Events & News Archive

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Professor Yu Xie will be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences next April during its 147th annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Membership in the NAS is one of the highest honors given to a scientist or engineer in the United States. NAS is a private, nonprofit, honorific society of distinguished scholars dedicated to the furthering science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. 04/29/2009.

Ronald Inglehart, a U-M political scientist, has been named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a prestigious society that recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions in scholarly and professional fields. Inglehart conducts research on changing belief systems and their impact on social and political change. 04/27/2009.

Yu Xie, Otis Dudley Duncan Professor of Sociology and Statistics, will present his Distinguished University Professorship Lecture on April 1, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheatre. A reception will follow. The lecture is entitled: "Understanding Inequality in China." Drawing on past research, Xie advances the following propositions in this talk: (1) inequality in China has been largely mediated by collective agencies, such as locales and work units; (2) traditional Chinese political discourse promoted merit-based inequality, with merit being defined as improving the collective welfare for the masses; and (3) many Chinese people today regard inequality as an inevitable consequence of economic development. Thus, it seems unlikely that social inequality alone would lead to political and social unrest in today's China. 03/23/2009.

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PSC post-doc Lauren Nicholas won the 2009 Heinz Dissertation Award from the National Academy of Social Insurance last Thursday. NASI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization devoted to furthering knowledge and understanding of social insurance, health care financing, and related issues through research and education. The Academy's dissertation award is designed to recognize and promote outstanding research by new scholars addressing social insurance policy questions. The award is presented annually in honor of Senator John Heinz. Nicholas's dissertation is entitled "Medicare Advantage? The Effect of Managed Care on Medicare Quality, Costs and Enrollment." It was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the John A Hartford Foundation. 02/01/2009.

The 2008 Heidelberg Club International (HCI) prize for significant contributions to the field of gerontology was awarded to Dr. Richard Suzman (U.S. National Institute on Aging) and Dr. Robert F. Schoeni (University of Michigan), representing all those involved in the Demography of Aging Centers Program. The program, which includes 13 Centers and 540 scientists, was noted for its crucial role in building basic scientific databases in the field of gerontological research. In addition, the program is commended for its promotion of excellent scientists and for its accomplishments in the maintenance and promotion of interdisciplinary cooperation. 12/01/2008.

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The book Marriage and Cohabitation by Arland Thornton, William Axinn, and Yu Xi and published by the University of Chicago Press, is the winner of the 2008 Outstanding Publication Award of the Section on Aging and the Life Course of the American Sociological Association. 07/22/2008.

Beginning July 1, 2008, Pamela Smock will succeed Herbert Smith (Univ of Pennsylvania) as Chair the Population Sciences Subcommittee. This study section reviews R03 applications, K01s and K23s addressing issues such as: marriage and family; mortality and morbidity; immigration; internal migration; population distribution; economic demography and labor force; ethnography; population and environment; and social, economic, and demographic aspects of fertility and contraception, sexual behavior, policy, child well-being, transition to adulthood, child abuse and neglect, disability, AIDS/HIV/STDs, race and ethnicity, health, neighborhoods, geographic information systems, and culture. 06/18/2008.

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This biennial award recognizes early career achievement in population studies and demography. It honors outstanding innovative scholarly achievements of population professionals who have attained their highest professional degree within the previous 20 years. 04/21/2008.

Sheldon Danziger, H. J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008. He plans to write a book that will evaluate the changing views about the causes of poverty. Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment. 04/10/2008.

Paul Christopher Johnson, associate professor of history, Afroamerican and African Studies, director of the Doctoral Program in Anthropology and History, was awarded a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship for his project: "To Be Possessed: 'Religion' and the Purification of Spirits." Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment. 04/10/2008.

03/12/2008.

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The IUSSP Laureate Award recognizes the life-time achievements of outstanding IUSSP members. Contributions to the advancement of population sciences and distinguished service rendered to the IUSSP are considered in making the award. Ron will receive the award at the PAA in New Orleans, April 16th. 02/01/2008.

