Insights and Impact Research, trends, and action

Sarah McBride

Insights and Impact March 2021

Leading by Example

Delaware senator Sarah McBride makes history as the country's highest-elected transgender official

children's books overwhelmingly focus on white characters

Insights and Impact March 2021

Reading Rainbow

A diverse cast of characters expands kid lit

couple hugging under a yellow umbrella

Insights and Impact March 2021

The Empty Space

Jason Rosenthal's wife said you may want to marry him

An illustrated pair of glasses shows a ballot being cast

Insights and Impact March 2021

Hindsight 2020

About November: strong electoral guardrails—or good luck?

Earth melting

Insights and Impact November 2020

3 Minutes On Climate Change Adaptation

How should we plan now that climate change is already here?

An illustrated ballot containing polling facts

Insights and Impact November 2020

Poll Watcher

SOC professor W. Joseph Cambell researches eight voter survey snafus spanning nine decades

woodland creatures in a forest

Insights and Impact November 2020

Where the Wild Things Are

SIS professor Paul Wapner: wildness is not just a place—it's a state of mind

Illustrated image of socially distanced people connected by dashed lines

Insights and Impact November 2020

Call of Duty

Contact tracers deal in sensitive, complex information and bring empathy and humanity to data collection

alt-right protestors in Charlottesville, Virginia

Insights and Impact November 2020

Extreme Makeover

SOE professor Cynthia Miller-Idriss explores Hate in the Homeland

Sleeping emojis against a blue backdrop

Insights and Impact November 2020

Good Night, and Good Luck

Proper snoozes are growing scarcer—and the consequences can be nightmarish