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Faculty Associate Escudero Receives NSF CAREER Award
Kevin Escudero has received a CAREER award from NSF for his work on the educational trajectories of students with different legal statuses.
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We spoke with four junior scholars who are already making their marks in their respective fields to learn more about their work and some of the benefits of being PSTC faculty associates.
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From the Newsroom: The Providence Journal
March 3, 2020
Mark Lurie, Brown University epidemiologist,discusses COVID-19
PSTC faculty associate Mark Lurie discusses the coronavirus epidemic in a podcast with the Providence Journal.
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The New York Times
February 17, 2020
A Simple Way to Equalize the Ivies? Give Others the Legacy SAT Bonus
PSTC faculty associate John Friedman discusses how to make college admissions more equitable.
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Q&A with PSTC faculty associate Kevin Mwenda, Associate Director of Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) and Assistant Professor (Research) of Population Studies.
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Los Angeles Times
February 4, 2020
Op-Ed: International overreaction to the coronavirus is more dangerous than the virus itself
PSTC faculty associate Kate Mason comments on the potential consequences of overreacting to the coronavirus outbreak.
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News from PSTC
January 30, 2020
PSTC alum addresses sexual harassment and women’s education through data
Girija Borker studies the consequences of sexual harassment in public spaces for women's education.
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Popular Science
January 24, 2020
The timing of the Wuhan coronavirus could be a global-health nightmare
PSTC faculty associate Kate Mason comments on the potential for a new global pandemic.
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Rauscher finds that school bonds increase equality of opportunity for low-income students.
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Mother Jones
January 17, 2020
“Boys Will Be Boys” Lets Men Like Kavanaugh and Trump Off the Hook. Let’s Let It Die.
PSTC Faculty Associate Matthew Gutmann debunks the myth that biological determinism drives and explains human male violence.
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News from PSTC
January 14, 2020
Trainees Participate in RWJF Health Policy Research Scholars Program
Ogunbajo and Agbai are current scholars in this prestigious program from RWJF.
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News from PSTC
December 18, 2019
Fussell addresses disaster recovery and climate crisis through population research
Elizabeth Fussell has received recent attention for her research on inequality in post-disaster recovery, as well as on migration trends amid rising sea levels.
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News from PSTC
December 12, 2019
PSTC to co-sponsor United Nations conference on forced displacement
In January 2020, the PSTC will co-sponsor the inaugural conference of the Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement, in U.N. City, Copenhagen.
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“The group has been able to foster intellectual community around migration and build on strengths in migration studies through productive exchange of work.”
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A pervasive view of males as uncontrollable animals not only sells them short, but may encourage problematic practices.
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Galor's work has been influential in building economists' understanding of the relationship between inequality, growth and human evolution.
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National Academy of Medicine
November 7, 2019
National Academy of Medicine Honors Three Members for Outstanding Service
PSTC Associate David Savitz receives prestigious honor.
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Explores the decline of union power, alternative representation options, and the increasingly unequal distribution of power.
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Savitz’s service has helped the National Academy of Medicine serve the nation and the international community.
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New infrastructure for HIV research will help build a foundation for new interventions to fight the spread of HIV within some of the country’s most vulnerable populations.
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News from PSTC
October 22, 2019
Fathers and Extended Family Members Prove Critical in Helping Young Adults Meet Health Needs in Rural Ethiopia
“Recognizing the important role that fathers, mothers and other adults play in the health-seeking behavior of boys and girls, and especially in rural areas, is crucial to getting adolescents into formal health system for information and treatment.”
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