Save the Date!

Election 2008 - What happened and why?
Thursday, November 6, 2008, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Library 7th Floor
Let's talk politics. Two days after the 56th U.S. presidential election, join Tom Schaller and Tyson-King Meadows from the UMBC Political Science Department, and David Nitkin, Washington correspondent for the Baltimore Sun, for a discussion of the 2008 presidential election - the campaigns, the candidates, the voters and of course, the outcome. Sponsored by the UMBC Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research.

Brown Bag Series

All seminars are from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Feel free to bring your lunch.
Printable schedule of Public Policy Research Seminars

September 9
Tim Gindling & Sara Poggio, UMBC
Family separation and re-unification as a factor in the educational success of immigrant children in the United States

September 17
Jonah Rockoff, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University
Does Mentoring Reduce Turnover and Improve Skills of New Employees? Evidence from Teachers in New York City

September 29
Carolyn Hill, Graduate Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University
Longer-Term Effects of the Tulsa Public Schools Pre-K Program

October 8
Bill Rothstein, Dept. of Sociology, UMBC
The Great Twentieth-Century Pandemic Of Coronary Heart Disease: How Well Do We Understand It?

October 15
Judy Shinogle, Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research, UMBC
Determinants and Costs of Physical Inactivity

October 29
Dylan Conger, School of Public Policy, George Washington University
The Effects of Native Language Instruction on How Quickly English Learners Can Acquire Proficiency

November 12
Ted Joyce, Dept. of Economics, Baruch College
TBA

November 19
Don Norris, Dept. of Public Policy, UMBC
Disirregardless of the facts, Ma'am: Technology, Public Opinion, Advocacy Groups and Policy Outcomes affecting Election Administration in Maryland

December 3
Jason Fletcher, School of Public Health, Yale University
Peer Influences on Alcohol Consumption

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Social Science Forums

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