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February 18, 2016
Ebola Crisis Provides Framework for Responding to Outbreaks like Zika Virus
As world leaders grapple with containing the Zika virus, the Ebola epidemic in West Africa provides valuable lessons for how to respond to other infectious disease epidemics, according to a policy report published by researchers at Princeton University and the Wellcome Trust. Rebuilding local health care infrastructures,…
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December 09, 2015
“Impassioned Debate” Results in Noteworthy Journal
While producing the annual Journal of Public and International Affairs (JPIA) is no small task, a review of this year’s 26th edition clearly reveals a publication worthy of the time and effort involved.Preparing the journal necessitated bringing together, over the course of a long winter “reading weekend” on the Princeton…
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December 08, 2015
Nancy Duff Campbell: A Path to Public Service
Nancy Duff Campbell is the founder and co-president of the National Women's Law Center. This fall, she visited the Woodrow Wilson School in October as the Judith H. Rawson and Robert Rawson Distinguished Visitor. A recognized expert on women's law and public policy issues for more than 40 years, Campbell has participated in the…
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November 12, 2015
Princeton-Fung Global Forum Identifies Approaches for Dealing with 'Modern Plagues'
On the verdant campus of University College Dublin, nearly 300 public health experts and practitioners, government officials, scholars and students gathered to discuss the lessons learned from the Ebola crisis as part of the third annual Princeton-Fung Global Forum.The two-day conversation investigated global health crises,…
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September 29, 2015
Tienda Named to Population Reference Bureau’s Board of Trustees
Marta Tienda, Maurice P. During '22 Professor of Demographic Studies and professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School, is now a member of the Population Reference Bureau’s (PRB) Board of Trustees.The bureau, based in Washington, D.C., informs people around the world about population, health and…
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September 15, 2015
WWS Reacts: Hungary Declares a State of Migration Emergency
A law passed by the Hungarian parliament last week gave the government the right to declare a state of migration emergency to cope with the tens of thousands of refugees crossing the border. The law, which took effect today, Sept. 15, could have irreparable effects on Hungary and the European Union, according to Kim Lane…
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June 25, 2015
USG President Ella Cheng ’16 Finds Success Outside the Comfort Zone
Rising senior Ella Cheng ’16 made a splash last fall when she was elected Princeton University’s first woman president of the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) since 2003. But since taking office this past February, Cheng, a major in the Woodrow Wilson School, has made a greater name for herself through her campus-wide…
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May 18, 2015
Hypersegregated Cities Face Tough Road to Change
Baltimore, Maryland, and Ferguson, Missouri, share more than being the sites of racial strife over the past year. Both are part of metropolitan areas where black residents have been hypersegregated for the past four decades, according to Princeton University researchers."Hypersegregation produces high levels of social isolation…
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April 13, 2015
Bernstein Gallery Exhibits “Feminist Humor as Political Device”
An exhibit by artist Mary Beth Edelson, “Feminist Humor as Political Device,” opened in the Bernstein Gallery at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs March 28, 2015. The public is invited to a discussion about the exhibit and public reception (information below) at the Bernstein Gallery on Monday, April…
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April 02, 2015
Alumna Kate Grant Gives a Voice to the World’s Poorest Women
Fatima went into labor with her first child at the age of 16. As is custom in her nomadic community in western Sudan, she planned to deliver the baby at home. But after three days of complications, she embarked on a half-day trek by camel to the nearest hospital. When she arrived, her baby was delivered stillborn by Caesarian…