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"Democratic Plans Stall in Senate as Party Confronts Power Limits" (Commentary by Wendy Schiller)

October 7, 2021 Bloomberg Government

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Director of the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Wendy Schiller, provided commentary in this article on aspects of the Democratic agenda that have been brought before the Senate: "I think they feel like they get much more bang for the buck from transportation and infrastructure. People driving over potholes are not going to vote for re-election for you."

"Democrats Face Bitter Pills To Lower Reconciliation Topline. This May Be Their Best Option." (Commentary by Richard Arenberg)

October 6, 2021 Talking Points Memo

Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science, Richard Arenberg, "As long as adjustments made fall within the parameters of the reconciliation instructions in the budget resolution, I don’t think it would present procedural difficulties."

"Surveillance: Near-Term Risks With Doll (Podcast)" (Interview with Wendy Schiller)

October 4, 2021 Bloomberg

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Director of the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Wendy Schiller, appears on this podcast episode.

"In the battle over school mask mandates, Americans will listen to some orders – and not others" (Written by Jonathan Collins)

October 2, 2021 The Washington Post

Assistant Professor of Education Jonathan Collins penned this column on his research that found Americans are far more likely to comply with orders that come from the president than those that come from governors or mayors.

"Whether it’s homes or jobs, our dreams are moving further out of reach every year" (Written by Mark Blyth)

September 22, 2021 The Guardian

Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, William R. Rhodes Professor of International Economics, and Professor of International and Public Affairs, Mark Blyth, penned this piece on the current housing market, how it's affecting middle class America, and where it may potentially be heading.

"Who Is the Senate Parliamentarian? How an Unelected Official Is Influencing Biden's Agenda" (Commentary by Richard Arenberg)

September 20, 2021 Newsweek

Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science and Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Richard Arenberg, comments on the role of the Senate Parliamentarian.

"Your Questions On Spanking, Siblings and Sleep Training, Answered" (Interview with Emily Oster)

September 18, 2021 NPR

This article features clips of Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster responding to parenting questions submitted in an online forum for "Dear Life Kit" by NPR.

"Who gets what? Understanding the new politics of insecurity" (Written by Margaret Weir)

September 17, 2021 LSE Blog

In this article, Wilson Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science Margaret Weir discusses her latest book, "Who Gets What? The New Politics of Insecurity."

"By the people, for the people'... but who really runs America?" (Commentary by Wendy Schiller)

September 8, 2021 The Economic Times

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science, Professor of Political Science, and Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Wendy Schiller, comments on the importance of state capitols.

Emily Oster on Making Data-Driven Decisions for Your Family (interview with Emily Oster)

July 19, 2021 Read Brightly

This article features an interview with Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster on her upcoming book, Family Firm.

Sturgeon’s economic council is a fig-leaf for independence (Mark Blyth cited)

July 19, 2021 Spectator

This article mentions Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance Mark Blyth as one of the latest recruits for a new economic advisory council formed by the Scottish government.

Bloomberg Daybreak: July 15, 2021 (interview with Wendy Schiller)

July 15, 2021 Bloomberg

Professor of Political Science and Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy Wendy J. Schiller appeared on this segment of Bloomberg Daybreak.

Why does inflation worry the right so much? (written by Mark Blyth)

July 15, 2021 The Guardian

Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance Mark Blyth wrote this article about inflation in The Guardian.

The Methane Moment: An Interview with Debbie Gordon (Interview with Deborah Gordon)

July 14, 2021 RMI

This article features an interview with Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs and Former Director, Energy and Climate Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Deborah Gordon on rising levels of methane.

Minority students more likely to be left out of full-time schooling during pandemic (Emily Oster mentioned)

July 12, 2021 The Blade

This article mentions Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster as an advocate for returning to in-person learning after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Who's on the Scottish Government's new economic council? (Mark Blyth mentioned)

July 12, 2021 The National

Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance Mark Blyth is mentioned in this article as a member of the Scottish government's new economic council.

Pa. and N.J. racial gap in access to in-person learning last year was among the worst in the nation, new report says (Emily Oster cited)

July 6, 2021 Philadelphia Inquirer

The article references how Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster led a CDC study that found a widening gap between white students and students of color when it came to in-person instruction as schools reopened.

CDC: Students of Color Still Got Less In-Person Instruction as School Buildings Reopened (Commentary by Emily Oster)

June 30, 2021 EducationWeek

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster provided commentary in this article: "What we are seeing here is a movement generally into more in-person for all groups, but the increases for students of color tend to be from virtual to hybrid, and for white students, into full in-person."

The governor’s plan to reinvent Penn Station might need some rethinking (Marc Dunkelman cited)

June 29, 2021 City & Slate

This article references a piece by Fellow in International and Public Affairs Marc Dunkelman examining the history of New York's Penn Station.

The plight of the pandemic advice-giver (Written About Emily Oster)

June 28, 2021 Slate

This profile piece of Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster highlights varied public reactions to her recommendations and research during the pandemic.

