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
News Tag: Honors & Awards
Robert Santos confirmed to lead Census Bureau
The Senate voted to confirm Robert Santos as Director of the U.S. Census Bureau on November 4, 2021. Santos is a former Director of Survey Operations at the Survey Research Center (SRC) at the Institute for Social Research and will be the first Latino to lead the Census Bureau. Santos began his statistical career studying… Continue reading Robert Santos confirmed to lead Census Bureau
U-M economics researcher explores innovative program aimed at reducing gun violence
ANN ARBOR – ANN ARBOR—Gun violence leads to tens of thousands of deaths or injuries every year in the United States, and there’s a growing commitment to figuring out what’s working to prevent or reduce such incidents—and bolster those efforts. The University of Michigan has become a hub of related, diverse scholarly activity. Among the… Continue reading U-M economics researcher explores innovative program aimed at reducing gun violence
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. ICPSR honored the staff of the 2020 ICPSR Summer Program with the 2021 ICPSR Innovator of the Year Award for their successful move from in-person to online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The Summer Program… Continue reading ICPSR’s Miller, Flanigan, and Innovation Award Winners Honored at 2021 ICPSR Biennial Meeting
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 other chronic conditions has been awarded a $13.2 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The Data Science for Dynamic Intervention Decision-Making Lab, or d3lab, at the Institute for Social Research’s Survey Research… Continue reading U-M lab awarded $13.2M grant to help thwart substance abuse disorders
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, has awarded nearly $500,000 in grants to eight research teams from across the University of Michigan to explore complex societal racial inequalities that ultimately inform actions to achieve equity and justice. This is the first… Continue reading Grants from OVPR, NCID advance anti-racism research, scholarship
New NSF grant will create mosaic of data on the impact of university research
ANN ARBOR – A $2 million, three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant recently awarded to the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS) will create a mosaic of linked data resources that will shed new light on the impacts of university-based research. Under the auspices of the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics… Continue reading New NSF grant will create mosaic of data on the impact of university research
Arline Geronimus to receive 2021 James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship
ANN ARBOR – The National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) are pleased to announce that Dr. Arline Geronimus, professor of health behavior & health education and associate director & research professor at the Population Studies Center in the Institute for Social Research — was selected as… Continue reading Arline Geronimus to receive 2021 James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship
Toni Antonucci Receives Baltes Distinguished Research Achievement Award from APA
Ann Arbor – Researcher Toni Antonucci has been awarded the 2021 Baltes Distinguished Research Achievement Award from Division 20 of the American Psychological Association. This award was established to honor researchers with distinguished careers that have featured exceptional theoretical and empirical contributions to the psychological science of aging. The award is sponsored by the Margret… Continue reading Toni Antonucci Receives Baltes Distinguished Research Achievement Award from APA
Data Science and AI funding supports Healthcare, Environment, Anti-Racism and Other Research
ANN ARBOR – The Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) announced the awardees of the 2021 round of Propelling Original Data Science (PODS) Grants. 17 teams receive funding support for a wide range of exciting projects with data science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the common thread. The teams will work on theoretical development for… Continue reading Data Science and AI funding supports Healthcare, Environment, Anti-Racism and Other Research