November 30, 2012 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Ruth Gilmore Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences - The Graduate Center, CUNY
November 30, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
TBA
Ashley Mears Assistant Professor of Sociology - Boston University
December 4, 2012 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Positive, Negative, or Null? The Effects of Maternal Incarceration on Children’s Behavioral Problems
December 4, 2012 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Southscapes: Geographies of Race, Region, and Literature (Book Talk)
Thadious M. Davis Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of English - University of Pennsylvania
December 5, 2012 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Janice Madden Robert C. Daniels Foundation Term Professor of Urban Studies, Regional Science, Sociology and Real Estate - University of Pennsylvania
January 14, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Market for High-Quality Medicine
Daniel Bennett Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy Studies - University of Chicago
January 15, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Happiness, Growth, and Public Policy
Richard Easterlin University Professor and Professor of Economics - University of Southern California
2012-2013 Positive Psychology Center Colloquia | Location: Positive Psychology Center (3701 Market Street, 2nd floor), Room 201 (RSVP lbens@psych.upenn.edu)
Description:
Description: If society's goal is to increase happiness, economic growth in itself will not do the job, but full employment and generous and comprehensive safety net policies will. This conclusion is suggested by a wide range of evidence on happiness in countries throughout the world. Please RSVP to Libby Benson at lbens@psych.upenn.edu, if you would like to attend. A light lunch will be provided prior to the talk at 11:45pm. SPACE IS LIMITED.
January 16, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Single Mothers and Poverty in Japan: The Role of Living Arrangements
James M. Raymo Professor of Sociology - University of Wisconsin-Madison
January 16, 2013 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Camille Charles Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Professor in the Social Sciences - University of Pennsylvania
Location: Irvine Auditorium
Description:
This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required for entrance.
Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Box Office, 3680 Walnut Street. Tickets can be picked up in person. Box Office hours are Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., and Saturday, Noon - 6:00 p.m. Call the Annenberg Box Office at 215-898-3900 for ticket information.
January 18, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Contingency and Path Dependency in the Emergence of Modern American Corporate Law
January 23, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Social Isolation of Disadvantage and Advantage: The Reproduction of Inequality in Urban Spac
January 28, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Latino Remarriage Conundrum: explaining the divergence in Latino and white martial transitions at remarriage
Catherine McNamee Postdoctoral Fellow in the Family Demography and Individual Development Training Program, Population Research Institute - The Pennsylvania State University
January 30, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A Market for Bodily Knowledge: Analyzing the Medical Profession's Response to Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
February 1, 2013 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Diffusion as Negotiation: The Relational Dynamics of How Innovations are Localized and Why They Stick
Tamara Kay Associate Professor of Sociology - Harvard University
February 1, 2013 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sharing a Household: Economic Downturns, Household Composition and Well-being
Laryssa Mykyta - Census Bureau
February 4, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Cambio tecnológido dirigido, gasto sanitario y esperanza de vida: un modelo de equilibrio dinámico - en Español
February 6, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Cybersegregation: Is Neil a More Desirable Tenant than Tyrone or Jorge?
Gregory D. Squires Professor of Sociology and Public Policy & Public Administration - George Washington University
February 11, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Does Mandatory Diversion to Drug Treatment Eliminate Racial Disparities in the Incarceration of Drug Offenders? An Examination of California's Proposition 36
John MacDonald Associate Professor of Criminology, Chair, Department of Criminology, Director, Jerry Lee Center of Criminology - University of Pennsylvania
February 13, 2013 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Where Are The Children? Declining Fertility in Hong Kong and East Asia
Rubie Watson Curator of Comparative Ethnology; Former Director, Peabody Museum - Harvard University
Location: Chase Auditorium, Haverford College
February 13, 2013 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Description:
How do we make cities and neighborhoods more livable? Please join Penn IUR and the Department of Criminology for a discussion on place-based interventions aimed at improving the health, safety and viability of urban places. Experts will discuss the current research on what works and what doesn’t, and furthermore, what research is still needed. Speakers include: Elijah Anderson, William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Sociology, Yale University; Charles Branas, Professor of Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine; Director, Cartographic Modeling Laboratory; John MacDonald, Chair of Penn’s Department of Criminology and Associate Professor of Criminology; and Susan Wachter, Co-Director, Penn IUR and the Richard B. Worley Professor of Financial Management and Professor of Real Estate and Finance; The Wharton School. The event is dedicated to exploring Penn’s theme of the year, Proof.
Please RSVP using the following link: http://safeplaces.eventbrite.com/#
