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Search News Oct 12 2020 Mellody Hobson ’91 Shortly after graduating from Princeton University, Mellody Hobson ’91 joined Ariel Investments as an intern. Today, she serves as the company’s co… News Jun 30 2020 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 hard. This… News Apr 29 2020 Politics & Polls #183: Economic Inequality and Covid-19 Featuring Sir Angus Deaton Covid-19 has had a disproportionate impact on at-risk populations, shining the spotlight on economic inequality and instability. Issues such as… News Apr 14 2020 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 reducing… News Sep 16 2019 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… News May 24 2019 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… News May 23 2019 Initially Threatened by Change, People Adapt to Societal Diversity Over Time President Donald Trump recently introduced immigration reforms that would prioritize education and employment qualifications over family connections… News Mar 08 2019 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… News Feb 04 2019 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… News Jan 07 2019 No Laboratory Needed: The Person Project Mines Social Science Data with Secure Online Quizzes Understanding the human psyche is complex, for ordinary people and scientists alike. Now, researchers at Princeton University have created a new tool… News Jan 03 2019 Politics & Polls #120: Immigration Then & Now Issues related to immigration have occupied a central role in political debates, especially during the Trump presidency. Although the current focus… News Dec 17 2018 WWS Reacts: Trump’s Border Wall, DACA and "Chain Migration" So-called “chain migration” is in the news again as House Republicans try to introduce a government funding bill that includes $5 billion in funding… News Sep 10 2018 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… News Mar 30 2018 WWS Reacts: The 2020 Census President Donald Trump’s plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census has sparked controversy in Washington and beyond. Below, Princeton… News Feb 21 2018 Politics & Polls #79: Immigration, Refugees and the State of Journalism in 2018 Today, the nation faces a series of major policy challenges revolving around immigrants and refugees. In this episode, Julian Zelizer talks to NPR… News Dec 11 2017 Dark Side of the Moon: Motorcycle Deaths Linked to Full Moons Distracted drivers, like those who text behind the wheel, are a danger to themselves and to others. Even a brief, momentary glance away from the road… News Oct 11 2017 Boost in Collateral, Rather Than “Feeling Richer,” Drives Consumers to Borrow as Home Prices Rise When home prices rise, households tend to borrow and spend more. But economists have had trouble identifying exactly what causes that relationship… News Oct 11 2017 Social Psychologist Paluck Awarded MacArthur Fellowship Elizabeth Levy Paluck, a professor of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University, has been awarded a 2017 MacArthur Fellowship. News Oct 02 2017 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… News Sep 27 2017 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,… News Sep 12 2017 Goldman Named Vice President Elect of the Population Association of America News Aug 21 2017 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… News Aug 14 2017 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… News Aug 04 2017 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… News Jul 31 2017 Supreme Court Rulings Can Signal a Shift in Societal Norms When the Supreme Court issued its 2015 ruling in favor of same-sex marriage, Americans understood the decision as a signal of Americans’ increasing… Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
