PSC In The News
Survey that provided telling look into how Detroit blacks viewed 1967 riot largely ignored
Newly released report on the Detroit metro area's housing trends
Highlights
Neal Krause wins GSA's Robert Kleemeier Award
U-M awarded $58 million to develop ideas for preventing and treating health problems
Bailey, Eisenberg , and Fomby promoted at PSC
Former PSC trainee Eric Chyn wins PAA's Dorothy S. Thomas Award for best paper
Event Archive, Extended
2017
Neal Krause wins GSA's Robert Kleemeier Award
MiCDA Research Fellowship - applications due July 21, 2017
U-M awarded $58 million to develop ideas for preventing and treating health problems
Bailey, Eisenberg , and Fomby promoted at PSC
Former PSC trainee Eric Chyn wins PAA's Dorothy S. Thomas Award for best paper
Celebrating departing PSC trainees
Heather Ann Thompson wins Pulitzer Prize for book on Attica uprising
Lam explores dimensions of the projected 4 billion increase in world population before 2100
ISR's Nick Prieur wins UMOR award for exceptional contribution to U-M's research mission
How effectively can these nations handle outside investments in health R&D?
U-M consumer confidence index, Americans high on economic prospects for US business
Seefeldt discusses her book Abandoned Families, Wed, March 29, 4 PM, Annenberg Auditorium
U-M participants at PAA Annual Meeting, April 27-29
Heather Ann Thompson wins Bancroft Prize for History for 'Blood in the Water'
Paula Lantz to speak at Women in Health Leadership Summit, March 24, 2:30-5:30 Michigan League
New site highlights research, data, and publications of Relationship Dynamics and Social Life study
Call for papers: Conference on computational social science, April 2017, U-M
Sioban Harlow honored with 2017 Sarah Goddard Power Award for commitment to women's health
Post-doc fellowship in computational social science for summer or fall 2017, U-Penn
ISR Next Generation Awards: Support for pre-docs and early-career researchers in the social sciences
Workshops on EndNote, NIH reporting, and publication altmetrics, Jan 26 through Feb 7, ISR
2017 PAA Annual Meeting, April 27-29, Chicago
Russell Sage 2-week workshop on social science genomics, June 11-23, 2017, Santa Barbara
U-M presents Amy Goodman, Issa Rae, and Shaun King in celebration of MLK
Sioban Harlow and Carlos Mendes de Leon recognized for their work on global health
Data visualizations chart global trends in development over two centuries
2016
Giving Blueday at ISR focuses on investing in the next generation of social scientists
Kravitz-Wirtz looks at racial/ethnic disparities in exposure to air pollution over two decades
Apply now for university-community funding for anti-poverty strategies in Michigan.
Gonzalez, Alter, and Dinov win NSF "Big Data Spokes" award for neuroscience network
Post-doc Melanie Wasserman wins dissertation award from Upjohn Institute
ISR kicks off DE&I initiative with lunchtime presentation: Oct 13, noon, 1430 ISR Thompson
U-M ranked #4 in USN&WR's top public universities
Michigan ranked #12 on Business Insider's list of 50 best American colleges
Presentation on multilevel modeling using Stata, July 26th, noon, 6050 ISR
U-M's Data Science Initiative offers expanded consulting services via CSCAR
Elizabeth Bruch promoted to Associate Professor
Susan Murphy elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Arline Geronimus receives 2016 Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award
AAUP reports on faculty compensation by category, affiliation, and academic rank
Health and Retirement Study Workshop, U-M Institute for Social Research, June 6-10
Panel Study of Income Dynamics Data User Workshop, ICPSR, June 13-17
Kerri Cross receives U-M Distinguished Research Administrator Award
American's Changing Lives Data Users' Workshop. U-M Institute for Social Research, July 6-8, 2016
NSF reports on changes in PhDs awarded and PhD job market, 2004-2014
U-M's grad school rankings from USN&WR
U-M & PSC Participants at PAA Annual Meeting 2016
Jean Campbell of ISR and CEW remembered
Jadhav speaks on widowhood and depression, Thurs, March 17, noon, 12-1pm, 6006 ISR
MIDAS requests proposals in health and social sciences
PRB training program in policy communication for pre-docs. Application deadline, 2.28.2016
2015
Call for proposals: PSID small grants for research on life course impacts on later life wellbeing
