Please submit nominations to the Eastern Sociological Society Merit Award. The award recognizes an ESS member’s exceptional achievement and a lifetime of scholarly contribution to the discipline and the profession. The deadline is Oct. 15. www.essnet.org/ess-merit-aw...

📣 New #Funding Opportunities to support impactful research that will shape the future of health care: 🔹 Penn LDI Research Initiative on Improving Primary Care for Older Adults 🔹 Penn LDI-Penn Medicine Research Laboratory 🔹 Penn LDI Small Grants Program Apply here: https://bit.ly/46EDepU

Grad students & postdocs! 🧠🔬 Share your research at the MindCORE Retreat Oct 16. You'll have 5 mins to present your work on 2 slides: Slide 1: Your research question & hypothesis Slide 2: One key experiment/result All MindCORE fields welcome! Submit by 9/29: mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/calendar_eve...

A new study of over 105k insured patients finds that cost sharing had an inconsistent impact on acupuncture use. Insurance coverage itself may matter more than cost sharing when it comes to increasing acupuncture use. Read more: https://doi.org/10.1177/27536130251363903

CHIBE Director Dr. Kevin Volpp will be speaking at the University of Delaware on Sept 29 from 3:30-5 PM ET on "Preventive power: using nudges and incentives to improve health." His talk is the keynote for the 2025 Folytn Seminar. Find more details here: www.udel.edu/udaily/2025/...

Don't miss Monday's PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM! MON | 9/22 | 12PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403) @hopeharvey.bsky.social of UK Martin School presents Doubled Up: Shared Households and the Precarious Lives of Families LEARN MORE: bit.ly/3Il0BeX

Don't miss Monday's PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM! MON | 9/22 | 12PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403) @hopeharvey.bsky.social of UK Martin School presents Doubled Up: Shared Households and the Precarious Lives of Families LEARN MORE: bit.ly/3Il0BeX

Congrats to PSC Research Associate @leticiamarteleto.bsky.social , recently elected to the Board of Directors of the PAA @PopAssocAmerica. Her term begins on January 1, 2026. www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we... Find Dr. Marteleto on Bluesky @leticiamarteleto.bsky.social

2026–2027 Univ of Pennsylvania & CHOP Provost Postdoctoral Fellowship Apply by 10/12/2025 The fellowship seeks applicants with outstanding academic promise from across a range of disciplines—including arts, sciences, engineering, biomedical, & social sciences. postdocs.upenn.edu/provosts-fel...

People magazine has an exclusive excerpt of my book today, one week and one day until pub!! people.com/why-women-ca...

The Graduate Group in Demography at the University of Pennsylvania is now accepting applications for its PhD program in Demography. We look forward to recruiting a strong and diverse cohort for Fall 2026! ➡️ Applications are due December 15, 2025 ⬅️ Learn More:

Join us Monday for the PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM! MON | 9/15 | 12PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403) Dan Spears of the University of Texas at Austin presents After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People LEARN MORE: bit.ly/46hIGxy

Check out this NEW PAPER by PSC Research Associate @leticiamarteleto.bsky.social and Sneha Kumar "Dynamic Family Size Preferences During the COVID-19 Mortality Crisis: A Research Note" @dzc-upenn.bsky.social @pennaging.bsky.social

#ICYMI: Angela Duckworth, renowned researcher on grit and motivation, has been added to our Heritage Wall! Her groundbreaking work has transformed how we understand achievement and success. Check out her Heritage Wall page to learn more! 📰: ow.ly/je4R50WUx6n

🎉Exciting news! The CHERISH Research Center has secured a new $10.9M NIDA grant to power the next 5 years of groundbreaking work on the health economics of substance use disorder, HCV, & HIV. Penn LDI is proud to be a core partner in this vital effort. Learn more: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

The Data Driven Discovery Initiative has a new Undergraduate Data Science Fellows Grant Program, which provides financial support, mentorship, & access to resources for students pursuing ambitious, data-driven research. Apply here by Oct 3: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @upenndddi.bsky.social

New study featuring LDI Fellow dalbarra.bsky.social: CyberGIS-HIV, a web-based prediction tool, had more favorable public health and modeling ratings than other approaches currently used by 42 state & federal public health officials + modelers. Read more: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308194

1/ #NaturalExperiments are increasingly being used to answer #clinicalquestions, like how does treatment X affect disease outcome Y. Recent review by Lizzie Bair and me in NEJM Evidence covers examples and best practices for these types of studies: evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Join us Monday for the PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM! MON | 9/15 | 12PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403) Dan Spears of the University of Texas at Austin presents After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People LEARN MORE: www.pop.upenn.edu/events/2025/...

