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The Brown Population Studies & Training Center is accepting applications to our Global Fellows Program. The program is for early- & mid-career demographers. We are especially interested in applications from scholars from low & middle-income countries. Share & apply! pstc.brown.edu/programs-and...
Global Fellows Program in Demography
The PSTC has a long-standing tradition of hosting scholars, researchers, and practitioners from diverse corners of the globe.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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With a new measure to understand causes of maternal mortality, historical demographer George Alter finds infectious disease & nutrition improvements likely impacted falling maternal mortality more than shifting obstetrical practices. Just out in Population Studies: psc.isr.umich.edu/news/new-ins...
New Insights on Historic Causes of Maternal Deaths
In historical populations, female death rates usually exceeded male death rates during the reproductive ages. The most obvious cause of this difference is deaths resulting from childbirth. Parish regi...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Subsidizing contraception has large and persistent effects on the choice of contraceptive method, resulting in significantly fewer pregnancies and abortions in the US, from @marthajbailey.bsky.social, Rebolledo, Gorgulu, Figone, Lang, Prettyman, and Dalton www.nber.org/papers/w34400
October 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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The Quiet Collapse of America’s Reproductive Health Safety Net kffhealthnews.org/MjEwNjQwMQ by @celinegounder.com via @kffhealthnews.org CC: @marthajbailey.bsky.social @whitneysrice.bsky.social @rachelfey.bsky.social @bthomas520.bsky.social @megankavanaugh.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Congratulations to our very own Dr. Randall Kuhn for his amazing work in UCLA’s Fielding’s Department of Community Health Sciences as a principal investigator; securing a $3.4 million dollar NIH Grant!
#CCPR #UCLA #UCLAResearch #Research #ResearchSavesLives
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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CCPR Seminar 11/05/25, Stefanie DeLuca, Johns Hopkins University, “Colleges that obviously don’t have what you need”: Risk, Social Mobility and the Postsecondary Decisions of Low-Income Students” #CCPR #UCLA #CCPRWednesdays #UCLAEvent #CampusEvent
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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CCPR Workshop 10/29/25, Applying for the F31 National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship #CCPR #UCLA @UCLA #CCPRWednesdays #UCLAEvent #CampusEvents #Workshop
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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CCPR Workshop 10/22/25: Marco Tabellini, Harvard Business School, “Climate Matching in Migration: From the American Frontier to Prehistory” #CCPR #UCLA #CCPRWednesdays #UCLAEvent #CampusEvents #Workshop
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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CCPR Miniconference 10/17: “Fertility and Demographic Change” #CCPR #UCLA #CCPRWednesdays #UCLAEvent #CampusEvents #miniconference
October 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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CCPR Workshop 10/15: Brandon Stewart, Princeton University, “Using Large Language Model Annotations for the Social Sciences: A General Framework of Using Predicted Variables in Statistical
Analyses” #CCPR #UCLA #CCPRWednesdays #UCLAEvent #CampusEvents #Workshop
October 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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CCPR Welcome Events 10/8: Welcome and Orientation for Grad Students at 11:00 am; CCPR Welcome Event and Reception at 12:00 pm; Computing and Data Orientation Workshop today at 12:30 pm! #CCPR #UCLA @UCLA #CCPRWednesdays #UCLAEvent #CampusEvents #Workshop
October 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Join us this week for CCPR’s Welcome Events and Computing Workshop!
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October 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Kara Rudolph, Columbia University, "Causal Mediation Workshop” CCPR Workshop today at 12:00pm! #CCPR #UCLA @UCLA #CCPRWednesdays #UCLAEvent #CampusEvents #Workshop
October 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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New research brief by CCPR’s Randall Kuhn & Jessie Chien: Over 1/3 of unhoused Angelenos were affected by June 2025 ICE raids, protests & curfews—facing displacement, danger & injury. Outdoor sleepers were 2x more likely to experience negative effects.

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Periodic Assessment of Trajectories of Housing, Homelessness, and Health Study (PATHS) June 2025 Update: Impact of Immigration Raids on Los Angeles’ Unhoused Community
The recent wave of immigration enforcement raids sweeping across Los Angeles has severely undermined the safety and well-being of communities of color and other marginalized groups. Among those most v...
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August 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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New research briefs by Dr. Paul Ong and Dr. Jonathan Ong that examine political & racial bias.

State Variations in ICE Arrests Following the 2024 Election: knowledge.luskin.ucla.edu/2025/07/30/s...

The Impact on Asian Communities:
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State Variations in ICE Arrests Following the 2024 Election
Download Full Report (PDF) Authors: Paul Ong, Jonathan Ong, and Chhandara Pech Date: July 30, 2025 This brief examines why ICE arrest rates varied so dramatically across U.S. states in early 2025.
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August 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Mare Student Lecture, Victoria Wang, “Adaptive Migration in the Face of Wildfires: Financial Constraints and the Role of Government Aid” CCPR Seminar today at 12:00pm!
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June 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago, “Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence” CCPR Seminar today at 12:00pm!
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May 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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UCLA Media Relations Team, “Media Relations 101” CCPR Workshop today at 12:00pm!
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May 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Janet Currie, Princeton University, “Investing in Children to Address the Child Mental Health Crisis” CCPR Seminar today at 12:00pm!
#CCPR #JanetCurrie #UCLA @UCLA #CCPRWednesdays #UCLAEvent #CampusEvents #Seminar
May 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Emma Zang, Yale University, “Life-Course Exposure to State Policy Liberalism Contexts and Later-Life Cognitive Health” CCPR Seminar today at 12:00pm!
#CCPR #EmmaZang #UCLA @UCLA #CCPRWednesdays #UCLAEvent #CampusEvents #Seminar
April 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Applications are open for the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science SICSS 2025 at UCLA! Apply by May 2!

Free, 2-wk institute in comp social science for grad students, postdocs & early-career faculty.

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April 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Michael Mueller-Smith, University of Michigan, “The Direct and Intergenerational Effects of Criminal History-Based Safety Net Bans in the U.S.” CCPR Seminar today at 12:00pm!
#CCPR #MichaelMullerSmith #UCLA @UCLA #CCPRWednesdays #UCLAEvent #CampusEvents #Seminar
April 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Abigail Weitzman, University of Texas, Austin, “Threat Evasive Migration: A Population Perspective” CCPR Seminar today at 12:00pm!
#CCPR #AbigailWeitzman #UCLA @UCLA #CCPRWednesdays #UCLAEvent #CampusEvents #Seminar
April 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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CCPR Affiliates X. Yan, Courtney Thomas Tobin, S Brooks will present “Dual Burdens: Disentangling Depression-Obesity Linkages among Black American Women and Men” today at 12:00 PM EST in Mount Vernon Square! Don’t miss it! #PAA #PAA2025 @UCLA @popassocamerica.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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CCPR Affiliate Wei-hsin Yu will present “Paradox Between Immigrant Advantages in Morbidity and Mortality: Dynamic Patterns and Tentative Explanations” today at 9:30 AM EST in Magnolia! Don’t miss it! #PAA #PAA2025 @UCLA @popassocamerica.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 6:49 AM