Recent Events


October 10, 2008

Computing Workshop
Introduction to Stata #2

Sarah McKinnon
Population Research Center

Open to graduate students, staff, and faculty affiliated with the PRC or the Department of Sociology

Session #2: Common Stata commands (e.g., list, sum, tabulate)


October 10, 2008

Dept. of Sociology Talk
"Education and the Transitions to Adulthood: Lessons from Brazil and South Africa"

Leticia Marteleto
University of Michigan


October 3, 2008

Computing Workshop
Introduction to Stata #1

Sarah McKinnon
Population Research Center

Open to graduate students, staff, and faculty affiliated with the PRC or the Department of Sociology

Topics to be covered:
Session #1: Do files; Log files; Inputting data;
Session #2: Common Stata commands (e.g., list, sum, tabulate);
Session #3: Labeling and formatting variables; Recoding variables; Modifying data sets


October 3, 2008

Brown Bag Seminar
"Toward a New Paradigm for Prevention among Emerging Adults"

Kim Fromme
Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin


October 3, 2008

Geography and the Environment Colloquium
"Globalization, Sexuality, and HIV/AIDS in Cuba: A Health Geography Perspective"

Cynthia Pope
Central Connecticut State University


September 26, 2008

Brown Bag Seminar
"Experiencing Racism, Experiencing Illness: How Racial Bias Is Related"

Gilbert Gee
Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health


September 19, 2008

Brown Bag Seminar
"Early Inequality"

George Farkas
College of Education, University of California, Irvine


September 12, 2008

Brown Bag Seminar
"Military Service, Race, and Life Chances"

Jay Teachman
Department of Sociology, Western Washington University


September 5, 2008

Brown Bag Seminar
"Understanding Adolescent Development: Peers, Schools, and the Big Picture"

Robert Crosnoe
PRC and Department of Sociology


August 29, 2008

Brown Bag Seminar
"Fall 2008 Brown Bag Kickoff"

Mark Hayward
Director, Population Research Center

*Pizza and drinks will be served starting at 11:45 am*