Reposted by Kari WilliamsIPUMS @ipums.bsky.social · 16hWe are at IAPHS and ready to talk data with folks! Stop by and say hi 👋 021
Reposted by Kari WilliamsIPUMS @ipums.bsky.social · 17hA huge congratulations to Ellora Derenoncourt on being named a 2026 MacArthur Fellow! We've been following her impressive work for years. A very well deserved honor. bit.ly/4dx5kGXmacfound.orgEllora DerenoncourtUncovering the roots and ongoing drivers of racial disparities in wealth and income mobility in the United States. 094
Kari Williams @kcww.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Happening now -- come talk data to my super smart colleagues! 010
Reposted by Kari WilliamsIPUMS @ipums.bsky.social · 12/08/2026We are so excited to be part of #IAPHS2026 with our workshop "Linking & Harmonizing Spatial Population Data: IPUMS Resources for U.S. & International Contexts". Make sure you sign up for the workshop when you register for IAPHS! bit.ly/4xsygagwhova.comInterdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science Agenda on WhovaSeptember 29 – October 2, 2026, Portland, OR 021
Reposted by Kari WilliamsIPUMS @ipums.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Last call: Join our webinar "Measuring spatial accessibility to healthcare: An applied example using IPUMS PMA data" starting today at 10:00 AM CT. bit.ly/45GRIUZbit.lyYou are invited to join a webinar: Measuring spatial accessibility to healthcare: An applied example using IPUMS PMA data. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joini...There is a strong connection between place, healthcare access, and health, however the data traditionally used to measure spatial access are not universally available; this issue is particularly acute... 022
Reposted by Kari WilliamsLife Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 23/07/2026This year's Data-Intensive Research Conference may be done, but you can look forward to next year! We'll be convening around the topic "Linking Exposures and Health Across the Life Course" next summer. Workshop August 2-3; Conference August 4-5 lcc.umn.edu/DIRClcc.umn.eduData-Intensive Research Conference | LIFE COURSE CENTER, AN NIA CENTER ON THE DEMOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS OF AGING 001
Kari Williams @kcww.bsky.social · 22/07/2026@stevenruggles.bsky.social captivates #DIRC2026 participants with his keynote address, The Book of Life: Building National Longitudinal Research Infrastructure. @umnlifecourse.bsky.social @ipums.bsky.social 021
Kari Williams @kcww.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I always love a good CPS 4-8-4 rotation pattern slide! @ipums.bsky.social @umnlifecourse.bsky.social #DIRC2026 000
Reposted by Kari WilliamsLife Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Starting now at #DIRC2026 - Data Linkages and Health Trajectories with Muzhe Yang, Katie Spoon, Sinyee Q. Lu, Tim Liao, Man Zhang, and Etinne Breton. 111
Reposted by Kari WilliamsLife Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Already off to a great start here for #DIRC2026! First session - Linking Exposures and Life Course Outcomes. 222
Reposted by Kari WilliamsIPUMS @ipums.bsky.social · 20/07/2026We are excited to welcome our 2026 Data-Intensive Research Pre-Conference workshop participants today! Hosted in collaboration with NDIRA and @umnlifecourse.bsky.social - we're so excited to explore novel data linkages for innovative life course research with you. lcc.umn.edu/DIRC-workshoplcc.umn.eduPre-Conference Workshop | LIFE COURSE CENTER, AN NIA CENTER ON THE DEMOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS OF AGING 022
Reposted by Kari WilliamsIPUMS @ipums.bsky.social · 20/07/2026We are excited to kick off the week of the Data-Intensive Research Conference with a workshop on using linked, full-count census data from IPUMS. 041
Kari Williams @kcww.bsky.social · 20/07/2026It’s a great day to be kicking off this year’s Data-Intensive Research Conference — excited to welcome 38 scholars to a workshop focused on linked, full-count census data from @ipums.bsky.social ! 022
Kari Williams @kcww.bsky.social · 08/06/2026It is a good day to learn about high-quality and well-documented data that are freely available and suitable for understanding population health! 000
Reposted by Kari WilliamsPopulation Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Congratulations to Hero Ashman, University of California, Berkeley, the 2026 Dorothy S. Thomas Award recipient! She won the Thomas Award for her graduate student paper titled “Marriage and the racial division of reproductive labor: Evidence from the Great Migration, 1910-1940" buff.ly/vVNnWpy 071
