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Events
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Oct
26
RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Lindsay Kobayashi)
How Culture Shapes the Measurement of Cognitive Aging: Lessons from the HCAP International Network
Institute For Social Research @ 3:30pm -
Oct
27
CoderSpaces - Tuesdays
weekly data science hubs
Off Campus Location @ 9:30am -
Oct
28
CoderSpaces - Wednesday
weekly data science hubs
Off Campus Location @ 1:30pm -
Oct
29
Health Insurance, the Affordable Care Act and Black-White Inequalities in Poverty
David Brady, University of Southern California
Institute For Social Research @ 12:00pm -
Oct
30
Toward a Computational Understanding of Socio-Cultural Dynamics
Institute For Social Research @ 12:30pm -
Nov
2
RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Emily M. Briceño)
Measurement of cognitive aging and dementia within its cultural context
Institute For Social Research @ 3:30pm -
Nov
3
CoderSpaces - Tuesdays
weekly data science hubs
Off Campus Location @ 9:30am -
Nov
4
SRC Seminar: Advancing Multilevel and Integrative Approaches to Address Intimate Partner Violence
Dr. Carrie K. W. Li, University of Hong Kong and Johns Hopkins University
Institute For Social Research @ 1:00pm