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ANN ARBOR—The level of public acceptance of evolution in the United States is now solidly above the halfway mark, according to a new study based on a series of national public opinion surveys conducted over the last 35 years. “From 1985 to 2010, there was a statistical dead heat between acceptance and rejection of evolution,”… Continue reading Study: Evolution now accepted by majority of Americans

ANN ARBOR—Students head back to in-person education across the country, some this month, amid questions about health and safety, learning loss and educational disparities caused by a COVID-19 pandemic year. University of Michigan education and health experts can address these and other back-to-school issues. ADJUSTMENTS FOR CHILDREN Christina Weiland is an associate professor at the… Continue reading Back-to-school concerns: U-M experts available

ANN ARBOR – ISR Insights Speaker Series is a series focusing on the research happening at ISR. This event will be hybrid. Unprecedented: The Expansion of the Social Safety Net During the COVID Era and Its Impacts on Poverty and Hardship Wednesday, September 29: https://youtu.be/vARDqSs8cUE H. Luke Shaefer Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social… Continue reading ISR Insights Speaker Series – Unprecedented: The Expansion of the Social Safety Net During the COVID Era and Its Impacts on Poverty and Hardship

ANN ARBOR – One in seven of the households that purchased a gun also had a teen with depression, study finds. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, more parents of teenagers in the United States started buying firearms, according to a recent study. In a national survey of primary caretakers of teenagers conducted by… Continue reading More American parents of teens are purchasing firearms during the pandemic

ANN ARBOR––Female Olympian handballers fined for playing in shorts instead of bikini bottoms. A female Paralympian told by a championship official that her shorts were “too short and inappropriate.” Olympic women gymnasts, tired of feeling sexualized, opted for full-length unitards instead of bikini-cut leotards. “Women athletes’ attire is constantly scrutinized,” said Philip Veliz of the… Continue reading Many parents still believe boys are better, more competitive at sports than girls

ANN ARBOR—About half of adults living in Detroit are not yet fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data just released from a University of Michigan survey. Among Detroiters who have not received any doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, nearly 8 out of 10 cited concerns about the safety of the vaccine among their reasons. A… Continue reading Concern about safety is main reason many Detroiters are not getting vaccinated, U-M survey finds

ANN ARBOR—Racial disparities have hindered police-community relations. Now research shows that they originate in a surprising place: an officer’s tone of voice. A new University of Michigan study showed that officers communicate in a friendlier, more respectful and less tense manner to white men during routine traffic stops, but in a less positive tone to… Continue reading Racial disparities in police officers’ tone of voice can undermine trust

ANN ARBOR—People’s personal experiences with nature may work better than dire warnings to motivate environmental action, a new University of Michigan study found. Researchers wanted to know what motivates people to take action about preserving the environment, so they analyzed a conservation campaign focusing on monarch butterflies. The Environmental Defense Fund, like many other organizations,… Continue reading Environmental actions are motivated by personal experiences

ANN ARBOR—Black parents’ experiences of racial discrimination can negatively affect their children’s psychological outcomes—but talking about these experiences and improving racial socialization competency could help prevent these negative outcomes, according to a new study by a University of Michigan researcher. “Racial discrimination is designed to negatively chip away at our psychological wherewithal and well-being. What… Continue reading How conversations about race can help Black parents improve adolescents’ psychological outcomes

Findings to help shape next steps in DPSCD, U-M TRAILS partnership ANN ARBOR—Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, serious mental health concerns impacted a significant portion of students in Detroit public schools, a new report shows. More than half of student respondents in the Detroit Public Schools Community District had experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression,… Continue reading Pre-COVID, more than half of Detroit students felt anxious or depressed, 1 in 4 considered suicide