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News February 23, 2016
Moll Named 2016 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Economics
Benjamin Moll, assistant professor of economics and international affairs, has been selected as a 2016 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Economics. The Sloan Research Fellowships are extraordinarily competitive awards involving nominations for most of the very best early-career scientists from the United States and Canada. These two-year fellowships are awarded yearly to 126 researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field. “I am extremely honored and grateful for receiving this fellowship,” Moll said. “The fellowship funds will be a great help for my work, and I’m very…
News February 22, 2016
‘Knowing the Adversary’ Receives Edgar S. Furniss Book Award
A book by Keren Yarhi-Milo, assistant professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, is the recipient of the Edgar S. Furniss Book Award by the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at The Ohio State University.“Knowing the Adversary: Leaders, Intelligence, and Assessment of Intentions in International Relations" was published in 2014 by Princeton University Press and explores how and why civilian leaders and intelligence organizations select and interpret an adversary’s signals of intentions differently. Yarhi-Milo’s research and teaching focus on international relations and foreign policy…
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News February 18, 2016
News Clips: Week of Feb. 15-21
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.Can Marco Rubio beat Donald TrumpCNN (by Julian Zelizer)What experts are saying about Trump's South Carolina winNJ.com (quotes Julian Zelizer)Battle for South CarolinaCTV (interview with Julian Zelizer)Ein Lob der UngleichheitFAZ.net (mentions Angus Deaton)Reality Check or Unicorn Hunt: Economists Clash Over Sanders's PlansCalifornia Magazine (quotes Alan Krueger)GOP candidates locked in bitter fight for SC primary winNYSE Post…
News February 16, 2016
Wailoo Contributes to National Academy Report Deeming Mitochondrial Gene Technique ‘Ethically Permissible’
Clinical investigations of mitochondrial replacement techniques which may someday produce what some call “three-parent babies” have been deemed ethically permissible, according to a new report issued by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which is now part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicines.Over the past year, the Woodrow Wilson School's Keith Wailoo has been working with eleven other experts to produce this consensus report, which charts the course forward for research on this novel fertility treatment. The method has the ability to alter the DNA of an embryo so children are born free of mitochondrial disease inherited from…
News February 16, 2016
ISS Receives Funding for Anti-Corruption Research Project
Innovations for Successful Societies (ISS) is among eight organizations to receive funding from the British Academy as part of its £4 million global anti-corruption research scheme in partnership with the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development.These eight research teams will focus primarily on countries where corruption is a major constraint (including Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Bangladesh). The researchers will also draw lessons from anti-corruption efforts from other countries across the world. All eight projects will identify new initiatives that can help developing countries tackle corruption and the negative…
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News February 09, 2016
News Clips: Week of Feb. 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.Obsessing over past presidents in 2016KESQ (by Julian Zelizer)Obsessing over past presidents in 2016KRTV.com (by Julian Zelizer)Obsessing over past presidents in 2016CNN (by Julian Zelizer)Delay of Clean Power Plan Stokes WorriesThe Oracle Herald (quotes Michael Oppenheimer)Why the surprise Supreme Court decision won't stop the Clean Power PlanTri-County Sun Times (quotes Michael Oppenheimer)Senate Leader McConnell Says Wait on…
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News February 05, 2016
Wilson School Faculty Join New Partnership Focusing on Mobility from Poverty
Three faculty members based at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School have joined a new collaborative aimed at discovering permanent ladders of mobility for the poor.Cecilia Rouse, Eldar Shafir and Marta Tienda are among the 24 experts, advocates and academics from across the country making up the U.S. Partnership on Mobility from Poverty.Established through a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the group will identify breakthrough solutions that can be put into action by philanthropy, practitioners and the public and private sectors.The partnership will uncover the country’s most successful programs, collaborate with outside…
News February 04, 2016
Gilens' "Affluence and Influence" Receives 2016 Best Book Award
Martin Gilens' book "Affluence & Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America" (Princeton University Press 2012) received the 2016 Best Book Award by the American Association for Public Opinion Research. Presented annually, this award goes to the book of lasting value that is at least three years old. Gilens is professor of politics, a faculty affiliate at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics and a faculty associate at the Woodrow Wilson School.
News February 03, 2016
Shapiro Receives 2016 Karl Deutsch Award
Jacob Shapiro, associate professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, has been named winner of the 2016 Karl Deutsch Award by the International Studies Association.Named for Karl Deutsch, this award was established in 1981 to recognize scholars in international relations under age 40, or within ten years of defending their dissertation. The Karl Deutsch Award is presented annually to a scholar who is judged to have made (through a body of publications) the most significant contribution to the study of International Relations and Peace Research.Shapiro, who is co-director of the Empirical Studies of…
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News February 03, 2016
Senior Clarissa Kimmey Awarded ReachOut Fellowship for Public Service
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News February 03, 2016
News Clips: Week of Feb.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 Chris Christie of old returns in New HampshireDaily Record (quotes Julian Zelizer)The Chris Christie of old returns in New HampshireAsbury Park Press (quotes Julian Zelizer)Es factible construir economías sólidas y sin pobres en el PerúDiario UNO (quotes Angus Deaton)ISIS Is No Longer So Formidable On The BattlefieldNDTV (quotes Jacob Shapiro)Islamic State is no longer so formidable on the battlefieldMSN CA (quotes Jacob…
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News January 25, 2016
News Clips: Week of Jan. 25-31
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.Sanders in the pragmatic choiceGulf News (quotes Martin Gilens)Despite no-show at Republican debate, Trump could still win nominationGuangdong News (quotes Julian Zelizer)Sanders gambles on raising taxesThe Hill (quotes Julian Zelizer)"Doomsday Clock" reflects grave threat to world: ScientistsThe Archeology News Network (quotes Michael Oppenheimer)What Would Happen If America Made Voting Mandatory?Governing (mentions Martin…
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News January 19, 2016
News Clips: Week of Jan. 18-24
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.Unfair US System!Qatar Tribine (quotes Martin Gilens)Good work, humans: Storks have stopped migrating so they can live off our trashOnline News Uzbekistan (quotes David Wilcove)Sanders health plan would be far more generous than MedicareThe Norman Transcript (quotes Tsung-Mei Cheng)Sanders Revives Talk of Single-Payer System, Contrasting Differences With ClintonFlagler Live (quotes Uwe Reinhardt)Democratic candidates debate …
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News January 11, 2016
News Clips: Week of Jan. 11-17
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.Do we live in a 'Big Short' or 'Spotlight' world?CNN (by Julian Zelizer)The Bravest Response to FearYES! Magazine (quotes Susan Fiske)Cómo ha cambiado la vida intelectual francesaDiario de Cultura (mentions Marc Fleurbaey)Hossein Mousavian: "EEUU respetará el acuerdo aunque Trump sea el presidente"El Periódico.com (interview with Seyed Hossein Mousavian)IMF resists a return to still-struggling GreeceThe Borneo Post Online …
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News January 06, 2016
News Clips: PNAS Study by Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Hana Shepherd, and Peter M. Aronow
The following is a compilation of news clips related to the paper by Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Hana Shepherd, and Peter M. Aronow titled, "Changing climates of conflict: A social network experiment in 56 schools," which was published online Jan. 4, 2016, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Princeton University Study Proposes Peer Intervention to Combat BullyingTown Topics (quotes Elizabeth Levy Paluck)Do 'Influential' Kids Hold the Key to Stopping Bullying?NEA Today (quotes Elizabeth Levy Paluck)The key to stop bullying: Popular kidsWWLP.com (quotes Elizabeth Levy Paluck)The key to stop bullying: Popular kidsCNN (quotes Elizabeth Levy…