Institute for Social Research

October 7, 2021

ICPSR’s Miller, Flanigan, and Innovation Award Winners Honored at 2021 ICPSR Biennial Meeting

ANN ARBOR – The ICPSR community gathered in-person and online today to honor the recipients of the 2021 ICPSR Awards. Read more
October 1, 2021

Inflation raises uncertainty about future living standards

ANN ARBOR — Although consumer sentiment edged upward in September, the overall gain still meant the continuation of depressed optimism, Read more
September 28, 2021

U-M lab awarded $13.2M grant to help thwart substance abuse disorders

ANN ARBOR—A University of Michigan lab focused on developing cutting-edge methods to inform effective interventions for drug abuse, HIV and Read more
September 23, 2021

Grants from OVPR, NCID advance anti-racism research, scholarship

ANN ARBOR – The Office of the Vice President for Research, in partnership with the National Center for Institutional Diversity, Read more
September 21, 2021

Communities for cognitive aging: How neighborhoods may protect the cognitive health of older Americans

ANN ARBOR – Americans are living longer than ever before, but cognitive decline threatens the quality of those last golden Read more
September 20, 2021

Majority of Detroiters want police reform, many also want increased police presence

DETROIT—Competing concerns about police brutality and high crime rates are reflected in Detroiters’ attitudes toward the police, according to University Read more
September 20, 2021

U-M expert: Challenges abound as leaders assemble for Mackinac Policy Conference

ANN ARBOR—Many of Michigan’s business, political and academic movers and shakers are gathering this week for the annual Mackinac Policy Read more
September 9, 2021

Latest US Census Bureau poverty statistics: U-M experts can discuss

ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan faculty are available to discuss the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 report on poverty and income statistics, Read more
September 8, 2021

As dementia’s toll on the U.S. rises, new study shows major gaps in who gets care that could help them remain at home

ANN ARBOR – A new study provides stark statistics about a reality that 6 million Americans with dementia and their Read more
September 8, 2021

Daily marijuana use among US college students reaches new 40-year high

National study also shows increases in hallucinogen use, reaching highest level among college students since early 1980s ANN ARBOR—Daily marijuana Read more