April 19, 2019 Brown Daily Herald
Professor of of Political Science Ross Cheit discussed the relationship between course offerings and increasing opportunities for faculty research. “There’s clearly a trade-off, but I think it’s a reasonable one: There will not be as many tiny courses, … but what the professors get in return is enormous.”
April 19, 2019 Brown Daily Herald
While students digested the news of the Mueller Report, Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science Richard Arenberg discussed the report’s implications.
April 18, 2019 Bloomberg Daybreak
Political scientist Wendy Schiller joined Bloomberg Daybreak to discuss the release of the Mueller Report.
April 18, 2019 Associated Press
Emily Oster, professor of economics, has written a data-driven parenting guide covering the first three years of life, Cribsheet, out this month from PenguinPress. "This is really a book about decision making and that is what economists study."
April 16, 2019
In a new study, co-author Robert Blair reports findings from a field experiment with the Liberian National Police’s (LNP) “Confidence Patrols” program, following years of civil war in the country.
April 15, 2019 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Professor Emily Oster sat down with Penny Johnston of ABC's Babytalk to discuss what advice is worth taking during pregnancy.
April 11, 2019 The Atlantic
Research by Professor John Friedman's think tank, Opportunity Insights, is cited in an article on the recent college admissions scandal. "Research published by Opportunity Insights ... has found that roughly three dozen of the country’s “elite” colleges enroll more students from households in the top 1 percent of the income scale than they do students from the bottom 60 percent of that scale."
April 8, 2019
John Friedman, Associate Professor of Economics, has recently been named the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Economics.
April 5, 2019 The Brown Daily Herald
Commenting on a House bill pushing for voting reform on a federal level, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs Richard Arenberg says, "It has zero prospects of moving forward in any way in the Senate" because of the way Senators view voting reform on their electoral prospects.
April 3, 2019 The Guardian
Wendy Schiller, Chair of the political science department, comments on recent damaging news reports about former Vice President Joe Biden. "It’s a generational obstacle for Biden because the good stuff he’s done is unknown and the bad stuff he’s done is on video."
March 29, 2019 The New York Times
Professor Eric Patashnik's article on Obamacare is featured in this article on Republicans' new fight over the Affordable Care Act. "Well, political scientists have some interesting thoughts about the reasons the G.O.P. won’t just throw in the towel on the A.C.A."
March 29, 2019 Financial Times
Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics & Finance and Taubman Center Affiliate Mark Blyth recently discussed Brexit and the consequences of the Leave vote in Financial Times.
March 21, 2019 CNN
Jeff Colgan is featured in CNN's video explaining the relationship between OPEC and oil prices.
March 20, 2019 The Guardian
Wendy Schiller, Chair of the Political Science department, comments on Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's visit to the White House, saying "Trump promised economic and military alliances and he treated Bolsonaro like a true equal leader in the public eye."
March 19, 2019 Marketplace
Associate Professor Jeff Colgan joined Marketplace to discuss global oil supply and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
March 18, 2019 The Guardian
Political scientist Wendy Schiller comments on Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's planned visit with President Donald Trump this week, stating "the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, and Bolton 'far outweigh any influence Bannon may try to wield.'"
March 18, 2019
In a new article published in International Studies Quarterly, co-author Jeffrey Colgan delves into the relationship between the United States and Soviet Union in the 1950s and sharing nuclear technology internationally.
March 11, 2019 The Providence Journal
Political scientist Wendy Schiller comments on last week's vote to protect the legality of abortion in Rhode Island. "By even giving this bill a hearing, much less bringing it to the House floor, Speaker Mattiello is acknowledging the changing dynamics on abortion both inside the Democratic Party in Rhode Island but the state more generally."
March 11, 2019 San Francisco Chronicle
Watson Fellow Marc Dunkelman comments on the growing trend of companies pushing co-living spaces to employees, saying "It’s terrific that (companies) are experimenting with different environments to get people to talk to others."
March 8, 2019 Brown Daily Herald
The Annenberg Institute, led by Susanna Loeb, will shift its focus away from school reform and community mobilization and toward educational inequality research, which will include broader collaborations with organizations in Rhode Island and the University.