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News May 18, 2017
$2-Million Grant Awarded to Program on Science and Global Security to Train Next Generation of Nuclear Arms Control Experts
Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has received a $2-million grant from the MacArthur Foundation. The award will support SGS’ efforts to educate and train the next generation of researchers and scientists studying nuclear non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament.Many of these scholars will work on these issues in universities, governments and nongovernmental organizations around the globe. As a result, policymakers, the media and the public will have access to sound research and policy analysis on nuclear arms control, disarmament and non…
News May 12, 2017
News Clips: Week of May 8 - 14
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 20 Year Life Expectancy Gap Between US Counties - This Is Angus Deaton, Appalachia And MigrationForbes (Angus Deaton)What Do We Mean When We Talk About Equality?reason.com (Angus Deaton)The Wemstroms: Why income inequality threatens the USJournal Standard (Angus Deaton)Mo moolah, mo problemsThe Hindu Business Line (Angus Deaton and Daniel Kahneman)First Working Session of G7 Finance Summit Begins in Italy’s BariLatin…
News May 05, 2017
News Clips: Week of May 1 - 7
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 plight of white working-class AmericaReaction (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)Why are working age men dropping out of the labor force?The San Diego Union-Tribune (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)Class of 2017 expected to enter strongest job market in yearsWRBL.com (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)On Charles Murray’s “Coming Apart” and the Recent Middlebury College Brouhaha, from a Liberal Who Has Actually Read His BooksWilliam J. Cobb …
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News May 01, 2017
Wilson School Faculty Member Elected to American Philosophical Society
Two Princeton University faculty members were among the 32 new members recently elected to the American Philosophical Society (APS), the nation’s oldest scholarly organization.Anne Case, who holds a joint appointment at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Economics, was elected to APS’ social sciences class. Case, Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and International Affairs, is the director of the Research Program in Development Studies. She has written extensively on health over the life course. Her landmark research on U.S. morbidity and mortality with Sir Angus Deaton continues to attract…
News May 01, 2017
Massey Wins Award from Society for Applied Anthropology for Three Decades of Work on Mexico-U.S. Migration
The board of directors for the Society for Applied Anthropology has awarded Douglas S. Massey and Jorge Durand Arp-Nisen the 2018 Bronislaw Malinowski Award in recognition of their 30 years of work on the Mexican Migration Project.The Mexican Migration Project was created in 1982 by an interdisciplinary team of researchers to further understanding of the complex process of Mexican migration to the United States. It is co-directed by Massey and Durand and has offices at Princeton University’s Office of Population Research and at the Departamento de Investigacion sobre Movimientos Sociales, University of Guadalajara.Massey, the Henry G. Bryant Professor…
News April 28, 2017
Deaton Accepts Part-Time Appointment as USC Presidential Professor of Economics
Sir Angus Deaton has been appointed Presidential Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California (USC). This honor is presented to individuals who have high academic recognition combined with landmark contributions to society.Deaton, winner of the 2015 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, will spend two months a year working with researchers at USC, both remotely and in California. The role does not include teaching.Deaton will work with faculty at the USC Dornsife Center for Self-Report Science, the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research, and the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics.Deaton will…
News April 27, 2017
News Clips: Week of Apr. 24 - 30
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.Commentary: 'Girls' gave us the wrong ideas about millennialsChicago Tribune (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)Social upheaval in America: Why so many working-class whites are dying in midlifeUSC News (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)Such a long journey - What Angus has been up toThe Telegraph (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)Richard North Patterson: Tax cuts are GOP's weapon of choice in class warfareBoston Globe (Anne Case and Angus Deaton…
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News April 27, 2017
Achen Receives Graduate Mentoring Award
Christopher Achen, Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Politics at Princeton University, and a faculty associate at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has been named a 2017 recipient of Princeton's Graduate Mentoring Award.The McGraw Center for Teaching & Learning and the Graduate School sponsor this annual award to honor Princeton faculty members who are exemplary in supporting the development of their graduate students as teachers, scholars and professionals.Graduate students nominate their mentors, emphasizing how the professor…
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News April 27, 2017
Nabil Shaikh Featured on Princeton’s Website on April 27
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News April 26, 2017
9 Points Saturday to Help Princeton Women’s Lacrosse Win the Ivy Title
News April 20, 2017
News Clips: Week of Apr. 17 - 23
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.Ignored: The despair crisis facing white millennialsRed Alert Politics (Anne Case)Anne Case on mortality and morbidity in the 21st CenturyFinancial Times (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)Anne Case on mortality and morbidity in the 21st centuryFinancial Times (podcast with Anne Case)The demographic catastrophe that launched TrumpThe Daily Star (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)WaPo's Rural Disability Report - The Same Thing As Angus Deaton…
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News April 18, 2017
University Names West College for Toni Morrison; Wilson School Auditorium for Arthur Lewis
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News April 14, 2017
Four Princeton Nobel Laureates Share Wisdom, Parting Advice to Graduating Seniors, Kishan Moderates Panel on April 14, Part of the Last Lectures Series
News April 13, 2017
News Clips: Week of Apr. 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.What I tell my non-American friendsAzerNews (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)How Working Class White Americans Are Killing ThemselvesHealthline (Anne Case and Angus Deaotn)On ‘Radio Times’: 'Deaths of despair' describes mortality rates among white working class AmericansNewsWorks (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)HuffPo Publishes Column Calling for End to White Male SuffrageLifeZette (Anne Case and Angus Deaton)Dave Denslow: Consider…
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News April 13, 2017
Forty-Six People Become U.S. Citizens at Naturalization Ceremony on Campus