The Female Life Cycle, Fertility, and Women’s Status in Indian > Households
The Colloquium of the Population Studies Center & Population Aging Research Center meets most Mondays during the academic year. Sessions start and end promptly. Attendees are invited to bring and eat their lunch.
Go to eventCross-National Variation in Mothers’ Weekday and Weekend Child Care & Housework Time
The Colloquium of the Population Studies Center & Population Aging Research Center meets most Mondays during the academic year. Sessions start and end promptly. Attendees are invited to bring and eat their lunch.
Go to eventWhat is Race?
Knowledge by the Slice
Philosophers have asked "What is race?" for centuries now without any consensus on an answer. In this talk, Quayshawn Spencer will consider the U.S. government’s current definition of race, how it generates a novel answer to the general question of what race is, and discuss why all former race theories have been radically incorrect.
Go to eventUrban Sea
Penn Lightbulb Café
Get a glimpse into the innovative and impactful research taking place at Penn Arts & Sciences at the Penn Science and Lightbulb Cafés. The lecture series is free and open to the public and takes place in Center City at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre.
Go to eventFamily Background, Exam Performance, and Career Attainment in the Qing Civil Service, 1840-1912
The Colloquium of the Population Studies Center & Population Aging Research Center meets most Mondays during the academic year. Sessions start and end promptly. Attendees are invited to bring and eat their lunch.
Go to eventPublic Policy in Practice with Richard Cordray
Please join Fels Institute of Government for a conversation with Richard Cordray. Rich served for six years as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He was appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed by a bipartisan vote of the Senate. Most recently, Rich was a candidate for Governor of Ohio in 2018.
Mothers’ Employment Trajectories, Divorce, and Economic Well-Being
The Colloquium of the Population Studies Center & Population Aging Research Center meets most Mondays during the academic year. Sessions start and end promptly. Attendees are invited to bring and eat their lunch.
Go to eventSocial Norms-Based Messaging: A (Nonpolluting) Engine for Environmental Action
The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program presents the 20th Annual Goldstone Forum
Social norms are remarkably powerful in directing human action. Studies have shown that communications that use social norms-based appeals for pro-environmental behavior are superior to those that use traditional appeals, but this motivating power is often used incorrectly.
Go to eventOcean Responses to Climate Change and Why This Matters
Penn Science Café