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Mark Roberts standing beside Nittany Shrine short brown, side parted hair in a blue button down shirt, black belt and gray pants, smiling.

Roberts retires after leading center from inception to success

Jan 13, 2026

Mark Roberts, former director of the Penn State’s Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC), and liberal arts professor of economics, retired at the end of December after 45 years at Penn State. Roberts has led the FSRDC, part of the Social Science Institute, since its inception in…
News Topics: RDCCensusEconomicsCollege of the Liberal ArtsData Management
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Revolutionizing Economic Measurement At The Census Bureau’s Center For Economic Studies: Pioneering Research On Firm Dynamics, Employment Flows And Transformative Statistical Products

Jan 7, 2026

Written by:Ron Jarmin, Deputy Director of the United States Census Bureau I recently had the privilege of speaking at conferences honoring two economists who’ve made huge contributions to the profession and, most importantly for this blog, to the U.S. Census Bureau. Mark Roberts of Penn State…
News Topics: RDCCensusEconomics
Chris Fowler in light blue, button down shirt, pink tie brown hair and beard, smiling.

Fowler named director of statistical data center

Dec 5, 2025

Christopher Fowler, professor of geography, was recently named director of the Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC) at Penn State, a unit within the Social Science Research Institute and one of over 30 Federal Statistical Research Data Centers located across the country.…
News Topics: RDCGeographyData SourcesCensus

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