September 15, 2017 WBUR
Professor Eric Patashnik spoke with WBUR about his new book, Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine.
September 13, 2017 Next Avenue
An idea by Economist John Friedman is mentioned in this article that examines why the retirement system in America might be in the crosshairs of politicians working on tax reform.
September 12, 2017 The Brown Daily Herald
Political scientist Susan Moffitt has been named the director of the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy.
September 7, 2017 Vox
Research by Professor Margaret Weir was mentioned in an article about what the U.S. would look like if everyone who didn't have a job and wanted one, got one.
September 6, 2017 The Washington Post
As Texans worry about the potential health effects from the flooded plant that led to a massive fire, political scientist Jeff Colgan wrote in his most recent op-ed that this type of incident is called a 'knock-on' effect of climate change and that political fights are likely to ensue over whose responsible for other 'knock-on' effects as the climate continues to warm.
August 31, 2017 OZY
In an op-ed published Thursday, political scientist Rose McDermott reassured that the skills students learn in the social sciences and the humanities will be even more essential as we head into a technological world.
August 31, 2017 Jersey Digs
This piece cites an article by Marc J. Dunkelman, a fellow in international and public affairs, where he explained why New Jersey didn't become the "metropolis of the world” in the way that New York eventually did.
August 31, 2017 Inc.com
If you're looking to expand your linguistic horizons while simultaneously setting yourself up for professional success, there's one language that vastly outpaces the rest in terms of its utility according to Brown economist Emily Oster.
August 25, 2017 Financial Times
Mark Blyth in the Financial Times, "If US politicians really care about the future of their country they will invest more, not less, in the Chomsky trade. If they want to hand global technological leadership to China, they should keep going down the path they have chosen."
August 23, 2017 News from Brown
New research co-authored by Matthew Kraft reports that a range of factors within schools can lead principals to limit the number of below-proficient ratings they assign to teachers.
August 17, 2017 Business Insider
Children whose parents belong to the top 1 percent of the income ladder are 77 times more likely to attend an Ivy League university, according to a new paper published in the National Bureau for Economic Research. The paper is co-authored by John N. Friedman, an associate professor of international and public affairs, and economics.
August 11, 2017 OZY
Article by Rose McDermott, professor of international relations, who posits that the growing ability to choose our dating partners based partly on their political ideology, via dating websites and apps, may lead to an increasingly polarized body politic, with fewer chances for compromise.
August 7, 2017 The Washington Post
Commentary by columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. on shifting relationships among Americans, particularly in neighborhoods, focuses on work by Marc Dunkelman, a Watson Institute fellow who wrote “The Vanishing Neighbor” in 2014.
August 4, 2017 David Feldman Show
Constitutional Law Professor and author of "When The State Speaks", Corey Brettschneider, says Donald Trump can pardon everyone, but Trump himself is unpardonable.
August 1, 2017 Bloomberg
Wendy Schiller, chair of political science, joins Bloomberg radio to discuss why established Republicans don’t want to work for Trump.
July 31, 2017 RI NPR
Wendy Schiller comments on a potential reason why Gov. Gina Raimondo's approval rating is lower than Charlie Baker, the Republican governor of Massachusetts.
July 31, 2017 Bloomberg Surveillance
Political Science Professor Wendy Schiller joins Bloomberg Surveillance to discuss Trump's agenda and how the Republican Party can move forward.
July 28, 2017 Quartz
Across cultures, women are bombarded with different messages about what's ok to eat during pregnancy. Emily Oster, professor of economics and author of "Expecting Better," said she didn't find any evidence that would suggest drinking alcohol would harm a fetus.
July 25, 2017 Insider Higher Ed
A new paper co-authored by Brown economist John Friedman examines the key findings of the Equality of Opportunity Project, which exploits a unique data set to assess the contributions that individual colleges make to intergenerational social mobility.
July 24, 2017 Quartz
Observations by Brown economist Emily Oster are mentioned in a feature about how breastfeeding has become a status symbol in American culture.