MCubed opens for new round of seed funding, November 4-18
PSC News, fall 2015 now available
Barbara Anderson appointed chair of Census Scientific Advisory Committee
John Knodel honored by Thailand's Chulalongkorn University
Susan Murphy to speak at U-M kickoff for data science initiative, Oct 6, Rackham
Deirdre Bloome wins ASA award for work on racial inequality and intergenerational transmission
David Lam is new director of Institute for Social Research
Elizabeth Bruch wins Robert Merton Prize for paper in analytic sociology
Elizabeth Bruch wins ASA award for paper in mathematical sociology
Spring 2015 PSC newletter available now
Olga Malkova wins 2015 Dorothy S. Thomas Award from PAA
Formal demography workshop and conference at UC Berkeley, August 17-21
Elizabeth Armstrong wins 2015 ASA Distinguished Scholarly Book Award
Siwei Cheng wins ASA Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award
Margaret Hicken wins 2015 UROP Outstanding Research Mentor Award
U-M ranked #1 in Sociology of Population by USN&WR's "Best Graduate Schools"
PAA 2015 Annual Meeting: Preliminary program and list of UM participants
ISR addition wins LEED Gold Certification
Call for Proposals: Small Grants for Research Using PSID Data. Due March 2, 2015
2014
Apply for 2-year NICHD Postdoctoral Fellowships that begin September 2015
PSC Fall 2014 Newsletter now available
Find an innovative interdisciplinary research collaboration at the MCubed Symposium
Martha Bailey and Nicolas Duquette win Cole Prize for article on War on Poverty
Michigan's graduate sociology program tied for 4th with Stanford in USN&WR rankings
Jeff Morenoff makes Reuters' Highly Cited Researchers list for 2014
Susan Murphy named Distinguished University Professor
Sarah Burgard and former PSC trainee Jennifer Ailshire win ASA award for paper
James Jackson to be appointed to NSF's National Science Board
McEniry and Schoeni host Conference on Long-run Impacts of Early Life Events
ISR seminar on developments in household panel surveys, May 22
Olga Malkova wins 2014 IIPF Young Economists Award
PSC trainees gather to celebrate their next moves
NIH announces new policy for resubmissions (4/17/14)
2014 PAA Annual Meeting, May 1-3, Boston
PSC newsletter spring 2014 issue now available
Raghunathan appointed director of Survey Research Center
Kusunoki wins faculty seed grant award from Institute for Research on Women and Gender
ICPD Report shows international progress and acute challenges for women's rights and well-being
Martha Bailey and Brad Hershbein win 2013 IZA Young Labor Economist Award
Applications for the 2014 PSC small grants program are due by Friday, January 31, 2014.
2013
New ISR center to advance research methods linking biological and social science data
Conference on complex systems and population health, Feb 24-25
PSC trainees on the job market
Arline Geronimus elected to Institute of Medicine, 2013
PSC researchers and trainees: Acknowledging grant support in publications and presentations
Susan Murphy named MacArthur Fellow, 2013
Arline Geronimus and Colter Mitchell featured in AJPH issue on society, genetics, and health
Jeffrey Morenoff appointed PSC director
Martha Bailey wins U-M teaching award
Trainees Nelson Saldaña, Sarah Seelye and Ellen Compernolle awarded PSC grants
Arline Geronimus wins Excellence in Research Award from School of Public Health
Yu Xie gives DBASSE's David Lecture April 30, 2013 on "Is American Science in Decline?"
U-M grad programs do well in latest USN&WR "Best" rankings
Pre-proposals for MiCDA Pilot Grant funding due March 15, 2013
Application for Weinberg Fellowship in Population, Development, and Climate Change due February 25
Sheldon Danziger named president of Russell Sage Foundation
Lauren Nicholas elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance
PSC Small Grants announcement issued with proposal deadline of 1/31/2013
2012
Harding to speak at Science Café on 'Race and the Legal System,' Feb 27.
Philippa Clarke, Susan Murphy, and Yu Xie awarded MCubed funding
Smock named editor of PAA’s flagship journal, Demography
Sheldon Danziger named to Census Bureau advisory committee
Dan Brown to discuss effects of climate change on Great Lakes region, Science Café, Oct 10.
PSC trainee Douglas-Siegel awarded NIJ research fellowship
PSC Pilot Grants available for 2013. Applications due Oct 19.
