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Andlinger Center Speaks: Why the Messenger Matters in Climate Action

Robertson Hall

Funding Available for Innovative Education Projects and Programs

A fund offered through Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs will support creative, interdisciplinary…

Endnotes

Endnotes: Priced Out (Tsung-Mei Cheng)

Health care in America is expensive, but it doesn’t have to be, according to the late Uwe Reinhardt, a leader in health care policy. Reinhardt…

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 abortions in…

Q&A: Priced Out: The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care

Health care in America is expensive, but it doesn’t have to be, according to the late Uwe Reinhardt, former James Madison Professor of Political…

Oppenheimer Testifies in Congress on the History of Climate Science

Professor Michael Oppenheimer provided a brief, thorough history of climate science at an April 9 hearing held by the House Committee on Oversight…

Princeton Researchers Awarded Funding for Innovative Education Research Projects

A group of researchers at Princeton University will receive funding to work on innovative, cross-disciplinary education research projects over the…

Michael Oppenheimer

Q&A: Discerning Experts: The Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy

Governments around the world rely on scientific assessments to guide environmental policy and action. Yet, these assessments, like those produced by…

Currie Wins NOMIS Foundation’s Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award

Princeton University’s Janet Currie is winner of the NOMIS Foundation’s Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award, which comes with a research grant…

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, more than…

Hydraulic Fracturing Negatively Impacts Infant Health

From North Dakota to Ohio to Pennsylvania, hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, has transformed small towns into energy powerhouses. While…

Are the Grandkids Worth It? Climate Change Policy Depends on How We Value Human Population

If the human population continues to grow, more pressure will be put on carbon dioxide emissions — leaving future generations vulnerable to the…

Reinhardt Receives Health Policy Leadership Award

Uwe Reinhardt is a winner of the 2017 Bipartisan Health Policy Leadership Award from the National Alliance of Health Policy. The award recognizes…

Air Pollution Cuts Solar Energy Potential in China

China is rapidly expanding its solar power supply, hoping to meet 10 percent of the nation’s electricity needs with solar energy by 2030. But there’s…

Funding Available for Creative Quantitative Research Projects in Education

A fund offered through Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs will focus on cross-disciplinary education…

Felten, Krueger Join Rework America Task Force

Princeton professors Edward Felten and Alan Krueger will serve on a new task force aimed at transforming America’s labor market to a 21st century,…

To Predict How Climate Change Will Affect Disease, Researchers Must Fuse Climate Science and Biology

Predicting how climate change will affect the incidence of infectious diseases would have great public health benefits. But the relationship between…

Orange is the New Green: How Orange Peels Revived a Costa Rican Forest

In the mid-1990s, 1,000 truckloads of orange peels and orange pulp were purposefully unloaded onto a barren pasture in a Costa Rican national park…

Princeton Professor Calls for Federal Guarantee of Quality Education for Kids

American children, no matter where they live or what school they attend, deserve to be guaranteed a quality education, much as we guarantee a safety…

Lower-Income Children Raised in Counties With High Upward Mobility Display Fewer Behavioral Issues, Perform Better on Cognitive Tests

Children who grow up in urban counties with high upward mobility exhibit fewer behavioral problems and perform better on cognitive tests, according…

Doctors Trained at Lowest-Ranked Medical Schools Prescribe More Opioids

Physicians trained at the United States’ lowest-ranked medical schools write more opioid prescriptions than physicians trained at the highest-ranked…

Study Links Unhealthy Segregated Neighborhoods to Childhood Asthma

Researchers have had trouble explaining why black children are much more likely than other children to suffer from asthma. A new study by Princeton…

Connecting Information Technology and Policy

How to effectively regulate and oversee the internet has become increasingly complicated for policymakers. Today’s information revolution has…

Research

Climate Change to Damage U.S. Economy, Increase Inequality

Unmitigated climate change will make the United States poorer and more unequal, according to a study published June 29 in the journal Science. The…

Decrease in Lead Exposure in Early Childhood May Be Responsible for Drop in Crime Rate

Exposure to lead in the preschool years significantly increases the chance that children will be suspended or incarcerated during their school…