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News July 13, 2017
Case Elected to American Philosophical Society
News July 13, 2017
News Clips: Week of July 10 - 16
The following is a compilation of media clips in which WWS faculty members have been mentioned, cited or quoted. This list is updated weekly. If an item is missing, please email extaff@princeton.edu, and we will add it promptly.The White House is ParalyzedCNN (video featuring Julian Zelizer)I Love My Job: ER Doc and Jeff Design Director Bon KuPhiladelphia magazine (Uwe Reinhardt) Isolation vs. conciliation?RT (video featuring Harold James)Michael Oppenheimer on the ‘Unknown Unknowns’ of Climate ChangeNew York Magazine (Michael Oppenheimer)Yellen Says Opioid Use Is Tied to Declining Labor ParticipationBloomberg (Anne Case)Beware when independent…
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News July 07, 2017
Woodrow Wilson School Welcomes 11 New Faculty, Promotes Three
Eleven new faculty members will be joining Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs this year, and three existing Wilson School faculty members have received promotions. The Wilson School will also welcome two distinguished visitors, Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Salam Fayyad, and has granted two faculty members emeritus status.New FacultyAll appointments are effective July 1, 2017, unless otherwise noted.ProfessorsJennifer Jennings ’00 is professor of sociology and public affairs. Before joining the Wilson School, Jennings was an associate professor of sociology at New York University and postdoctoral fellow at…
News July 06, 2017
News Clips: Week of July 3 - 9
The following is a compilation of media clips in which WWS faculty members have been mentioned, cited or quoted. This list is updated weekly. If an item is missing, please email extaff@princeton.edu, and we will add it promptly.We Say No To Making America SickerHuffington Post (Paul Starr)The CHIC's war on veteransThe Adirondack Daily Enterprise (Julian Zelizer)The opioid crisis is draining America of jobsCNN Money (Alan Krueger, Anne Case, Angus Deaton)No, America is Not an Oligarchy Run By the Ultra-RichDaily Signal (Martin Gilens)Paulsen Says Jobs Report Is ‘Goldilocks’ for StocksBloomberg (Alan Krueger)The US job market is the strongest it’s been…
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News July 03, 2017
Truex Awarded 2017 Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award
A book penned by Professor Rory Truex, assistant professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University, received the 2017 Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award from the American Political Science Association (APSA). This award recognizes a book published in the last two calendar years that has made outstanding contributions to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties.“Making Autocracy Work: Representation and Responsiveness in Modern China” integrates qualitative and quantitative evidence to show how the Chinese Communist party and National People’s Congress allow for selective representation on certain issues.Out of…
News June 29, 2017
News Clips: Week of June 26 - July 2
The following is a compilation of media clips in which WWS faculty members have been mentioned, cited or quoted. This list is updated weekly. If an item is missing, please email extaff@princeton.edu, and we will add it promptly.Donald Trump has a chance to step up for a signature winCNN by Julian ZelizerRevitalizing Detroit requires development of specific neighborhoodsPhys.Org (Esteban Rossi-Hansberg)China spent $100 billion on reforestation. So why does it have 'green deserts'?Christian Science Monitor (David Wilcove)A warning sign for Democrats attempting the Full BernieThe Week Magazine (Alan Krueger)Of Great Importance InventorySeeking Alpha …
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News June 29, 2017
Appiah, Kahneman to be honored as ‘Great Immigrants’
Kwame Anthony Appiah, a professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, and Daniel Kahneman, a professor emeritus of psychology and a Nobel laureate in economics, have been named "Great Immigrants" by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
News June 21, 2017
News Clips: Week of June 19 - 25
The following is a compilation of media clips in which WWS faculty members have been mentioned, cited or quoted. This list is updated weekly. If an item is missing, please email extaff@princeton.edu, and we will add it promptly.Kids today: They don't work summer jobs the way they used to660 News (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)Congressional committee hears facts on national opioid epidemicMorning Times (Angus Deaton)The Truth About the Gig EconomyBloomberg Businessweek (Alan Krueger)Congressional Maneuvers in the DarkThe Wall Street Journal (Alan Blinder)Health care's arc of history: GOP's remarkable move to the rightCNN by Julian ZelizerThe trouble with…
News June 21, 2017
News Clips: Week of May 29 - June 4
The following is a compilation of media clips in which WWS faculty members have been mentioned, cited or quoted. This list is updated weekly. If an item is missing, please email extaff@princeton.edu, and we will add it promptly.Machine learning systems are a 'land rush' of opportunity for CIOsTechTarget Network (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)Australia's Middle-aged Suicide Rate 'A Cause for Alarm'Pursuit by The University of Melbourne (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)Deaths of DespairPursuit by The University of Melbourne (Angus Deaton)U.S. Treasury to Play Key Role Protecting Finance IT InfrastructureAppsforpcdaily.com (Angus Deaton)Need efficient economic…
News June 15, 2017
News Clips: Week of June 12 - 18
The following is a compilation of media clips in which WWS faculty members have been mentioned, cited or quoted. This list is updated weekly. If an item is missing, please email extaff@princeton.edu, and we will add it promptly.America's Opioid NightmareBBC World Service (Angus Deaton)Opioid Addiction Isn’t The Disease; It’s The SymptomHuffington Post (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)Prepared text of the 2017 Stanford Commencement address by Mariano-Florentino CuéllarStanford News (Angus Deaton)This is the Age at Which People are Least Happy with their LivesD'Marge (Angus Deaton)Iowa’s Obamacare rescue plan could set national trendPOLITICO Pro (Heather…
News June 15, 2017
News Clips: Week of June 5 - 11
The following is a compilation of media clips in which WWS faculty members have been mentioned, cited or quoted. This list is updated weekly. If an item is missing, please email extaff@princeton.edu, and we will add it promptly.Deaths of despair: Opioids, community, and the economyAmerican Enterprise Institute (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)Health and Human Services Secretary Price to Testify on HHS Budget RequestThe National Law Review (Angus Deaton)Ben Bernanke explains what Donald Trump gets wrong on the economyVox (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)“It’s absolutely everywhere” DeWine tells DC panel on opioidsThe Columbus Dispatch (Angus Deaton)Noam Chomsky…
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News June 08, 2017
Hannah Safford's Push for Environmentally Sustainable Policies
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News June 07, 2017
Four Princeton Students Named to Pacific Standard’s Top 30 Thinkers Under 30
One Princeton University Ph.D. student and three members of the Woodrow Wilson School’s Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI) were included in Pacific Standard magazine’s Top 30 Thinkers Under 30. The annual list honors exciting young thinkers and advocates in policy and social justice.Tamara Patton is a Ph.D. candidate in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Her research centers on verification options for future nuclear arms control and disarmament measures, including working with virtual reality environments to design and simulate possible systems for verifying…
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News June 06, 2017
At Hooding, Advanced-Degree Recipients Celebrate Hard, Successful Journey
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News May 31, 2017
Four Faculty Members Honored for Excellence in Mentoring Graduate Students