Institute for Social Research
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September 17, 2014
Search advisory committee for next ISR director is named
Provost Martha Pollack has named an advisory committee to search for a new director of the Institute for Social Research.
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September 8, 2014
College students’ use of marijuana rising, some drugs declining
More college students nationwide have added illicit drugs, such as marijuana and amphetamines, to their back-to-school supply lists, U-M researchers say.
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June 19, 2014
ISR’s James Jackson to serve on NSF National Science Board
President Barack Obama has announced his intention to appoint ISR Director James Jackson to the National Science Board of the National Science Foundation.
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June 9, 2014
How to give ourselves advice as well as we give it to others
Most of us find it easier to be wise about other people’s problems than our own. But a new study, conducted in part by a U-M social psychologist, identifies a simple way to close this gap.
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May 22, 2014
Growing inequalities make science more of a ‘winner takes all’ field
As new research documents growing inequalities in health and wealth, the gap between “haves” and “have-nots” is growing in the field of scientific research itself, a U-M sociologist says.
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May 11, 2014
State of the nation’s egotism: On the rise for a century
Forget the “me” generation. A new analysis of long-term trends in egotism shows there’s been a “me” century in America.
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April 15, 2014
Trivellore Raghunathan named Survey Research Center director
Trivellore Raghunathan has been appointed director of the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research.
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March 19, 2014
Survey finds surprising attitudes toward energy costs, environmental impact
Consumers, on average, believe home energy bills would have to nearly double before forcing them to make lifestyle changes to save on costs, according to a new U-M survey.
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February 7, 2014
Most teenage workers spend their earnings on short-term wants
High school seniors spend most of their earnings on clothes, music, movies, eating out and other personal expenses. Spending on cars and car expenses comes in second.
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January 31, 2014
How patients make medical decisions
Sooner or later, everyone faces decisions about whether or not to have surgery, take a new medication or have a cancer-screening test. A new University of Michigan study published in Health Expectations explores the costs and benefits patients say are important in making these kinds of medical decisions, and how those costs and benefits explain what they actually decide to do.
