U-M Team Wins Third in Challenge to Improve Data on Youth Suicide
February 27, 2025
ANN ARBOR – UM-ATLAS, a team of University of Michigan faculty and students studying U.S. suicide risk over the lifespan, has won third prize in a recent Driven Data challenge to improve the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), the nation’s most comprehensive registry of suicide...
The loneliness paradox: Being alone may not be so bad
February 26, 2025
Research discusses why the way we talk about solitude might be making us lonelier ANN ARBOR—In an era of hyperconnectivity, loneliness has been declared a global epidemic with significant consequences for mental and physical health. Public health campaigns and media discussions have long sought...
ISR’s Pamela Davis-Kean discusses the importance and impact of mathematical skills in educational development in Insights presentation
February 10, 2025
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — Math is a skill that can be learned — but not enough American students are hitting their early indicators for future success in mathematics. For years, American students have lagged behind their international counterparts in math skills,...
ISR’s Ethan Kross publishes new book on managing emotions
January 29, 2025
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — A new book from an Institute for Social Research (ISR) faculty member is offering new tools for managing your emotional life. “Shift: Managing Your Emotions — So They Don’t Manage You” is the latest offering from Ethan Kross, a...
From Portraits to Policy: A Profile of Artist-Researcher Angel Zhong
January 13, 2025
Across the work of Guiying (Angel) Zhong – a portrait artist, activist, and social science researcher– common themes emerge: Mending what is broken; filling the cracks in what is missing; expressing truth that can elude words. Zhong (she/they), one of the nine Junior Professional Researchers...
U-M study of COVID-19 deaths challenges claims, understanding of pandemic-era suicidesÂ
December 12, 2024
Narratives behind numbers point to need for better coordination, support by employers, communities, public health leaders in future crises, especially mental health ANN ARBOR—In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, University of Michigan researchers dug deeper into the numbers-only...
Study: Brilliant white male characters more believable, some viewers say
December 9, 2024
By SHARITA FORREST Brilliant characters often play key roles in movies and TV shows. However, when these characters are played by women and people of color, some audience members dismiss them as unrealistic, even if they portray real people and events, a recent study found. University of Illinois...
Family matters: Living near relatives makes us heroic and harsh
November 25, 2024
ANN ARBOR—Many of us will soak in the merriment and drama that family gatherings bring during Thanksgiving. But beyond the Thanksgiving dinner table, new research suggests that living and being around family more often affects our psychology in some surprising ways. Are you willing to go to war...
Gun deaths reach alarming high, sparking debate over media’s role
November 25, 2024
EXPERT Q&A ANN ARBOR—Gun violence claimed 46,728 lives in the United States last year—the third-highest number of firearm-related deaths ever recorded—including a record-high 27,300 suicides by using a gun. The data marks a significant escalation over the past decade, according to the...
PRBA Names Myles Durkee 2025 James S. Jackson Emerging Scholar
November 18, 2024
Myles Durkee, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan, has been named the next James S. Jackson Emerging Scholar by the Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA) at the Institute for Social Research (ISR). Dr. Durkee is a PRBA affiliate whose research examines the...
