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October 9, 2020 Environmentalists Against War

How Big Oil Cleans Up on Oil Spills (commentary by Deborah Gordon)

In this article, Deborah Gordon provides commentary on California's Midway-Sunset field, the site where her team conducted research on greenhouse gases.

October 9, 2020 The Atlantic

Schools Aren't Super-Spreaders (written by Emily Oster)

Emily Oster writes in The Atlantic, "These numbers are not zero, which for some people means the numbers are not good enough. But zero was never a realistic expectation."

October 8, 2020 Chicago Tribune

Illinois confirms COVID-19 outbreaks in 44 schools this school year but won't say where they occurred (Emily Oster cited)

This article cites Emily Oster and the creation of a national dashboard used for tracking COVID-19 cases in schools.

October 8, 2020 Bloomberg

Economist Becomes Pandemic Sensation by Helping Stressed Parents (interview with Emily Oster)

This profile on Emily Oster provides insight into her life, family, and career, beginning from an early age.

October 8, 2020 VICE

Here's How Far Mitch McConnell Is Willing to Go to Get Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court (commentary by Richard Arenberg)

Richard Arenberg in VICE, "I think that what we'll see is an extraordinary effort to get all of the Republican senators into the chamber."

October 7, 2020 The Atlantic

Donald Trump's Gold-Plated Health Care (commentary by Rose McDermott)

Rose McDermott in The Atlantic, "He would never have gotten access to the monoclonal antibodies if he weren't the president."

October 7, 2020 Economic Times

US presidents' health through the years: secrets, lies, tweets (commentary by Rose McDermott)

In this article, Rose McDermott provides commentary on the historical legacy of presidents' health.

October 7, 2020 Salon

Gavin Newsom and Big Oil: It's complicated (commentary by Deborah Gordon)

In this article, Deborah Gordon provides commentary on energy and the process of extracting oil in California.

October 7, 2020 EdNC

Up in the air: The science behind bringing elementary students back to school (commentary by Emily Oster)

This article includes commentary from Emily Oster on children and COVID-19.

October 7, 2020 MyNorthwest

What national data dashboard tells us about how safe it is to send kids back to schools (interview with Emily Oster)

In this interview, Emily Oster discusses the safety of sending children back to school.

October 6, 2020 Blog Talk Radio

The National 'COVID-19' School Dashboard (interview with Emily Oster)

In this interview, Emily Oster explains the national database that empowers school leaders and policy makers, as well as the general public, to examine current conditions of schools nationwide.

October 5, 2020 Center for Digital Education

A New COVID-19 School Dashboard Maps National Response (Emily Oster mentioned)

This article references the first national COVID-19 response dashboard, initiated by Emily Oster.

October 5, 2020 Boston Globe

What's happening in the arts world (Art at Watson cited)

This events calendar includes "Out of the Fray," an art exhibit by the Watson Institute.

October 5, 2020 Providence Journal

Britt trial will lift the curtain on Mattiello's long-running political drama (commentary by Wendy Schiller)

This article features commentary by Wendy Schiller on R.I. House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello.

October 2, 2020 Sinclair Broadcast Group

With time running out, Pelosi and Mnuchin struggle to find compromise on stimulus (commentary by Richard Arenberg)

Richard Arenberg offered commentary on the feasibility of a second package of coronavirus stimulus legislation.

October 2, 2020 Boston Globe

Three decades later, Europe still awaits the unity heralded by German reunification (written by Stephen Kinzer)

Stephen Kinzer penned this column about the broken promises of German reunification.

October 1, 2020 Bloomberg

'Bloomberg Surveillance' full show (interview with Wendy Schiller)

Wendy Schiller appeared in this show to discuss how debates in this election cycle are affecting the candidates' voter base.

October 1, 2020 EcoRI News

New initiative seeks to eliminate roadblocks to climate action (Jeff Colgan mentioned)

Jeff Colgan is mentioned in this article about the recently established three-year Climate Solutions Lab.

October 1, 2020 The Heritage Foundation

Rethinking Early Childhood Education and Childcare in the COVID-19 Era (Emily Oster cited)

This report cites a study led by Emily Oster using crowdsourced data to determine infection rates among children and staff at schools.

September 30, 2020 News from Brown

Political, economic, health scholars weigh in on first presidential debate (written contributions by Wendy Schiller and Richard Arenberg)

In this article, Wendy Schiller, Rich Arenberg, and other faculty members shared their takeaways on the first U.S. presidential debate, where the two candidates discussed the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy, the U.S. Supreme Court and voting by mail.

September 29, 2020 Brown Daily Herald

Stacey Abrams speaks on importance of voting, activism at Watson panel

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September 29, 2020 The Hill

The House's stake in filibuster reform (Richard Arenberg cited)

This opinion piece cites articles by Richard Arenberg.

September 29, 2020 WHYY

Covid-19 checkup: vaccine progress and kids in school (interview with Emily Oster)

Emily Oster has been tracking COVID-19 cases in schools. In this radio segment, she shares what she's found.

September 27, 2020 CBC

Democrats have few options to prevent confirmation of Trump's Supreme Court pick (commentary by Richard Arenberg)

Richard Arenberg in CBC, "The Congress moves very slowly 95 percent of the time. And when they want to do something quickly and they have the votes, it can happen with amazing speed."

September 25, 2020 WPRI

DYSOM 9/23/2020: Richard Arenberg (interview with Richard Arenberg)

In this interview, Richard Arenberg joined Dan Yorke to discuss the legacy of Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the future of the Supreme Court.

September 24, 2020 NBC News

How the coronavirus has widened the chasm between rich and poor (commentary by John Friedman)

This article draws on data analysis by, and features commentary from, John Friedman, co-director of Opportunity Insights.

September 24, 2020 Washington Post

Feared coronavirus outbreaks in schools yet to arrive, early data shows (interview with Emily Oster)

Emily Oster in The Washington Post, "These numbers will be, for some people, reassuring and suggest that school openings may be less risky than they expected."

September 24, 2020 Washington Post