Congratulations to Sebastian Daza, Amelia Gibbons, Michael King, Julie Kirsch, Amrita Kulka, Isabel Pike, Jessica Polos, Ankit Rastogi, and Nathan Seltzer on the recent/upcoming successful defense of their dissertations! We wish them well on their …
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DemSemX – A Cross-Center Collaboration
CDE has developed a new cross-center collaborative effort – DemSemX – that will virtually bring together faculty and students from population research centers across 8 U.S. universities (Bowling Green, Cornell, Michigan, Minnesota, Penn State, Texas, …
CDE Hosted Virtual ‘Census 2020 Symposium’
Following UW-Madison’s move to fully remote work in mid-March due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus, CDE decided to hold its planned March 24th symposium on Census 2020 online – a first for CDE …
Sharing Information and Gathering Data about the COVID-19 Pandemic
In recent weeks, the COVID-19 outbreak has been the near-singular focus of the news media, and CDE affiliates have made their mark in the news cycle. Malia Jones typed a message for her family, friends, and …
PAA 2020 Roundup
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Population Association of America’s 2020 Annual Meetings were cancelled. We certainly missed the chance to attend this gathering. Some of these sessions were held virtually later …
Memorial resolution published by UW-Madison Faculty to honor Hal Winsborough
Dr. Winsborough, who went by Hal, arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1967, where he was an associate professor in the Department of Sociology charged with the creation of a demographic research center. Hal …
CDE & CDHA Presentations at Virtual PAA
A virtual version of the Population Association of America’s Annual Meeting will be taking place online Thursday, April 23 through Saturday, April 25. Though fewer scholars will be participating overall, a healthy number of CDE/CDHA …
CDE Affiliate Malia Jones Pens Op-Ed in USA Today
Malia Jones (Assistant Scientist, Applied Population Lab) is a social epidemiologist and CDE affiliate. Last week, she shared her thoughts about the COVID-19 epidemic via a Google Doc that went viral (the power of social …
Barbara Weston Corry, Longtime CDE Editor, Has Passed away
Barbara Weston Corry, longtime editor for CDE and the Sociology Department, passed away on December 28, 2019, at the age of 83. She retired in 1995 after serving as the editor for the Center for …