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U-M Sociology will be making a major impact at #ASA2025 across dozens of panels, roundtables, and meetings! Stay tuned for all the highlights and some very special #UmichSoc takeovers throughout the conference! 💙💛

China just rolled out a new childcare subsidy to tackle its record-low birth rate. I spoke with CNN about what this means—and why cash alone might not be enough. edition.cnn.com/2025/08/05/chi…

.@jwolff_sph, Jennifer Cornman & Vicki Freedman drew on @NHATS_NSOC data to find the number of family caregivers for older adults increased by nearly 6 million between 2011 and 2022. myumi.ch/3Q8k7

US caregivers for older adults often do find time for joy in their lives-- but they spend the least amount of time on the types of activities they enjoy the most. New from Crystal Ng, @vafreedman @KiraBirditt et al: @UM_SRC @MiCDA_UMISR @UMichiganNews news.umich.edu/unpaid-caregiv…

Dementia is under-diagnosed in the US and cognitive screening rates remain low. Scott Roberts @UM_PSC coauthors new research investigating Americans’ views on cognitive screening and blood biomarker testing for Alzheimer's. alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.100…

Ford School Professor Pamela Herd discusses issues of health care access and affordability in light of the slaying of an industry CEO on the University's Michigan Minds podcast. myumi.ch/G4Py4

A new MCity white paper by @LWileden and Alexandra Murphy @UM_PSC using the Transportation Security Index finds 36% of Detroit residents can't get from place to place in a safe and timely manner-- a figure twice the national avg. mcity.umich.edu/what-it-mean...

Applications are now open for our graduate student summer programs: 📗Summer Research Internship 📘Summer Research Development Grants 📕Fellowship for Research to Advance Global Health & Human Rights For more: myumi.ch/jZG7V

A new @UMich study found that the mortality rate from COVID-19 was about 50% lower in U.S. counties with higher internet access in the summer and early fall of 2020. myumi.ch/ErJP2

A new University of Michigan study by @UM_PSC trainee @SpencerAllen907 @UMSociology found that broadband connection was a key factor in reducing mortality and incidence during the early months of the pandemic. @UMichiganNews: news.umich.edu/digital-lifeli…

OVPR’s Office of Public Engagement and Research Impacts is hosting four virtual focused intensive learning experiences on project management for public impact between Feb. 21 and Mar. 21. @UMich faculty, researchers and trainees can apply by Feb. 7: myumi.ch/pk33J

In about an hour, at noon ET, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will release their assessment of temperature and climate trends for 2024. Be aware: U-M experts available to comment. news.umich.edu/2024-global-te…

🇺🇸 Work by Amanda Kowalski @UM_PSC was cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President. Find important work from our center in Chapter 4, on expanding and strengthening US health insurance coverage. @umisr @umichECON myumi.ch/bEPjx

🇺🇸 Several papers by @smilleralert were cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President. Find these and more from @UM_PSC in Chapter 4, on expanding and strengthening US health insurance coverage. @MichiganRoss @umisr myumi.ch/bEPjx

🇺🇸 Work by @UM_PSC alum @agoodmanbacon was cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President. Find his contributions on Medicaid, insurance, and mortality in Chapter 4. @umisr @MinneapolisFed myumi.ch/bEPjx

🇺🇸 Work by Brian A. Jacob @UM_PSC was cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President. His research on the effects of COVID on K-12 schooling, and of No Child Left Behind, is cited in Chapter 7. @umisr @nberpubs @fordschool myumi.ch/bEPjx

🇺🇸 Work by @djatumich @UM_PSC was cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President, which notes that Economic Impact Payments provide a lesson for future crises (Chapter 1). @umisr @BrookingsInst myumi.ch/bEPjx

🇺🇸 Work by @basit_ak_zafar -- on student interest in teaching, perceptions of teacher salaries, and on the impact of COVID on remote work preferences-- was cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President. (Ch. 2 and 7) @umichECON The full report: myumi.ch/bEPjx

Xinyu Zhang, James Wagner, Michael R. Elliott, Brady T. West & Stephanie Coffey introduce a multivariate stopping rule that aims to maximize the tradeoff between the cost of data collection and the quality of multiple estimates myumi.ch/yp65n