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Events
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Nov
12
Strength-focused suicide prevention: Building evidence for innovation in partnership with Indigenous communities
Lisa Wexler, part of the ISR Insights Speaker Series
Institute For Social Research @ 12:00pm -
Nov
16
RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Susan Najita)
“Genealogics” of Place: Embodiment and Kaona in The Epic Tale of Hi‘iakaikapoliopele
Institute For Social Research @ 3:30pm -
Nov
16
Neurodiversity and Disability Comedy Night
Off Campus Location @ 7:15pm -
Nov
17
CoderSpaces - Tuesdays
weekly data science hubs
Off Campus Location @ 9:30am -
Nov
17
SRC Seminar Series Presents: Adolescence Post-Dobbs: The Changing Experience of Youth in America
Julie Maslowsky, University of Michigan School of Nursing, School of Public Health, and Institute for Social Research
Institute For Social Research @ 1:00pm -
Nov
18
CoderSpaces - Wednesday
weekly data science hubs
Off Campus Location @ 1:30pm -
Nov
19
A Look Back at the 2026 Midterm Elections
Vincent Hutchings and Mara Ostfeld, part of the ISR Insights Speaker Series
Institute For Social Research @ 12:00pm -
Nov
19
Missing Results of Discrimination: A Meta-Analysis of Racial, Gender, and Intersectional Discrimination Using Correspondence Audits
S. Michael Gaddis, Georgia State University
Institute For Social Research @ 12:00pm