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March 03, 2015
International Panel to Address Building Better Societies in Today's World
Is there hope for building better societies? A new panel is gathering hundreds of global experts to find out.With support from Princeton University's Center for Human Values and Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP), will examine…
March 02, 2015
Maternal Health in India Much Worse than Previously Thought
More than 40 percent of women in India are underweight when they begin pregnancy, according to a new study published by Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. On average, these women gain only 15 pounds throughout pregnancy – just half of the recommended amount.The findings – featured…
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March 02, 2015
News Clips: Week of Mar. 2–Mar. 8
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. 50 Years after SelmaCNN (interview with Julian Zelizer) Study: Are kids just as well off with same…
February 26, 2015
Princeton Forum in Dublin to Focus on Ebola Crisis, Lessons for the Future
The third annual Princeton-Fung Global Forum will bring together researchers, scholars, policymakers and health officials in November to examine West Africa's Ebola outbreak as a case study of a modern plague. The event, to be held Nov. 2-3 in Dublin, Ireland, will highlight the multidisciplinary approach needed to resolve the…
Oleg Itskhoki
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February 26, 2015
Itskhoki Named a 2015 Sloan Research Fellow
Oleg Itskhoki, assistant professor of economics at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, was one of five Princeton University faculty members named a 2015 Sloan Research Fellow for promising early-career research in science. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awards the two-year $50,000 fellowships to 126…
Oleg Itskhoki
February 26, 2015
Frymer Named Director of LAPA
Paul Frymer, associate professor in the Department of Politics, has been named director of the Program in Law and Public Affairs (LAPA), a joint venture of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the Princeton University Center for Human Values and the Office of the Provost. Comprised of Princeton…
February 25, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africans Rate Their Health and Health Care Among the Lowest in the World
Sub-Saharan Africans rate their health and health-care systems among the lowest in the world, according to a new report published by Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.Despite these low ratings, health care is not a primary policy concern for people in these countries. Instead, sub…
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February 25, 2015
Averaging 3.5 in Classroom and 10.4 on the Court
SINSI scholar Alex Wheatley featured in The New York Times
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February 23, 2015
News Clips: Week of Feb. 23–Mar. 1
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. Scott Walker's legislative years: A staunch conservative, then as nowMilwaukee Journal Sentinel blog…
February 21, 2015
Princeton Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Alumni Day with Festivities, Honors
More than 1,000 Princeton University alumni, students, faculty and friends marked the 100th anniversary of Alumni Day on Feb. 20-21, recognizing alumni achievements and celebrating the centennial with academic, arts and other events across campus. First observed in 1915, Alumni Day was designed to give alumni a glimpse of…