Events

We are thrilled to announce that general registration for SN&H ’24 is now open! The workshop will be held May 14-17 on Duke’s campus in Durham NC and we are now accepting applications for SN&H ’24 Fellowships.

The Center for Child and Family Policy invites you to the Sulzberger Distinguished Lecture featuring Ronald Dahl, director of the Institute of Human Development at the University of California, Berkeley.

We are delighted to announce the upcoming NIA-funded workshop "Leveraging Existing Data and Analytic Methods For Health Disparities Research Related to Aging and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias," scheduled to take place on March 11-12, 2024 at JB Duke Hotel, Durham. Registration is now open.

DUPRI will be hosting a virtual workshop, “Working with Big Data, SQL, and Cloud Computing using R,” on February 27. This 2-hour training provides an introduction to working with remote structured databases, performing SQL queries, and accessing and using cloud computing services like Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Compute Engine. The training will focus specifically on the R programming language. Some prior experience using R is recommended.

Please join us for an insightful conversation, "Has COVID-19 Affected Americans' Views of China and Chinese Views of the U.S.?" Our keynote speaker, Yu Xie, is the Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, with a scholarly focus on social stratification, demography, statistical methods, Chinese studies, and sociology of science. Professor Xie is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academia Sinica and the National Academy of Sciences. Opening remarks will be provided by M. Giovanna Merli, Professor of Public Policy and Global Health and Director of the Duke University Population Research Institute. Shitong Qiao, Professor of Law and Ken Young-Gak Yun and Jinah Park Yun Research Scholar at Duke University School of Law, will facilitate the dialogue. This event is co-sponsored by Chinalab@DukeLaw, Office for Faculty Advancement, Duke University Population Research Institute, Duke Sanford School of Public Policy, and Duke Asian/Pacific Studies Institute. A reception will follow. For more information, please contact zhang@law.duke.edu.

DUPRI will be hosting an Introduction to R virtual workshop. This 4-hour training (one morning and one afternoon session) will introduce you to the R programming language for statistical computing. The class is suitable for beginners who have never used R and is geared toward users of Stata/SAS/SPSS.

The Center for Child and Family Policy invites you to the Sulzberger Distinguished Lecture featuring Kathryn Edin, William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University, and Timothy Nelson, lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Princeton.

Drawing from experiences of dozens of cash transfer programs in low- and middle-income countries, Dr. Paul Niehaus will summarize key findings and share his internationally informed perspective, covering challenges to designing and launching randomized controlled studies, interpreting evidence from diverse contexts, and highlighting features that translate across contexts, including the U.S.