How Mitch McConnell has unified Republicans as a red wall against Biden’s agenda (Commentary by Wendy Schiller)

June 28, 2021 The Guardian

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Professor of Political Science Wendy J. Schiller in The Guardian, "McConnell is trying to get the business community and business owners back in their camp in terms of contributions and money and support. He’s trying to rebuild that more traditional Republican base, particularly with money, going into 2022..."

Bloomberg Daybreak: June 25 (Interview with Wendy Schiller)

June 25, 2021 Bloomberg

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Professor of Political Science Wendy J. Schiller is a guest in this radio segment.

She Fought to Reopen Schools, Becoming a Hero and a Villain (interview with Emily Oster)

June 22, 2021 The New York Times

This article features Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster, her COVID-19 school database and the role she took in leading parents through the pandemic's tough decisions regarding children.

Knowing What Schools Did in the Pandemic is Crucial. So Is Preserving That Data (Commentary by Emily Oster)

June 17, 2021 EducationWeek

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster is leading a project to capture all of the data states collected about school operations in 2020-21 and present it in a consistent format that can inform researchers and policy makers well into the future.

Political obstacles mount as progressives press Dems to act on voting rights (Commentary by Richard Arenberg)

June 16, 2021 ABC13 News

Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science Richard Arenberg comments that "While some of the rhetoric by Democrats may be a little overheated, the proliferation of outrageous voter suppression laws in red states around the country make a federal response critical."

The G7 helped to build this low-tax world. Are they really ready to change it? (Written by Mark Blyth)

June 11, 2021 The Guardian

Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance Mark Blyth wrote this article regarding potential tax changes.

Bloomberg Daybreak: June 10, 2021 (Interview with Wendy Schiller)

June 10, 2021 Bloomberg

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Professor of Political Science Wendy Schiller appeared on this episode of Bloomberg Daybreak.

Guns, beer and doughnuts: Vaccination push appeals to our vices (commentary by Emily Oster)

June 7, 2021 Head Topics

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster in Head Topics, "I'm basically a fan of anything that makes it fun," in reference to offering giveaways to those who get vaccinated.

Racial wealth gap may be a key to other inequities (John Friedman cited)

June 4, 2021 The Harvard Gazette

Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs John Friedman is cited in this article as one of the co-founding directors of Opportunity Insights.

Expert cited in Greene report says austerity 'never works' (Interview with Mark Blyth)

June 1, 2021 CBC News

Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance and The William R. Rhodes ’57 Professor of International Economics Mark Blyth explains why cutting spending could have catastrophic economic consequences.

Double duty: Should R.I.'s citizen legislature become a full-time body? (Commentary by Wendy Schiller)

May 28, 2021 Providence Business News

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Professor of Political Science Wendy Schiller said Rhode Island could move to a hybrid model in which representatives and senators are paid more but also have longer sessions.

Doctor/Spy: how MDs get involved in espionage (Commentary by Rose McDermott)

May 27, 2021 MedScape

David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations Rose McDermott offered commentary on US medical intelligence and leadership profiling efforts.

"No time to waste: Taubman panel recaps Biden’s first 100 days" (Richard Arenberg, Corey Brettschneider, Wendy Schiller, Margaret Weir Cited)

May 24, 2021 The Brown Daily Herald

The Brown Daily Herald reported on a recent Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy and the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs event that sought to evaluate the Biden Administration's first 100 days, featuring insight from Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science Richard Arenberg, Professor of Political Science Corey Brettschneider, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Chair of Political Science Wendy Schiller, and Wilson Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science Margaret Weir.

"With more two-way dialogue, school board meetings could draw more diverse audiences, study finds" (Interview with Jonathan Collins)

May 24, 2021 Brown University

Assistant Professor of Education Jonathan Collins talks about his latest study, which "found that giving the public more opportunities to engage in conversation with their school boards could significantly boost trust in local leaders and interest in attending public meetings — especially among people of color and individuals from low-income households."

"Can state takeover of Providence schools be saved? Local experts weigh in" (Commentary by Domingo Morel)

May 20, 2021 The Providence Journal

Visiting Scholar at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University (Newark) Domingo Morel, "School takeovers don’t work...They think long-term problems can be addressed in one or two years."

"The Health 202: Coronavirus vaccines for adults and teens are obvious. Not so for younger kids." (Emily Oster Cited)

May 19, 2021 The Washington Post

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster is cited in this article for her opinion on how public health officials should handle Covid-19 vaccinations for younger children.

"Who’s scared of a little inflation?" (Interview with Mark Blyth)

May 18, 2021 Marketplace

Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, William R. Rhodes ’57 Professor of International Economics, and Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs Mark Blyth appeared in this podcast segment stating, "You’ve got quite naturally a lot of what we call bottlenecks, a lot of supply shortages, across different sectors that are all coming out of hibernation at once."