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Dr. Ronald Freedman, a preeminent international demographer, the U-M Roderick McKenzie Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology, and founder of the Population Studies Center, died November 21, 2007 in Ann Arbor. He was 90. 11/30/2007.

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In partnership with the Office of the Vice President for Research, these grants provides seed funding to facilitate innovative, collaborative, and high- quality research in the field of global health. Interdisciplinary research projects and teams are strongly encouraged. 08/20/2007.

The Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Gender and Global Health Program (GGH) is pleased to announce its fall 2007 call for applications to provide faculty seed funds to UM faculty of $3000-$7000 with the aim of facilitating innovative, collaborative, and high-quality research in the field of gender and global health. Criteria for funding will include importance and relevance of the proposed research to advancing global health, having an interdisciplinary research team involving multiple schools or disciplines, inclusion of foreign scholars from one or more collaborating institutions, and likelihood the project will lead to a successful grant proposal. 08/20/2007.

The University of Michigan has selected Yu Xie as a Distinguished University Professor, one of U-M’s highest academic honors. This designation is given to recognize exceptional scholarly and/or creative achievement, reputation in the field, and superior teaching skills. It is a lifetime title. 07/30/2007.

Mansoor Moaddel’s book, ''Islamic Modernism, Nationalism, and Fundamentalism'', was named co-winner of the 2007 Distinguished Book Award by the Sociology of Religion Section of the American Sociological Association. 07/30/2007.

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Elizabeth Bruch’s article “Neighborhood Choice and Neighborhood Change,” her senior authored (with Rob Mare) study that appeared last year in the American Journal of Sociology has recently received 3 awards for scholarly excellence: the 2007 Robert Park Best Article Award from the Community and Urban Sociology Section of the ASA; the 2007 James Coleman Outstanding Publication Award from the Rationality and Society Section of the ASA; and the “Gould Prize,” awarded annually by the American Journal of Sociology for the best article in the last two years that embodies the scholarly ideals of the late Roger Gould. 07/17/2007.

Bob Willis, a Fellow of SOLE since 2004, is serving as president of the Society for 2007. 05/03/2007.

House was part of a group of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 12 countries elected to the NAS in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. 05/02/2007.

The Society of Labor Economists recognized Bound and Stafford for their “contributions of unusual distinction to the field.” New SOLE Fellows are nominated and elected by previous Fellows. 05/02/2007.

ISR's Population Studies Center hosted a celebration of the academic career and scholarly contributions of Eva Mueller, who died on November 19, 2006 at the age of 86. 04/20/2007.

Professor Pamela Smock has agreed to join the Office of the Vice President for Research as Associate Vice President for Research - Social Sciences and Humanities, effective February 1, 2007. Professor Smock's responsibilities in this position will include assisting OVPR in its administration and oversight of the research and creative activity in the social sciences and humanities arena, providing leadership for OVPR in new initiatives, oversight and involvement with OVPR units where appropriate, and serving as a member of the senior OVPR administrative staff. 01/23/2007.

Professor Albert Hermalin was honored for his tremendous contributions to the field of Global Health and to the University of Michigan's teaching mission throughout his career at the M-Global Health and Research Training / Minority Health International Research Training reception and poster session on November 9. 11/09/2006.

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04/29/2006.

Ecologist Jianguo (Jack) Liu named a 2006 Guggenheim Fellow. 04/01/2006.

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03/28/2006.

Visiting Professor Ron Lesthaeghe has recently received the Ernest-John Solvay prize. This is the most prestigious academic prize given in Belgium given every 5 years by the Belgian Research Foundation - Flanders. November 22, 2005. 11/22/2005.

Professor Felicia LeClere, who will be joining PSC in September 2005, has accepted an invitation to serve as a member of NICHD's Population Sciences Subcommittee Study Section. She will be serving a four year term beginning November 2005. 11/01/2005.

Ren Farley received from the Michigan Sociological Association The Charles Horton Cooley Memorial Award for distinguished contribution to Sociology in Michigan. October 2005. 10/01/2005.

Sheldon Danziger was named Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, by President Coleman and the U-M Regents. 09/01/2005.

