Education Research Section (ERS) Speaker Seminar guest, Morgan Polikoff, University of Southern California, Rossier School of Education. Open to students, faculty and staff. Lunch provided.
On March 8, 2022, and again on January 23, 2023, President Biden nominated Joseph Goffman to serve as Assistant Administrator in the Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) of the US Environmental Protection Agency. Since January 2021, he has served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator Performing Delegated Duties of…
Overexploitation is an important driver of global biodiversity loss. While the international trade of wildlife and wildlife products (e.g., ivory) is now recognized as a major threat to biodiversity, within-country overexploitation of wildlife is very poorly understood. In his talk, Dan will first present his new research that…
Democracies around the world are facing challenges of radicalization and ideological polarization. Harassment and threats against elected officials, hateful rhetoric and violence against minorities, and the normalization of extremism by once mainstream actors have become commonplace. What are the causes and consequences of…
Dive into the intricate world of New Jersey legislative politics with a five-term state lawmaker. Journey through the processes underlying three bills he crafted and successfully shepherded through enactment: a transformative policy that led to historic reductions in the state’s prison population, a wildlife conservation…
Book Talk: We’ve Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care
Amy Finkelstein, John & Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology