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Research | 5.10.21

How do you persuade uncertain Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19?

Award | 5.4.21

World Changing Ideas Awards 2021: Prisoner Letter Data Project with Invisible Institute

Media | 4.23.21

Successful vaccination campaigns start with understanding survey bias

Media | 4.15.21

Civis Analytics releases digital toolkit to reach vaccine skeptics

Podcast | 4.12.21

How to persuade the vaccine sceptics?

Media | 4.12.21

Make it easier for employers to help get America vaccinated

Media | 3.22.21

How bad could flooding get at your house? Norfolk tool helps homeowners get the picture

Press | 3.15.21

Norfolk Recognizes Flood Awareness Week with Launch of Flood Risk Learning Center

Built in Chicago

Media | 3.9.21

What A Survey Scientist at Civis Analytics Does All Day

Media | 3.9.21

How Civis Analytics is helping the push to get Illinois residents get the COVID-19 vaccine

Media | 3.7.21

The surest way into the millionaires club? Start investing in your 20s and 30s, data shows

Media | 3.5.21

How data guided Illinois' COVID-19 vaccine awareness campaign

Media | 3.4.21

Airlines? Tech? Cruise lines? Where investors see the most upside in the stock market in 2021

Media | 3.2.21

The Best Ways for Employers to Promote COVID-19 Vaccines

Media | 3.2.21

How do you solve a problem like... misinformation during a pandemic?

Media | 2.26.21

Agencies Use Census Messaging Lessons in Service of Vaccines

Media | 2.26.21

In Covid-19 Vaccine Surveys, the Wording Affects the Results

Awards | 2.22.21

PR Week Dashboard 25, Class of 2021: Dan Wagner, CEO

Awards | 2.22.21

MM+M 40 Under 40: Crystal Son, Director of Healthcare Analytics

Built in Chicago

Media | 2.1.21

Find Your Match: 8 Companies Hiring in Chicago

Media | 1.25.21

Crain's Notable Leaders in HR - Erin Turnmeyer

Media | 1.25.21

Civis Analytics’s Jenn Cervella on How Data Can Power Progressives

Media | 1.4.21

Yeah, That's Probably an Ad Podcast, Inside the Biden Media Win

Media | 1.2.21

The Democrats’ Most Effective Election Ads Did Not Feature Trump

Media | 12.23.20

The Rise of COVID-19 Vaccine Selfies on Social Media

Media | 12.21.20

Democrats see grim prospects in final election results despite Biden's win

politico

Media | 12.15.20

The back-stage tech tool that knits together all of Democrats’ data

Chain Store Age - The Business of Retail

Media | 12.10.20

Pandemic prompts consumers to cut holiday spending

Media | 12.8.20

How To Evaluate A Data Science Project (Without Knowing Data Science)

Media | 12.3.20

Pod Save America Podcast, "Pardon Me?"

Media | 11.24.20

Resurgent airlines, energy and bank stocks lead the way as the vaccine rally intensifies

Media | 11.23.20

1 in 3 Americans are planning a holiday trip

Media | 11.22.20

The K-shaped holidays: The affluent are spending more as the poor cut back

Media | 10.30.20

Illinois is taking a data-driven approach to its mask-wearing ad campaign

Media | 10.12.20

Should You Scare People into Buying Your Product?

Media | 10.1.20

Pandemic Causing Many to Lose Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage

Media | 9.26.20

What pullback? Investors say these stocks have the most upside

RampUp from LiveRamp

Media | 9.24.20

What is Data Bias and How Can Marketers Mitigate Its Effects?

