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September 29, 2015
Twitter Chat Focuses on the Government's Role in Relief Efforts
Doug Mercado, an alumnus of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and an officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), participated in a live Twitter chat on Thursday, Sept. 24. Mercado, a panelist at the upcoming Princeton-Fung Global Forum on "Modern Plagues:…
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September 29, 2015
WooCast: Behind the Scenes of the Princeton-Fung Global Forum
Resolving epidemics like the Ebola crisis requires a multidisciplinary approach –involving not only public health and medical knowledge but an understanding of its economic, environmental, political and historical roots and consequences.This is why Princeton University is gathering together some of the world's leading academic,…
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September 28, 2015
News Clips: Week of Sept. 28-Oct. 4
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.Citizens are losing faith in democratic systemsPhilippine Star (mentions Martin Gilens) Keep US Jobs…
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September 24, 2015
Q&A: The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power
Is China a rival super power to the U.S.? Is its rise a threat to U.S. leadership in Asia and beyond?In his new book, Thomas J. Christensen, the William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War and director of Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International…
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September 24, 2015
Economist Currie Investigates the Building Blocks of Children's Success
Trained as a labor economist at Princeton, Janet Currie wrote her dissertation on strikes and arbitration. But as she began her academic career in the late 1980s, she shifted her focus to examining the building blocks of success for children, as well as the stumbling blocks that can get in their way.While the topics are very…
September 23, 2015
Nuclear Legacies: A Global Look at the 70th Anniversary of the Hiroshima Bombing
A conference on Oct. 1-2 will bring together scholars to reflect on the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, which – together with a bombing on Nagasaki – killed 129,000 people in August 1945.The United States dropped atomic bombs on these Japanese cities at the end of World War II, effectively bringing the war to an end…
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September 20, 2015
2015-16 Centers and Programs Update
The 2015-16 year brings with it a number of recent changes in the directorship and chair status in centers and programs at the Woodrow Wilson School.Paul Frymer, associate professor in the Department of Politics, will serve as the director of the Program in Law and Public Affairs (LAPA). Frymer has been affiliated with LAPA for…
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September 18, 2015
New Faculty Join the Wilson School
Three new professors joined the faculty at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at the start of the 2015-16 year. Melissa Lee is an assistant professor of politics and international affairs at the Wilson School and the Department of Politics. Her research focuses on international relations and…
September 18, 2015
Q&A: America at the Ballot Box - Elections and Political History
Elections are the lifeblood of American democracy, offering insight into the character and historical evolution of American politics. A new book co-edited by Wilson School Professor Julian Zelizer uses the history of presidential elections to highlight American political democracy and its development over the centuries."America…
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September 16, 2015
Behind the Bomb: What About Plutonium Separation?
The Iran nuclear deal proposes limiting Iran's production of enriched uranium and plutonium – the two fissile materials used to build nuclear weapons – in exchange for the end of international oil and financial sanctions. So far, negotiations have primarily focused on Iran's capacity to produce enriched uranium. But the world’s…