Dave Harding wins book award for Living the Drama
Narayan Sastry elected to PAA Board of Directors
Tanya Byker awarded Hewlett Foundation-IIE fellowship
PSID and SRC host conference, 'Inequality across Multiple Generations,' Sept 13-14, 2012
Six local women partnered with A2A3 break record for English Channel swim
ISR's $29 million building addition approved by U-M Regents
Nicholas, Langa, Iwashyna, and Weir win award for JAMA paper
James House named Henry Russel Lecturer for 2013 by U-M Regents
Krysan, Couper, Farley and Forman receive ASA award for AJS article
Monitoring the Future study receives $35 million in funding from NIH for next 5 years
Mary Beth Ofstedal wins U-M Research Faculty Achievement Award
Weinberg Fellow Nolte walks fine line between ecological and social issues
Martha Bailey winner of 2011 IPUMS Research Award
Research Professor position in international family demography, PSC/SRC
Pamela Smock elected president of the Association of Population Centers
Elisha Renne awarded Guggenheim Fellowship for African studies
Bob Groves leaving Census Bureau for Georgetown University
Jeroen Spijker is PSC resident April and May
Health and Retirement Study adds genetic data to NIH database
Michigan participation at PAA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, May 3-5, 2012
Michigan ranked 7th in Times Higher Education list of world's top social science universities
Michigan's grad program in sociology ranked 3rd on USN&WR "best of" list
Spatial Analysis in the Social Sciences seminars scheduled monthly, Feb - May, 2012
Jennifer Barber awarded William T. Grant Foundation Distinguished Fellowship
Myron Gutmann named AAAS Fellow
Brian Jacob and Susan Dynarski named among most influential education scholars in Education Week
Fred Conrad appointed director U-M Program in Survey Methodology
2011
David Lam to lead European research program studying labor markets of poor countries
David Lam participates in Hopkins' symposium on the meaning of the 7 billionth human
Barbara Anderson appointed to the Census Bureau's Scientific Advisory Committee
Pamela Smock elected to PAA Board of Directors
George Alter appointed Director, ICPSR
Bob Groves elected to National Academy of Sciences
Arland Thornton receives 2011 Taeuber Award
Ronald Inglehart awarded 2011 Johan Skytte Prize
PSC Reseachers at the Population Association of America 2011 Annual Meeting
Dan Brown on first project funded by U-M Social Sciences Annual Institute
2010
Accepting applications for 2011 NIA Postdoctoral Fellowships
James House appointed visiting scholar at Russell Sage Foundation
David Lam says African scholar Geegbae's visit to U.S. has two-way importance
John Bound named George E. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Economics
Myron Gutmann honored by Library of Congress as "Digital Preservation Pioneer"
Half-day SIPP Analytic Research Conference, Sept 27, 6080 ISR
Catalog of ISR publications, 1945-1994 now available online
Helen Levy appointed to position at Council of Economic Advisers
Meet New PSC Director Pamela Smock
Dave Harding receives Henry Russel Award for 2011
Knodel and Lam lead the new Research Network on AIDS and Older Persons in Africa and Asia
Bob Groves reports on status of Census 2010, July 16
Teresa Sullivan named to national committee on state and future of American research university
Sheldon Danziger named 2010 AAPSS Fellow
PSID on NSF's "Sensational 60" list of major scientific advances
Sarah Burgard and Shige Song win ASA's 2010 Distinguished Sociology of Population Paper Award
Philippa Clarke elected Fellow, Gerontological Society of America, 2010
Nathalie Williams wins Distinguished Dissertation Award
Bridget Lavelle's poster a winner at 2010 PAA
Bob Groves elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Sasha Killewald and Margaret Gough win PAA's Dorothy Thomas Award
ISR awards winners in U-M census video ad contest
ISR announces Census video contest winners
Michael Elliott wins 2010 Washington Statistical Society's Gertrude M. Cox Award
NIH awards $14.8 stimulus grant to ISR for expansion and renovation
PSC participates at 2010 PAA Annual Meeting
Barbara Anderson to give Freedman inaugural lecture, Feb 9, 4:10 pm, Alumni Center Founders Room
ISR-sponsored Census Ad Contest takes on low student response rates
Teresa Sullivan elected first female president of U-Va
George Alter appointed president for 2010-2011, Social Science History Association
David Lam appointed Chair, NSF International Advisory Board for IPUMS
2009
"It's in Our Hands": New Census Bureau site promotes participation in 2010 Census
Applications for PSC small grants due by Jan 15, 2010
