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January 20, 2015
Rouse Charts Uneven Progress toward King's Goal of Economic Justice
At Princeton University's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration Jan. 19, Cecilia Rouse, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, looked back at King's call for economic justice for all and assessed the nation's uneven progress toward that goal. Students, faculty, staff and community…
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January 19, 2015
News Clips: Week of Jan. 19-25
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. California must lead on cybersecuritySacramento Bee (features Edward Felten) You've got Lyndon…
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January 16, 2015
Women Seen as Lacking Natural 'Brilliance' May Explain Underrepresentation in Academia
The stereotype that women lack natural "brilliance" could explain their underrepresentation in academia, according to new research based at Princeton University. The researchers surveyed 1,820 faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, men and women, from 30 disciplines at high-profile public and private research…
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January 16, 2015
Center for Health and Wellbeing Announces U.S. and Global Health Scholars
The Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW) at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs has selected three U.S. Health Policy Scholars and three Global Health Scholars. The scholars, all juniors, will receive financial support for travel and research to pursue internships and senior thesis…
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January 13, 2015
Crafting a Strategy During Times of Crisis
How should policy makers craft a national security strategy during a time of crisis? A group of Woodrow Wilson School students found out during a Dec. 6 crisis simulation sponsored by Princeton’s Center for International Security Studies (CISS) and organized by two of the center’s student fellows.Focusing on the strategic…
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January 13, 2015
News Clips: Week of Jan. 12-18
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 Fierce Urgency of Now': How Lyndon Johnson, the great tactician, got the Great Society…
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January 13, 2015
Students Selected for 2016 "Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative"
The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University is pleased to announce its selection of the 2016 cohort of the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI). Established in 2006, SINSI is designed to encourage, support and prepare the nation’s top students to pursue careers in the U.S…
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January 12, 2015
Student Documentaries Tell Stories of Trenton, its People and Their Jobs
Kenya's story starts on a bus as she rides to her job at a recently opened Amazon distribution warehouse.Juan's story starts at a small store on State Street, a permanent home for a business he started by selling dresses and women's shoes from the back of his car.They are stories of Trenton, New Jersey, its people and the ways…
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January 12, 2015
Making Government Work in Hard Places
What does it take to build a better government? Are there ways to overcome some of the difficult obstacles reform leaders often face?These are questions Princeton University professor Jennifer Widner receives often. In fact, these questions come with such regularity that, in 2008, Widner decided to launch a program dedicated to…
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January 09, 2015
WWS Reacts: Making Community College Free
On Thursday, Jan. 8, President Barack Obama unveiled America's College Promise, a proposal that would use government funds to make community college free for millions of American students. The White House says the proposal would save a full-time community college student $3,800 in tuition a year on average and could benefit…