CUNY Institute for Demographic Research

Affordability, Antitrust, and Inequality: Lina M. Khan and Paul Krugman in Conversation In-person reservations for this event are currently full, but please join the livestream.Proshansky Auditorium

There's still time to register for the livestream event! Lina M. Khan and @pkrugman.bsky.social will discuss monopoly power, antitrust, and inequality: tonight, March 9, at 6:30 pm ET.

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NIH OBSSR Director's Webinar: How Responsible Use of Mobile Device Data Can Advance Our Understanding of Fertility For millions of Americans, the pathway to parenthood includes conception failure and miscarriage. These experiences are difficult to capture in administrative or clinical data—and therefore,…

PAA member and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Demography professor Jenna Nobles @jnobles.bsky.social will present the NIH OBSSR Director's Webinar: How Responsible Use of Mobile Device Data Can Advance Our Understanding of Fertility. Register now for March 25 at 11am ET:

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📍New CIDR seminar! Elizabeth Fussell (Brown) on race & long-term population return after Hurricane Katrina. Fri Mar 13 | 1–2:30pm ET | Baruch College + Zoom

🏛️ In-person RSVP: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/wnshnnk
💻 Zoom: baruch.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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📢 Join us for the first CIDR Seminar of the spring session:
“Migration Patterns of the American Indian / Alaska Native Populations in the 21st Century”
🎤 Gwynne Evans‑Lomayesva
🗓 Friday, Feb 20
🕐 1:00–2:30 pm ET (lunch at 12:30)
📍 Hybrid: Zoom + Baruch College
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Register now for #PAA2026! All accepted presenters need to register by February 10 to secure spot on the program. myumi.ch/Nrqwj

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Join us for the Spring 2026 Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Lecture Series on Equality and Justice.

📍 Baruch College
💻 Free public event with optional livestream
🔗 RSVP: https://marxe.baruch.cuny.edu/ackerman-lecture-spring2026/

#AckermanLecture #MarxeSchool #BaruchCollege

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Announcing spring 2026 public programs! Join us in person or online - reserve now: www.gc.cuny.edu/public-progr... Feat. journalist Frank Rich, former FTC chair Lina Khan, Nobel winner @pkrugman.bsky.social, author @elijahwald.bsky.social, designer Qween Jean, singer Rocío Márquez & more! @cuny.edu

GPAC Turns Page on 2025 and Looks to 2026 By Will Dow, Chair, PAA/APC Government and Public Affairs Committee and Mary Jo Mitchell, Director, PAA/APC Government and Public Affairs

2025 brought unprecedented disruption to federal research—from lost data and grants to agency shakeups and a historic shutdown. Through strong advocacy, PAA & APC helped restore resources, protect population science, and secure key funding—and we'll continue into 2026.

Just one month until our Graduate Open House! Come meet the Marxe School community and learn more about graduate programs built for careers in public service.

🔗 Learn more and register: https://marxe.baruch.cuny.edu/themarxeschoolatbaruch/

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🏆 Dr. Gang He, Marxe School Associate Professor, received a $750K, 3-year Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant to lead research on domestic clean energy manufacturing & supply-chain resilience. 🔋🏭

Learn more: https://shorturl.at/ppqCr

🔹The City University of New York

#BaruchCollege #FacultyResearch

If you are a CUNY doctoral student in your second through sixth year, you can likely get up to $1,500 for research, travel, accommodations, conference fees, a research assistant, etc. Deadline: Jan. 31. See guidelines for more info:

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CIDR Seminar - Dr. Karen Guzzo - Low Fertility and Pronatalism in the U.S.. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeti... Low birth rates in the U.S. (and elsewhere) have become a hot topic of conversation – and a cause for major concern among many, including the current Presidential administration. These concerns have g...

My *last* talk of the semester is today at CUNY Institute for Demographic Research, & it’s open to anyone! Register at the link below & join me via Zoom at 1pm to learn what’s actually happening with US birth rates & why US pronatalism won’t raise birth rates but will do some very bad things.

Recognize a fellow demographer (or yourself!) who has contributed to the profession with a PAA Annual Award. Nominations close on January 31, 2026. buff.ly/Uw6I653

Most Americans Do Not Have Enough to Retire — ECONOMIC POLICY RESEARCH RELAB POLICY NOTE | A growing pool of American older workers (age 55 and over) must continue working or seeking work because their retirement income is inadequate.

