October 30, 2017 Wine Spectator
Economist Emily Oster comments on the rule to not drink while pregnant, saying "...doctors who have expressed the view that whatever the literature says, since we know that drinking a lot of alcohol is bad, we should tell people not to drink at all. They worry that people will overdo it."
October 27, 2017 Education Week
Research by John Papay, assistant professor of education and economics, was mentioned in an article about the state of Tennessee's Instructional Partnership Initiative will pair together educators who have complementary strengths and weaknesses so that they can help one another improve their teaching.
October 26, 2017 The Washington Post
John Friedman, associate professor of economics, comments on an article about the recent trend of selective public universities shutting out low-income students.
October 26, 2017 To A Degree Podcast
Economist John Friedman joined the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations' podcast, To a Degree, to discuss the relationship between higher education institutions and low-income students.
October 25, 2017 Yale News
A book review of "Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine" that draws on public opinion surveys, physician surveys, case studies, and political science models to explain how political incentives, polarization, and the misuse of professional authority have undermined efforts to tackle the medical evidence problem and curb wasteful spending.
October 25, 2017 Nonprofit Quarterly
Public Policy Fellow Marc Dunkelman and sociology professor Michael Kennedy are mentioned in an article about a panel they participated in at the inaugural Greater Good Gathering, a conference "aimed to look 'deeply and cross-disciplinarily at how the means for addressing and promoting the Greater Good may be changing in today's world.'"
October 23, 2017 Gears of Biz
Mark Blyth, professor of international political economy, comments on the effictiveness of the low-wage economy in the UK. “There’s no way for labor to push up wages since no one goes on strike anymore and the unions are weak."
October 23, 2017 Marketplace Tech
Political Science professor Wendy Schiller joined Molly Wood of Marketplace Tech to discuss the history of political propaganda and how social media has impacted it.
October 18, 2017 Newsmax
The Republican right is engaging in a big push to change the face of the federal judiciary. They are pressuring the Senate Republicans to accelerate the process of confirming nominees, hoping the Senate will rubber stamp the Trump appointees, according to Richard A. Arenberg
October 12, 2017 The Daily Nebraskan
On Tuesday, October 10th, Political economist Mark Blyth participated in "Why People Vote for Those Who Work Against Their Best Interests," an event at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
October 9, 2017 Chicago Tribune
Henry County, which the Tribune has revisited periodically since the election to gauge Trump support, also illustrates the political division that exists in Illinois and across the country in this presidency. Large metropolitan areas went to Clinton and remain scornful of the president. Rural regions supported Trump and remain generally supportive, though fissures are appearing. A Brown University poll conducted in June also revealed such cracks.
October 6, 2017 Robert Pearl Blog
Eric Patashnik is mentioned in a post about a panel discussion he participated in at the Brookings Institute entitled "What Does 21st Century Medicine Look Like?"
October 5, 2017 The Washington Post
Mark Blyth and Matthias Matthijs examine the "impossible task" British Prime Minister Theresa May has ahead of her.
October 3, 2017
Economist Emily Oster examines economic experiments in new research “Weighting for External Validity” in the National Bureau of Economic Research.
October 3, 2017 The Washington Post
In an interview with Henry Farrell of The Washington Post, political scientist Eric Patashnik discusses his new book Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine, and its findings.
October 2, 2017 The Providence Journal
Wendy Schiller, professor of political science, said Republican candidates for governor in Rhode Island will have some challenges ahead of them if they want to unseat Gov. Gina Raimondo.
October 2, 2017
Professor Marc Genest, Area Study Coordinator for the Insurgency and Terrorism electives program at the U.S. Naval War College, and Capitol Hill veteran and Lecturer of Political Science and International Affairs at Brown University Richard Arenberg joined Dan Yorke State of Mind to discuss the NFL national anthem controversy, the Graham- Cassidy health care bill, and ongoing tensions with North Korea.
September 26, 2017
U.S. constitutional law blogs report on a brief filed at the Supreme Court by leading constitutional law scholars, including Taubman affiliate Professor Corey Brettschneider, arguing that the travel ban is based on unconstitutional anti-Muslim animus.
September 25, 2017 RI NPR
Wendy Schiller, professor of political science, comments on when the style of "permanent" political campaigning emerged.
September 18, 2017
Professor Richard Arenberg's Newsmax opinion piece on why President Donald Trump is wrong to call for an end to the filibuster.