Recent data from the Weldon Cooper Center suggests that population changes in Virginia are to blame for the decline in school enrollment. Learn more by visiting axios.com/local/richmond… #educationtrends #virginiapopulation #localgov

Will Virginia schools grow or shrink? Weldon Cooper Center’s Zach Jackson was on 29 News earlier this week to share our latest school projection data. To learn more or to watch the full interview, visit our homepage - coopercenter.org #WeldonCooperWednesday

Of course we’re going to find data on…literally everything. Cooper Center’s Tom Guterbock recently surveyed Americans on their preferred groundhog for Groundhog Day. According to Tom’s research, one famous groundhog steals the show nationwide. ow.ly/qkx450QxmFm #UVA

The second oldest institution of higher learning in the U.S., William & Mary was chartered today in 1693 by King William III & Queen Mary II of England. According to UVA Cooper Center, W&M contributes nearly $1B & over 5,000 jobs to Virginia yearly. #wmCharterDay Hampton Roads Alliance

Cooper Center’s Bill Shobe was recently honored with the Public Impact Focused Research Award at the fifth annual Research Achievement Awards event. Please join us in congratulating him for his great work! To learn more, visit research.virginia.edu/2023-research-… to read the full article.

.@uvavpr awarded Bill Shobe, a Batten professor and a director at the UVA Cooper Center, the “Public Impact Focused Research Award” for his significant contributions in Virginia and beyond in the field of decarbonization and emissions markets. Read more: research.virginia.edu/2023-research-…

A recent study conducted by the Weldon Cooper Center shows that James Madison University not only provides significant and positive economic benefits to Harrisonburg, but the entire state of Virginia. To read the full report, visit jmu.edu/news/2024/02/1…

Think you know the next hot spot for retirement? According to a recent study by the Weldon Cooper Center, baby boomers are finding their way to retirement in southern Appalachia. Want to know why? Read the full article - ow.ly/x82750QSvhn #Appalachia UVA Karsh Institute of Democracy

The Weldon Cooper Center recently assisted the Utilities Department for the city of Charlottesville in a gas migration survey to better understand the community’s attitude towards natural gas and sustainability. To learn more about this study, visit coopercenter.org/beheardcva-res…

Thanks to Hamilton Lombard, Demographer at the UVA Cooper Center for doing a deep data dive into rural unification and demographics. Cohort members looked at data trends over the past few decades and discussed how population shifts impact rural communities. #GrowRuralVA

Remote work lets Americans continue to flee large cities for smaller towns even after the pandemic. “Maybe there isn’t going to be a rebound,” says Hamilton Lombard, a demographer at UVA Cooper Center. “Maybe the rebound is over.” usatoday.com/story/money/20…

Are you a leader in your industry? Have you always wanted to approach your work through the lens of #democracy and democratic institutions and culture? Apply to become a UVA Karsh Institute practitioner fellow in democracy. jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/UOVU…

The Sorensen Institute promotes constructive political and public policy conversations through group projects, where students and other participants express—and listen to— what are often different and/or opposing viewpoints. Click the link here for more: goodmenproject.com/featured-conte…

Estimates from the Weldon Cooper Center on the school-age population in Virginia help the state determine the distribution of funding for school districts, which informs the budget plans released in December. To learn more, read here: gazetteleader.com/fairfax/news/n…

Data from the Weldon Cooper Center indicates that a large contributor to the skyrocketing housing market in Petersburg is an influx of families. To learn more about the changes in Petersburg, visit: richmond.com/news/local/bus…

Shonel Sen, the projections program manager for the Cooper Center's Demographics Research Group, says, “When we say the population is growing slower, it is still increasing. The growth is just not as fast-paced as it used to be". To learn more, read here: news.virginia.edu/content/us-pop…

Data from the Weldon Cooper Center indicates that Northern Virginia has been especially affected by high interest rates and housing costs, which have resulted in residents moving elsewhere in search of lower pricing. To learn more, read here: richmond.com/news/state-reg…

Of the proposed plan from former President Trump, Weldon Cooper demographer Hamilton Lombard says, “the D.C. area would be more affected by shrinking the federal government than just about any other part of the country". To learn more, read here: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Data from the Weldon Cooper Center indicates that Northern Virginia is seeing more residents move out of the region than in. Will this pattern harm the Virginia economy? To learn more about the population shifts and their implications, read here: cardinalnews.org/2024/09/04/nor…

We had the privilege of organizing the 10th Annual Government Fiscal Sustainability Workgroup this year in Chicago. Special shout out to our speakers Justin Marlowe, Deborah Carroll, Joe Ferguson, Shayne Kavanaugh, and Nick Mastronardi. #pewcharitabletrusts #publicservice