Six Historians on Why Trump's Border Wall Won't Work (comments by Peter Andreas)
January 23, 2019 Rolling Stone
Strong Leaders
Policy in Perspective
The Power of Data to Improve Economic Opportunities for All Americans
Watson Expansion
Stephen Robert '62 Hall Opens
Policy in Perspective
Credible Fear: Tales from a Texas Detention Center
In The News
Rep. Cicilline to teach a class at Brown this spring
January 23, 2019 The Providence Journal
The Liberal Order is Rigged (Jeff Colgan featured)
January 23, 2019 IIEA
News from Watson
Stephen Robert Hall '62 Opens
December 11, 2018
Election Results Worldwide
November 9, 2018
BIARI Beyond Brown: Improving Disaster Response Where Disasters Happen
October 18, 2018
Research Briefs
The Political Geography and Inequality in America
January 14, 2019
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Events
January 25
Sarah Osten ‘00 and Kate Goldman – Working with Asylum Seekers in Dilley, Texas
12 p.m. – 2 p.m.
January 29
Critical Conversations: Experiences of Incarceration in the United States & Syria
5 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
February 1
Opioids and Public Health: History, Problem-Solving, and Research Challenges
3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Student Experience
Student Spotlight: Alexia Melendez Martineau ’18
January 16, 2019
Webcasts
Adam Reich ─ Working for Respect: Community and Conflict at Walmart
December 6, 2018
Safeguarding Our Children
December 5, 2018
Fábio de Sá e Silva ─ A New Republic of Lawyers? Legal Careers, State Power, and Political Change in Contemporary Brazil
December 5, 2018
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