Past Events
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Sep 1Fall 2026 Semester Kick Off
Memorial Union Terrace
We invite all CDE & CDHA students, affiliates, and friends to kick off the Fall semester at the Terrace! Beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) and snacks provided.
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Sep 1Reproducibility Workshop
Required for New and Returning Students who have not attended before, Optional for Postdocs and Faculty
Sewell Social Science, Room 8411
Social hour on the Terrace from 4:30 – 6:00 pm (entire CDE & CDHA community welcome and encouraged to attend!)
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May 12Web Scraping for Demographic Research: A Workshop ~ Summer DemSem 2025William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building Rm. 8417*
Monday, May 12th, 9:45am-4:15pm to Tuesday, May 13th, 9:30-4:00pm with a gathering at the Memorial Union Terrace to follow from 4:00-5:15pm. This two-day workshop co-sponsored by the Center for Demography & Ecology, the Center for Demography of Health & Aging, and the Departments of Sociology and Economics will be led by Russell Dimond of the …
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Apr 25CDE & CDHA Spring Research SymposiumUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Pyle Center, AT&T Lounge, 702 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53706
This spring event brings together CDHA & CDE faculty, staff, and students to share innovative research, foster collaborations, and encourage work that advances the Centers’ research themes. Flash presentations by colleagues will be followed by a community reception from 5:00-6:00pm with beverages (non-alcoholic and alcoholic) and hors d’oeuvres. Time Presentation Speaker 3:00 Welcome & Opening …
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Apr 23La Follette Seminar Series with Melinda Mills (co-sponsored by CDHA)
Sterling Hall, conference room 1328 La Follette Event webpage
Co-sponsored by the La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Center for Demography of Health & Aging Professor Melinda Mills is Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Professor of Demography and Population Health at the University of Oxford, and founder of Data4Science. Mills has over 20 years of experience in research in the area …
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Apr 22DemSem: Jinkook Lee (USC), “Innovations in Global Aging Research on Brain Health”8417 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building DemSem Full Semester Schedule
The talk will discuss how population aging is a global phenomenon, with virtually every country in the world is experiencing growth in the number and proportion of older persons in their population. In light of this trend, I will introduce innovations in global aging research, particularly in the area of cognition and Alzheimer’s Disease and …
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Apr 21Tiffany Joseph (Northeastern University) Lecture “Not All In: Race, Immigration, and Healthcare Exclusion in the Age of Obamacare”Ingraham 336
This event is co-sponsored by CDHA. NOT ALL IN: Race, Immigration, and Health Care Exclusion in the Age of Obamacare by Tiffany Joseph Examines how health policy shifts fail to fully serve immigrant communities due to structural racism and anti-immigrant rhetoric and enforcement measures. Despite progressive policy strides in health care reform, immigrant communities continue …
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Apr 15DemSem: Rahi Abouk (William Paterson University), “The Roots of Health Disparities: Access to Physicians in Early 20th Century America”8417 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building DemSem Full Semester Schedule
Dr. Rahi Abouk is a CDE Visiting Scholar and will be joining us April 14th – 18th. The 1910 Flexner Report transformed medical education in the U.S. but led to the closure of five predominantly Black medical schools, severely reducing the number of Black physicians and widening healthcare disparities. This research explores the long-term impact of these …
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Apr 112025 Reception at PAAMarriott Marquis Washington DC, 901 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC
We are excited to announce a PAA Reception jointly hosted by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research, UCLA’s California Center for Population Research, Brown University’s Population Studies & Training Center, University of Washington’s Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Demography and Ecology and Center for …