Newsroom
The CU Population Center is involved in events throughout the year as well as releasing new publications regularly. Please visit our website frequently to review the latest news at CUPC!
Events
African Population Studies and CUPC Host Short Course for African Scholars
In July the CUPC co-hosted a two week short course offered by the African Population Studies Research and Training Program on Longitudinal Data Management and Analysis. The course was taught by Jani Little, Jill Williams, Latifat Ibisomi and Jane Menken. Sixteen African students from six different African Institutions attended the course along with five students from CU. The goal of this course is to improve the health and population research capacity in Africa and to increase the interest of CU students in African population issues. Three Population Program graduate students were teaching assistants for the course. Casey Blalock, Christie Sennott, and Laura Patterson are graduates of past short courses and have all spent time in Africa doing research. The TAs taught students how to use STATA and advised them on their independent research projects. This short course is funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation grant to Jane Menken. To see a story in the Daily Camera about the short course follow this link: Daily Camera article
Faculty News
Hunter research in A&S Magazine
Lori Hunter's research on gendered migration patterns and climate change was reported in Arts & Sciences Magazine at: http://artsandsciences.colorado.edu/magazine/2011/12/as-climate-changes-men-and-women-likely-to-migrate-in-different-patterns/
Pampel, Boardman, Blalock research on smoking appears in the news
Jason Boardman, Fred Pampel, and Casey Blalock's research on smoking has caught the attention of the press, both local and nation-wide. Click on these links to view the articles:
LA Times
Boulder Camera
Denver Post
Arts and Sciences
Jason Boardman Attends Biodemography Workshop at Stanford
Jason Boardman was in Stanford in early June as a faculty member in the 3rd annual Biodemography Workshop. The workshop is offered by the Stanford Centers for the Demography and Economics of Health & Aging, and Population Research. The workshop covered methods and theory from demography, evolutionary ecology, quantitative genetics, and genetics. Click on this link to see a flyer for the workshop: Workshop flyer (pdf)
Lori Hunter Presents Research on AIDS and Livelihoods in Rural South Africa
Lori Hunter travelled to the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, where she was invited to present her research on AIDS and livelihoods in rural South Africa. She presented to a diverse, interdisciplinary audience of both faculty and graduate students - and reports that the azaleas are blooming wildly.
Jane Menken Discusses New IBS Building in Faculty and Staff Newsletter
Jane Menken is featured in the April 20 Faculty and Staff Newsletter. See the article at: Newsletter article.
Book Review for Rogers, Little, and Raymer's Indirect Estimation of Migration
Andrei Rogers, Jani Little, and James Raymer's book, The Indirect Estimation of Migration: Methods for Dealing with Irregular, Inadequate, and Missing Data, has recieved a very nice review in the Journal of Population Research. The review concludes, "Overall, and as would be expected from these authors, this is an impressive volume. It brings together in a single source a wealth of methods and examples from previously published research as well as new work. The Indirect Estimation of Migration should provide an excellent reference for any researcher or practitioner involved in migration and projections research who has to deal with imperfect migration data." The review in its entirety can be accessed here: Book review
CUPC Participation at 2011 PAA Meeting in D.C.
The Population Program, Health & Society Program, & CUPC had an outstanding showing at this year's 2011 Population Association Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Included on the program were: Jason Boardman, Lori Hunter, Jane Menken, Sanyu Mojola, Stefanie Mollborn, Fred Pampel, Rick Rogers, Mike Roettger, Jill Williams, Kari Alexander, Bethany Everett, Rob Kemp, and Christie Sennott.