Professor Pam Smock has recently accepted an invitation to serve as a member of NICHD's Population Sciences Subcommittee Study Section. Pam will be serving a four year term beginning July 1, 2005 and ending June 30, 2009. 07/01/2005.

Rebecca Clark of NICHD presented a talk on 'Leaping the Hurdles and Navigating the Maze: How to Get Funding from NICHD'. 04/11/2005.

James Lee's recent book, with Tommy Bengtsson and Cameron Campbell, "Life under Pressure: Mortality and Living Standards in Europe and Asia, 1700-1900" (MIT Press 2004) has won the American Sociological Association, Asian Section book award for 2005. 01/01/2005.

Professor Myron Gutmann has accepted a two-year term as the President of COSSA (Consortium of Social Science Associations). 01/01/2005.

Professor John Bound has been named a Fellow of the Econometric Society. PSC appreciates the recognition that it reflects on him, the Center, and the larger university. "The Econometric Society is the most prestigious learned society in the field of economics, with a world-wide membership. Its main object is to promote studies that aim at a unification of the theoretical-quantitative and empirical-quantitative approach to economic problems and that are penetrated by constructive and rigorous thinking similar to that which has come to dominate in the natural sciences. It operates as a purely scientific organization, without any political, social, financial or nationalistic allegiance or bias." 12/01/2004.

10/01/2004.

Professor Yu Xie has been elected to the Academia Sinica, the most prominent academic institution in the Republic of China. Yu Xie is the first elected member of Academia Sinica who was born in Mainland China after 1949. 07/08/2004.

Research Professor Ren Farley has accepted an invitation from the National Institutes of Health to serve as a member of the Social Sciences and Population Studies Study Section. This is an important appointment that reflects the high esteem and accomplishments of Dr. Farley in the demographic profession. It also reflects a substantial level of service by Ren as he will be a regular reviewer of NIH proposals. May 25, 2004. 05/25/2004.

Jeff Morenoff is the 2004 winner of the Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award, presented by the American Society of Criminology. The award, which recognizes "outstanding contributions to the discipline of criminology " by a scholar in the first years of his or her career, will be presented to Jeff at the ASC's annual meeting. 05/01/2004.

Professor James Lee has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. It will support a joint project with Cameron Campbell (one of PSC's alumni who also received a Guggenheim fellowship) concerning Social and Family Change in Liaoning, 1850-2000. 04/01/2004.

Professor Yu Xie has been elected as a Fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The American Academy is one of the nation's oldest honorary societies, and election as a fellow is one of the highest academic honors. 01/01/2004.

Bob Willis has been elected president of the Society for Labor Economics Meetings. He has also been elected as one of the "founding " group of Fellows of the Society of Labor Economics. 01/01/2004.

Benjamin Keys, a PSC Student Associate in Economics, has been awarded the prestigious four-year Jacob K. Javits Fellowship. The Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Education, provides financial assistance to students of superior ability, as demonstrated by their achievements and exceptional promise, to study at the doctoral and master's level in selected fields of the arts, humanities, and social sciences. John Bound, Professor of Economics and Research Professor and Coordinator of the Economic Demography Program at the Population Studies Center, is Ben's advisor. 01/01/2004.

PSC's Census 2000 support is pleased to introduce our Extract Web interface for testing. Extract allows one to pull off a subset of cases and variables from census microdata. 12/18/2003.

Marshall Weinberg Research Fellowships have been awarded in 2003 to PSC trainees Zhen Zeng, to support her research on immigrant economic assimilation in the U.S., and Justin Thomas, to continue his research on status homogamy in South Africa. Yu Xie serves as PSC mentor for both students. 01/01/2003.

The Population Studies Center hosted a buffet lunch to recognize awards from two Center endowments: the Albert Hermalin Scholars Fund and the Ronald and Deborah Freedman Fund for International Population Activities. 07/31/2002.

04/29/2002.

Pamela Smock has been named associate director of the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR), the world's largest academic survey and research organization. 03/22/2002.

03/07/2002.

