Category: Initiative

June 6, 2025

Congratulations 2025 Kanter Award Winner!

Wen-Dong Li , Jiexin Wang , Tammy Allen, Xin Zhang, Kaili Yu, Hong Zhang, Jason L. Huang, Mengqiao Liu, and Andrew Li are the winning authors for their article Getting under the skin? Influences of work–family experiences on personality trait adaptation and reciprocal relationships.

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January 12, 2024

COFO Holds 26th Family Impact Seminar at Indiana Statehouse

Legislators and policymakers heard research about Reducing Poverty and Producing Prosperity in Indiana.
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August 8, 2023

Congratulations 2023 Kanter Award Winners!

Anette Fasang and Silke Aisenbrey are the winning authors for their article Uncovering social stratification: Intersectional inequalities in work and family life courses by gender and race.
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May 25, 2023

Purdue receives $5 million Lilly Endowment grant to support Military Family Research Institute

A $5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. will provide continued support during the next three years for the work Purdue University’s Military Family Research Institute (MFRI) does to improve the lives of military families and veterans.
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October 8, 2021

Purdue’s Military Family Research Institute partners with Hamilton Center to promote high standards of care for military families

The Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University (MFRI) has reached a milestone in its goal of promoting high-quality care for veterans, current service members and their families. Hamilton Center in Terre Haute has become the first three-star center in...
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May 28, 2021

New Illinois program seeks to serve low-income, homeless and low-resource rural veterans

The Military Family Research Institute (MFRI) at Purdue University is collaborating with University of Illinois Extension and select Illinois food pantries and faith-based communities on Reaching Rural Veterans (RRV), a Purdue-based program that connects low-income, homeless and low-resource rural veterans
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March 29, 2021

Work-home boundary role transitions: Telework before, during and after COVID-19

2021 Kanter Lecture: Dr. Joni Delanoeije, 2020 Kanter Award Nominee
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February 28, 2021

WINNER: Reconceptualizing what and how women negotiate for career advancement

2020 Kanter Award Winner Announced: The Center for Families at Purdue University and the Boston College Center for Work & Family are delighted to announce the winner of the 2020 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. Hannah...
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April 16, 2020

Families Tackling Tough Times Together – an online support community during COVID-19 pandemic

“Families are facing stress from numerous actions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, “Every family has strengths, but at times like this they can benefit from being encouraged and reminded of that. We are providing resources to...
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May 29, 2019

What caregivers need most – MFRI, Tom Hanks, Savannah Guthrie and Andrew Luck join Indiana military veterans, caregivers

A new study released by the Elizabeth Dole Foundation and Purdue University’s Military Family Research Institute indicates that in Indiana, most military caregivers are spouses. With the number of veterans in need increasing, more than three-quarters of caregivers are under
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