The NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) and Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office are hosting a virtual webinar on Monday, November 4, 2024, to highlight research supported through last year’s Notice of Special Interest: Research on Gender Measurement (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional) (NOT-OD-23-046).
Register here.
CSDE Affiliate Katherine Stovel (Sociology) was quoted in a recent Atlantic article entitled “Americans Are Hoarding Their Friends.” The article quotes Stovel’s analysis of “catalyst brokers” who help build connections between their friends, and explores the costs and benefits of this behavior. Read the full article here.
The Queer Mentoring and Peer Program (QMPP) is an evolving mentorship and peer program that actively seeks to queer the idea of mentorship. Within QMPP, we aim to address the perception of power differences within traditional mentorship programs and create an affirming space for shared learning and respect. All mentorship and peer groups directly inform the shape and structure of their group. This program upholds the statement, “conversations over contracts.”
The Queer Mentoring and Peer Program (QMPP) provides a safe, affirming, and exciting environment in which a mentee’s sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression is supported and celebrated by an educated and experienced mentor. Through this program, you can expect to: Get matched one-on-one with someone based on your shared identities and interests Meet with your mentor/mentee twice a month and explore the joys, challenges, concerns, and questions about coming out, exploring their queer identity, and much more. Attend campus and community events and help to build your queer community.
Apply here to be a mentee, peer, or mentor. Undergraduate and graduate students, staff, faculty, and alumni can apply.
CSDE Affiliate William Zumeta (Evans School Professor Emeritus) recently authored an article entitled “Old patterns and new tensions in U.S. higher education finance,” in Annali di Storia Delle Universita Italiane. The article focuses on the changes in public attitudes toward – and governmental support of – higher education in the U.S., focusing primarily on the last 40 years. The post-1980 period is set within the longer-term historical context of American federalism in higher education policy and finance. Read the full article here.
Taught by Cameron Riddell & James Powell (Don’t Use This Code) and organized as part of the NASA Transform to Open Science training initiative, this workshop is a wonderful and comprehensive introduction to Open Science principles and practices in data science and for quantitative research in general.
The target audience is graduate students in their first or second year, or those with little exposure to the principles and practices that enable open and reproducible science when analyzing data and writing code. Applications in Python, but the content is broadly applicable. No prior knowledge required. Learn more and register here.
Former CSDE Trainee Matthew Fowle and CSDE Affiliate Rachel Fyall (Evans School) recently published a story in the Journal of Urban Affairs entitled “Evading the eviction moratorium: Changing patterns in formal and informal evictions and eviction tactics during the COVID-19 pandemic.” The study, which draws on survey, interview, and administrative data, finds that pandemic-era eviction moratoria were associated with fewer formal evictions, but that informal (often illegal) evictions and eviction tactics increased. Read the full article here.
The Postdoctoral Fellowship supports early-career scholars working in critical areas of educational scholarship. Fellows will receive $70,000 for one academic year of research, or $35,000 for each of two contiguous years, working half-time. Fellows attend professional development retreats and receive mentorship from NAEd members and other senior scholars in their field. Applicants must have had their PhD, EdD, or equivalent research degree conferred between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2023, to be eligible to apply this year. This fellowship is non-residential, and applications from all disciplines are encouraged. The NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship will fund 25 early-career researchers.
Attend a live webinar on September 20, 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern to learn more about this opportunity. Attendees have the opportunity to ask questions to NAEd staff and the Chair of the selection committee.
NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
Deadline to apply: November 7, 2024
Would 4 hours, 4 days, 4 weeks, or 4 months collaborating with a data scientist accelerate your research to the next level?
Then check out the eScience Institute’s new Data Science and AI Accelerator. We are looking for projects from any research area that would benefit from collaboration with our team of data scientists on data intensive and AI approaches, such as machine learning, scalable data management, statistical analysis, data visualization, open-source software development, and cloud and scalable computing. We support projects that vary greatly in terms of their methods, scope, maturity, and area of application.
The Data Science and AI Accelerator is open to all faculty, postdocs, staff, and graduate students across the 3 UW campuses whose research can be significantly advanced through collaboration with a data science expert. Unlike our previous Incubator program, the Accelerator program will run year-round with proposals accepted on a rolling basis. Collaborations can start any quarter and can be anything from a 1-week sprint to a 6-month partnership and everything in between.
We are now accepting proposals for projects to start in Winter Quarter 2025. Proposals received by November 11th will be evaluated for start dates as early as January. Proposals received after that date will be reviewed at the end of February for start dates in Spring Quarter.
Interested to learn more? Schedule an office hour with a data scientist and read the full program description.