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November 07, 2018
WWS Reacts: 2018 Midterm Elections
Democrats gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 6, while Republicans bolstered their majority in the U.S. Senate. We discussed the many nuances of this year’s midterm elections with political experts at Princeton University and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Charles…
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Policy Profile
November 02, 2018
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November 01, 2018
Kotkin’s “Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941” Wins 2018 Arthur Ross Book Award
Professor Stephen Kotkin has won the 17th annual Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Arthur Ross Book Award for “Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941,” the second volume of a definitive biography of Joseph Stalin.The second book in the series covers major events in the Soviet Union from collectivization and the Great Terror to…
Podcasts
November 01, 2018
Politics & Polls #113: A Week of Hate Crimes
The past week has been marked by a series of hate crimes. Pipe bombs were sent to a few political critics of President Donald Trump by a fanatic in Florida; two African Americans were shot by a white nationalist in Kentucky; and a horrific attack at a synagogue in Pittsburgh left 11 people dead.In this episode, Julian Zelizer…
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October 26, 2018
Princeton Students Develop Interdisciplinary Project for Newark Community Garden
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October 25, 2018
WWS Reacts: The Killing of Jamal Khashoggi
Tensions continue to flair between Saudi Arabia and Turkey over the killing of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi — with mixed accounts from both parties. Meanwhile, the U.S. response to the slaying of Khashoggi, who was a U.S. resident, has been uneven. How will this affect the Middle East? We discussed the…
Podcasts
October 25, 2018
Politics & Polls #112: A Midterms Update
Uncertainty looms regarding next week’s midterm elections.In this episode, Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang consider the dynamics shaping the midterm elections and the potential implications with journalist Barry Yeoman and political scientist Danielle M. Thomsen.Yeoman discusses a judicial race in North Carolina that has…
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Research Briefs
October 24, 2018
Hispanics Face Racial Discrimination in New York City’s Rental Housing Market
Hispanics make up about one-third of New York City’s population, with many spending half of their income on rent. That is, of course, if they can even find housing at all — in a city suffering from an affordable housing crisis.Add to the mix that Hispanics experience significant levels of racial discrimination in the rental…
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October 24, 2018
Woody Woo Fall Break Photo Contest!
Questions? Contact extaff@princeton.edu.Off the social media grid? Upload your images here: http://bit.ly/WoodyWooImagesGood luck!!!
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October 23, 2018
Zia Mian Receives 2019 Leo Szilard Award
Nuclear scientist Zia Mian was named winner of the American Physical Society’s (APS) 2019 Leo Szilard Lectureship Award, which recognizes outstanding accomplishments by physicists in promoting the use of physics for the benefit of society in such areas as the environment, arms control and science policy.Mian, a physicist with…