Prof. Leah Platt Boustan is quoted in the Voice of America

Prof. Leah Platt Boustan's data showed that the immigrants in the past already arrived looking pretty good relative to natives so there wasn’t much of a gap on average to close. Link: http://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2015/04/27/past-immigrants-had-it-easier-than-todays-newcomers/

Prof. Leonardo Bursztyn featured in The Washington Post

Prof. Leonardo Bursztyn's research study on the effect of peer pressure on educational investments among Hispanic high school students was mentioned in the news article. Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/04/30/meet-the-economist-who-grew-up-among-crack-dealers-and-won-a-mini-nobel-for-his-research-on-race/

Prof. Gary Gates featured in the Fox News

Prof. Gary Gate's report on the LGBT community was mentioned in the news article. Link: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/04/28/bruce-jenner-transition-how-many-americans-are-transgender/

Graduate students Sung Park and Goleen Samari won awards for their 2015 PAA Poster

Graduate student Sung Park won an award for her 2015 PAA Poster, “Homeleaving During the Transition to Adulthood: A Comparison of Two American Cohorts”. Graduate student Goleen Samari won an award for her 2015 PAA Poster, "Cross Border…

Prof. Till von Wachter featured in 89.3 KPCC

Prof. Till von Wachter's peer review on labor and employment, Beacon Economics, and the Economic Roundtable was mentioned in the podcast. Link: http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/04/30/51365/new-report-puts-more-momentum-behind-l-a-minimum-w/

ASA Job Bank: New Position of Interest

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The following new job listing has been posted in the ASA Job Bank and may be of interest to section members: Job ID: 11082 Institution: Pew Research Center Department: Human Resources Title: Survey Research Methodologist Position/Rank: Open Areas/Special…

University of Oxford: Postdoctoral Research in Sociology and Social Policy

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Job description and selection criteria Job title: Postdoctoral Research Officer in Sociology and Social Policy Division: Social Sciences Department: Social Policy and Intervention Location: Barnett House, 32 Wellington Square, Oxford Grade…

Data training workshop (funding available): Digging into the National Survey of Early Care and Education

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Child Care and Early Education Research Connections FREE DATA WORKSHOP, STIPENDS AVAILABLE DIGGING INTO THE NSECE: EXPLOITING THE POTENTIAL OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND PROVIDER DATA FILES FROM THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION (NSECE) July…

Prof. Beate Ritz is quoted in NBC News

Prof. Beate Ritz's research indicates that the biggest concern for seniors involves the 46 percent increase in mini-strokes. Article: http://www.cnbc.com/id/102617527/print/1/displaymode/1098/

Congratulations to Prof. Gary Gates!

Prof. Gary Gates is the Williams Institute’s inaugural Blachford-Cooper Distinguished Scholar and Research Director. Article: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/dept/faculty/william-s-institute-s-gary-gates-blachford-cooper-distinguished-scholar-and-research-director