Reposted by Kari WilliamsLife Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Congratulations to @popassocamerica Dorothy S. Thomas Award winner Hero Ashman for her excellent #poweredbyIPUMS research on marriage and the racial division of reproductive labor! We were fortunate to hear about this fabulous work at the 2025 @umnlifecourse and @ipums D-IRC. 011
Kari Williams @kcww.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Excited to see which of the amazing geographic resources from @ipums.bsky.social my colleague Jonathan Schroeder chooses to highlight today and hoping to find time to check out a few of the other fascinating presentations on today's program! 000
Reposted by Kari WilliamsPopulation Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · 07/05/2026A gathering of past PAA Presidents in the #PAA2026 booth! 0212
Kari Williams @kcww.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Loving the spatial data nerds who are turning out for a 6:30pm meeting on harmonizing geographic boundaries in US census data over time! #PAA2026 060
Kari Williams @kcww.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Excited to be settling into a #PAA2026 session hosted by GPAC on how scientists can effectively draft and submit op-eds to advocate for population science and crucial data infrastructure. 151
Reposted by Kari WilliamsLife Course Center @umnlifecourse.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Starting soon at #PAA2026 (Thurs, 5/7, starting at 8:30 am). See a full list of our presenters at z.umn.edu/PAA-2026 021
Reposted by Kari WilliamsIPUMS @ipums.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Attention all #PAA2026 poster winners! Was your work ⚡ #poweredbyIPUMS? Stop by our booth for some specialty swag from us. 011
Reposted by Kari WilliamsIPUMS @ipums.bsky.social · 07/05/2026We are ready and excited for another day at #PAA2026! 👋 Come and say hi! Our booth is full of helpful information, some swag, and very knowledgeable folks. So - come talk data with us! 052
Kari Williams @kcww.bsky.social · 22/04/2026My very smart IPUMS colleagues are going to be hanging out on Zoom and ready to talk data this morning. Register to swing by and pick their brains! 000
Kari Williams @kcww.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Starting NOW... @ipums.bsky.social Webinar: Linking Children, Adults, and Households in IPUMS MICS. Register and join here: z.umn.edu/MICS-Webinarz.umn.eduWelcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Linking Children, Adults, and Households in IPUMS MICS. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.IPUMS MICS allows data users to create customized data extracts of IPUMS-harmonized versions of the UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS). Like UNICEF MICS, IPUMS MICS offers separate data f... 010
Reposted by Kari WilliamsPopulation Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Congress is making key funding decisions now—and your voice matters. Urge lawmakers to prioritize robust funding for research and statistics in FY 2027. 📢 Take action: Send a message to your Members of Congress using our template. buff.ly/gYP35XX 055
Reposted by Kari WilliamsElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Pam Bondi is gone yet RFK Jr. remains. 68173751113
Kari Williams @kcww.bsky.social · 31/03/2026TOMORROW (Apr 1) is the last day to apply for the @ipums.bsky.social summer data training workshop. This is a perfect chance to jump start a research project that requires linking with historical US census data. You can also request travel support. lcc.umn.edu/DIRC-workshoplcc.umn.eduPre-Conference Workshop | LIFE COURSE CENTER, AN NIA CENTER ON THE DEMOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS OF AGING 023
Kari Williams @kcww.bsky.social · 18/02/2026There's still time to register for this morning's @i-guide.bsky.social webinar/VCO on using NHGIS data in R👇 021
Reposted by Kari WilliamsTori @tlc-soc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Shoutout @ipums.bsky.social for solving every problem in my lifeblog.popdata.orgNew Tool! ATUS-CPS Linking Counts – Use It for Good 141
Kari Williams @kcww.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Last day to comment in implementation of #SPD15 in the ACS and PRCS (and internet self-response for PRCS). The revised SPD15 standards have been rigorously vetted -- this is an important step to modernize race/ethnicity measurement in a crucial data product. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...federalregister.govAgency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community SurveyThe Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information colle... 000
