Contact: Dory Knight-Ingram, [email protected] ANN ARBOR—Despite the massive amount of information created by social media, social scientists have not been able to reliably access the underlying data, undermining attempts to understand the impact of social media on society. As someone who studies how people use social media to organize, discuss, and enact social change, University… Continue reading Democratizing social media data for research impact
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Stone Center receives $4M grant to study wealth inequality and transmission in the U.S.
ANN ARBOR – Wealth inequality in the United States is rising and it plays a critical role in the intergenerational transfer of advantage. With support from a new grant award, the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics is working to understand the key mechanisms that enable and drive inequality. CID has received a $4 million grant… Continue reading Stone Center receives $4M grant to study wealth inequality and transmission in the U.S.
$4M donation launches Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics at Michigan
ANN ARBOR—A $4 million gift from the Stone Foundation will launch a center at the University of Michigan to better understand and address rising wealth inequality. The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics will pursue cutting-edge research to comprehensively understand changes and stability in inequality across generations, time and place, and… Continue reading $4M donation launches Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics at Michigan
The Institute for Social Research announces the launch of its first research professorship: the Robert F. Schoeni Research Professorship
ANN ARBOR – The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR) is pleased to announce the launch of its first research professorship, the Robert F. Schoeni Research Professorship. This professorship honors Robert Schoeni, whose career has exemplified a commitment to excellence in research, teaching, and training. As a valuable new resource for ISR to… Continue reading The Institute for Social Research announces the launch of its first research professorship: the Robert F. Schoeni Research Professorship
Marshall Weinberg Population Studies Training Program Fund Established to Support Training Infrastructure
Ann Arbor – The Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR) has received a $1 million gift from U-M alumnus and a prominent investment broker and philanthropist Marshall Weinberg to establish the Marshall Weinberg Population Studies Training Program Fund. PSC’s training program provides a specialized demographic apprenticeship for… Continue reading Marshall Weinberg Population Studies Training Program Fund Established to Support Training Infrastructure
Gates Foundation grant boosts ICPSR Summer Program Scholarship Diversity Initiative
ANN ARBOR – Diversity in the social and behavioral sciences just got a big boost from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is pitching in $148,500 to help bolster the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program Diversity Initiative launched in early 2018. The new award will help underrepresented graduate students… Continue reading Gates Foundation grant boosts ICPSR Summer Program Scholarship Diversity Initiative