ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR) is proud to announce that H. Luke Shaefer, faculty associate in the Survey Research Center and Population Studies Center and associate professor of social work and public policy, will serve as the inaugural director of Poverty Solutions, a new initiative launched by U-M to prevent and… Continue reading U-M announces new initiatives and partnerships to help alleviate poverty
News Tag: Detroit
Who are you? Squatters can actually help a neighborhood
ANN ARBOR—Squatters who illegally occupy vacant homes or buildings are not always contributing to apathy or social disorder, say University of Michigan researchers. It can actually be a good situation for a neighborhood to have these individuals move into abandoned homes, lessening the chance of them becoming sites for drug users or burned by arsonists,… Continue reading Who are you? Squatters can actually help a neighborhood
Experts call for interdisciplinary study of childhood exposure to environmental contaminants
ANN ARBOR—The recent public health crisis in Flint, Mich., underscores a need for scientists to better understand the relationship between environmental contaminants and child development, say researchers at The University of Michigan and their collaborators. In a paper published in July in the journal Childhood Development Perspectives, scientists from U-M’s Institute for Social Research (ISR)… Continue reading Experts call for interdisciplinary study of childhood exposure to environmental contaminants
U-M launches Detroit study on social relationships, forgiveness
ANN ARBOR—Interviewers from the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research will begin contacting Detroit community members this week for a new study on social relationships, forgiveness and well-being. Funded by the John Templeton Foundation, the study will include interviews with 1,200 residents of Wayne, Macomb and Oakland counties. Participants will be drawn from different… Continue reading U-M launches Detroit study on social relationships, forgiveness
Biological process linked to early aging, death among poor in Detroit
ANN ARBOR—The stress of living in extreme poverty causes early onset of age-related diseases and takes years off the lives of many of the urban poor—evidence at the cellular level now shows, according to a University of Michigan-led study. A multi-university team of social scientists, cellular biologists and community partners measured telomere length of poor… Continue reading Biological process linked to early aging, death among poor in Detroit