Helen Levy discusses how inflation affects retirees on fixed incomes
March 25, 2022
In a Washington Post article, Helen Levy discusses the financial strain inflation has put on Americans aged 65 and up, many of whom live on fixed incomes and have limited savings. Programs the government put in place to mitigate the bad economic effects of the pandemic, such as enhanced...
Richard Miech discusses adolescents’ failed attempts at quitting nicotine
March 25, 2022
Richard Miech discussed his new Monitoring the Future research in the U.S. News & World Report. The researchers found a greater prevalence of failed attempts at quitting nicotine among teens and these failed attempts were largely driven by attempts to quit e-cigarettes. Miech says,...
Richard Curtin discusses how the war in Ukraine could affect the Federal Reserve
March 17, 2022
Richard Curtin joined WXYZ’s 7 UpFront segment to discuss how the war in Ukraine could affect the rise in interest rates and how consumers will respond:
I think that the issue here is how it will affect purchases. Well, you know, the main story that consumers will get from this...
Ken Langa comments on a study finding more evidence that education may protect against dementia
March 9, 2022
A new study in Neurology finds that education and language skills can help predict who will go on to develop dementia and who won’t. In U.S. News & World Report, Ken Langa called this study “interesting and well-done.” He continues, “The fact that a significant number of...
U-M research contributed nearly $100M to state’s economy in 2021
February 28, 2022
A new report from the Institute for Research on Innovation & Science (IRIS) shows that spending by the University of Michigan contributing nearly $100 million to large and small business statewide. Rebecca Cunningham, vice president for research and the William G. Barsan Collegiate Professor of...
ISR researchers named among “Top 2% Scientists”
February 7, 2022
ANN ARBOR – Stanford University named 42 ISR researchers on their “Top 2% Scientists” list, representing the most-cited scientists with career and single-year impact in various disciplines. The faculty researchers join over 180,000 scientists worldwide.ISR researchers that make...
Population Health and Aging in Rapidly Changing Contexts – an interview with researcher Amy Pienta
February 1, 2022
Photo: The official farewell to visiting researcher Amy Pienta and family from the Institute for Social and Environmental Research-Nepal staff in Chitwan, Nepal.ANN ARBOR – Dr. Amy Pienta’s global work focuses on the demography of aging and retirement and health in later life, including...
Joelle Abramowitz discussed the future of abortion rights in Michigan
January 25, 2022
A new poll finds that Michiganders are more likely to be in favor of abortion rights than to oppose them. Michigan still has a law from 1931 that makes it a crime to assist a woman with an abortion unless doing so to save her life. If Roe v. Wade...
Neighborhoods play important role in older adults’ pandemic experience
January 25, 2022
ANN ARBOR—How have older adults adjusted to living under the pandemic? There’s no one-size-fits-all experience, according to University of Michigan researchers.In spring and summer 2020, U-M researchers Jessica Finlay and Lindsay Kobayashi launched a study to examine how the COVID-19...
Inflation is a bigger concern for American consumers than Omicron or Delta variants
January 20, 2022
Yahoo News reports that the Surveys of Consumers gauge of consumer sentiment averaged 70.3 percent over the past six months, down from 82.9 during the first half of 2021. Richard Curtin said, “While the Delta and Omicron variants certainly contributed to this downward shift, the decline was...
