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Mellody Hobson ’91

Mellody Hobson ’91

Shortly after graduating from Princeton University, Mellody Hobson ’91 joined Ariel Investments as an intern. Today, she serves as the…

Sir Angus Deaton

Covid-19 is Exposing Inequalities in Health and Wealth, Deaton Testifies

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is exposing and exacerbating health disparities in America, with Black and brown communities hit especially…

Melissa Lee

WWS Reacts: How Developing Countries Might Grapple with Covid-19

Covid-19 is present in rich and poorer countries alike, but the looming crisis in developing countries — where dense, vulnerable…

Kathryn Edin

Universal Childhood Allowance Could Reduce Childhood Poverty, Edin Testifies

Today, about 15 million children in the United States live in families with incomes below the federal poverty threshold. This is why…

WWS Reacts: Restricting Abortions Across America

Reproductive rights are now front and center in the 2020 campaign, as a number of states recently have tried to restrict or regulate…

Project to Collect Real Portraits of American Life

Today, only half of children grow up to earn more than their parents, as opportunities for upward mobility continue to decline. Meanwhile…

Q&A: Information, Democracy, and Autocracy: Transparency and Political (In)Stability

Americans seeking information about unemployment rates, wage growth and inflation can do so with the click of a button. But transparency…

Integration Between Pre-K and K-3 Programs Needs to be Strengthened, Princeton-Brookings Journal Finds

High-quality pre-K programs can indeed play an important role in improving later outcomes for children, particularly for children from…

Neilson Ushers Peruvian Education Policy Laboratory

Professor Christopher Neilson is passionate about ensuring that government policy — in particular education policy — is founded on theory…

Youth With Parents and Household Members in Prison More Likely to Have First Baby Before Marriage

As incarceration rates have increased in the United States, so has the likelihood that children will endure the imprisonment of a parent …

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…

SINSI Spotlight: A Passion for the Health and Well-Being of Others

Concern for the health and well-being of others has long been a driving force for Marlise Pierre-Wright ’12, MPA ’16. As a Princeton…

As Global Temperatures Rise, Children Must Be Central to Climate Change Debates

Forecasts suggest that by 2050, the world could see 200 million environmental migrants, many of whom would be children. For this reason…

Mortality Rates Improve Among Kids and Young Adults in the US, Especially in Poor Counties

Recent studies of mortality trends paint a gloomy picture for many middle-aged and older Americans, but a new study focused on children…

WWS Reacts: The CDC’s Alcohol Guidelines for Women

Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a recommendation that sexually active women who are not…

ISS Receives Funding for Anti-Corruption Research Project

Innovations for Successful Societies (ISS) is among eight organizations to receive funding from the British Academy as part of its £4…

WWS Reacts: Lead Exposure and Water Contamination in Flint, Michigan

Since the discovery that its water supply had been contaminated with unsafe levels of lead, the city of Flint, Michigan, has been under a…

Fifteen-Year National Survey of 'Fragile Families' Fuels Wide Range of Research

On the second floor of Lewis Thomas Lab at Princeton University, researchers are working to better understand the complex interactions…

Currie Wins Carolyn Shaw Bell Award

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…

Economist Currie Investigates the Building Blocks of Children's Success

Trained as a labor economist at Princeton, Janet Currie wrote her dissertation on strikes and arbitration.

Class Snapshot: “Preschool, Primary and Secondary Education in South Africa”

Class: “Preschool, Primary and Secondary Education in South Africa”Location: Cape Town, South Africa

From Crisis to Progress

Half of the 220,000 people killed in the Syrian civil war have been civilians. Untargeted barrel bombings have crumbled cities and…

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…

A Deadly Shadow: Measles May Weaken Immune System Up to Three Years

The measles virus can cause serious disease in children by temporarily suppressing their immune systems. This vulnerability was…