Survey Research Center

  1. July 18, 2024

    Regents approve six Distinguished University Professors

    U-M faculty members Roger D. Cone, Deborah Dash Moore, Jeffrey Fessler, Sergey Fomin, Deborah Loewenberg Ball and Robert M. Sellers have been recognized as Distinguished University Professors.

  2. July 12, 2024

    Pam Davis-Kean named director of ISR’s Survey Research Center

    Pam Davis-Kean has been selected as the director of the Institute for Social Research’s Survey Research Center for a five-year term beginning Sept. 1.

  3. March 30, 2024

    Study: Couples with similar drinking habits may live longer

    A recent study by U-M researcher Kira Birditt found that couples who are concordant in their drinking behavior — meaning both drink alcohol — tend to live longer.

  4. January 29, 2024

    More Americans support government assistance for elder care

    A study by U-M researcher Sarah Patterson found that by 2022, more Americans felt government agencies should be providing help in caring for older adults.

  5. June 8, 2023

    Non-LSD hallucinogen use rising among young adults

    Young adults ages 19-30 nearly doubled their past-12-month use of non-LSD hallucinogens in the United States from 2018-21, according to a study by U-M and Columbia University.

  6. March 31, 2022

    One-fifth of older Americans experience food insufficiency

    More than 20% of older adults in the United States will experience food insufficiency at some point in their 60s and 70s, according to a U-M study.

  7. December 7, 2021

    U-M receives $4M to study U.S. wealth inequality, transmission

    A U-M research team at the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics has received a $4 million grant to map the unequal distribution of wealth and opportunity across the United States.

  8. September 28, 2021

    U-M lab gets $13.2M to address substance abuse disorders

    A U-M lab focused on developing cutting-edge methods to inform effective interventions for drug abuse, HIV and other chronic conditions has been awarded a $13.2 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

  9. May 20, 2021

    Kathleen Cagney named Institute for Social Research director

    Kathleen A. Cagney, a professor of sociology and former deputy dean at the University of Chicago, has been named director of U-M’s Institute for Social Research.

  10. April 15, 2021

    ER visits for suicidal behavior down in pandemic’s early months

    A U-M study suggests the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and state-of-emergency executive orders likely did not increase suicide-related behavior in the early months of the outbreak.