please help us understand what population scientists are experiencing in the #shutdown @popassocamerica.bsky.social

We have propagated mini monsteras this month at coffee chat, and the snacks are fall-a-rific! Come by if you want to take one home! 🌱 Grown with love by the @um-psc.bsky.social

you won't want to miss this one @um-psc.bsky.social tomorrow - please join if you are able! 🍎🍂

Today, friends, learn from Dr. Schechter @um-psc.bsky.social (link takes you to zoom if needed)

Latest horrifying news on Trump administration erasing national data: they're ending data collection on food security by Census. Explanation of why this is a big deal: updates.dataindex.us/archive/fors... @npi.ucanr.edu @donmoyn.bsky.social @centeronbudget.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social

House Appropriations Committee Advances Key Spending Bills: Rejects Administration’s Proposed Funding Cuts and Praises Population Research buff.ly/9nu03sX

#PAA2026 deadline in less than two weeks

Go team and plan to join next year 💙💛 @um-psc.bsky.social

For all population scientists: Join us for open office hours on Zoom Wednesday! PDHP offers stellar mentorship: pdhp.isr.umich.edu/resources/

So many reasons to come to #PAA2026: 1) the best place to receive feedback from peers and interdisciplinary scholars 2) hearing latest research, methods, ideas from colleagues 3) the community 🫶 Attendees keep coming back year after year! Submit your work by Oct. 5. buff.ly/3KR6NRM

Here's the dirt cake I'm bringing, along with some other secret treats for the @um-psc.bsky.social family!

Tomorrow!! Olsen Park, 1-4pm, @um-psc.bsky.social annual picnic! Food truck from Saucy Joes with Italian pasta and panini and gelato from 1:30-3:30 - everyone welcome, bring family, games, demography trivia 💙💛

thanks so much @lhnicholas.bsky.social

All credit go to the mentors, and to one of mine, the peerless Jim House, who I was honored to honor 💙💛

PAA, along with APC, is listed in yesterday's Wall Street Journal @wsj.com recognizing the groups that support the Rally for Medical Research. We look forward to rallying with them today and Thursday. buff.ly/VL9SJyz

@sashakillewald.bsky.social in @us.theconversation.com:
"The number of children Americans have affects the gender pay gap only because parenthood decreases women’s wages while increasing men’s wages." @umichstonecid.bsky.social
theconversation.com/us-women-nar...

But here is how his response was covered at the time: thehill.com/homenews/adm...

best caffeine and creative snacks out there, and fascinating guests - join if you can @um-psc.bsky.social !!

New in the Journal of Health Economics: PSC's Hoyt Bleakley investigates whether education gains that result from longer lifespans make a difference in economic well-being: Living longer itself matters much more than that extra schooling. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40885078/

At the Oct. 7 PSC Coffee chat, would you rather hear biostatician Rod Little sing...

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/Rjm83m/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a Tom Lehrer cover song about imputation
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/Rjm83m/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a sea shanty

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1 month to submit! Your submissions are welcome for the PAA 2026 Annual Meeting and we look forward to a full and rigorous scientific conference next spring in St. Louis! buff.ly/Uu9sG50

We're about to start seeing the real world consequences of defunding (really gutting) public health, both at the CDC and USAID. While we're rightly focused on RFK right now, the fault also lies with Trump, Musk, and a Republican Congress unwilling to deal with the threat.

Thank you @maggielevenstein.bsky.social and @johnkubale.bsky.social for this great summary and action call in @theconversation.com on #DisappearingData

2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll.....

13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/

The submission site is now open! Submit your work to #PAA2026 — Deadline is Sunday, October 5. www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...