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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
WooCast: Behind the Scenes of the Princeton-Fung Global Forum
Resolving epidemics like the Ebola crisis requires a multidisciplinary approach –involving not only public health and medical knowledge but an understanding of its economic, environmental, political and historical roots and consequences.This is why Princeton University is gathering together some of the world's leading academic,…
September 23, 2015
Nuclear Legacies: A Global Look at the 70th Anniversary of the Hiroshima Bombing
A conference on Oct. 1-2 will bring together scholars to reflect on the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, which – together with a bombing on Nagasaki – killed 129,000 people in August 1945.The United States dropped atomic bombs on these Japanese cities at the end of World War II, effectively bringing the war to an end…
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September 16, 2015
Behind the Bomb: What About Plutonium Separation?
The Iran nuclear deal proposes limiting Iran's production of enriched uranium and plutonium – the two fissile materials used to build nuclear weapons – in exchange for the end of international oil and financial sanctions. So far, negotiations have primarily focused on Iran's capacity to produce enriched uranium. But the world’s…
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September 03, 2015
How to Curb Emissions? Put a Price on Carbon
Literally putting a price on carbon pollution and other greenhouse gasses is the best approach for nurturing the rapid growth of renewable energy and reducing emissions.While prospects for a comprehensive carbon price are dim, especially in the U.S., many other policy approaches can spur the renewables revolution, according to…
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June 18, 2015
After the Deal: Partnerships with Iran Could Reduce Long-Term Nuclear Risks
Within the next two weeks, or soon after, the United States and five world powers hope to finalize a nuclear deal with Iran to limit its nuclear activities in exchange for a relaxing of international economic and financial sanctions. But what happens in 10 years when some of the key restrictions being discussed begin to phase…
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June 10, 2015
"Gold-Standard" Clinical Trials Fail to Capture How Personal Behavior Changes Influence Treatment
Double-blind clinical trials for new drugs are considered the "gold standard" of medical research because they're designed to determine the efficacy of a treatment free from doctor and participant bias.But one effect these trials fail to measure is how a medication’s performance can vary based on patients' lifestyle choices,…
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June 01, 2015
WWS Reacts: The Freedom Act Passed. Now What?
Unable to reach a deal, Senate leaders let three provisions of the Patriot Act expire on May 31. Two days later, the Senate voted to pass the USA Freedom Act, a substitute bill passed by the House of Representatives, on a 67-to-32 vote. Now, once signed by President Barack Obama, the new Act will put an official end to the…
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May 28, 2015
Students on Cybersecurity Task Force Weigh Policy Options
"Cybersecurity" has been in the American lexicon for decades. The U.S. has typically taken a defensive approach to cyberwarfare, responding to attacks as they occur but leaving preventative strategy to private companies. But recent extensive invasions like the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack, the Target data breach and an…
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May 14, 2015
Snowden Participates in Live, Online Discussion at Princeton
On May 2, more than 350 people gathered at the Friend Center at Princeton University to watch a live discussion between and journalist Barton Gellman '82, a visiting professor at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Edward Snowden, former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor who was…