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October 21, 2020 CNN

The preliminary success of reopening New York City schools and what it may mean for other districts (Emily Oster cited)

This article cites Emily Oster and her national COVID-19 dashboard.
October 20, 2020 Roll Call

Democrats' dilemma: Eliminate the filibuster or pack the Supreme Court (Richard Arenberg cited)

This article cites Richard Arenberg and his book, which defends the filibuster.
October 20, 2020 New York Magazine

Inside the Schools Open Full Time Right Now What the data really tells us about COVID-19 transmission and safety in the classroom. (Emily Oster cited)

This article cites Emily Oster, "Brown University economist Emily Oster, on nearly 200,000 schoolchildren, in 47 states, showed a confirmed COVID-19 infection rate of 0.19 percent among students and 0.65 percent among staff who have been in school full time at full capacity."
October 20, 2020 TIME

GOP Senators Facing Re-Election Have a Trump Problem. Here's How They're Dealing With It (interview with Wendy Schiller)

Wendy Schiller in TIME, [Personal Behavior] "seems to be the one area where Republicans and candidates can distance themselves and show that they're not Trump, that they're individually well behaved, that they're individually responsible."
October 20, 2020 New York Times Magazine

How an ill-fated fishing voyage helped us understand COVID-19 (commentary by Emily Oster)

Emily Oster offered commentary in this article.
October 19, 2020 Vox

Presidents hate to look sick. Trump has never needed to appear strong more. (commentary by Rose McDermott)

Rose McDermott provided commentary on the historical legacy of presidents' health.
October 19, 2020 NPR

Opening schools and other hard decisions (interview with Emily Oster)

In this radio interview, Emily Oster discusses making tough parenting choices and how to think about reopening schools.
October 19, 2020 ABC

Communication as a tool to fight pandemics (podcast with Prerna Singh)

In this podcast, Prerna Singh discusses the eradication of smallpox in India and China.
October 19, 2020 Journal Star

School nurses in Illinois carry 'fierce' workload during coronavirus pandemic (Emily Oster cited)

This article cites Emily Oster and her dashboard tracking COVID transmissions in about 1,100 schools across the country.
October 19, 2020 CNBC

Trump touts V-shaped economic recovery, while Biden sees it K-shaped (commentary by John Friedman)

This article draws on data analysis by, and features commentary from, John Friedman, co-director of Opportunity Insights.
October 19, 2020 AL.com

How would a Sen. Tuberville serve if there's no Trump? (commentary by Richard Arenberg)

Richard Arenberg offered commentary in this article.
October 16, 2020 ABC News

Could schools be COVID-19 super-spreader sites? Experts still aren't sure. (Emily Oster mentioned)

This article mentions Emily Oster and her partnership with data analytics company Qualtrics. Together they created a reliable COVID-19 database utilizing reports from schools across the country.
October 15, 2020 Boston Globe

How much good has the United States really done in the world? (written by Stephen Kinzer)

In this op-ed, Stephen Kinzer responds to a reader's challenge on the U.S. government's honorable or well-intentioned actions beyond borders.
October 15, 2020 WBAL

Economist: Schools aren't major source of coronavirus spread (interview with Emily Oster)

In this interview, Emily Oster discusses her recent article that found schools are not an outsized vector for the coronavirus.
October 15, 2020 New York Times Magazine

How One of the Most Stable Nations in West Africa Descended Into Mayhem (Costs of War Report cited)

Citing the Costs of War report, this article delves into the unfolding humanitarian crisis and a security force targeting civilians in Burkina Faso.
October 15, 2020 The Inter-Mountain

Officials mark first month of school during pandemic (Emily Oster cited)

This article cites Emily Oster on the spread of infection in schools and data sourced from her National COVID-19 School Response Dashboard.
October 15, 2020 Foreign Affairs

Hocus-Pocus? Debating the Age of Magic Money (co-written by Mark Blyth)

Mark Blyth co-wrote this article on the financial response to the COVID-19 recession.
October 14, 2020 Jewish Boston

Prize-Winning Historian Unearths Documents About the Vatican During the Holocaust (David Kertzer cited)

This article references David Kertzer's recent findings at the Vatican.
October 14, 2020 Insider

Emily Oster: School infection rates are low even in areas with high COVID-19 rates, according to data on 550,000 US students (written by Emily Oster)

In this article written by Emily Oster, she discusses COVID-19 infection rates in schools across the U.S.
October 13, 2020 The Demand Side

Will the Eurozone Endure? (interview with Mark Blyth)

Mark Blyth appeared in this podcast interview.
October 13, 2020 Boston Globe

Meet the Brown University economist who argues that K-12 schools aren't super-spreaders of the coronavirus (Q&A with Emily Oster)

In this Q&A, Emily Oster discusses some of the research she's been conducting, especially around coronavirus in schools.
October 13, 2020 Providence Journal

Sen. Jack Reed takes nothing for granted in election campaign against GOP's Allen Waters (commentary by Wendy Schiller)

In this article, Wendy Schiller offered commentary on incumbent Senator Jack Reed.
October 13, 2020 Vox

How Joe Biden could reorient foreign policy around climate change (Jeff Colgan cited)

This article cites the Climate Solutions Lab (CSL), directed by Jeff Colgan.
October 13, 2020 CNN

Schools are 2 months into reopening under Covid-19 and no one's officially keeping track of how it's going (interview with Emily Oster)

Emily Oster in CNN, "The process of opening schools doesn't seem to be driving epidemics outside of the school. These risks may be lower than people thought."
October 13, 2020 New York Post

Schools aren't COVID-19 super-spreaders, new data suggests (interview with Emily Oster)

Emily Oster in the New York Post, "I think it was thought the minute we get people together in schools, there would be these huge outbreaks — and that hasn't come to pass."
October 13, 2020 CNN

Research shows early data on Covid-19 in schools better than expected (interview with Emily Oster)

Emily Oster in CNN, "It looks like some people get Covid elsewhere and they're at school, so it's not that there's no Covid, but rates are low compared to what people would expect."
October 10, 2020 Independent (UK)

How Joe Biden could create an international 'Climate Club' to ramp up results (Jeff Colgan cited)

This article cites Jeff Colgan and his Climate Solutions Lab report which provides recommendations for the next administration.
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 9, 2020 The Analysis

How Deep Will the Depression Get? (interview with Mark Blyth)

In this interview, Mark Blyth discusses China and the stock market.
October 9, 2020 Newsweek

The First Day the U.S. Can Legally Withdraw From the Paris Agreement Is November 4 (commentary by Jeff Colgan)

In this article, Jeff Colgan provides commentary on climate decisions made in the next presidential term, as well as referencing his recently published climate change report.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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