This spring, George Mason University (GMU) announced that it planned to use a new $5 million, six-year grant to expand undergraduate class offerings, provide more opportunities for additional students, and increase the visibility of its research. At the time the gift was announced, GMU President Ángel Cabrera noted the university’s economics department already has been … Continued
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Attacks on media aren’t new. But today’s reporters face an increasingly hostile environment. Charles Koch Foundation’s Sarah Ruger explores related trends in a USA Today commentary this morning noting an uptick in journalism school applications in recent years: “There’s not enough information to confirm the trend in media criticism is driving j-school enrollment. But the … Continued
Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies has announced a new program, the Policy and Security Initiative (PSI), which will cultivate a community of historically-minded, theoretically-informed, and policy-engaged scholars who will critically evaluate and, when necessary, challenge prevailing policy assumptions. Joshua Shifrinson and Jayita Sarkar, assistant professors of international relations, will oversee PSI. … Continued
In the fall of 2009, the United States officially had emerged from the Great Recession, but the nation’s jobless rate still lingered near 10 percent. Millions of families were stuck in homes with underwater mortgages, wages were stagnant, and inequality was rising. Americans, to put it mildly, were pessimistic. Chapman University Professor Bart Wilson was … Continued
For decades Duke Professor Bruce Caldwell and his peers have been researching what economic theories and practices of the past can teach economists about the challenges we face today. During that time, Duke’s Center for the History of Political Economy has attracted support from grantmaking organizations including the National Endowment for the Humanities and the … Continued
When Tanisha Mugwimi was about ten years old, she traveled with her parents to their native Kenya. They visited the sentimental sights of her father’s childhood, but when they arrived at his old primary school, his mood soured. The crumbling school was in disrepair, almost unrecognizable, from rotting desks to shattered windows. Seeing the sadness … Continued
Hunter Haymore, born with sickle cell anemia, was just 14 when she faced a scary medical decision. Her doctors were studying whether bone marrow transplants from unrelated donors could help people with this painful blood disease. Without a genetic match in her family, this was one of Haymore’s only options for a cure. But Haymore, … Continued
Want to sell cemetery plots? You’ll need a license in Pennsylvania, though that rule may be, well, dying. On June 14, 2018, Gov. Tom Wolf called on the General Assembly to repeal 13 job licenses, part of a larger proposal to remove employment barriers. The proposal was based on research conducted by Saint Francis University’s … Continued
Anyone who’s taken even a cursory glance at the replies to the tweets of @realDonaldTrump knows that his Twitter followers aren’t all fans. “D stands for Democrat, R stands for Russia,” read one of the more printable comments beneath a recent tweet about the Mueller investigation, while others featured memes of the president as a … Continued
