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SRC Programs
Urban & Environmental Studies
Urban & Environmental Studies (UES) focuses on the cultural issues of sustainability and climate change in institutional settings including universities and the impact of the built and natural environments on quality of life. In collaboration with U-M’s Graham Sustainability Institute, UES initiated the Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program in 2012. This is a comprehensive study designed to assess sustainability knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes across U-M students, faculty, and staff over time.
Landscapes of Population Health
Landscapes of Population Health ("Landscapes") is an interdisciplinary research team of historians, social-behavioral scientists , and statisticians, merging expertise in the study of American society, population health, and cutting-edge data science. Through our collaborations, we aim to clarify the social drivers and biological mechanisms that underlie variation in population health.
Events
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Oct
6
SRC Seminar Series Presents: From Evidence to Action: Precision Implementation of Classroom Physical Activity Breaks
Rebecca Hasson, Victor L. Katch Collegiate Professor of Kinesiology
Institute For Social Research @ 1:00pm -
Oct
7
MPSDS / JPSM Seminar Series - Partisan Nonresponse All the Way Down
Marc Trussler - Director of Data Science at the University of Pennsylvania’s Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies and a Senior Elections Analyst on the NBC News Decision Desk.
Institute For Social Research @ 12:00pm -
Oct
26
RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Lindsay Kobayashi)
How Culture Shapes the Measurement of Cognitive Aging: Lessons from the HCAP International Network
Institute For Social Research @ 3:30pm
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