Social scientist and historian of survey research Jean Converse dies at 90

February 16, 2018

Jean McDonnell Converse, a social scientist, historian of survey research, and expert in interview techniques, died on January 25, 2018, in Park Ridge, Ill.Converse’s work served two very important roles in the field of survey research, according to research professor Michael Traugott of the...

Howard Schuman accepts the 2017 Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research

February 8, 2018

Howard Schuman, former SRC director and Research Scientist Emeritus, has been selected by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research as this year's recipient of the Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research.The Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research is...

2018 IRIS Researcher Awards

January 29, 2018

ANN ARBOR, MI – The Institute for Research on Innovation & Science (IRIS) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 IRIS Researcher Awards:The 2018 Dissertation Award recipients are Douglas Guilbeault, a PhD student in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of...

Marans says despite increased awareness of sustainability on UM campus, behavior changes have been slower

January 22, 2018

The 5th annual survey for the Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program has been launched. The survey tracks sustainability culture at the University of Michigan. The survey has found increases in awareness around sustainable food, but decreases in awareness of sustainable travel and...

Special Issue of Work, Aging, and Retirement devoted to Health and Retirement Study

January 16, 2018

In December, Gwenith G. Fisher (Colorado State University) and Lindsay H. Ryan (SRC) published 'Overview of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and Introduction to the Special Issue' in the Oxford journal Work, Aging and Retirement. This introduction article describes the HRS and highlights...

James Morgan, ISR Founding Member and Creator of Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Passed Away at 99

January 10, 2018

James N. Morgan, an economist who created the longest-running intergenerational household survey in the world, died on January 8, 2018 at University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich. He was 99 and lived in Ann Arbor.

Morgan was a great believer in new ideas and worked with other economists,...

Michigan Daily Finds the Monitoring the Future Results Resonate with UM Students

January 9, 2018

An article in the Michigan Daily, Monitoring the Future results show vapes replacing cigarettes, finds parallels in current students’ lives. Richard Miech says in the report, 'Historically marijuana use has gone up as adolescents see less risk of harm in using it. We've found that the risk...

Langa comments on links between Alzheimer’s disease and education attainment

January 3, 2018

Ken Langa comments in a question about the link between Alzheimer’s disease and education for HealthSmart in the Crookston Times: “…our study shows that people with more schooling have a better chance of fending off the disease. That's because they typically have more 'cognitive...

U.S. Adolescent Drug Trends

December 15, 2017

Monitoring the Future’s 2017 press release (PDF) was posted on December 14. This long running study of American adolescents and young adults reports on the first-ever U.S. standard estimates for vaping of nicotine, marijuana, and flavoring, as well as marijuana use, the decline in use of...