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June 17, 2015
WWS Reacts: Who is Most Affected by the Texas Abortion Law?
UPDATE: As of June 29, the Supreme Court is refusing to allow Texas to enforce these restrictions. The order will likely remain in effect until fall 2015, when the court will decide whether to hear an emergency appeal from the clincs of the lower court ruling. Last week, a federal court upheld provisions from a 2013 Texas…
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June 16, 2015
WWS Reacts: How to Fight MERS
Since mid-May, Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has infected 150 and killed 16 people in South Korea. Now, after months of quarantine, hundreds in the region are being released. We discussed the threat of MERS with Laura Kahn, a research scholar at the Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University's…
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June 15, 2015
Video Chat Focuses on Emergency Preparedness vs. Sustainability in Ebola Relief Efforts
Carolyn Rouse, a professor of anthropology at Princeton University, and Kimberly Bonner '08, MPA '12, participated in a live video chat on Wednesday, June 10, to discuss Ebola relief efforts. Bonner has worked on the ground in West Africa.The pair discussed emergency preparedness versus sustainability. The conversation was…
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June 15, 2015
Joanna Anyanwu Named Winner of Spirit of Princeton Award
SINSI scholar Joanna Anyanwu was named one of the eight winners of the Spirit of Princeton Award.
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June 10, 2015
"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,…
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June 05, 2015
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…
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June 01, 2015
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…
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May 28, 2015
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…
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May 26, 2015
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…
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May 19, 2015
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…