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2023-24 CISSR Faculty Research Grants Announced

The Center for International Social Science Research has announced its 2023-2024 Faculty Research Fellowship Grants. Providing up to $25,000 for facul...

Psychology Today - Will you be happier after divorce? Article cites study by Prof. Linda Waite comparing measures of well-being between unhappily married adults and those that became divorced

NYT - What Happened to All of Science's Big Breakthroughs? Prof. James Evans comments on the recently developed "CD Index"

The Atlantic - The Consolidation-Disruption Index is Alarming; Article cites research from Prof. James Evans asserting scientists are encountering an overwhelming excess of information

Chicago Tribune - White voters helped propel Lori Lightfoot to the mayor's office in 2019. Will They Stick with her? Assoc. Prof. Robert Vargas says white voters in Chicago are not a monolith, discusses differences in voting behavior across the city

NYT - A Trans Icon of the 20th Century Revived by Trans Stars of the 21st Century; Assoc. Prof. Kristen Schilt discusses the discovery of the interviews which were the inspiration for the documentary "Framing Agnes"

New Study Explores the Effects of Neurotoxic Air Pollution in Early Life on Cognitive Development

The study — one of the first of its kind — focuses on the intersection of neighborhood effects research and environmental health epidemiology. By S...

NPR - Stories about crime are rife with misinformation and racism, critics say; Assoc. Prof. Robert Vargas criticizes the practice of comparing crime year-to-year, arguing there is "no scientifically informed way of thinking about crime trends" as such

NPR - Rising crime statistics are not all that they seem; Assoc. Prof. Robert Vargas comments on ways that crime is defined and potential bias

USA TODAY - LA City Council racism scandal shows ugly side of creating political maps. Can redistricting reform help? Assoc. Prof. Robert Vargas says recent conversations reveal a view of politics as a zero-sum fight between racial and ethnic groups