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Seminars and Speakers

CPC Seminars ARE HELD on Fridays, 1:25-2:40 PM in MVR 2250 (unless otherwise noted). 

For additional information contact population@cornell.edu

CPC Seminars | FALL 2026

CENTERS FALL WELCOME RECEPTION

Tuesday, September 1 | 3:30 – 5 PM | HEB Commons

Co-Hosts: CPC, CSI, RJEF, Roper

 

INNOVATIONS IN POPULATION SCIENCE

Leonard M. Lopoo, Maxwell School, Syracuse University (Economics)

Wanting Children: Family-Planning Policies and the Engineering of American’s Population

Friday, September 11 | 1:25 – 2:40 PM | MVR 2250

Co-sponsor: CSI

 

SOCIOLOGY COLLOQUIUM

Rin Reczek, The Ohio State University

Talk Title TBA

Friday, September 18| 3:00 – 4:15 PM | LOCATION: TBA

Co-sponsor: CPC

 

BOOK LAUNCH

danah boyd (with Dan Hirschman)

Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census

Tuesday, September 22 | 4:30 – 6:00 PM | LOCATION: Warren B25

Co-Sponsors: CPC, Sociology, Economics, Information Science, Science and Technology Studies

 

UNIVERSITY LECTURE

Cynthia Miller Idriss, American University

Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism

Wednesday, September 30 | 4:30 – 5:30 PM | GSH 132

Host: SOC; co-sponsors: Cornell Center on Democracy, Government, FGSS, German Studies, CSI, CPC

 

INNOVATIONS IN POPULATION SCIENCE

Julia Behrman, Northwestern University (Sociology)

The Deinstitutionalization of Parenthood in the United States

Friday, October 2 | 1:25 – 2:40 PM | MVR 2250
Co-sponsor: CSI

 

INNOVATIONS IN POPULATION SCIENCE

Nicholas Mark, University of Wisconsin – Madison (Sociology)

Housing Costs and U.S. Fertility: A New Era?

Friday, October 23 | 1:25 – 2:40 PM | MVR 2250
Co-sponsor: CSI

 

INNOVATIONS IN POPULATION SCIENCE

Bocar Ba, Duke University (Economics)

Reforming the Provision of Public Safety

Friday, November 6 | 1:25 – 2:40 PM | MVR 2250
Co-sponsor: CSI

 

LABOR ECONOMICS WORKSHOP

Matthew Notowidigdo, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business

Talk title: TBA

Monday, November 16 | 11:40 – 12:55 PM | Malott 406

Co-sponsor: CPC

 

BOOK LAUNCH

Benjamin Cornwell, Cristobal Young, Barum Park and Nan Feng

Friends and Fortunes: Social Capital Inequality in America

Friday, December 4 | 3:00 -4:15 PM | Malott 406

Host: SOC; Co-sponsor: CPC

CPC Newsletter

Upcoming Events

September 11, 2026

Cornell Population Center Innovations in Population Science Speaker Series presents Wanting Children: Family-Planning Policies and the Engineering of American's...

September 18, 2026

Rin Reczek, The Ohio State University Abstract: Family of origin estrangement, or going “no contact” with a parent, sibling, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or other...

September 22, 2026

danah boyd in conversation with Dan Hirschman Join Professor danah boyd for an exclusive look into her new book, Data Are Made, Not Found. Discover the...

September 30, 2026

Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss, American University  Cornell University Lecture, hosted by the Department of Sociology Reception following talk at the AD White...

October 2, 2026

Cornell Population Center Innovations in Population Science Speaker Series presents "The Deinstitutionalization of Parenthood in the United States" with Julia Behrman,...

October 23, 2026

Cornell Population Center Innovations in Population Science Speaker Series presents "Housing Costs and U.S. Fertility: A New Era?" with Nicholas Mark, Assistant...

Past Events

April 20, 2026

Explore strategies for securing foundation support in this moderated panel featuring faculty with hands‑on experience in the foundation landscape. The panel will...

March 20, 2026

Cornell Population Center Innovations in Population Science Speaker Series presents "Immigration and the Changing Landscape of U.S. Health Disparities" with Tod G....

March 13, 2026

Cornell Population Center Innovations in Population Science Speaker Series presents "The Demography of Staying: Probing the Decline of Domestic Migration in the United...

February 20, 2026

Cornell Population Center Innovations in Population Science Speaker Series presents "Developmental Origins of Health Disparities in Children and Families from Marginalized...