News & Research
April 16, 2021 The Shillong Times
Emily Oster in The Shillong Times, "The evidence on remote learning suggests that despite the best efforts of teachers it doesn’t work for a large share of kids."
April 14, 2021 Washington Post
Emily Oster provided commentary on the recent Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause.
April 11, 2021 Al Jazeera
Emily Oster provides commentary on her personal experiences with the COVID-19 vaccine.
April 9, 2021 Brasil de Fato
Patrick Heller in Brasil de Fato, "Judging by this pattern, the societal body and more specifically, the political body of today’s Brazil seems absolutely catastrophic."
March 29, 2021 Virginia Mercury
This article includes commentary from, and references the research of, Emily Oster.
March 26, 2021 Yahoo! News
Emily Oster provided commentary in this article, predicting what school will look like in the fall.
March 23, 2021 College Fix
This article references commentary by Emily Oster.
March 22, 2021 The 74 Million
This article references the research and COVID-19 tracking efforts of Emily Oster.
March 19, 2021 Providence Journal
In this article, Michael Kennedy speaks on the circumstances that people in their 20s have grown up with — pointing to 9/11, a recession, and COVID — that lead to economic, social and mental struggles.
March 19, 2021 RNZ
Adam Levine in RNZ, "The DNA lives in the nucleus, and this genetic material can never enter that nucleus, so it can never become part of, or interfere with, our own DNA."
March 18, 2021 CBS News
Emily Oster discusses what the data shows about reopening schools safely during the pandemic.
March 18, 2021 Slate
In this interview, Emily Oster discusses COVID-19 vaccinations.
March 17, 2021 Wall Street Journal
This article includes commentary from Emily Oster, who created a dashboard to help track COVID-19 in schools.
March 15, 2021 U.S. News & World Report
Emily Oster provided commentary in this article on the initial lack of school-related data during the pandemic.
March 12, 2021 Yahoo! Finance
Emily Oster provides commentary in this article on the idea of enforcing a social distancing gap of 3-feet in classrooms as opposed to 6-feet.
March 12, 2021 Los Angeles Times
Emily Oster in the Los Angeles Times, "We are so focused on this one risk, and it’s not that I’m a COVID denier — I think COVID is really bad. But it’s not right to say it is the only risk people face. The mental health costs of isolation in your house for months and months and months are real."
March 11, 2021 Christian Science Monitor
Emily Oster offered commentary on the effect of COVID-19 on parents and how to safely reopen schools.
March 11, 2021 The 74 Million
Emily Oster in The 74 Million, "I think there is a chance that seeing it all together like this will push some of the last districts [to open], or push some of the last parents to really rebel..."
March 5, 2021 Popular Science
Emily Oster provided commentary in this article.
March 5, 2021 Providence Business News
Wendy Schiller offered commentary in this article.