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News Clips: Week of June 6-12

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.What Orlando terror attack means for Clinton, Trump and 2016CNN (by Julian Zelizer)Bernie Sanders…

Achen Challenges Popular Conceptions of American Democracy

While on a fellowship at Princeton in the early 2000s, Christopher Achen wandered into a bookstore across from campus. On the front table he spotted two books about shark attacks along the New Jersey coast that killed four people over 12 days and sparked a panic in 1916. Those books gave Achen an idea, a way to test a theory…

The Rise of Intimate Partner Violence During the Great Recession

Financial strain has long been one of the leading causes of family discord, but a recent study suggests that simply living through major economic recessions increases a mother’s chance of suffering from domestic violence.Researchers from Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California,…

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News Clips: Week of May 30-June 5

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.Must-Read: Carles Boix and Frances Rosenbluth: Bones of Contention: The Political Economy of Height…

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“Sailing the Water’s Edge” Receives 2016 Gladys M. Kammerer Award

A book written by Professors Helen Milner of Princeton University and Dustin Tingley of Harvard University received the 2016 Gladys M. Kammerer Award. Presented by the American Political Science Association (APSA), this award annually recognizes the best book published in the field of U.S. national policy during the previous…

The Wilson School Congratulates the GREAT Class of 2016

The Woodrow Wilson School awarded 83 graduate students and 144 undergraduate students with degrees at its May 31 Commencement and through the 2015-16 academic year.The Wilson School congratulates the five Ph.D. students, 60 Master in Public Affairs (MPA) students and 18 Master in Public Policy (MPP) students who graduated. …

Wilson School Professors Receive Honorary Degrees

Four professors based at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School recently received honorary degrees from institutions around the country and world.Janet Currie, Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing, was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa by Université Jean…

Rouse Receives Centennial Medal from Harvard University

Cecilia Rouse, dean of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, was among the four Harvard University alumni to receive the Centennial Medal on May 25.Presented by Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), the medal is GSAS’s highest honor and recognizes alumni who have made extraordinary contributions to…

WWS Reacts: How Will Funding Help in the Fight Against Zika?

The Senate voted last week to advance $1.1 billion in emergency funding to help fight the spread of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus that is particularly harmful to pregnant women. The sum, which will likely be used for vaccine development and mosquito control, comes short of the $1.9 billion originally requested by the White…

Q&A: Does the ‘Hispanic Paradox’ Still Exist?

This text is available in English and Spanish. Scroll down for the Spanish translation. El artículo está disponible en inglés y español. Desplacé el cursor hasta abajo para la versión en Español.Latinos in the United States typically live longer than whites — a phenomenon commonly referred to as the “Hispanic Paradox” or …