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Jennie Brand @jenniebrand.bsky.social · Sep 5

Please send letters to defend universities!

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Yesterday, Judge Allison Burroughs ruled that the federal administration’s freezing of $2.2 billion dollars at Harvard University was unconstitutional. The court decisions shows a way the UC can fight...

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Aug 23

Want to see the economic impact of #NIH grant cuts in your community? Check out @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and colleagues' project here. Tell your friends and neighbors what is happening. scienceimpacts.org

SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research

Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide

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Jennie Brand @jenniebrand.bsky.social · Aug 10

Concluding RC28 party at Don Treiman’s beautiful home in the hills above UCLA @isa-rc28.bsky.social

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Jennie Brand @jenniebrand.bsky.social · Aug 9

#StandUpForUC to defend UCLA from the federal government's $1B demand and support critical research ucal.us/standupforuc

Stand Up for UC

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RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · Aug 7

Last day of the UCLA RC28 conference. Plenary presentation given by @mikehoutnyu.bsky.social on intergenerational occupational persistence in the US

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RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · Aug 6

What we have learned from RC28’s contributions over the last two decades? @jenniebrand Hyunjoon Park and Michelle Jackson showed that scholars affiliated with RC28 have made so many important contributions over the last two decades and collectively shaped the field. Stay tuned for their paper. #CCPR

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RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · Aug 6

If you want to read the review paper by @jenniebrand.bsky.social , Hyunjoon Park, and Michelle Jackson about recent trends in social stratification and mobility. Please check out the paper 👇 #ASA #ISA #RSSM

drive.google.com/file/d/1bgkT...

What we have recently learned paper August 2025.pdf

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RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · Aug 6

Check out the new trends in social stratification research! Which topic has become increasingly popular over the last two decides? Educational inequality! Thanks, Professor Michelle Jackson, for sharing this! #StanfordCenterForPovertyandInequality #ASA #ISA

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · Aug 7

Congrats to @andrewpenner.bsky.social and a host of co-authors on winning the award for significant scholarship from @isa-rc28.bsky.social, presented by RC president @jenniebrand.bsky.social.

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Jennie Brand @jenniebrand.bsky.social · Jul 7

Last call to register for RC28 Los Angeles! Please register by July 15: commerce.cashnet.com/cashnetg/sta...

Transact Campus

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Jennie Brand @jenniebrand.bsky.social · Jul 3

This volume was a very rewarding experience. Many thanks to the editors @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social @xisong.bsky.social @durlauf.bsky.social Felix Elwert, and to my co-authors @ianlundberg.bsky.social @dmolitor.bsky.social

Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thank you, Herman. It was fun to put it together and I find the contributions impressive. The last few will be coming online shortly and then the full special issue will be out soon. Complete line-up below, quick summaries here: doi.org/10.1177/0049...

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Jennie Brand @jenniebrand.bsky.social · Jun 5

Congratulations!

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Jennie Brand @jenniebrand.bsky.social · Apr 26

A great two weeks at UCLA! Come join us!

California Center For Population Research @ccpratucla.bsky.social · Apr 25

Applications are open for the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science SICSS 2025 at UCLA! Apply by May 2!

Free, 2-wk institute in comp social science for grad students, postdocs & early-career faculty.

sicss.io/2025/ucla/
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Jennie Brand @jenniebrand.bsky.social · Apr 23

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Over 150 college presidents sign letter rebuking Trump administration 'overreach'

Presidents from each Ivy League school — except Dartmouth — signed on to the letter.

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Nature Computational Science @natcomputsci.nature.com · Apr 17

📢Out now! Weihua Li, @jenniebrand.bsky.social, @aaronclauset.bsky.social, and colleagues show that researchers’ early training in diverse environments is strongly correlated with nurturing diverse groups in the established period. www.nature.com/articles/s43... #cssky #NetSci

Gender and racial diversity socialization in science - Nature Computational Science

A computational null model is proposed to study the gender and racial diversity-association effects in academia. Researchers’ early training in diverse environments is strongly correlated with nurturi...

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Prof. Jennie Roe-mick 🏳️‍🌈 @romich.bsky.social · Apr 11

Grateful for these demographers who spent the day making a case for population science. See you soon at #PAA2025!

Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · Apr 10

PAA takes on Capitol Hill! These dedicated advocates will be meeting with their congressional delegations today to share important population research and advances. Go team! #PAA2025

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Jennie Brand @jenniebrand.bsky.social · Mar 29

Come to L.A. in August!

RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · Mar 28

Goodbye, Milan! Hope to see you all again in our next RC28 conference in Los Angeles on August 4-7, 2025. @jenniebrand.bsky.social

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aneripattani.bsky.social @aneripattani.bsky.social · Mar 26

The Trump admin’s mass firings not only disrupt the lives of thousands of federal workers but also their spouses, kids & communities, says @jenniebrand.bsky.social. “We can see this impact years down the road.”

Teamed up w/ @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social: kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

‘I Am Going Through Hell’: Job Loss, Mental Health, and the Fate of Federal Workers - KFF Health News

Since the Trump administration began firing federal workers, they say they feel overwhelmed, have obtained or considered seeking psychiatric care and medication, and are anxious about paying their bil...

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Liz Borkowski @lizborkowski.bsky.social · Mar 23

“when someone receives an [NIH] award, it is the result of years of preparation by the scientist, plus months of review by teams of leading researchers on the topic. It is not random. It is merit-based and transparent.” [email protected]
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/politicizi...

Politicizing Science: The National Institutes for Health

A merit-based and competitive process will be politicized - or eliminated

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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · Feb 24

The #PAA2025 preliminary program is online: submissions.mirasmart.com/PAA2025/Itin...

Make sure you are registered before rates increase in March: www.populationassociation.org/paa2025/reg-...

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Jennie Brand @jenniebrand.bsky.social · Feb 24

The SICSS is a fantastic event. We are hosting again at UCLA! See the link to apply.

Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · Feb 24

Want to learn about computational social science *for free* and launch interdisciplinary research projects? We are so excited to announce there will be *26* Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science this year! Apply to one of them here: sicss.io/locations