburgh
University Center for Social & Urban Research
3343 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

• Administration
  Richard Schulz, PhD
  Phone: 412-624-5442,   email
• Survey Research Program (SRP)
  Scott R. Beach, PhD
  Phone: 412-624-7785,   email
• Qualitative Data Analysis Program (QDAP)
  Donald Musa, DrPh
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  Laurel Person Mecca, MA
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  Sabina R. Deitrick, PhD
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  Richard Schulz, PhD
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  Ken Sochats, PhD
  Phone: 412-624-9416,   email
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  Sally Newman, PhD
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