Aug 31, 2021 | News, Newsletter, Updates
This is a web version of the Center for an Informed Public‘s News & Insights newsletter for August 2021, which was sent out on August 31. Check out our newsletter archives. Not signed up to receive the CIP’s newsletter? Sign up here. $2.25 million in National...
Aug 30, 2021 | News, Recent Press, Updates
In a recent episode of Community Signal, a podcast for professionals who manage online communities, CIP postdoctoral researcher Rachel E. Moran and undergraduate research assistant Joey Schafer discussed their work with the Virality Project, a COVID-19 vaccine...
Aug 26, 2021 | News, Recent Press, Updates
Time magazine recently interviewed CIP postdoctoral researcher Kolina Koltai for an article about America’s Frontline Doctors, a group that has promoted ivermectin, a medication normally used to treat livestock with parasitic worms, as a treatment for people...
Aug 23, 2021 | News, Updates
Madeline Jalbert, a social and cognitive psychology researcher, has started at the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public as a postdoctoral scholar. She studies how context and subjective experiences influence memory, judgment, and decision-making....
Aug 15, 2021 | News, Research, Updates
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $3 million collaborative grant to a team led by the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public (CIP) and supported by Stanford University to study ways to apply collaborative, rapid-response research to...
Aug 13, 2021 | News, Research, Updates
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded a nearly $250,000 grant to a project that will develop and implement a comprehensive program for libraries that aims to foster greater understanding and resilience to misinformation. The project — led by...
