This 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 https://lcc.umn.edu/DIRC

@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

I always love a good CPS 4-8-4 rotation pattern slide! @ipums.bsky.social @umnlifecourse.bsky.social #DIRC2026

Starting now at #DIRC2026 - Data Linkages and Health Trajectories with Muzhe Yang, Katie Spoon, Sinyee Q. Lu, Tim Liao, Man Zhang, and Etinne Breton.

Already off to a great start here for #DIRC2026! First session - Linking Exposures and Life Course Outcomes.

We 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. https://lcc.umn.edu/DIRC-workshop

We 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.

It’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 !

It is a good day to learn about high-quality and well-documented data that are freely available and suitable for understanding population health!

IPUMS@ipums.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are at #ASHEcon2026 (American Society of Health Economists)! Come and visit our booth and chat with us.

“‘While synthetic data can give u an incredible snapshot of conventional wisdoms of what sorts of thngs ppl have generally believed over time…it’s incredibly bad at generating anything surprising.’The surprises…are the valuable bits: the new knowledge that drives scholarship or business decisions”🧪

Chris Stokel-Walker@stokel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Synthetic data is everywhere you look, from market research to polling - but is it any good? My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91554056/syn...

Congratulations 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

Congratulations 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.

Excited 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!

IPUMS@ipums.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Census Bureau's Geography Division GeoForum starts today! We are excited to learn and participate this year. Our very own Jonathan Schroeder will be presenting as part of a session on Accessing Census Data on 5/20 from 2-5pm ET. https://bit.ly/3PLNgjs

A gathering of past PAA Presidents in the #PAA2026 booth!

Loving the spatial data nerds who are turning out for a 6:30pm meeting on harmonizing geographic boundaries in US census data over time! #PAA2026

Excited 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.

Starting soon at #PAA2026 (Thurs, 5/7, starting at 8:30 am). See a full list of our presenters at z.umn.edu/PAA-2026

Attention all #PAA2026 poster winners! Was your work ⚡ #poweredbyIPUMS? Stop by our booth for some specialty swag from us.

We 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!

Indeed I am! #PAA2026

Congrats to this year's winners 👏

IPUMS@ipums.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Thank you to everyone who submitted their #poweredbyIPUMS work from 2025 for our annual research awards competition. 🏆 We are thrilled to announce this year's winners! 🎉 www.ipums.org/impact/ipums...

My 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!

IPUMS@ipums.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Have questions? We have answers! Last chance to join our virtual office hours TODAY April 22, 10-11:30am CT. You can stop in anytime, but you do need to register: http://z.umn.edu/ipums-voh

Starting NOW... @ipums.bsky.social Webinar: Linking Children, Adults, and Households in IPUMS MICS. Register and join here: z.umn.edu/MICS-Webinar

Welcome! 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...

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Congress 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

Pam Bondi is gone yet RFK Jr. remains.

TOMORROW (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-workshop

There's still time to register for this morning's @i-guide.bsky.social webinar/VCO on using NHGIS data in R👇

IPUMS@ipums.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Register to join "Working with IPUMS NHGIS in R: Exploring, Extracting, and Analyzing Spatial Data Using ipumsr" starting TODAY (February 18) at 11:00am CT

Shoutout @ipums.bsky.social for solving every problem in my life

Last 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...

Agency 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 Survey

The 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...

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Bad 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... #econsky

Trump admin moves to finalize return of Schedule F

Officials 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...

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