Reposted by Kari WilliamsErica Groshen @ericagroshen.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Bad news today. The administration finalized a plan to remove civil service protections from about 50,000 federal workers, with no exemption for statistical or scientific agency personnel. This erodes protection of those agencies from political influence. www.govexec.com/workforce/20... #econskygovexec.comTrump admin moves to finalize return of Schedule FOfficials estimate that around 50,000 federal workers will be stripped of their civil service protections beginning in around a month, as unions, employee associations and good government groups decry... 910675
Reposted by Kari WilliamsMPR News @mprnews.org · 30/01/2026“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.mprnews.org‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custodyThe children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n... 411033687
Reposted by Kari WilliamsPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Lot of conservative dudes out there telling on themselves by being astounded by a level of ”logistics” that the average mom has to manage every fucking day 13183491389
Reposted by Kari WilliamsAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/01/2026MN House Floor Leader ⬇️ 0487
Reposted by Kari WilliamsWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 25/01/2026The statement from Alex Pretti’s parents is just “tell the government to stop telling smirking, transparent lies about why it killed our son” which feels like a new low for our nation. This president and his toadies have brought us to our knees and must be driven out 171073270
Reposted by Kari WilliamsWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 25/01/2026The orgs I'd give to: ACLU MN National Lawyers Guild MN Monarca MN They're providing legal assistance for protesters, observers, and immigrants. 8438110
Reposted by Kari WilliamsAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 24/01/2026Minnesota is standing up together. We can try to protect each other. We can witness and alert you. But this is the federal govt. This is a national issue. We need YOU to stand up with us. Read @naomikritzer.bsky.social. Act with compassion & immense urgency. naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...naomikritzer.comHow To Help if You are Outside MinnesotaLast edited January 22, 2026 I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That sa… 17132
Reposted by Kari WilliamsColleen Kelly @onecolleen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026The StarTribune live blog is paywall free: - The man shot by federal agents this morning has died - Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building. - ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi... 341852957
Reposted by Kari WilliamsElizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 22/01/2026For those outside the Twin Cities, the person posting this GoFundMe is a member of Minneapolis city council (and among the many locals doing absolutely heroic resistance to ICE), so it's legit. 101485929
Reposted by Kari WilliamsMPR News @mprnews.org · 22/01/2026The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.mprnews.orgICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials and a lawyer for the family say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramo as “bai... 27804455
Reposted by Kari WilliamsNorm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026One thing I’d like to see is my senators and governor every day on tv at 5pm holding a press conference with video of every documented abuse that ICE is doing. Curate all of the witnessing we’re doing and show it to the press. 183451816
Reposted by Kari Williamsdataindex.us @dataindex.us · 15/01/2026The Day Federal Data Went Dark: A Year of Monitoring and Action Register here: tinyurl.com/webinar-data... Co-hosted by dataindex.us and @apduorg.bsky.social 21711
Reposted by Kari WilliamsBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Jesus. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi... 985209888428
Reposted by Kari WilliamsSteven Manson @smmanson.bsky.social · 11/12/2025The 2025 IPUMS Research Awards are currently open for nominations. 🏅 They honor outstanding research that uses IPUMS data to advance understanding of demographic processes. Cash prizes are awarded in several categories! www.ipums.org/impact/ipums...ipums.orgIPUMS Research Awards | IPUMSWe are pleased to announce the opening of the annual IPUMS Research Awards competition. These awards honor outstanding research using IPUMS data to advance or deepen our understanding of social and de... 001
Reposted by Kari WilliamsIPUMS @ipums.bsky.social · 23/12/2025The CPS 2025 November monthly data are now available on IPUMS CPS 🎉 CPS data collection and processing were among the many U.S. government programs and services interrupted by the October 1-November 12, 2025 U.S. government shutdown. Learn more: blog.popdata.org/2025-u-s-gov...blog.popdata.orgA Missing Piece: The 2025 U.S. Government Shutdown and the Current Population Survey – Use It for Good 068
