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June 16, 2017
Addressing Global Conflict through Policy
The Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (ESOC) held their 7th Annual Meeting on May 18 and 19, drawing experts and policymakers from across the globe to gather at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington, D.C., to discuss issues surrounding global conflict.The conference featured nearly 100 academics and policymakers…
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June 15, 2017
News Clips: Week of June 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.America's Opioid NightmareBBC World Service (Angus Deaton)Opioid Addiction Isn’t The Disease; It’s…
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June 15, 2017
Politics & Polls #48: Wake Up to Politics with Gabe Fleisher
One of the ongoing challenges in American politics is appealing to younger demographics - not simply through elections and voter turn-out but engaging young people with the political process. Today’s young people - and even some adults – find politics difficult to digest and unappealing, presenting challenges in the ways that…
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June 15, 2017
Deaton Testifies Before U.S. Senate on America’s Deadly Opioid Epidemic
Testifying before a Joint Economic Committee hearing in the U.S. Senate on June 8, Sir Angus Deaton, Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs, Emeritus and senior scholar at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, warned of an opioid epidemic that is contributing to an…
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June 15, 2017
News Clips: Week of June 5 - 11
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.Deaths of despair: Opioids, community, and the economyAmerican Enterprise Institute (Anne Case and…
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June 08, 2017
Hannah Safford's Push for Environmentally Sustainable Policies
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June 07, 2017
96 Graduate with Advanced Degrees from the Woodrow Wilson School
The Woodrow Wilson School awarded 96 graduate students (Woody Woos!) with degrees at its June 6 Commencement and throughout the 2016-17 academic year. We congratulate the five Ph.D. students, 69 Master in Public Affairs (MPA) students and 22 Master in Public Policy (MPP) students who graduated this year and welcome them to the…
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June 07, 2017
105 Wilson School Seniors Graduate in Princeton’s Class of 2017
On Tuesday, June 6, 105 seniors who majored in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs graduated as part of Princeton University’s Class of 2017. Among their ranks included members of Ivy League Championship teams in women’s lacrosse, football, and track and field; class officers; college-theater and…
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June 07, 2017
Politics & Polls #47: Race Relations in America
Race remains a potent political force in America, as evidenced by the 2016 presidential election. Despite the progress that’s been made, race continues to infiltrate many areas of public policy from health care to education to employment.Professor Eddie Glaude from Princeton University joins this episode of Politics & Polls…
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June 07, 2017
Four Princeton Students Named to Pacific Standard’s Top 30 Thinkers Under 30
One Princeton University Ph.D. student and three members of the Woodrow Wilson School’s Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI) were included in Pacific Standard magazine’s Top 30 Thinkers Under 30. The annual list honors exciting young thinkers and advocates in policy and social justice.Tamara Patton is a Ph.D…