The Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) and The Milbank Quarterly recently announced a collaboration aimed at demonstrating the impacts of recent federal actions on population health and health policy. If you would like to share your story and insights on the impact of recent federal actions on your research and trainees, and the implications for population health and health equity policy and outcomes, share your story here. Selected submissions will be featured on The Milbank Quarterly website.

Join the Center for Aging, Climate, and Health (CACHE) for an upcoming Climate 101 webinar!

On June 5th, Dr. Christian Braneon of the City University of New York (CUNY) Institute for Demographic Research (CIDR) will cover climate variability, the components of climate risk, and insights on developing projections of future climate for interdisciplinary research. Learn more and register here.

 

Five years after the murder of George Floyd, CSDE Affiliate Alexes Harris (Sociology) was featured on a KING 5 roundtable about the state of the Black Lives Matter movement and the push for racial equity. Despite public skepticism about policy changes since 2020, Dr. Harris described some meaningful changes that have occurred. “Our ancestors have gone through much worse than this moment, and we stand on their shoulders,” Harris said during the roundtable. “Struggle has made this country better … it gives me optimism for the future.” Watch the full roundtable conversation here.

CSDE Affiliate and eScience Institute Senior Data Science Fellow Tyler McCormick (Sociology) will give a CSSS seminar titled “Robustly Estimating Heterogeneity in Factorial Data Using Rashomon Partitions” on Wednesday, June 4th at 12:30 p.m. in Savery 409. Learn more and register here.

Recent studies have shown that large language models such as GPT-4 outperform humans in some aspects of writing. As a result, it has become increasingly difficult to discern between human and AI-generated writing. In a recent article published in The Conversation, CSDE Affiliate Jevin West (Information School) and co-authors explore the implications of this development based on their recently published research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). In their analysis, the authors highlight the importance of raising awareness of these changes and developing a deeper understanding of AI’s anthropomorphic qualities. Read the article here.

The 14^th annual workshop on Research Design for Causal Inference will be held at Northwestern Law School in Chicago, IL from July 28th to August 6th, 2025. In person-registration is limited to 125 participants for each workshop, and there will also be a Zoom option. Learn more and register here.

Applications for the 19th Annual 2025 Graduate Climate Conference (GCC) hosted by MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on November 7-9, 2025, at Woods Hole, MA are now open! The deadline to apply is June 8th, 2025.

The GCC is a student-led, interdisciplinary conference (co-hosted by UW and MIT) that offers graduate students a unique opportunity to share their climate-focused research and connect with peers from a wide range of disciplines. Conference attendance is fully funded, with additional limited support available to help cover travel expenses. Apply here.

The GCC is an annual interdisciplinary climate conference run by graduate students, for graduate students featuring panel discussions, presentations, workshops, social events, and more. More information about the organizers, conference history and logistics can be found on the GCC website.

GCC highlights climate research from a variety of disciplines within the physical, natural, and social sciences and humanities. The organizers strive to feature a diverse representation of students and research topics to create a broader, more inclusive community for emerging leaders in climate-related fields. We encourage students from all backgrounds and stages of their graduate careers to apply. 

The deadline for abstract submission is June 8th. The application link is attached above, and can be found on the website as well. There is no fee to register or apply. Acceptances will be emailed in July. Limited funding to cover any costs incurred by attending the conference will be awarded on an as-needed basis to as many participants as possible.

For conference updates, please check the GCC website or follow us on social media.

Please contact the Organizing Committee with any additional questions at gradclimateconference@gmail.com