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"Gold-Standard" Clinical Trials Fail to Capture How Personal Behavior Changes Influence Treatment

Double-blind clinical trials for new drugs are considered the "gold standard" of medical research because they're designed to determine the efficacy of a treatment free from doctor and participant bias.But one effect these trials fail to measure is how a medication’s performance can vary based on patients' lifestyle choices,…

News Clips: Week of June 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. Democracy DemoralizedHuffington Post (features Martin Gilens) Bush and Obama Legacies Complicated by…

WWS Reacts: The Freedom Act Passed. Now What?

Unable to reach a deal, Senate leaders let three provisions of the Patriot Act expire on May 31. Two days later, the Senate voted to pass the USA Freedom Act, a substitute bill passed by the House of Representatives, on a 67-to-32 vote. Now, once signed by President Barack Obama, the new Act will put an official end to the…

Students on Cybersecurity Task Force Weigh Policy Options

"Cybersecurity" has been in the American lexicon for decades. The U.S. has typically taken a defensive approach to cyberwarfare, responding to attacks as they occur but leaving preventative strategy to private companies. But recent extensive invasions like the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack, the Target data breach and an…

News Clips: Week of May 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. Pittsburgh roots shape former Md. governor's outlook in run for presidentTribune-Review (quotes…

Kotkin Crafts Comprehensive Portrait of Stalin's Place in the World

The first course historian Stephen Kotkin taught as a member of Princeton University's faculty, "Seminar in the History of Soviet Russia," met for the first time 26 years ago, on Thursday, Sept. 21, 1989. According to the University's course listing, the seminar focused on the "birth of a new society in the throes of revolution…

Mahmoud Receives Honorary Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University

Adel Mahmoud, professor of molecular biology and public affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Case Western Reserve University.Case Western grants honorary degrees at spring commencement each year to recognize "excellence in…

Currie Named a Recipient of the Graduate Mentoring Awards

Four Princeton University faculty members have been named recipients of the Graduate Mentoring Awards by the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning and will be honored during the Graduate School's Hooding ceremony Monday, June 1, on Cannon Green.They are Janet Currie, the Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs…

Hypersegregated Cities Face Tough Road to Change

Baltimore, Maryland, and Ferguson, Missouri, share more than being the sites of racial strife over the past year. Both are part of metropolitan areas where black residents have been hypersegregated for the past four decades, according to Princeton University researchers."Hypersegregation produces high levels of social isolation…

News Clips: Week of May 18–May 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. Neil deGrasse Tyson gets democracy all wrong: We don't deserve the one we getSalon (features Martin…