Find the PSC on LinkedIn! www.linkedin.com/company/popu...

Join us Monday for the first colloquium of the fall semester! MON | 9/8 | 12PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403) Matt Hall ( @fertmortmig.bsky.social ) presents Deportations and Latino Segregation: The Residential Impacts of Interior Immigration Enforcement LEARN MORE: bit.ly/3VrxTvM

The minimum staffing rule - which only 20% of nursing homes currently meet - would save 13,000 lives per year, according to @pennpsc.bsky.social and @pennaging.bsky.social researcher Norma B. Coe. She discusses her research on the @theconsumervoice.org podcast.

There are more than 100 working papers by @pennpsc.bsky.social & @pennaging.bsky.social researchers in the POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPERS SERIES! TAKE A LOOK: bit.ly/3R4FeQb

Are we starting to see multiple remote jobs as the norm? PSC researcher Jerry Jacobs comments in @fortune.com on the shifting trends in work habits.

The PENN POPULATON STUDIES COLLOQUIUM returns! September lineup includes Matthew Hall - Cornell Dean Spears - UT Austin @hopeharvey.bsky.social - UK Martin School Suzanne Bell - @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social Join us Mondays, 12 - 1 PM in the PSC Commons, 304 McNeil. bit.ly/3qFVUU6

The latest PENN POPULATION STUDIES NEWSLETTER includes news & events that feature our students & researchers, including @vincebed.bsky.social, Norma B. Coe and Jere R. Behrman. READ THE ISSUE:

Bloomberg did such a beautiful job of covering my research on women's time use! "You see this mountain in child care + housework time at the same time as women are trying to invest in their careers.” Intensive parenting + intense careers = a perfect storm. Gift 🔗: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

LDI Fellow @dalbarra.bsky.social and colleagues built an AI system that creates effective public health social media campaigns in real time, and these messages were six times as likely to be posted by public health agencies. Read more on our blog: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

"This is easily the biggest impact on child survival that I’ve seen from an intervention that was designed to alleviate poverty,” said Harsha Thirumurthy, an economist at the University of Pennsylvania (and CHIBE affiliate!) who was not involved in the work. @hthirumurthy.bsky.social

THIS Thursday, Aug 21, 5:30-7:30 PM Be a Brain and Language Scientist for an Evening Pennovation 3401 Grays Ferry Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19146 US Free for ages 12+ Registration required: actionnetwork.org/events/be-a-... Please share. @standupforscience.bsky.social @ninaahmadphl.bsky.social

New study 🚨 out in @jama.com! We find that California wildfires🔥in January may have contributed 440 excess deaths in Los Angeles County. This estimate significantly exceeds the 30 direct fatalities linked to these events jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @pophel.bsky.social @helsinki.fi

NEW Population Studies Working Paper! Andrea Verhulst, Julio E Romero Prieto & Michel Guillot. Modeling Age Patterns of Under-5 Mortality: A Comprehensive Model Life Table Approach for Low- and Middle-Income Countries READ THE PAPER: repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.50...

New childhood vaccination data show that Georgia vaccination rates are decreasing, with 86.8% of the state’s children fully up-to-date on their required vaccines when they entered kindergarten last year. Dr. @alison-buttenheim.bsky.social weighs in. www.healthbeat.org/atlanta/2025...

Find the PSC on LinkedIn! www.linkedin.com/company/popu...

