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2007 Population Estimates Released

According to the 2007 population estimates released March 20, 2008, Johnson County, Kansas was the fastest growing Kansas County with a 16.6% increase in population from 2000. By contrast, Lane County, Kansas experienced the greatest decline in population since 2000 with a 19.0% decrease. For more information, please visit the Kansas Data Archive or view a map showing the 2007 estimates with percent change since 2000 (link below).
File(s): http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/GIS/pctchg0007.pdf

LAS792 - Managing Research Data in the Social Sciences

This 2- or 3-credit hour graduate level course offered in the Summer 2008 term is designed to teach the skills necessary to read, reorganize, transform, clean, archive, and export simple or complex data. The primary tool used in the class is the SAS system. Structured Query Language (SQL) in both SAS and Microsoft Access receives a strong emphasis.
File(s): http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/new/LAS792Summer2008.pdf

Internationally known sociologist, economist to speak at KU

One of the world’s leading authorities on globalization will deliver the annual Clark Lecture sponsored by the Department of Sociology at the University of Kansas.

Saskia Sassen, who recently completed a five-year project on sustainable human settlement for UNESCO, will speak on "Deciphering the Global: Its Spaces, Scales and Subjects" at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, at the Malott Room in the Kansas Union. The event is co-sponsored by the Hall Center for the Humanities and the Institute for Policy & Social Research.

Sassen, a professor of sociology at Columbia University and at the London School of Economics, is internationally known for her classic work on global cities and for articulating the social implications of the global economy. In her 2006 book "Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages" she theorizes the relationship between the nation states of the past and the new global organizations of the present and future. Her many books have been translated into 16 languages.

For more information, contact: Mary Zimmerman, Department of Sociology, (785) 864-9413.
Link(s): http://www.news.ku.edu/2007/october/1/sassen.shtml

Mercer selected for Staff Fellows Program

Susan Mercer, assistant director, was one of eleven KU staff members selected to explore higher education administration as part of KU’s first Staff Fellows Program. The professional development program is coordinated by the provost’s office and is modeled after the Faculty Senior Administrative Fellows Program. The fellows will work approximately four hours per month exploring various aspects of administration at KU. The majority of time will be spent working on small group or individual projects. Mercer’s project will research alternative models for employing professional staff in upper level administration. The program began in September and continues through May 2008.

New Single Year of Age Profiles

2006 Single Year of Age profiles for Kansas and all Kansas counties are now available. These profiles detail the population by age for July 1, 2000 through July 1, 2006. These estimates were prepared by the Population Estimates Program of the U.S. Census Bureau under a collaborative agreement with the National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) and released on July 23, 2007.
Link(s): http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/census/estpop/sya06/