The annual conference, Advancing Appalachia, will be held September 4-5, 2024! “Advancing Appalachia” is co-hosted by the state of Tennessee at the Chattanooga Convention Center. 🌄 This event will highlight how our partners are advancing Appalachia's 13 states and 423 counties by building businesses and workforces, investing in infrastructure and tourism, and growing local leadership capacity. Watch […]

The Philadelphia Fed and the Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) are cohosting the 2024 Anchor Economy Conference at the Independence Visitor Center in Philadelphia, May 15–16, 2024. This event brings together healthcare and higher education institution leaders, community development practitioners, researchers, experts, and others to share and discuss anchor strategies and best practices, as well as […]

Registration for the 2024 Pennsylvania Data User Conference is now open at pasdcconference.org. We invite you to join us this year in State College at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. This conference, co-sponsored by the Center for Rural PA, spans two days filled with presentations on applied data analysis and demographic research. The first […]

This year’s conference is co-sponsored by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania and will be located at Penn State’s University Park campus in State College, Centre County, PA. This year’s conference will also occur over two days from 9:00am on Wednesday, May 29 through noon on Thursday, May 30. More information and registration link to come […]

This two-day conference focuses on clinical care and research of genetic conditions affecting the Plain community, including Old Order Amish and Mennonites. The event encourages clinicians, nurses, scientists, administrators, and Plain people to share information and ideas. Our aim is to improve the health of plain communities through collaborative research, education, and resource utilization. More […]