"Can College Procedures Be More Family-Friendly?"
Thu 3rd, May 2012 - 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
4:00pm - 5:00pm

The Center for Research on Families warmly welcomes Dr. James E. Rosenbaum, Professor of Education and Social Policy and Sociology at Northwestern University to the UMass campus as part of the Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture Series. 

 

WILL I EVER PUBLISH AGAIN??..AND OTHER CHALLENGES FOR PIs
Wed 9th, May 2012 - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
12:00pm - 2:00pm

One of the greatest challenges to running a grant is remembering that it is really "all about the research".  It is very easy to get caught up in the every day administration and personnel issues and put off the analyses and writing that are necessary to be successful.

If you currently are a Principal Investigator of a grant and you have found yourself asking....   

“Analyzing Incomplete Multilevel Data with HLM”
Fri 18th, May 2012 - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
9:00am - 5:00pm

Multilevel data are pervasive in research in education, social science, and public health. The data arise from randomized trials in school, community, and hospital settings, longitudinal studies of student learning, and large-scale surveys of individuals within social contexts. The problem of missing data is equally pervasive.

New England Workshop on Social Network Analysis
Wed 30th, May 2012 - 9:00 AM - Fri 1st, Jun 2012 - 5:00 PM
9:00am - 5:00pm

How do diseases, violence, and fashion trends spread through a population? What is the connection between global trade patterns and modern art? Does marriage affect banking relationships? How do modern technologies such as Facebook affect our intimate relationships? How cohesive are terrorist cells, and how successful are the government’s attempt at dismantling them? How does peer pressure influence obesity, smoking, and other behaviors? The answer to all these questions is based on an understanding of social networks and how they are structured.