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New IPR Policy Brief: Bipartisanship and
Public Opinion
The U.S. is facing historic levels of party polarization, but how do Americans respond to gridlock? In a policy brief, IPR political scientist Laurel Harbridge-Yong examines how legislators' partisan behavior affects the public's confidence in
and approval of Congress.
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What Can College
Football Teach Us
About Democracy?
IPR political scientist James Druckman explores how college sports can serve as a laboratory for studying policymaking. Student-athletes face many of the same challenges in trying to reform policies as groups fighting for change in the political sphere.
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Racial Discrimination
in the Housing Market
A new study by IPR sociologist Lincoln Quillian and two Northwestern PhD students shows that discrimination in U.S. housing access has fallen since the late 1970s, but racial discrimination still persists in mortgage lending.
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New Faculty Research
The latest IPR faculty research tackles a variety of topics, such as measuring inequality in small group discussion, breastfeeding outcomes for early-term newborns, lengthening the school day, rewarding physicians to take Medicaid patients, and more.
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Jason DeParle, a New York Times reporter and author of A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves, will give a lecture on February 26 at Northwestern based on his years of immersive reporting on global migration and its impact on one family. Register now for the event.
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"If you can get people to do it, it is a net win for carbon sequestration."
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Emma Adam, Jonathan Guryan, and Kirabo Jackson were honored during investiture ceremonies with new chairs.
David Cella was named a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science.
Cynthia Coburn received an honorary doctorate from Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium.
Daniel Galvin was made a fellow of the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations’ Center for Innovation in Worker Organization.
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach was elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance.
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February 3: "Are Earthquake-Shaking Forecasts Good Enough to Rely on for Planning and Policy?" by Bruce Spencer (IPR/Statistics), Seth Stein (Earth and Planetary Sciences/IPR), and Leah Salditch and James Neely (IPR Graduate Research Assistants in Earth and Planetary Sciences)
February 5: "Publication Biases in Replication Studies" by James Druckman (IPR/Political Science)
February 10: "Who Are the Game Changers? Why We Need to Study Leadership in Adolescence" by Jennifer Tackett (Psychology/IPR)
February 12: "Book Discussion: Remaking A Life: How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Equality" by Celeste Watkins-Hayes (IPR/Sociology) with comments by Lindsay Chase-Lansdale (IPR/ SESP), Héctor Carrillo (Sociology/IPR), and kihana miraya ross (African American Studies)
February 17: "TBA" by Brayden King (Kellogg/IPR)
February 24: "Measuring the World's Experiences with Water: Implications for Science, Policy, and ... Northwestern" by Sera Young (IPR/Anthropology)
February 26: "The Greatest Anti-Poverty Success Story I Know" by Jason DeParle (New York Times)
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