George Alter elected vice-president of the Social Science History Association
Richard Cohn, PSC alum, remembered. Obit
Postdoctoral Fellowships sponsored by NICHD and NIA available in 2010
Jacquelynne Eccles awarded U-M Distinguished University Professorship
Bob Schoeni recognized with U-M Research Faculty Achievement Award
Amos Hawley, pioneer in Human Ecology, dies at 98
Bill Axinn appointed director of Survey Research Center
David Lam elected president of PAA for 2011
Myron Gutmann to head NSF's Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
Now accepting applications for Census 2010 Data Boot Camp for Journalists
Robert Willis receives 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award, U Washington's Dept. of Economics
ISR celebrates 60th anniversary June 19
Sarah Burgard receives U-M Excellence in Education Award for Undergraduate Teaching, 2009
Bob Willis given Distinguished Alumni Award, Dept. of Economics, Univ. of Washington, 2009
Yu Xie elected to National Academy of Sciences
Ronald Inglehart named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
PSC participants at PAA Annual Meeting, 2009
Aging in Developing Countries Network site launched
Lauren Nicholas wins 2009 Heinz Dissertation Award from NASI
James House receives ASA award for contributions to study of mental health
Martha Bailey awarded 2009 CESifo Distinguished Research Affiliate Award
Lauren Nicholas receives Regula Herzog Young Investigators Award
Paul Rhode wins 2009 AAEA award for Quality of Research Discovery
2008
Barbara Anderson honored with Regents Award for Distinguished Public Service
Mark Padilla awarded Ruth Benedict Prize for book on HIV/AIDS and Caribbean male sex industry
The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Older Persons in Africa and Asia, a conference, November 7-8, 2008
NICHD & NIA Postdoctoral Fellowship applications being accepted for 2009 positions at PSC.
James House awarded Distinguished University Professorship
Pamela Smock named Chair, NICHD's Population Sciences Subcommittee Study Section
Dean Yang wins 2008 Excellence in Refereeing Award, American Economic Review
Mick Couper receives AAPOR Warren Mitofsky Innovators Award for development of Paradata
George Alter coordinates the Michigan Historical Demography Workshop
Conrad Kottak elected to National Academy of Sciences
Yu Xie wins PAA's 2008 Clifford C Clogg Award
Sheldon Danziger named 2008 Guggenheim Fellow
Paul C Johnson named 2008 Guggenheim Fellow
New PSC blog provides news on recent publications, funding, media stories, events
PSC participation at PAA: Description and schedule for papers, posters, discussions
Robert Groves and Mick Couper win the 2008 AAPOR Book Award
Ron Lesthaeghe elected 2008 IUSSP Laureate
Marshall Weinberg Research Fellowships awarded to Hwang, Xie, Mu, Grieger
Graduate travel fellowships available from Global Health Research and Training Initiative (GHRT)
Predissertation travel fellowship available from Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG)
Remote statistical consulting appointments now available from CSCAR
2007
Postdoctoral Fellowship applications now being accepted for NICHD and NIA positions at PSC
Arland Thornton wins ASA's 2007 William Goode Book Award for Reading History Sideways
UM-GHRT/OVPR Faculty Seed Grant applications due October 15, 2007
IRWG Gender and Global Health faculty seed grant applications due October 15, 2007
Yu Xie selected as Distinguished University Professor
William Axinn elected to Nominating Committee of the Population Association of America
David Weir elected to Board of Directors of the Population Association of America
Mick Couper elected Fellow, American Statistical Association, 2007
Robert Willis elected President, Society of Labor Economists
James House elected to National Academy of Sciences
John Bound and Frank Stafford elected Fellows of Society of Labor Economists
Eva Mueller’s Life’s Work Celebrated
James House receives ASA's Cooley-Mead Award
2006
Arline Geronimus awarded fellowship, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 2007-2008
John Bound awarded fellowship, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 2007-2008
Albert Hermalin Honored by Global Health community
Global Health Research and Training Initiative web site launched by Harlow et al.
Raj Arunachalam receives Journal of Development Economics Award, 2006
Jianguo (Jack) Liu named 2006 Guggenheim fellow
Thornton's Reading History Sideways generates exchange
As immigration escalates in new U.S. locales, Frey sees heightened public interest
2005
Ron Lesthaeghe receives Ernest-John Solvay prize