University of Wisconsin–Madison

Weekly Events, September 13-17

Monday, September 13

  • Population Health Sciences Seminar: “Introduction and Updates from the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin: An Infrastructure for Population Health Sciences at UW Madison,” Kristen Malecki 12:00-1:00 pm (details)
  • Race and Ethnicity Workshop: Introduction and Scheduling 2:00-3:30 pm (details)
  • Joseph L. Krislov Labor Workshop (Economics): “Where is Standard of Living the Highest? Local Prices and the Geography of Consumption,” Enrico Moretti (Berkeley) 3:45-5:00 pm (details)

Tuesday, September 14

  • CDE DemSem: “Educational Gender Gaps,” Shelly Lundberg (UC Santa Barbara) 12:15-1:30 pm (virtual)
  • Juli Plant Grainger Public Workshop (Economics): “The Effects of Urban Renewal Programs on Gentrification and Inequality,” Eric Chyn (Dartmouth) 3:45-5:00 pm (details)

Wednesday, September 15

  • Demography Training Seminar: “Art of the Abstract,” Jenna Nobles (UW) 2:00-3:15 pm (details)
  • Statistics Seminar: Spotlight Talk: EPIC – Big Data in Health Care 4:00-5:00 pm (details)

Thursday, September 16

  • Institute for Research on Poverty: “What’s the Power of Certainty? Experimental Evidence on the Effective Design of Free Tuition Policies,” Katherine Michelmore (Michigan) 12:15-1:30 pm (details)
  • Household Finance Research Seminar: ” High Cost Lenders and the Geographic Concentration of Foreclosures,” Stephen Ross (University of Connecticut) 3:45-4:45 pm (details)

Friday, September 17

  • Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education Sciences: “Access Denied: The Effect of Geographic Boundaries on White-Black Gaps in Access to Educational Opportunity,” Peter Rich and Christian Sprague (Cornell) 12:00-1:30 pm (details)