Russia is gearing up to misinform the U.S. public about Syria. Here's our cheat sheet to identify Twitter trolls. (co-written by an International Relations concentrator)
September 20, 2018 The Washington Post
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Trending Globally Podcast
Firearm Injury Prevention Is Not Gun Control
Watson Expansion
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One Financial Crisis, Many Explanations (interview with Mark Blyth)
September 18, 2018 WNYC Studios On the Media
Las Vegas high-speed rail venture gets new owner (comments by John Friedman)
September 18, 2018 Wall Street Journal
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Study Groups Led by Tom Perez '83 and Michael Steele
August 30, 2018
Watson Faculty to Present Cutting-edge Research at National Meeting
August 29, 2018
Student Awards 2017-2018
June 12, 2018
Research Briefs
Getting Down to Facts II: Current Conditions and Paths Forward for California Schools
September 17, 2018
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The Oath and the Office: A Guide to the Constitution for Future Presidents
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September 24
Jeff Weaver – How Bernie Won
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September 25
Hurricanes: Why We Stay
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Student Spotlight
Student Spotlight: Julian Jacobs '19
August 1, 2018
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Alireza Doostdar – Signs of Satan in Iran: Hollywood, Cosmopolitanism, Paranoia
September 19, 2018
Returning Graduate Fellow Presentations
September 14, 2018
Jean Segata – Working with Mosquitoes: An Ethnography of Public Policies for the Control of Epidemics in Brazil and Argentina
September 12, 2018
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