Call for Proposals: IRIS Researcher Awards
September 14, 2017
The Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS) is excited to announce funding for researchers who will use the IRIS data to address questions about the social and economic returns to investments in research. Up to $15,000 for dissertation awards and up to $30,000 for early career and...
Pamela Davis-Kean on gender switching Lord of the Flies
September 1, 2017
Pamela Davis-Kean commented on a planned, all-girl, adaptation of Lord of the Flies: 'It could be problematic if all they're doing is switching out girls for boys and saying, Well, girls would do this too.'' Read “In ‘Lord of the Flies’ Remake, Girls Survive Instead” in the...
Carey Wexler Sherman comments on similarities between caring for family members with developmental disabilities & caring for those with dementia
August 28, 2017
In an article for The Bridge, Now what? A familiar fear when disabled children turn 26, Carey Wexler Sherman says that families who care for developmentally disabled children face similar stresses as those who care for family members with dementia, “'They are a risk for added depression,...
Birditt quoted in Brides
August 14, 2017
An article on the Brides Magazine website, Older Couples Reveal the Secret to a Happy Marriage: Alcohol, discusses Birditt, et al.’s study, Drinking Patterns Among Older Couples: Longitudinal Associations With Negative Marital Quality. Birditt comments, “'We're not suggesting that...
Sherman quoted in NY Times
August 9, 2017
Carey Wexler Sherman was quoted in a New York Times article on the isolation of caregiving: “'Caregiving is done with a lot of love and affection, but there's a lot of loss involved. People talk about friends disappearing, about even family members not wanting to be involved. It's a lonely...
1967 Survey Discussed in Detroit Free Press Column
July 31, 2017
Fifty years ago, Detroit exploded in an uprising which left 43 people dead, over 1,000 injured, and 800 businesses burned and looted. At the time, little was known about the people who participated in the uprising, so Philip Meyer of the Detroit Free Press convinced the then managing editor to...
Mitchell, et al. find the loss of a father is associated with a child’s increased stress at a cellular level
July 21, 2017
The results of Father Loss and Child Telomere Length by Colter Mitchell, et al. have been reported by worldhealth.net, among other sources. The researchers found dramatically shortened telomeres in children who lost their fathers by the age of 9. These results occurred most significantly in...
Langa comments on new National Academies report on preventing cognitive decline
July 20, 2017
A new report, Preventing Cognitive Decline and Dementia: A Way Forward, from the NASEM Committee on Preventing Dementia and Cognitive Impairment recommends strategies which may help delay dementia or cognitive decline. In a WRAL.com article, Committee member, Ken Langa, recommends staying fit and...
Robert Willis Study Cited in Forbes Column
June 26, 2017
A 2010 article, Mental Retirement, by Susann Rohwedder and Robert Willis was cited in a Forbes column about the benefit of a longer working life to boosting cognitive health. Rohwedder and Willis’ article found that retirement “had a significant negative impact on the cognitive ability...
Howard Schuman is this year’s recipient of the Mitosky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
June 23, 2017
Howard Schuman, SRC former director and Research Scientist Emeritus, has been selected by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research as this year’s recipient of the Mitosky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research. The Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion...
