Go team and plan to join next year 💙💛 @um-psc.bsky.social

For all population scientists: Join us for open office hours on Zoom Wednesday! PDHP offers stellar mentorship: pdhp.isr.umich.edu/resources/

So many reasons to come to #PAA2026: 1) the best place to receive feedback from peers and interdisciplinary scholars 2) hearing latest research, methods, ideas from colleagues 3) the community 🫶 Attendees keep coming back year after year! Submit your work by Oct. 5. buff.ly/3KR6NRM

Here's the dirt cake I'm bringing, along with some other secret treats for the @um-psc.bsky.social family!

Tomorrow!! Olsen Park, 1-4pm, @um-psc.bsky.social annual picnic! Food truck from Saucy Joes with Italian pasta and panini and gelato from 1:30-3:30 - everyone welcome, bring family, games, demography trivia 💙💛

All credit go to the mentors, and to one of mine, the peerless Jim House, who I was honored to honor 💙💛

PAA, along with APC, is listed in yesterday's Wall Street Journal @wsj.com recognizing the groups that support the Rally for Medical Research. We look forward to rallying with them today and Thursday. buff.ly/VL9SJyz

@sashakillewald.bsky.social in @us.theconversation.com: "The number of children Americans have affects the gender pay gap only because parenthood decreases women’s wages while increasing men’s wages." @umichstonecid.bsky.social theconversation.com/us-women-nar...

But here is how his response was covered at the time: thehill.com/homenews/adm...

best caffeine and creative snacks out there, and fascinating guests - join if you can @um-psc.bsky.social !!

New in the Journal of Health Economics: PSC's Hoyt Bleakley investigates whether education gains that result from longer lifespans make a difference in economic well-being: Living longer itself matters much more than that extra schooling. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40885078/

At the Oct. 7 PSC Coffee chat, would you rather hear biostatician Rod Little sing... 1️⃣ a Tom Lehrer cover song about imputation 2️⃣ a sea shanty 📊 Show results

1 month to submit! Your submissions are welcome for the PAA 2026 Annual Meeting and we look forward to a full and rigorous scientific conference next spring in St. Louis! buff.ly/Uu9sG50

We're about to start seeing the real world consequences of defunding (really gutting) public health, both at the CDC and USAID. While we're rightly focused on RFK right now, the fault also lies with Trump, Musk, and a Republican Congress unwilling to deal with the threat.

Thank you @maggielevenstein.bsky.social and @johnkubale.bsky.social for this great summary and action call in @theconversation.com on #DisappearingData

2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll..... 13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/

The submission site is now open! Submit your work to #PAA2026 — Deadline is Sunday, October 5. www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...

Data the public relies on is vanishing. In a new article, ISR researchers @maggielevenstein.bsky.social and @johnkubale.bsky.social explain what’s happening, how it affects public trust, and what can be done to preserve critical data. Read more: myumi.ch/D8XdE #DataPreservation #ProtectScience

From the @theconversation.com today by @maggielevenstein.bsky.social & @johnkubale.bsky.social “Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it.”‬ #academicsky #data #umich @icpsr.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social

The decennial #Census is the nation’s largest, most complex peacetime activity requiring almost a decade of preparations, including painstaking research and testing. See the full statement from PAA and APC Presidents on the Administration's "new" census: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...

this is beacon of hope style news!

It's going to be amazing, and it's free! 8/20 workshop on APC analysis with Dr. Yang Claire Yang from UNC. Or watch and get the materials later - from @um-psc.bsky.social

@karenguzzo.bsky.social we [heart] wonderful PAA members like you!!

So excited that the #PAA2026 call includes a dedicated session on: **Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography** Get your submissions ready for session 917 and please share widely!!

