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News May 11, 2020
WWS Reacts: Envisioning a Safe, Effective Economic Recovery
Fifteen U.S. states remain in shut down due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, while the remainder have reopened partially or plan to reopen soon. In the past seven weeks, more than 33 million workers have filed for unemployment benefits. Amid increasing political pressure to re-open, how can policymakers catalyze economic recovery while keeping workers safe? To examine these issues, we spoke with Cecilia Rouse, dean of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Rouse, whose interests are in labor economics, served as a member of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers from 2009 to 2011. Q. Based…
News May 06, 2020
WWS Reacts: Health Coverage in the U.S. During Covid-19
Since its inception ten years ago, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has extended health care coverage to tens of millions of previously uninsured Americans. Yet, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of people have lost their jobs and employer-sponsored health insurance. The Trump administration has decided not to mandate a special ACA enrollment period, while many state governments face severe shortages in funding that would enable them to increase Medicaid coverage. We asked faculty expert Heather Howard, lecturer in public affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, to share her thoughts on…
News April 27, 2020
WWS Reacts: China’s Response to Covid-19
As the rest of the world struggles to combat Covid-19, China, where the virus originated in late 2019, appears to have made significant strides to quell the virus. As a result, researchers, health care professionals, and policymakers around the world are looking for the lessons learned from China’s experience. We asked faculty expert Rory Truex, assistant professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, to share his thoughts on China’s response to Covid-19 and the future of U.S.-China relations once the pandemic is over. Truex studies comparative politics, focusing on…
News April 27, 2020
WWS Reacts: Family Health During a Global Pandemic
Access to comprehensive, quality health care is critical for promoting and maintaining health and well-being. Yet, under normal circumstances, health care accessibility is an issue for many in the United States. Covid-19 brings new challenges for low-income families, expecting mothers, and others at higher risk for serious illness. We asked faculty expert Janet Currie, Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and co-director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing, to take a deeper look at how the global pandemic has impacted mothers and children, its…
News April 20, 2020
Princeton Research on Covid-19 Misinformation Fuels Partnership with Microsoft Research
Open Facebook or Twitter on any given day during the Covid-19 global pandemic, and it takes just moments before a questionable claim about the coronavirus appears — 5G technology causes people to succumb to the virus; inhaling steam will cure it; the virus is a bioweapon gone wrong. From the origins of the virus or potential treatments to what the U.S. federal government is or is not doing in response, misinformation abounds. Last month, Jacob N. Shapiro, co-director of Princeton University’s Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (ESOC), asked ESOC research specialist Jan Oledan to look at misinformation narratives concerning the coronavirus. Since…
News April 20, 2020
Keeping New Jerseyans Safe: Q&A with N.J. Department of Health’s Henri Hammond-Paul MPA ’19
Early this year, experts within the New Jersey Department of Health began reviewing social media posts emerging out of China’s Hubei province, launching careful daily monitoring of the progress of the Covid-19 outbreak. On March 18 and 21, respectively, Governor Phil Murphy ordered schools to close and residents to stay home. Embedded in the state’s response to the pandemic is Henri Hammond-Paul MPA ’19, a senior advisor with the N.J. Department of Health. In this Q&A, he provides an overview of the progression of the state’s actions, its highest priorities, long-term policy considerations, and how his Princeton education prepared him for his…
Melissa Lee
News April 15, 2020
WWS Reacts: How Developing Countries Might Grapple with Covid-19
Covid-19 is present in rich and poorer countries alike, but the looming crisis in developing countries — where dense, vulnerable populations make social distancing nearly impossible and access to clean water and health care resources are often scarce — is far more dire, threatening unprecedented mortality rates, economic devastation, and increased inequality. We asked faculty expert Melissa M. Lee, assistant professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, to comment on how these countries can best respond, what tools they need most, and what could hamper their…
Doug Mercado
News April 13, 2020
“We Can’t Leave Anybody Behind”: COVID-19 to Have Major Impact on Refugee and Poor Communities
Forcibly displaced populations all over the world are at heightened risk as the coronavirus outbreak spreads, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Doug Mercado MPP ’07, a visiting lecturer at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, shares his views on the global pandemic’s potential effects on these communities. He provides insights from lessons learned during the Ebola crisis, and how his Wilson School graduate education prepared him for on-the-ground work on humanitarian disasters and conflict. Mercado has recently led emergency response efforts for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)…
Princeton Awards Over Half-A-Million Dollars in Funding for Rapid, Novel and Actionable COVID-19 Research Projects April 10, 2020
Princeton Awards Over Half-A-Million Dollars in Funding for Rapid, Novel and Actionable COVID-19 Research Projects
News April 01, 2020
On the Policy Front Lines: State Health and Value Strategies Program Helps State Governments Tackle COVID-19
As health care providers work tirelessly to test and treat patients who may have contracted the COVID-19 virus, state and local governments are working around the clock to create, adapt, and implement policies to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus and address the growing needs of their constituents. The State Health and Value Strategies program (SHVS), a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation project based at Princeton University’s Center for Health and Wellbeing, is supporting state governments through webinars and a new resources website — advising on rapid policy implementation and lending expert analysis as states evaluate the tools available…
New Flood Damage Framework Helps Planners Prepare for Sea-Level Rise March 11, 2020
New Flood Damage Framework Helps Planners Prepare for Sea-Level Rise
Andrew Guess
News February 20, 2020
Guess Receives Research Funding to Study Misinformation, "Fake News"
Sharing “fake news” happens with the click of a button, leaving researchers curious about who is sharing it and why. Professor Andrew Guess will seek to better understand this phenomenon using funding from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC).The new research grant will give Guess and his collaborators an opportunity to analyze an unprecedented dataset of shared URLs made available by Facebook and Social Science One. By matching specific web domains with Facebook pages dubbed as “fake news” sites, the team hopes to assemble a clearer picture of what is being shared, how often, and by whom.“Too little is known about basic patterns in the…
Virtual Reality Programming at PUL Offers Princeton Opportunities to Learn in an Immersive Extended Reality February 11, 2020
Virtual Reality Programming at PUL Offers Princeton Opportunities to Learn in an Immersive Extended Reality
Sea Level Rise Is Speeding Up, Says Princeton Climatologist Michael Oppenheimer January 14, 2020
Sea Level Rise Is Speeding Up, Says Princeton Climatologist Michael Oppenheimer
WWS Reacts: House to Vote on Articles of Impeachment December 18, 2019
WWS Reacts: House to Vote on Articles of Impeachment
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on two articles of impeachment against President Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. It is the third time in American history the House could impeach a president, and a party-line vote is expected. We asked experts at Princeton University to comment on what a possible impeachment means for President Donald Trump, the 2020 election, and the country. Charles Cameron specializes in the analysis of political institutions, particularly courts and law, the American presidency, and legislatures. He is a professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School and on the…