Why it's okay to be mad about the current economic crisis and what we can do about it (interview with Mark Blyth)
August 12, 2020 The David McWilliams Podcast
Strong Leaders
Research Matters
Update on COVID-19 Training for Health Care Workers
Interdisciplinary Focus
Let’s Rethink This: Deconstructing the Concept of Development
A Message from Director Ed Steinfeld
Standing in Solidarity
Interdisciplinary Focus
Undaunted by the Pandemic, the New MPA Cohort Is Off and Running
In The News
Horowitz: Data on child care and camps shows remarkably low risk among children (Emily Oster cited)
August 12, 2020 The Blaze
Thought control and cancel culture overtakes colleges and universities (commentary by Glenn Loury)
August 11, 2020 Washington Times
News from Watson
Valerie Aguilar Dellisanti ’23 named winner in MIT’s Latin America versus COVID-19 hackathon
August 10, 2020
Watson’s Latest Cohort of Postdoctoral Fellows Departs for Dynamic Academic Opportunities
July 6, 2020
Virtually United
May 19, 2020
Research Briefs
Covid-19 and feminism in the Global South: Challenges, initiatives and dilemmas
July 23, 2020
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Events
August 4
Covid Today: Is America Really Ready to Re-Open?
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
July 27
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
Tune in to the conversation starting Monday, July 27 at 2 p.m.
May 31 – September 8
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Student Experience
Students Produce Policy Videos on the Geopolitics of Oil and Energy
July 15, 2020
Webcasts
Challenges to Global Anti-Black Racism: A Conversation
July 16, 2020
Federal COVID Response and Recovery Efforts: A Conversation with US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
June 24, 2020
Angrynomics ─ Virtual Book Talk
June 18, 2020
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