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In a year of challenges and change, objective research provided steady ground. Our work spanned continents and contexts, from assessing AI tools for federal agencies and evaluating maternal health initiatives in Latin America to developing a Veterans research panel.

Watch Our 2025 Year in Review.

Are You an Economic Optimist or a Pessimist? Take Our Poll to Find Out A recent WSJ-NORC poll found many Americans are comfortable pessimists: financially comfortable themselves but concerned about the economy’s future. See where you fit in.

More than 60 percent of Americans feel financially comfortable today, but about eight in 10 are pessimistic about the economic future, according to a new WSJ-NORC poll. Discover which of four economic mindset groups you fall into with our interactive survey: go.norc.org/4oKv0mT

Don’t forget to leave out beer and hot dogs for Mr. Met tonight because tomorrow’s baseball!

Merry baseball eve! ⚾️

Program Officer, Journalism & Media The Journalism and Media team is responsible for working to strengthen American democracy by informing, engaging, and activating Americans through deep investments in independent journalism and media....

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I know, right? I need to get it from my mom first because she's taken over making it

I'd be happy to eat an entire Thanksgiving meal without turkey, but if I had to choose a favorite dish, it would be my late aunt's cornbread stuffing balls.

I wrote a story about the (much smaller) Mars Cheese Castle for a j-school class at Marquette and am delighted the business is still in the family.

Building Cosmic Explorer: Where Science Meets Community | NORC at the University of Chicago NORC is helping select the location of a gravitational-wave observatory so people of diverse backgrounds can live and thrive.

NORC + the University of Arizona teamed up to find home a for Cosmic Explorer, a groundbreaking gravitational-wave observatory.

Find out how we're using General Social Survey data to pick the ideal spot for this deep space research hub and its community.

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #3,033,340!

History Teachers Report Little Outside Interference Despite Political Polarization NORC Now | Stories of Insight & Impact

The newest issue of NORC Now just hit inboxes—are you subscribed?
In this issue 👀

— How heated political rhetoric about U.S. history is impacting U.S. history teachers.

— What we learned from evaluating a city-funded preschool program in Tempe, AZ.

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Job Openings | NORC at the University of Chicago

My team @norcatuchicago.bsky.social
is hiring! This external affairs associate position is based in Bethesda/DC. NORC offers great benefits, and the comms team is talented, passionate, and fun to work with.