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Social Sciences - Law - 21.09.2023

Social Sciences - Environment - 20.09.2023
Bringing design justice to the classroom and workplace
Whether you're building a home or programming a robot, design is a human-centered activity, making it essential to teach design in a way that focuses on equity, justice, and ethics.

Innovation - Social Sciences - 19.09.2023

Social Sciences - Criminology / Forensics - 18.09.2023
Incarceration rates, falling in every US state, drive significant shifts in risk of prison for marginalized groups
Incarceration rates, falling in every US state, drive significant shifts in risk of prison for marginalized groups
The risk of incarceration for Black men in the United States was cut nearly in half between 1999 and 2019, according to a new study that assesses the impact of falling rates of imprisonment in each of the 50 states.

History / Archeology - Social Sciences - 13.09.2023

Pedagogy - Social Sciences - 11.09.2023

Psychology - Social Sciences - 10.09.2023
Making life friendlier with personal robots
Sharifa Alghowinem, a research scientist at the Media Lab, explores personal robot technology that explains emotions in English and Arabic.

Health - Social Sciences - 05.09.2023

Environment - Social Sciences - 01.09.2023

Politics - Social Sciences - 30.08.2023
Apekshya Prasai: Up in arms
New research shows how female activists resist patriarchy on the battlefield and beyond.

Health - Social Sciences - 30.08.2023
Dreaming of waves
Dreaming of waves
Stefan Helmreich's new book examines the many facets of oceanic wave science and the propagation of wave theory into other areas of life.

Social Sciences - Campus - 30.08.2023
Advancing social studies at MIT Sloan
Advancing social studies at MIT Sloan
Associate Professor Dean Eckles studies how our social networks affect our behavior and shape our lives.

Environment - Social Sciences - 29.08.2023
New clean air and water labs to bring together researchers, policymakers to find climate solutions
Labs in Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia will be led by J-PAL with support from Community Jameel.

Health - Social Sciences - 28.08.2023
UW research links wildfire smoke to increased risk of emergency room visits for people of all ages
UW research links wildfire smoke to increased risk of emergency room visits for people of all ages
Alden Woods Annie Doubleday doesn't want her work to scare people. It's already unsettling when wildfire smoke descends upon a community, when eyes burn and throats scratch and people trickle into emergency rooms. She-d rather people see her research, which ties wildfire smoke to an increased risk of emergency department visits, as a step toward protecting themselves.

Campus - Social Sciences - 28.08.2023

Social Sciences - 25.08.2023

Environment - Social Sciences - 21.08.2023

Environment - Social Sciences - 17.08.2023
U-M-led team receives $7.5M to predict, communicate flood risk
Engineers, atmospheric scientists, psychologists and anthropologists team up to develop better flood predictions and ensure decision-makers can understand them To reduce the human and economic costs

Social Sciences - 16.08.2023
Social engagement, critical awareness promote young people’s life satisfaction, academic success
Study: Critical, active, and well adapted: Antecedents and consequences of adolescents' critical consciousness profiles Young people who challenge social injustice and are politically active show high life satisfaction and better academic performance, says a University of Michigan researcher.

Social Sciences - Pedagogy - 15.08.2023

Environment - Social Sciences - 09.08.2023
New guiding principles urgently needed for Great Lakes stewardship, U-M researchers say
The tools and policies that worked to significantly reduce threats to the Great Lakes over the past century are ill-equipped to handle today's complex and interrelated challenges.

Social Sciences - Administration - 07.08.2023

Environment - Social Sciences - 27.07.2023
How forests can cut carbon, restore ecosystems, and create jobs
A new analysis describes steps planners can take to make forests more effective "natural climate solutions.

Social Sciences - 25.07.2023
Not your grandparents' 'Monopoly'
Not your grandparents’ ’Monopoly’
MIT board game designers take on social and cultural topics, with a playful twist. On an otherwise sleepy Friday in late June, one corner of MIT's Hayden Library was abuzz with the sounds of board gamers at play.

Social Sciences - Life Sciences - 24.07.2023
New paper proposes incorporating anti-racism in life sciences education
New paper proposes incorporating anti-racism in life sciences education
STEM classes should include context from history, other social sciences, UCLA researchers write Science + Technology STEM classes should include context from history, other social sciences, UCLA resea

Environment - Social Sciences - 19.07.2023
New U-M Graham Institute center empowers Michigan communities to tackle renewable energy projects
The University of Michigan's Graham Sustainability Institute is launching the Center for EmPowering Communities to foster decarbonization solutions that advance community goals and priorities.

Economics - Social Sciences - 19.07.2023
Chicago’s public bank discussions should center community needs
Policy brief: Opportunities and Challenges of Public Banking in the Windy City: Perspectives of Chicago Residents A new University of Michigan study finds Chicago residents are receptive to the idea

Social Sciences - 12.07.2023
Why big changes early in life can help later on
Study shows moving can help foster a more robust social network, by strengthening "long ties" with others.
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