It's time #PAA2026 @popassocamerica.bsky.social www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...

we can't wait to see all your submissions, everyone - looking forward to seeing you in St. Louis!

join us @um-psc.bsky.social and beat the corn sweats! 🌽 We have the good treats: ice cream "nacho" bar - see you at 2!🍨

Please join us @um-psc.bsky.social and beat the "corn sweats" 🌽 the treats are going to be really great! Can you say ice cream "nacho" bar? 🍨

The invisible caregivers of our most vulnerable - most of whom are women - are already overburdened. What’s coming as a result of Medicaid changes is going to hurt so many.

If you're curious about the FOIA requests to colleges & universities that are looking to weed out "woke," here's the request that UNC got earlier this month. nextrequest.unc.edu/requests/25-...

Today #NIH leadership were told no funds can go out for research project grants, R&D contracts or training grants. We have just a couple weeks to get funds out the door before Russel Vought attempts a #PocketRescission on Aug 15. Even if this ends up being temporary, it’s time we don’t have.

New, from an anonymous NIH insider: Trump is being pushed to spend more NIH money. The White House is ordering NIH to do multi-year budgets for awards. This budget trick means fewer awards, fewer labs funded, and lower paylines for researchers. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...

If you have been affected by the removal of federal public health data, @academyhealth.bsky.social wants to hear from you! They are suing to restore access to these data and need concrete examples for their case. Link to submit is at the bottom of this post: academyhealth.org/blog/2025-05...

i just did this for $10/month. worth every penny.

In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists who were about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant applications for the US agency, Nature has learnt. go.nature.com/3TEw7GN

How can data, research, and policy initiatives provide more opportunities for advancement in the U.S.? Our new report looks at the key domains that shape economic and social mobility and the data infrastructure needed to support future research. buff.ly/7PSfnFn

Earlier, several NIH staffers told me that NIH awards that had been held are being issued now. Bunches of them. Wonder if this report from the WaPo (gift link) has to do with it.

👕Rob's Daily Shirtpost👕 Today's shirt commemorates great figures! These figures have developed the fields we study, and hopefully we can use the tools they give us to shape the future. #ICPSR #SumProg25 #Shirt

You can get video, code & more from all our past workshops too at pdhp.isr.umich.edu/workshops/pa... part of @um-psc.bsky.social

Tell Congress to Reject President Trump's Proposed FY 2026 Cuts to NIH and NSF and Review Agency Reorganization Proposals www.congressweb.com/POPASSOC/4?f...

Fiscal Year 2026 Deliberations Begin: Raising the Stakes for NIH, NSF, and Federal Statistical Agencies www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...

⚖️ HUGE day today in the NIH terminations cases There's a trial (of sorts) at 10a ET in Boston today for arguments that NIH unlawfully terminated 100s of grants. It's a 3 hour hearing and I'll post periodic updates. Of note: this is the 1st lawsuit filed against the Trump Admin to go to trial.

#NIH took down this notice. It wasn't even up long enough to get into the Wayback machine. You can still, for the moment, see it listed in the notices search page. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... grants.nih.gov/funding/nih-...

Grant terminations have gotten most of the attention, but death-by-non-renewal has been pretty devastating, too.

Probably one of the most popular items at ##IASSIST2025: @icpsr.bsky.social's data rescue badges

EXTREMELY BAD NEWS for economic research, per former BLS Commissioner @ericagroshen.bsky.social on LinkedIn. BLS is suspending access to its restricted data "for the forseeable future." Applies to projects through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers & onsite projects with BLS. #EconSky

So chuffed about our amazing colleague Dr. Al Young's leadership at this critical time! A dream team with @jessicacalarco.bsky.social

Dropped by @harvardpress.bsky.social today to see my amazing editor & get a first look at my book jacket. Thrilled to see it in print!

Congratulations to Grace Noppert!! She has been awarded with a Research Faculty Recognition Award from the UM Office of the Vice President for Research.

An amazing group of people moving to make even more amazing research happen @um-psc.bsky.social and @um-src.bsky.social and across campus! 🌐〽️💙