2/21/2012 - Chicago, IL
NORC Opens New Offices
Today NORC the University of Chicago announced the official opening of two new office locations in Atlanta, Georgia and in Boston, Massachusetts.
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2/6/2012 - Chicago, IL
Odds of Living a Very Long Life Lower than Formerly Predicted
The chances to reach extreme old age are much lower than previously thought, new research shows.
Research just published by a team of demographers at the social science research organization NORC at the University of Chicago contradicts a long-held belief that the mortality rate of Americans flattens out above age 80.
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11/4/2011 - Philadelphia, PA
Birth Cohort Screening for Hepatitis C is Cost Effective
According to a new study being published early online in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians, birth cohort screening for hepatitis C is cost effective in the primary care setting. A proactive screening strategy could identify over 800,000 currently unidentified cases, which could save many thousands of lives each year.
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11/2/2011 - Chicago, IL
Robert T. Michael Research Prize Winners Announced
The faculty selection committee of the Robert T. Michael Research Prize has awarded the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 prizes to the Chicago Initiative for Economic Development and Early Childhood (CEDEC), an initiative by Harris School doctoral students to explore early childhood development in developing countries. The Harris School doctoral students comprising CEDEC are Pedro Bernal, Guadalupe Bedoya, Elise Chor, Ana Sofia Leon, Javaeria Qureshi, Maria Fernandez Rosales, Patricia Ritter and Arianna Zanolini. Pietro Biroli, a doctoral student from the department of economics, is also a member of CEDEC.
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9/21/2011 - Chicago, IL
Teaching Artists Found Critical to the Future of Arts Education
Teaching artists (TAs)—artists who make teaching a part of their professional practice as artists—are critical to the future of arts education and to improving the quality of schools. These are two of the conclusions of the Teaching Artists Research Project, a three-year study by NORC at the University of Chicago that is the most comprehensive examination of the work and world of teaching artists.
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9/6/2011 - Chicago
Civil Liberties and Security: 10 Years After 9/11
CHICAGO, Sept. 6, 2011-- The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research announces publication and availability of its inaugural project: "Civil Liberties and National Security: 10 Years After 9/11."
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9/1/2011 -
Highest Percentage of Americans In Four Decades Say Financial Situation Has Gotten Worse
Chicago, April 14, 2011— A recently released report of the General Social Survey, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, shows that for the first time since 1972, more Americans say that their financial situation has gotten worse in recent years rather than better. Understandably, also for the first time since 1972, the percentage of Americans saying that they are "not at all" satisfied with their financial situation (31.5%) notably exceeds those saying they are "pretty well" satisfied (23.4%).
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9/1/2011 -
Tom W. Smith Awarded the 2011 Warren E. Miller Award for Meritorious Service to the Social Sciences
CHICAGO, August 2, 2011 - The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) announced today that Tom W. Smith has been awarded the 2011 Warren E. Miller Award for Meritorious Service to the Social Sciences. Smith is a NORC Senior Fellow, Director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Society, and since 1980 has served as Director of the General Social Survey (GSS), one of NORC's most visible projects and one fo the nation's most heavily utilized datasets.
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9/1/2011 -
Robert T. Michael Named Senior Fellow at NORC at the University of Chicago
CHICAGO, September 1, 2011—Robert T. Michael, renowned scholar, teacher, and founding dean of the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago has been named Senior Fellow by NORC at the University of Chicago.
Michael is currently the Eliakim Hastings Moore Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Harris School and teaches courses on economics of child and family policy, leadership in Chicago, and co-teaches a course on "science, technology, and policy."
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8/31/2011 -
The Associated Press, NORC at the University of Chicago, Establish New Center for Public Affairs Research
CHICAGO, August 31, 2011—The Associated Press and NORC at the University of Chicago announced today the formation of The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The Center will combine the expertise of NORC, one of the world’s premier social science research organizations, with AP, the essential global news network whose news is seen every day over all media platforms and formats by more than half of the world’s population.
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