ISR is pleased to announce a new cohort-based program for recent college graduates who have a passion for social science. This is a full-time, paid opportunity to break into research and gain work experience at a world-class institution. Apply now: https://t.co/gA4r9t40s8
Skin color is more than skin deep. Hear how one’s self-assessment of skin color shapes racial identity and affects everything from health care to income in the latest from ISR's Insights Speaker Series: https://t.co/r4gHx8hiyc
A new study by Sarah Burgard of @UM_PSC & Huiyun Kim of @UMNews finds that people who experienced housing instability during the 2007-09 recession were considerably more likely to experience anxiety attacks and other symptoms of mental illness. https://t.co/WL9lxMpfC3
TIL that it costs ~$1M per mile to repair and replace a road. Ann Arbor has over 300 miles of road way.
Whereas a mile of protected bikeway averages ~$300K.
For every mile of road, we can build 3 miles of protected bikeways. #a2council
ONE OF THE DEFINITIONS OF 'LITERALLY' IS "IN EFFECT, VIRTUALLY—USED IN AN EXAGGERATED WAY TO EMPHASIZE A STATEMENT OR DESCRIPTION." SOME PEOPLE GET MAD IF YOU USE IT THIS WAY BECAUSE IT ISN'T THE WORD'S PRIMARY MEANING, BUT THIS SENSE OF 'LITERALLY' HAS BEEN USED FOR 250 YEARS SO
ISR is looking for a #MarketingCoordinator! You'll manage our social media and email newsletters, graphic design for events and social, and contribute to events and internal communications for the institute. Join our team! https://t.co/j2EvqKkL7y
IT IS NOT RETURNING A RIGHT TO PEOPLE AND THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES WHEN THOSE STATES HAVE BEEN SO THOROUGHLY GERRYMANDERED THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR MAJORITY RULE TO EXIST
Walking around downtown A2 & the Farmer’s Market, I’ve seen a lot of ballot initiatives looking for signatures. Luckily @WeThePeople_MI have a handy guide for which ones are legit
The trick to answering SRC’s weekly quiz is knowing where to find the answers on their website 🤫. Not to give away the answer, but it will be interesting to see follow-up to this study with data after 2015.
Want to hear more? Join us for Erin's talk this Thursday, as a part of our ISR Insight Speaker Series, 2/24 noon ET: https://t.co/Wek4zY1RTO @cecherin@UM_PSC@UMSociology
Big news in social science research - the Research Data Ecosystem modernizes data collection and creates new archives for accessing and analyzing different types of data.
A new ISR & @NSF data platform, the Research Data Ecosystem, will help researchers across the gamut of scientific disciplines access, collect, store, share, and secure vital information. https://t.co/xBtIWQAO2D @UMich@UMichResearch#datascience
Love seeing @umisr featured here. ISR feels so different from other places I’ve been—the entrepreneurial spirit and scientific risk-taking is incredible to experience. A colleague said it best: ISR is for dreamers.
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Know any great writers who are interested in social science? Please share! This is a great opportunity to join an outstanding team and do meaningful work.
📢 Our Communications Team here at ISR is looking for a Research Communications Specialist to help create original content to promote ISR research. Join our team! 📢https://t.co/XnpBFgZPvc #researchcommunications
We're looking for a communications specialist to join the @umisr communications team. This person will research and write original content to promote ISR research activities. Happy to answer questions about this job! https://t.co/YkzIzq6qDj
We've had to postpone more than 200 scheduled surgeries since December. Dr. David Miller, president of U-M Health, urges you, if you haven't yet, to proceed with your first COVID-19 vaccination or your booster dose + keep wearing a mask when you're indoors, and social distancing.