TUESDAY is the last day of PENN @ #ASA2025 Here's the list of presenters: @shaqharri.bsky.social Hyunjoon Park Chaewon Lee @casison.bsky.social @pgonalon.bsky.social Elise Parrish VIEW FULL SCHEDULE bit.ly/4m472RQ

PENN @ #ASA2025 This is everybody presenting MONDAY PM Michel Guillot Emily Hannum Jerry A. Jacobs @jticona.bsky.social @sukieyang.bsky.social Ana Ramirez Calderon Mohammed Al Abbas Felicity Breedlove Lupita Barrientos VIEW FULL SCHEDULE bit.ly/4m472RQ

PENN @ #ASA2025 This is the lineup for MONDAY AM David S. Kirk @pgonalon.bsky.social Emily Curran Alejandra Regla-Vargas @oliviayhu.bsky.social Tiantian Yang VIEW FULL SCHEDULE bit.ly/4m472RQ

PENN @ #ASA 2025 Here's who's presenting SUNDAY afternoon @villandres.bsky.social @pfomby.bsky.social Dorothy E. Roberts @pgonalon.bsky.social @elenavanstee.bsky.social @sukieyang.bsky.social @oliviayhu.bsky.social Richard Patti Abby Lim VIEW FULL SCHEDULE bit.ly/4m472RQ

Penn @ #ASA2025 All the SUNDAY morning presenters: Annette Lareau @jticona.bsky.social Wanting Wang Zorina Chen @elenavanstee.bsy.social Tukufu Zuberi @wendyrothsoc.bsky.social Masoud Movahed

Penn @ #ASA2025 Presenters SATURDAY PM Y. Wang @margaretrutheby.bsky.social @joeljm.bsky.social J. Schnittker @pgonalon.bsky.social @elenavanstee.bsky.social @jenksd.bsky.social D. Kirk M. Hanna-Ghattas @wendyrothsoc.bsky.social @lindseydcameron.bsky.social FULL SCHEDULE HERE: bit.ly/4m472RQ

Penn @ #ASA2025 Come catch these presenters SATURDAY AM! Tahseen Shams @pgonalon.bsky.social @joycekim.bsky.social Yushan Wang Daniel Gillion FULL POSTER SCHEDULE HERE: bit.ly/4m472RQ

‪A new study by @pennpsc.bsky.social‬ Research Associate @leticiamarteleto.bsky.social with Sneha Kumar.

Women are facing burnout both at home and at work, says PSC researcher @corinnelow.com in an interview with @wusa9.com.web.brid.gy "Men do the same amount of housework today as they did in 1970." Watch the full interview HERE:

There are more than 100 working papers by @pennpsc.bsky.social & @pennaging.bsky.social researchers in the POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPERS SERIES! TAKE A LOOK: bit.ly/3R4FeQb

| Interview | Mesurer l’espérance de vie à Gaza Après un an de conflit, l’espérance de vie dans la bande de Gaza a pratiquement été divisée par deux. Michel Guillot, directeur de recherche à l’Ined, explique la méthode utilisée pour arriver à cette conclusion. www.ined.fr/fr/tout-savo...

⚰️Projected Mortality Impacts of the Budget Reconciliation Bill Read this @pennldi.bsky.socia Research Memo: Response to Request for Technical Assistance ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res... Written by PARC Researchers @rachelwerner.bsky.social, Norma Coe, Eric T. Roberts with @yalesph.bsky.social

💰 The Price of Parenthood 💸 Research by @pgonalon.bsky.social, PARC Research Associate & co-author I. Marinescu, reveals how high childcare costs create family income inequality in the United States omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/pilar-... ASR Journal Article: doi.org/10.1177/0003...

CHIBE Director Kevin Volpp spoke with The Regulatory Review about nudging populations toward better health. Check out the interview here ⤵️ www.theregreview.org/2025/07/27/s...

PhD Job Search Prep Camp Aug 6-13 Career Services’ PhD Job Search Prep Camp will address your questions, ensuring you have the resources, skills, and confidence to tackle both the academic and non-academic job market. View schedule and register: careerservices.upenn.edu/phd-job-sear...

How Medicaid Cuts Could Force Millions Into Nursing Homes This @pennldi.bsky.social blog post quotes several PARC Research Associates @rachelwerner.bsky.social, @pgonalon.bsky.social, @adrianaperez98.bsky.social, Allison K. Hoffman, and PARC Co-Director Norma B. Coe