There are more than 100 working papers by @pennpsc.bsky.social and @pennaging.bsky.social researchers in the Population Center Working Papers Series!
TAKE A LOOK:
https://www.pop.upenn.edu/working-papers-v2
RESCHEDULED!
Van de Walle prize winner Emily Curran presents
“Parenthood Penalties in Same-Sex Couples: How Parental Status Shapes Paid Work Specialization in American Couples”
Monday, February 23, 2026
12 – 1PM | PSC Commons | McNeil 403
LEARN MORE:
https://bit.ly/4aRreCk
RESCHEDULED!
Van de Walle prize winner Emily Curran presents
“Parenthood Penalties in Same-Sex Couples: How Parental Status Shapes Paid Work Specialization in American Couples”
Monday, February 23, 2026
12 – 1PM | PSC Commons | McNeil 403
LEARN MORE:
https://bit.ly/4aRreCk
Watching the Winter #Olympics? CHIBE Director Dr. Kevin Volpp spoke to us about the psychology and behavioral economics elements at play for Olympians. chibe.upenn.edu/blog/the-oly...
How does a brain stay healthy?
"There are a lot of linkages between our brains and what we eat that are influenced by your gut microbiome that affect cognition and mood," Dr. Kevin Volpp says.
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026...
Dolores Albarracín, the Amy Gutmann Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, has long studied how to curb disease and improve health.
TOMORROW! @pennpsc.bsky.social & @pennaging.bsky.social researcher @leticiamarteleto.bsky.social (2/25 @ 1PM)
Living the Hard Promise: International Scholarship at a Crossroads
Mark Devlin, C. Brian Rose, Rodolfo Altamirano
MORE INFO
www.alumni.upenn.edu/s/1587/gid2/...
@sas.upenn.edu
Profs. Sophia Rosenfeld, Emma Hart, and Duncan Watts, shared insights into Thomas Paine’s influential written work, "Common Sense", 250 years after its publication at a recent panel discussion. @upenn.edu
In 1776, an anonymous pamphlet published in Philadelphia had an outsize effect on American independence. 250 years after Thomas Paine first released Common Sense, Emma Hart, Sophia Rosenfeld, and Duncan Watts discuss its continued influence. @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
Dorothy Roberts’ new memoir, ‘The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Family,’ is "an exploration of race, identity, and family in America."
This event is cancelled because of the snow emergency; it will be rescheduled.
“Parenthood Penalties in Same-Sex Couples: How Parental Status Shapes Paid Work Specialization in American Couples”
Emily Curran, Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology & Demography
Van de Wall Prize Winner for Best Paper in Demography
Monday, February 23, 2026
12 – 1:00 pm: PSC Commons, McNeil 403
Congrats to VAN DE WALLE PRIZE WINNER Emily Curran!
See her present her paper at the next
PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM
2/23 | 12PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403)
READ MORE:
https://bit.ly/4aqR4OR
New paper in the Population Center Working Papers (PSC/PARC) series!
Parenthood Penalties in Same-Sex Couples: How Parental Status Shapes Paid Work Specialization in American Couples
by Emily Curran
READ IT HERE:
https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/62251
Missed our keynote conversation with Emily Oster?
The Q&A, co-hosted by @katymilkman.bsky.social and @alison-buttenheim.bsky.social, explored best practices for communicating about science.
Watch the recording: youtu.be/owqZ6BCBAr4
Prof. Dorothy E. Roberts' new memoir, The Mixed Marriage Project, intertwines her family's story with her father's research on interracial couples in Chicago. An exploration of love, race, and identity in America. Watch Prof. Roberts discuss her new memoir. https://penncareylaw.news/4kikGkA
In a @hbr.org article, Co-Director @angeladuckworth.bsky.social, Team Scientist Lyle Ungar, and collaborators ask:
How does Gen Z use AI, and what are the implications for education and the workplace?
hbr.org/2026/01/how-...
Professor Dolores Albarracín has long studied how to curb disease and improve health. Learn about her efforts, along with the team at the Social Action Lab, working with people in the parts of the United States most vulnerable to HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV):
What can parents do to get ready for upcoming Medicaid changes?
In a NEW Op-Ed for @inquirer.com,, pediatricians and LDI Fellows Betsy Salazar and Diana Montoya-Williams explain how to keep your kids covered: https://bit.ly/40cdsoQ
@atheendar.bsky.social was recently quoted in the @nytimes.com on infant mortality rates - a critical public health issue that had been improving for decades but recently stalled.
Check out what he says this could be attributed to: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/h...
Education & Inequality Works in Progress
➡️ Gender as a Prediction Problem
➡️ Joel Mittleman, Penn Sociology
TOMORROW >>> Wednesday, February 11 | 3:00 PM | Sociology Conference Room (3rd Floor McNeil) & Zoom
web.sas.upenn.edu/education-an...
New paper in the Population Center Working Papers series!
Medicaid LTSS Spending and Participation: Data Sources and Insights
by @patrickarp.bsky.social , Lindsay White, @ermeara.bsky.social , Ari Ne'eman, & Norma B. Coe
READ IT HERE:
https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/62237
TODAY - Friday, February 6 | 12:00 PM | PSC Commons (403 McNeil) & Virtual
Air Pollution and Learning with R. Jisung Park
Education & Inequality Cluster Workshop
R. Jisung Park, Penn Social Policy and Practice & Wharton
sp2.upenn.edu/person/r-jis...
web.sas.upenn.edu/education-an...
THIS Weekend is The Penn GSE Ethnography in Education Research Forum
Register: 2026forum.dryfta.com/index.php
#FACTS Constructing Knowledge and Truth in a Complex World
PSC Associate Dr. Roberto G. Gonzales, Richard Perry University Professor, is the conference Convenor!
@penngse.bsky.social
How can playing games save lives? 🎮
Many LDI Fellows study how gamification can encourage healthier behaviors, like physical activity. Learn more about this emerging field: https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/how-playing-games-may-save-peoples-lives/
"3 Policy Moves Likely to Change Health Care for Older People"
@nytimes.com cites analysis by LDI experts @rachelwerner.bsky.social and Norma Coe on the impact of CMS repealing minimum staffing rules in nursing homes that could have saved 13,000 lives per year.
https://nyti.ms/4qs2R4R
"After Donations, Trump Administration Revoked Rule Requiring More Nursing Home Staff"
@nytimes.com cites Fellow Norma Coe & Exec Director @rachelwerner.bsky.social's work on impact of CMS repealing minimum nursing home staffing rules that could've saved 13,000 lives a year https://nyti.ms/45vegIS
Did you miss CHIBE and @bcfginitiative.bsky.social's keynote discussion with Emily Oster? Check out the recording here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJf1...
Congrats to Dr. Harsha Thirumurthy (@hthirumurthy.bsky.social) on being named CHIBE's inaugural endowed chair! chibe.upenn.edu/news/dr-hars...
Penn Grad Talks have a NEW date so there is more time to apply & prepare.
Friday, March 27, 2026
12–4 PM
APPLICATIONS NOW DUE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25
SUBMIT your application here: upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
WATCH presentations from year’s talks here: vimeo.com/showcase/pen...
