Will Shadish at the Grad School of Education

UC Merced professor, Will Shadish, visited the AQM program on Friday, 2/12/09. He was our First Colloquium Speaker and his visit was highly anticipated!

Will spent the day meeting and speaking with faculty and fellows and was gracious with his time and expertise. The Fellows spent an hour with Will at our informal "Organic To Go brown bag session" in room 1048 in Moore Hall. We had some delicous organic sandwiches, apple chips, sodas and snacks. Later, they participated in his colloquium from 3:30-5:00pm in the Reading Room on the third floor. We had standing room only with over 55 guests. Next month, we will post his PowerPoint and audio file so you can see how his topic:

When Can Nonrandomized Experiments Approximate the Answers from Randomized Experiments?

This is the essence of all university life: meeting and discussing research with top notch experts in the field.

Will Shadish's presentation was best explained to me by AQM Fellow, Mark Hansen. I hope Mark or another AQM fellow has some time to summarize Prof Shadish's research topic that day.

This week we have a visiting PhD Candidate on Wednesday from Concord, California. He will meet and greet our faculty and fellows to get an idea if the AQM program is a great match for him and us.

Here is the link to the PowerPoint from February 12, 2009. It's best to download it for optimal quality. http://aqm.gseis.ucla.edu/newsandevents.html