Media | 9.22.20

ACA, COVID-19’s impact on uninsured Americans: Two steps forward, one step back

Media | 9.21.20

Millions Have Lost Health Insurance Coverage Amid Pandemic

Media | 9.21.20

Hurricanes, wildfires further hamper Census 2020 count

Media | 9.17.20

Uninsured rates, negative outcomes continue to rise among people of color

Media | 9.9.20

Vaccination persuasion: Personal stories most likely to influence people toward COVID-19 shots, analytics firm finds

Media | 8.27.20

Illinois compares masks to seat belts in its effort to encourage people to wear them

Media | 8.24.20

34% of would-be parents say they may have children sooner because of COVID-19

New York Times

Media | 8.24.20

As Census Count Resumes, Doubts About Accuracy Continue to Grow

Smartcities Dive

Media | 8.19.20

Illinois' $5M bet to increase mask-wearing among residents

Yahoo News

Media | 8.18.20

Cities move cautiously on defunding the police — satisfying neither side

USC Annenberg Media

Media | 8.18.20

‘Rona, Race and Raising How young Black single parents have coped with COVID and racial unrest

MSN

Media | 8.17.20

Face Masks Need The Kind Of Marketing That Sold America On Seat Belts

Media | 8.17.20

Nearly half of parents support sending their kids back to campus

CityLab - Bloomberg

Media | 8.17.20

To Get People to Wear Masks, Try Comparing Them to Seatbelts and Helmets

Cheddar

Media | 8.12.20

Exclusive: Most Parents Don't Support Reopening Schools in Fall

Media | 7.20.20

Will there be a second stimulus check and extension of the extra $600 in unemployment benefits? What to know before Congress begins debate

Salon

Media | 7.16.20

Exclusive: Poll shows gun safety messages swing voters to Democrats as worries rise amid pandemic

New York Times

Media | 7.3.20

Black Lives Matter May Be the Largest Movement in U.S. History

Chicago Appleseed - Fund for Justice

Media | 7.1.20

Cook County State’s Attorney Will Decline to Prosecute Peaceful Protestors

Media | 7.1.20

Why Uber is so hungry to double down on the unprofitable business of food delivery

Chain Store Age - The Business of Retail

Media | 6.30.20

Survey: Americans want stores, malls to follow stricter hygiene measures

Media | 6.26.20

Amazon dominates e-commerce during the pandemic—but Walmart is catching up

Slate

Media | 6.5.20

What the Hell Happened With Today’s Shocking Jobs Report?

U.S. News & World Report

Media | 6.4.20

How to Learn Data Science: A U.S. News Guide

L.E.K

Business | 12.21.20

COVID-19 | Consumer Insights for Business

politico

Media | 5.19.20

Politico Features Civis Impact Research Poll

Inside Higher Ed

Media | 5.19.20

Parental Stress, College Plans, & Job Security

la times

Media | 5.18.20

Gates Funded Research Underscores Economic Disparity

Forbes

Media | 5.18.20

College Plans Changing Due to Coronavirus

azmirror

Media | 5.15.20

Civis Research Helps to Inform Effects of Census Participation

Media | 5.13.20

Civis Finds Rate of Job Loss May Be Slowing

New York Times

Media | 5.13.20

NYT Uses Civis's Survey Data to Track Unemployment

Inside Higher Ed

Media | 5.1.20

Civis Finds Students Might Not Return to Classes

eMarketer

Media | 4.29.20

Podcast Featuring Civis's Managing Director Ellen Houston & Recent Polling

New York Times

Media | 4.27.20

Certain Demographics are at Higher Risk

New York Times

Media | 4.27.20

NYT Uses Civis Data for Job vs Health Insights

538

Media | 4.24.20

Civis coronavirus research referenced in FiveThirtyEight's roundup of coronavirus polling

The Atlantic

Media | 4.24.20

Civis CEO Dan Wagner Turns Down PPP, Here's Why

538

Media | 4.24.20

Civis Findings Support State Governments

Built in Chicago

Media | 4.23.20

Civis is a Featured Tech Company on the Front Lines of COVID-19

illinois.gov

Media | 4.23.20

Civis Leads Cohort for State of IL Coronavirus Response

New York Times

Media | 4.13.20

Shelter-in-place Support Backed by Civis Data

statescoop

Media | 4.8.20

Civis Offers Insight Into Health Data

motley fool

Media | 4.2.20

Civis studies how COVID-19 will affect electronic sales

Media | 3.13.20

Fortune uses Civis research data for consumer shopping insights related to COVID-19 outbreak

2020 Top 100 Gov Tech

Media | 1.7.20

Civis Recognized by GovTech as one of the top 100 innovative companies in the government sector

Media | 1.9.20

Fortune teams up with Civis Analytics to survey investors' plans for 2020

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