Seminar Series

Lead and Juvenile Delinquency: New Evidence from Linked Birth, School and Crime Records - Anna Aizer, Brown University

Using individually linked data for all RI children born between 1991 and 2005 that includes early childhood blood lead levels, in-school disciplinary infractions and juvenile detention, Anna Aizer examines the impact of early lead exposure on future delinquency. She discusses how exposure to lead is associated with a significantly greater likelihood of in-school disciplinary infractions and juvenile detention.

The Effects of the Moving to Opportunity Program on Young Adults: Learning from Non-Compliance, The Early Childhood Initiative Seminar Series - Rodrigo Pinto, University of Chicago

UCLA'S Rodrigo Pinto examines a range of questions regarding social experiments concerning young adults: inference under compromised randomization, cost-benefit analysis, external validity and impact evaluation. He also discusses the economics of human capital accumulation of early childhood interventions, policy evaluation, and causality.

One Size Does Not Fit All: Matching Research Needs with Computing Resourc - Mark DeLong, Duke University

Research computing has changed dramatically in the last few years, and those changes are reshaping how Duke provides research computing support to Duke researchers. The scope and characteristics of computing for research has long come in "large packages" that have unyielding rules and restrictions -- to which researchers conformed their research projects. Increasingly, the emphasis has shifted, so that researchers now have the opportunity to tailor computing resources to fit their particular needs. Duke's Mark DeLong explores this transformation in research computing and presents offerings that Duke Research Computing has developed.

Dr. Joan Silk "The Evolution of Prosocial Preferences" (Evolutionary Anthropology Talks Series)

Friday, March 4th 11:45 am Gross Hall Room 103 Dr. Silk, of the Arizona State University School of Human Evolution and Social Change, is an expert in the social evolution of primates and humans and has recently been investigating the origins of prosocial behavior in humans through studies of non-human primates. Her work explores the connection between sociality and health/ fitness in non-human primates, and is informed by similar work in humans.

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