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This week, NORC’s Health Care Programs team is at the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) 2026 Fall Conference, sharing research and evaluation insights on evolving Medicaid priorities. Find out more about NORC at NAMD: go.norc.org/4sg9nNI
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Earlier this month, NORC researchers shared research on the role of power and partnership in evaluation at the Ninth International CREA Conference in Chicago. Check out photos from the conference below.
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Strong reach doesn’t always mean a public health message is being shared. A new NORC study in Communications Health finds public health accounts kept posting about e-cigarette prevention on X/Twitter, but over time, far fewer accounts amplified their messages. View the study: go.norc.org/3WilmOR
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From rural school districts to Chicago’s neighborhoods, our latest NORC in IL newsletter covers research on how Illinois residents work, connect, and experience the conditions shaping their daily lives. Explore the issue: go.norc.org/4eEwhZu
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Who needs to be at the table to fully understand a health problem? In a new interview with Suraj Arshanapally for Communicator’s Guide to Social Impact, NORC’s Ashani Johnson-Turbes makes the case for transdisciplinary approaches to health communication research. go.norc.org/47o99e0
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Although relatively low salaries are widely identified as an obstacle to attracting teachers into the profession, many male teachers in our recent NORC at @UChicago survey also valued the profession’s economic stability. maleeducators.org/resources/…
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AI-generated “synthetic respondents” are speeding up survey research, but their reliability depends on the human data behind them. NORC’s Leah Christian explores the utility and challenges of synthetic respondents in her new Expert View. Find out more: go.norc.org/4B6MmRm
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The groups most central to a survey’s research can often be the hardest to reach. NORC’s Big Data Classifier helped the Colorado Health Access Survey build a reflective sample of key subpopulations to analyze health access across the state. Find out more: go.norc.org/47QEPJ3
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Why do economists and consumers often see different versions of the same economy? Brian Fabes, NORC senior fellow, explained how ChicagoSpeaks™, our representative panel of Chicago residents, captures what macro numbers can miss: residents’ lived experiences. Find out more: go.norc.org/3M8yyRA
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NORC is a sponsor of the Ninth International CREA Conference in Chicago this week, where our experts are presenting research and approaches that center community partnerships and knowledge. Catch NORC’s presentations and visit our exhibit booth to find out more: go.norc.org/479wGPD
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Just 6% of Chicagoans say they’re thriving financially, and 31% can’t pay every bill in full in a typical month. NORC’s Vince Welch digs into our June 2026 ChicagoSpeaks® findings in his latest Expert View. Find out more: go.norc.org/4yrCdfP
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At AWS Imagine, NORC’s Amelia Burke-Garcia and Mehmet Celepkolu presented on the Trusted Health Information Assistant (THIA), a research-backed AI platform that delivers reliable health information and allows researchers to study how audiences engage with it. Find out more: go.norc.org/4utZ1e4
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As AI takes a bigger role in shaping policy, how do we ensure community voices remain central to the conversation? NORC’s Ashani Johnson-Turbes explored that question on a panel at the HEI Summit in Washington, D.C. See our related work: go.norc.org/4rL8vjW
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Why do economic indicators often tell a different story than people’s everyday experience? NORC and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago recently brought together economists, business leaders, and residents to explore this gap and examine how consumer sentiment has changed over time.
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Long-running surveys face growing demands, from small-area estimates to emerging policy questions, all while maintaining data quality. NORC developed three sample design solutions to help flagship surveys keep pace. Explore the brief: go.norc.org/3TaAAEJ
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New NORC research finds Latino arts organizations anchor cultural life in neighborhoods across the country and examines their reach, resource constraints, and how they connect communities to youth development, health, and immigration services. Find out more: go.norc.org/4yO2rto
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When residents are treated as partners and help shape the research, the findings reflect what they actually need. That idea guided NORC’s work with the Obama Foundation on Home Court, a new community space within the Obama Center.  Watch our research in action.
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NORC researchers are attending the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) 2026 conference this week, presenting on assessment, teacher retention, civic education, and evaluation standards. Explore the full program: go.norc.org/4hntRPw
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New from NORC’s Center for Public Safety & Justice (CPSJ): our September newsletter is out now and dives into what it takes to make public safety systems work better in real time. Find out more in the full newsletter: go.norc.org/3UNdJzt
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Slover Linett at NORC is now Arts & Culture at NORC. The new name brings together Slover Linett’s 25 years of community-based audience research with NORC’s decades of national studies on arts participation. Explore Arts & Culture at NORC: go.norc.org/4yK6KWI
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