"Why nobody knows exactly how many Texas teachers have died of COVID-19" (Emily Oster Cited)

May 18, 2021 WFAA

This article references a Twitter thread by Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster about a study on school reopenings in Texas.

"AFL-CIO’s VP Tefere Gebre: Filibuster slams workers, refugees, people of color" (Commentary by Richard Arenberg)

May 17, 2021 People's World

Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science Richard Arenberg offered commentary in this article stating, "Given that and a right-wing president—such as if Trump wins back the White House in 2024–all past progressive legislation could be undone."

"Bloomberg Daybreak: May 13, 2021 - Hour 1 (Radio)" (Interview with Wendy Schiller)

May 13, 2021 Bloomberg

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Chair of Political Science Wendy Schiller appeared in this radio segment of Bloomberg Daybreak to discuss the future of the GOP.

"Study: Tutoring May Mitigate Pandemic Learning Losses" (Carly Robinson, Susanna Loeb, Matthew Kraft Cited)

May 13, 2021 Mirage News

This article cites Postdoctoral Research Associate Carly Robinson, Annenberg Institute Director, Professor of Education, and Professor of International and Public Affairs Susanna Loeb, and Associate Professor of Education and Economics Matthew Kraft's recent policy brief.

"Study links school reopening and COVID spread in Texas — before vaccines made it safer" (Commentary by Emily Oster)

May 11, 2021 Chalkbeat

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster in Chalkbeat, "The overall picture shows a change in a lot of other things at the same time — work hours, for example — and although that could be a result of school opens, it may also be that other restrictions changed."

"Is it safe? Parents worry about risks as schools, camps reopen" (Commentary by Emily Oster)

May 10, 2021 TODAY

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster in TODAY, "I think parents are excited about some return to normalcy but also finding everything very confusing. The messaging around kids is really split between ‘they are low risk’ and ‘they're unvaccinated so you still can't do anything..."

"Why it's hard to get good projects going" (Written by Marc Dunkelman)

May 10, 2021 Boston Globe

Fellow in International and Public Affairs Marc Dunkelman penned this column on America's absence of a centralized figure empowered to cut through the objections and force bureaucracies to serve a common mission.

"With Masks On, Three Feet Is Just as Safe as Six Feet Apart for COVID-19" (Emily Oster Cited)

May 8, 2021 SciTech Daily

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster contributed to a study that found no substantial difference in the number of cases of COVID-19 among either students or staff in school districts that implemented a distancing policy of three feet versus six feet between students.

"Anthony Fauci on ending the Covid seesaw" (Commentary by Emily Oster)

May 5, 2021 Politico

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster provides commentary in this article on weighing Covid risk-factors versus the probability of "diaster thinking" actually happening, “There is this lack of weighing of trade-offs."

"‘Learning was his key to freedom’: Vartan Gregorian’s life as a teacher, leader" (Commentary by Wendy Schiller)

May 4, 2021 The Brown Daily Herald

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Chair of Political Science Wendy Chiller remembers Former University President Vartan Gregorian, “He was full of energy and was constantly roaming the campus talking to students, staff and faculty. Gregorian’s love for Brown was obvious and he was the University’s number one cheerleader both on and off campus.”

"The Liberals Who Can’t Quit Lockdown" (Commentary by Emily Oster)

May 4, 2021 The Atlantic

This article references previous commentary by Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster.

"Biden’s Daycare Plan Is Bad for Families" (Emily Oster Cited)

May 3, 2021 Wall Street Journal

This article cites Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster and the prevalent criticism that arose after Biden announced a federal push for children to attend daycare.

"Brown grants $474,000 to Providence Public School District" (Commentary by Jonathan Collins)

April 30, 2021 The Brown Daily Herald

Assistant Professor of Education Jonathan Collins, “The emergency nature of the moment very much played a heavy role here. The district is very concerned with learning loss in reaction to the pandemic, and I think there was an extra sense of urgency because of that in approving this grant and getting things in motion right now.”

"Mark Blyth – An Inflated Fear of Inflation?" (Interview with Mark Blyth)

April 29, 2021 The Analysis

Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, William R. Rhodes ’57 Professor of International Economics, and Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs Mark Blyth appears in this podcast interview to explain why inflation in the U.S., Canada, and the E.U. is highly unlikely.

"Did Emergency PPP Loans Work? Nearly $800 Billion Later, We Still Don't Know" (Commentary by John Friedman)

April 27, 2021 NPR

Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs John Friedman on NPR, "We really underestimated the ability of lots of not-in-person service businesses to not only continue doing what they're doing, but even do more of it."

"Democrats want to abolish Senate maneuver Biden deemed ‘racist relic’" (Commentary by Richard Arenberg)

April 27, 2021 KSU Sentinel

Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science Richard Arenberg, "Systematic obstruction has been used by Democrats and Republicans. For example, it was used during the first two years of the Trump administration to block Republican initiatives to spend huge amounts on the project to build a wall on the border with Mexico."