New SCEPA Research: Most Americans still don’t have enough to retire - and the gap is growing.
Our latest Tracking the Retirement Crisis report breaks down the numbers and what it means for the future.

www.economicpolicyresearch.org/research/mos...

“People are making rational choices about how difficult it is to be a parent,” says CPC Director Karen Guzzo | Carolina Population Center This article originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal on Dec. 2, 2025. By Rachel Wolfe Fertility rates in the U.S. have never been lower. Could $1,000 “Trump accounts” for newborns, plus Tuesday...

“People are making rational choices about how difficult it is to be a parent,” says CPC Director Karen Guzzo | Carolina Population Center
www.cpc.unc.edu/news/people-are-making-rational-choices-about-how-difficult-it-is-to-be-a-parent-says-cpc-director-karen-guzzo/

Imported Solar Panels Save U.S. Lives and Cut Billions in Climate Costs, Study Finds Professor Gang He co-authored a study showing that imported solar panels prevented nearly 600 premature deaths and delivered $28 billion in climate and health benefits to the United States.

CUNY Professor Gang He co-authored a study showing that imported solar panels prevented nearly 600 premature deaths and delivered $28 billion in climate and health benefits to the U.S.

📢 Join us for the Final CIDR Seminar of the Fall Session!
Title: Low Fertility and Pronatalism in the U.S.
Speaker: Dr. Karen Guzzo
🗓 Date: Friday, December 12
🕐 Time: 1:00–2:30 PM EST
📍 Location: Online via Zoom
🔗 Register here: baruch.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#CIDRSeminars #demographicresearch

Graph of excess deaths and infections by time to availability of vaccine showing the relationship for different vaccine strategies

New from Bennett, Ferranna, Liu & Bloom in BMJ Global Health: Leaders’ advice in a pandemic to take 1st vaccine available in the context of rapid vaccine development may not in fact minimize overall population deaths or an individual’s risk of death.
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📢 Join us for the Final CIDR Seminar of the Fall Session!
Title: Low Fertility and Pronatalism in the U.S.
Speaker: Dr. Karen Guzzo
🗓 Date: Friday, December 12
🕐 Time: 1:00–2:30 PM EST
📍 Location: Online via Zoom
🔗 Register here: baruch.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#CIDRSeminars #demographicresearch

Burn Out Reimagined: Extreme Heat, Work Disability, and Sociodemographic Disparities in America - ASA Generations As temperatures rise and our labor force ages, protecting workers from extreme heat on the job becomes crucial.

🌡️ New research highlights the long-term risks to extreme heat exposure at work. At age 55, 27% of heat-exposed workers report health limits their ability to work vs 19% in climate-controlled jobs. Immigrant, Black, and Latino workers are most at risk.
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Contending With Home Care Needs After a Work Disability - ASA Generations Who tends to become disabled, what benefits are available for caregiving, and how might benefits impact household income long-term?

When workers become disabled, unmet home-care needs are widespread. Beneficiaries receive help for fewer than 1/2 of the ADL difficulties reported—and care needs fluctuate constantly. Examining disability benefits, caregiving and household economic security. generations.asaging.org/contending-w...

The Complex Impact of ‘On’ and ‘Off the Books’ Work - ASA Generations Estimating what we miss about direct care workers’ employment, earnings, and retirement savings.

Why don't we know the true size of the direct care workforce? New research note explores how movement between formal and informal work undermines retirement security for direct care workers—87% women, 61% people of color—and limits effective policy solutions. generations.asaging.org/the-complex-...

Policy Report: Impacts of federal health insurance policy changes This Robin Hood-funded report from CUNY analyzes how federal policy changes around health insurance provisions may impact poverty in New York.

What happens when the One Big Beautiful Bill Act takes effect? CUNY researchers simulate the impact on NY poverty of major health insurance provisions—before any state/local policy response.  Critical reading on what adjustments are needed to prevent rising poverty: robinhood.org/reports/poli...

Transformative Approaches to Social Security Benefits - ASA Generations Generations Journal, vol. 49, no. 3 (Fall 2025)

📚 New issue alert! Generations Journal Fall 2025 examines Social Security's legacy and the urgent need for continued policy attention to those left behind from its promise. Guest edited by Teresa Ghilarducci, Ruth K. Finkelstein & Na Yin. generations.asaging.org/publications...