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Watson faculty members are available to the media for interviews on contemporary global issues including security, climate change, and economic development. We welcome your inquiries.
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Science and Technology Class Connects with Global South This fall, Brown's seminar on “Science and Technology Policy in the Global South” (PPAI 1701G) will expand its use of videoconferencing, blogging, and other media connecting students at the University with peers in classrooms in Brazil, India, and South Africa. IR Program Adds Seminars on Religion, Environment |
NPR Features 'Sex, Drugs & Body Counts;' Slate Posts Rave Review Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts: The Politics of Numbers in Global Crime and Conflict was featured on Saturday by NPR's On the Media program. The on-air interview with Institute Professor Peter Andreas, a co-editor of the book, described several instances – involving the global drug trade, Bosnia death toll, and human trafficking – in which numbers used were highly political and equally suspect. Andreas's interview followed a review of the volume by Slate columnist Jack Shafer, who called it “a terrific new book [that] encourages all to be skeptical about statistics.” In the Times: Blyth Describes Public's Disillusion |
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Cornel Ban Video Sets Stage for New Year in Development Studies As the new academic year begins, a video of development studies concentration advisor Cornel Ban gives an insight into what DS seniors face in the coming year. Sweig Offers New Perspective on Historic Cuban-American Conflict |