Sociologist Lars Bjorn and veteran Michigan jazz commentator Jim Gallert presented a multi-media presentation on the contributions of Detroit artists to the development of jazz in America preceeding a performance by the George Benson Quintet, with vocals by Shahida Nurullah. 01/29/2002.

Yu Xie, Professor of Sociology and Statistics, was selected from among 2,800 artists, scholars, and scientists to receive a 2002 Guggenheim Fellowship. This award is based on distinguished past achievements and exceptional promise for future achievements. Dr. Xie received the award for his work on economic reform and social inequality in contemporary China. 01/01/2002.

Professor Robert Willis was awarded the PAA's 2002 Mindel Sheps Award for outstanding contributions to mathematical demography, demographic methodology, and the modeling and analysis of population data. This is a biennial award that is jointly sponsored by the PAA and the University of North Carolina School of Public Health. 01/01/2002.

The 2002 International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) Laureate Award has been granted this year to Professor Ronald Freedman,the founder of the Population Studies Center, for his outstanding contributions to knowledge in the field of social demography, to our understanding of reproductive behaviour, to the training of numerous demographers, and to the activities of the Union. 01/01/2002.

Professor John Knodel was elected by the Population Association of America to serve as the organization's Vice-President for 2002. 01/01/2002.

Professor Arland Thornton received a prestigious Merit Award from NICHD in July 2001. The award is given to "selected investigators who have demonstrated superior competence and outstanding productivity during their previous research endeavors. " Dr. Thornton received this award for his new NICHD project entitled "Determinants of Marriage and Childbearing Attitudes". The project will use the Intergenerational Panel Study of Parents and Children, the National Survey of Families and Households, and the National Survey of Children to study how various aspects of the parental family and of the experiences of young people influence the young people's attitudes and values toward marriage and childbearing. 07/01/2001.

Professor Reynolds Farley was awarded the Robert P. Lapham Award, given biennially in recognition of contributions that blend research with the application of demographic knowledge to policy issues. Dr. Farley accepted the award at the PAA Annual Meeting in Washington DC on March 30, 2001. 03/30/2001.

The 2000 Census marked a revolutionary change in how the U.S. government measures race. For the first time, people were allowed to identify with more than one racial group. The effects of this change will be felt by data analysts, policy makers, litigants, and everyday folks. This MLK Day event explored why this change occurred, how this new data can be understood, and alternative methods of measuring race. 01/15/2001.

Professor Emeritus Eva Mueller was honored for pioneering work in economics with the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award on January 6, 2001. The award is given annually by the American Economics Association's Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession to recognize an individual who has furthered the status of women in the economics profession, through example, achievements, mentoring, or increasing our understanding of how women can advance in the economics profession. 01/06/2001.

Deborah Selin Freedman, a long-time researcher at the Population Studies Center and faculty member in the Department of Economics, died on November 3, 2001 after a valiant struggle with Alzheimer's disease. 01/03/2001.

Professor Arland Thornton was elected by the Population Association of America to serve as the organization's President for 2001. Dr. Thornton continues a long tradition of PSC leadership within PAA. 01/01/2001.

Lee A. Lillard III, director of the U-M Retirement Research Center, senior research scientist at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) and professor of economics, died Dec. 2, 2000 at his home in Ann Arbor after a heart attack. He was 57. 12/02/2000.

Professor Joseph Winchester Brown was awarded the 2000 Outstanding Young Professional Award for achievement and dedication during the early years of his professional career by the Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health Section of the American Public Health Association. 05/24/2000.

05/12/2000.

PSC alumus Dr. Ted Mouw was presented with the 2000 Dorothy Thomas Award at the Population Association of America's Annual Meeting in Los Angles. This annual award recognizes the outstanding graduate student paper on the interrelationships among social, economic and demographic variables. 01/01/2000.

The Population Fellows Programs and the Population Studies Center presented distinguished panel of experts to discuss what 6 billion people means for global welfare. Joseph Chamie, Allan Rosenfield, Ronald Freedman, and Dr. Sara Seims. 11/11/1999.