The Family Safety Net Project led by RCGD’s Lisa Wexler builds on community strengths to prevent suicide in rural Alaska
March 27, 2023
While suicide is a dire public health problem in rural Alaska, building on the strength of Alaska Natives’ family ties and the value they place on providing safe environments for young people may be more effective for preventing deaths than emphasizing the risks firearms pose in the home. From...
Build on community strengths to prevent suicide in rural Alaska, research says
March 27, 2023
Contact: Tevah Platt, 734-660-4999; Morgan Sherburne, 734-647-1844, [email protected] ANN ARBOR—While suicide is a dire public health problem in rural Alaska, building on the strength of Alaska Natives’ family ties and the value they place on providing safe environments for young people...
How Households Adapt to Water Scarcity: A New Study in Mexico City Sheds Light on Hidden Costs of a Global Issue
March 8, 2023
Contact: Tevah Platt, [email protected]; Morgan Sherburne, [email protected] ANN ARBOR– As climate change and population growth make water scarcity increasingly common, a much larger share of the global population will be forced to reckon with the costs of urban water scarcity. A new study in PLOS...
How Households Adapt to Water Scarcity: A New Study in Mexico City Sheds Light on Hidden Costs of a Global Issue
March 8, 2023
Architecture student and Wallenberg Fellow Meghana Tummala is another University of Michigan scholar grappling with the impacts of climate change. In this artwork, inspired by study abroad in Mexico City, she reflects on the city’s relationship with water: “Historically, it’s clear through...
Black and White Americans may receive different emotional benefits from friendships
March 8, 2023
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — Black Americans and White Americans may receive different benefits from their networks of friends, family ties, and other relationships according to a new paper. Research from Crystal Ng, PhD, shows that while White American adults...
Robert Joseph Taylor and Karen Lincoln Tell their Stories in PRBA Black History Month Talks
March 6, 2023
In observance of Black History Month, the Program for Research on Black Americans hosted two online seminars in February 2023, with one talk by PRBA Director Robert Joseph Taylor, and another from PRBA alumna Karen Lincoln of UC Irvine, who was a graduate student with PRBA while...
Robert Joseph Taylor and Karen Lincoln Tell their Stories in PRBA Black History Month Talks
March 6, 2023
Contact: Tevah Platt ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR– The Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA) was established in 1976 at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research by an interdisciplinary team of social scientists and graduate students who wanted to “give a voice” to...
The Michigan Daily spotlights the RCGD HomeLab: “A Playground for Investigators”
February 27, 2023
Each month, The Michigan Daily’s research beat publishes a feature on one University of Michigan laboratory to highlight the efforts of the lab team and the importance of the research. The U-M HomeLab, which opened in 2017 as part of the Research Center for Group Dynamics BioSocial Methods...
A Rarely Bestowed Grant Returns Suzanne Perkins to Research on Child Trauma and Mistreatment
February 1, 2023
A rarely bestowed grant will allow a University of Michigan researcher to complete work she had to put on hold due to a cancer diagnosis. Suzanne Perkins, a Research Center for Group Dynamics affiliate and a lecturer in psychology at the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science,...
Winter Seminar Series Examines Political Polarization
January 12, 2023
The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. This winter, the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research...