September 20, 2020 The Guam Daily Post
This article cites Associate Professor of Education and Economics, Matthew Kraft's "Getting tutoring right to reduce COVID-19 learning loss" essay.
September 20, 2020 Taipei Times
In this column, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics, Emily Oster talks about working from home and reopening workplaces.
September 19, 2020 The New Daily
In this article, 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 urges Canberra to set up a citizens’ wealth fund which would help fix income inequality in Australia by placing more wealth into the hands of the public.
September 18, 2020 CNBC
This column draws on data from Opportunity Insights, which Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs John Friedman is Co-Director of.
September 18, 2020 Business Insider
Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, John Friedman provides commentary on the effects of the pandemic, "What's worrying is that the speed of the recovery for those low-income workers seems to really be slowing."
September 15, 2020 The New Daily
In this article, 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, comments on the "wave of anger being felt across the world, particularly by young people, driven by inequality and lack of security."
September 14, 2020 DW
"OPEC is significant primarily as a political club. It fails economically as a cartel, but it does boost the prestige and standing of its members, most of whom would not otherwise have a seat at the table in world affairs...A functional cartel needs to set tough limits to production and stick to them. OPEC sets easy targets and still often fails to meet them," Director of Security Studies and Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Jeff Colgan.
September 14, 2020 Foreign Affairs
In this article, Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Jeff Colgan, argues that severing U.S.-Chinese links would make it impossible to save the environment.
September 14, 2020 WBUR
In this interview, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics, Emily Oster, explores how we can all make better choices amid the pandemic.
September 13, 2020 The Denver Post
Chair and Professor of Political Science, Wendy Schiller, offers commentary on Colorado's Senate race, "I think it’s unusual...and I don’t think it’s emblematic of most of the really contested races.”
September 12, 2020 CBC
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 is cited in this article.
September 9, 2020 WPRI
In this interview, 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, discusses the presidential election and how it may affect local elections.
September 9, 2020 WPRI
In this interview, 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, discusses the presidential election and how it may affect local elections.
September 9, 2020 Houston Chronicle
Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics, Emily Oster, on how halloween is still possible this year if people take the right precautionary measures.
September 9, 2020 New York Times
This article mentions that, in 2017, Professor of Economics and International and Political Affairs, John Friedman lead a team of economists that "published a groundbreaking paper that issued “mobility report cards” to more than 2,000 American colleges and universities, grading each one on its effectiveness in elevating low-income students into the upper middle class and beyond."
September 9, 2020 WJAR
Chair and Professor of Political Science, Wendy Schiller, provides commentary on the Rhode Island primary, "Women, women of color, more progressive women, more progressive men are successfully challenging the old guard and the old boys network that has run the state legislature."
September 8, 2020 WJAR
Chair and Professor of Political Science, Wendy Schiller, on the growing pains of vote by mail in Rhode Island: "We don't have the electronic technology to process these ballots as I think we would like because we just basically decided to turn to this system. I think two years, four years from now, it's going to be different. For now, we're going to have to wait and be patient."
September 4, 2020 Insider
This article mentions how Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics, Emily Oster, and a team of researchers are partnering to create a nationwide database -- COVID-Explained -- that maps schools' pandemic responses across the United States, providing school leaders and policymakers with information on how schools are reopening.
September 2, 2020 CNN
"School reopening is really important for our society. It's not that I think that we should reopen at all costs, but I think that trying to do this safely in places where we can do it safely seems just really important for kids, for getting people back to work for the mental health of parents, for learning," says Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics, Emily Oster.
September 2, 2020 USA Today
This article refers to a survey of child care centers by Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics, Emily Oster.