How Did We Fail So Badly? Ashish Jha and Emily Oster on America's Covid Response
January 24, 2022 New York Times
Emily Oster joins the New York Times' Sway podcast to discuss how America is doing in the fight against Covid-19.
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Alexander-Scott resigns as head of R.I. Department of Health (commentary by Wendy Schiller)
January 14, 2022 Providence Business News
Wendy Schiller commented on the potential instability in Rhode Island health care leadership as Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott resigns from her role as director of the RIDOH.
Teachers union calls for Rhode Island to shift to remote learning due to COVID increase (Emily Oster cited)
January 11, 2022 Providence Journal
This article cites a recent report by Emily Oster which states that learning loss was far worse in districts that kept classes fully remote.
University COVID Policies Are Bad for Students (written by Emily Oster)
January 5, 2022 The Atlantic
Emily Oster wrote this article on the switch to remote learning in 2021 and the effect it had on many students at Brown.
Trump’s Social Media Return — and What Else to Expect in 2022 (interview with Emily Oster)
January 4, 2022 New York Times
In this interview, Emily Oster shares her thoughts on people’s risk assessment capabilities and the pandemic.
'Painfully reminds us of each tombstone': RI nears grim milestone of 3,000 COVID deaths (commentary by Michael Kennedy)
December 21, 2021 Providence Journal
Michael Kennedy provided commentary in this article stating, "Hope for an alternative future seems misplaced when so many suffer. But that is what we need."
Op-ed: Green shipping must go beyond decarbonization (written by CSL researcher Jan Stockbruegger)
December 13, 2021 Maritime Executive
Jan Stockbruegger penned this column on the environmental risks of the shipping industry.
Afghanistan has become a test for US humanitarianism (written by Brian Atwood)
December 9, 2021 The Hill
Brian Atwood penned this article, exploring various ways in which the U.S. can help Afghanistan's urgent starvation crisis.
Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from U.S. States
December 2, 2021
Emily Oster recently co-authored "Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from U.S. States," featuring research that analyzes the impact of district-level schooling modes on test scores.
22 countries agreed to establish green shipping routes. That’s big news. (written by CSL researcher Jan Stockbruegger)
November 30, 2021 Washington Post
Jan Stockbruegger penned this article on a new international initiative to reduce shipping emissions.
Where Do All the Bad Ideas Go? (interview with Emily Oster)
November 19, 2021 Freakonomics
In this interview, Emily Oster discusses how she creates studies and what happens to ideas that never make it off the ground.
After six decades of US foreign aid, our future must be guided by the past (written by Brian Atwood)
November 16, 2021 The Hill
Brian Atwood penned this piece on the success and history behind foreign aid programs in the United States.
The Drugs Fueling Deadly Wars (interview with Peter Andreas)
November 15, 2021 VICE Video
Peter Andreas appeared in this video to discuss the history of war and drugs.
Emily Oster on the Family Firm (interview with Emily Oster)
November 15, 2021 EconTalk
In this podcast episode, Emily Oster argues that running your family life the way you'd run your own business makes for a better family in today's crazy world.
Emily Oster: Why wasn't the US tracking the spread of COVID-19 in schools? (interview with Emily Oster)
November 12, 2021 National Public Radio
In this episode of the TED Radio Hour, Emily Oster describes how she started collecting data nationwide to help parents decide whether to send their children to school during the pandemic.
Schools Change Mask Policies as Children Get Covid-19 Shots (commentary by Emily Oster)
November 11, 2021 Wall Street Journal
Emily Oster provided commentary in this article stating, "After several months, we’ve seen that in-person schooling can be functional."
The impact of school opening model on SARS-CoV-2 community incidence and mortality
November 9, 2021
Emily Oster recently co-authored an article in Nature Medicine featuring a study using a nationwide cohort evaluating the effect of school mode on COVID-19 cases during the 12 weeks after school opening (July - September 2020.)
Here’s what parenting expert Emily Oster says about vaccinating your kids against COVID-19 (interview with Emily Oster)
November 5, 2021 Boston Globe
This article features an interview with Emily Oster on vaccinating children, a new "test-to-stay" pilot program in a local school district, and more.
How data parenting can help you decide on extra-curriculars, make better decisions and talk to your kids about COVID-19 (interview with Emily Oster)
November 1, 2021 CBC Radio
In this interview, Emily Oster says business ideologies can help parents hack their kid's after-school schedule, reach their collective goals and make better decisions.
This is where the first climate wars will break out (commentary by Jeff Colgan)
November 1, 2021 Daily Beast
In this article, Jeff Colgan spoke about the shift among U.S. defense policymakers as they recognize climate change "not just as a ‘threat multiplier’ or as a single issue, but as altering the whole strategic landscape that the United States faces."