Social Science Data Archive has joined the Data Preservation Alliance for Social Sciences (DataPASS)

We are thrilled to announce that the Social Science Data Archive has joined the Data Preservation Alliance for Social Sciences (DataPASS). Here's some background: The Data Archive has successfully ensured the accessibility and usability of…

U.S. Census Bureau Recruitment at the ASA 2011 Annual Meeting

The U.S. Census Bureau has full-time opportunities for qualified U.S. citizens in the areas of demography, sociology, economics, and related social sciences. We are looking for candidates at all levels of education (BA, MA, PhD). Training in…

Congratulations to Prof. Jennie Brand!

Prof. Jennie Brand will serve on the editorial board for the American Sociological Review starting in 2012. In addition, her article "Who Benefits Most from College?: Evidence for Negative Selection in Heterogeneous Economic Returns to Higher…

Congratulations to Chinyere Osuji!

Chinyere Osuji has received the James E. Blackwell Graduate Student Paper Award from ASA's Racial and Ethnic Minorities section. This singular award is for her paper "Boundary Blurring?: Black-White Couples and the Policing of Racial Boundaries…

Congratulations to Yana Kucheva!

Yana Kucheva recently received two competitive awards. She received a Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Research Grant, specifically the Eli Ginzberg Award for projects devoted to urban health and welfare problems. This is for a chapter…

New CCPR Terminal Server (TS1) + Stata 11MP

(Original Posting: http://computing.ccpr.ucla.edu/?p=668) The CCPR Terminal Server has been upgraded to an HP DL360G7 utilizing the 6-core Xeon E5645 processor with 16GB of memory available to users. This increase in amount of cores and memory…

Prof. Vickie Mays appointed to National Committee on Vital Health Statistics

CCPR Faculty Affiliate Vickie Mays, Professor of Psychology and Health Services, has been appointed to the House of Representatives seat on the 18-member National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, an advisory panel to Secretary of Health…

Gary Gates named in the 2010 Out 100 Portfolio

Gary Gates (http://out.com/Out100/slideshow.asp?slideshow_title=Out100&theID=150) is an academic pioneer. His doctoral dissertation included the first significant research study using U.S. census data to explore characteristics of same-sex…

October Newsletter

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Congratulations to Anne Pebley and Patrick Heuveline!

Anne Pebley has been elected as a member of the Nominations Committee of the Population Association of America. Patrick Heuveline has been elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Population Association of America. Congratulat…