Event Archive
Being A(n Even) Better Mentor ~ Faculty Training
On Monday, May 20th, 2024, junior & senior colleagues gathered for a training to learn approaches to improve mentoring experiences with a focus on grad student mentorship. This highly-rated workshop was offered by UW Professor Stephanie Robert, who leads mentoring workshops around the country.
CDE & CDHA 2024 Spring Research Event
The Center for Demography and Ecology and the Center for Demography of Health and Aging were pleased to host our annual spring research event on Friday, May 3rd from 9:00-11:45 am in the AT&T Lounge at the Pyle Center. This workshop brings together faculty and student affiliates from across UW to foster collaborations for innovative research, provide networking opportunities, and encourage work that advances the Centers’ research themes.
CDE & CDHA 2023 Spring Research Retreat
The Center for Demography and Ecology and the Center for Demography of Health and Aging were pleased to host a spring research retreat that took place on Friday, May 5th, 2023, from 2-5pm in the AT&T Lounge at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, Wisconsin. This workshop brought together Center faculty and student affiliates from across UW to foster collaborations for innovative research, provide networking opportunities and refreshments, and encourage work that advances the Centers’ Research Themes (CDE & CDHA).
Summer DemSem 2022
From May 23-24, 2022, Scott Cunningham hosted CDE/CDHA’s Summer DemSem session and presented on several different topics relevant to social science researchers, particularly graduate students. This two-day event was held in-person on campus.
Climate Change, Aging, and Health Across the Life Course ~ 2024 Workshop
This multi-day workshop from May 13th-15th, 2024, aimed to advance inquiry in climate change and health across the lifecourse. The workshop had four aims: (1) to share cutting-edge research on the effects of climate conditions on physical, mental, and cognitive health among older adults in the U.S. and Mexico—two linked, aging populations; (2) to identify the data and study design features needed to advance rigorous research on climate and aging; (3) to identify major gaps in research in climate and aging—including behavioral mechanisms of adaptation to climate change —and develop cross-Center, cross-institutional collaborations to begin addressing these gaps; and (4) to support the scholarship of early-stage investigators advancing NIA research on the effects of climate change on older adults.
PAA 2024 Reception
CDE & CDHA hosted a PAA Reception jointly with the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research & UCLA’s California Center for Population Research on Thursday, April 18th, from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM at the Hyatt Regency Columbus (350 N High St, Columbus, OH) in the McKinley Room.
60th Anniversary Celebration and Conference
Since its founding in 1962, the Center for Demography in Ecology has served as hub for population research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. To celebrate sixty years of innovation and collaboration, CDE hosted an anniversary celebration and conference on October 7-8, 2022 at the Pyle Center.
Summer DemSem 2024
CDE & CDHA were pleased to host Summer DemSem 2024- a two-day workshop hosted in collaboration with the Climate Change, Aging, and Health Across the Life Course Workshop.
Summer DemSem 2023
CDE & CDHA were pleased to host Summer DemSem 2023 – a two-day workshop featuring a variety of speakers, trainings, and workshops for CDE graduate students May 16th-17th, 2023! This year’s theme – Data Visualization – centered on critical engagement with design principles and data visualization, as well as practical utilization and application of R to represent data through a variety of graphics and animations.
NextGenPop Summer 2022
The summer 2022 program was hosted by the University of Wisconsin–Madison. From May 31-June 14, 18 undergraduate students lived and studied at UW for 2 weeks. Participants received an introduction to population research through classroom instruction and hands-on applications that addressed contemporary social issues, including race and income inequalities, health disparities, immigration, and family change.