Bridging Rural Health Research and Policy: Dissemination Strategies - PDF

New Strategies for Texas' Economies - PDF

Why Rural Development Investments are Critical to the Future of America's Farm Families - PDF

Reframing the Relationship Between Rural and Ag Policy: A Farm Bill Update - PDF

Medicare Advantage Plans in Rural America - PDF

Keynote Speech to the Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation - PDF

Data Brief: Racial and Ethnic Composition of the Population - PDF

Testimony Before the House Agriculture Committe - PDF

Rethinking the Role of Higher Education in Rural Development - PDF

Where Does the North Country Symposium Go From Here? - PDF

2008-08-26 - New RUPRI Data Brief
• Racial and Ethnic Composition of the Population.  This data brief examines county racial and ethnic population change and composition.  Click here to open a PDF of the data brief.

2008-08-05 - Keynote Speech by RUPRI President Brian Dabson
• Keynote speech presented at the Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation 40th Anniversary Celebration in Somerset, Kentucky, August 5, 2008.  Click here for a PDF of the speech.

2008-07-23 - Testimony by Charles W. Fluharty
• Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development and Foreign Agriculture.  Click here for the written statement for the record.

2008-07-08 - Visions of the Rural Milieu: United States
• Paper by Brian Dabson, RUPRI President, prepared for the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) International Workshop of Experts: Contribution of Agriculture and the Rural Milieu to Sustainable Development and Food Security in the New International Context.  July 8-9, 2008, Costa Rica.  Click here to open the paper.

Legislative Update - more updates >>
Congressional Rural Health Hearing
House Ag Committee Reviews the State of Rural Health Care
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Rural in the News - more news >>
Understanding Four Rural Americas -
New report from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire describes four distinct rural Americas, based on a telephone survey. 2008-07-21
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Upcoming Events - more events >>
Workforce Innovation Leveraging Development - 2008-10-05
Rural Community College Alliance 2008 Annual Conference
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