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  • Headshot of political science professor Stacie Goddard in front of pink and green flowers

    Professor Stacie Goddard talks with Deutsche Welle about the collapse of the rules-based world order

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    The war between the US, Israel, and Iran marks a deterioration in international relations. “We’re really at a low point in a rules-based order,” Stacie Goddard, political science professor, told DW.

  • A rolled up hundred dollar bill wearing a black college graduation cap

    Economist Phillip Levine writes about financial aid for students without financial need

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    In part two of economist Phillip Levine’s series for Brookings about financial aid for students without demonstrated financial need, he explores how widespread this practice is among colleges.

  • Still from a video installation in a large warehouse-like art space.

    Composer Reinaldo Moya is named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow

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    Reinaldo Moya, associate professor of music, is one of 233 recipients of a 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship.

  • A woman holds a baby in a patriotic American-flag themed outfit

    Economist Phillip Levine is interviewed by Reuters about declining U.S. birth rates

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    Economics professor Phillip Levine is quoted in Reuters’ coverage of a new report on U.S. fertility rates. He noted factors making younger women less interested in having children.

  • A little black graduation cap sits on top of a calculator

    Economist Phillip Levine on why colleges give financial aid to students who don’t need it

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    In part one of his four-part series for Brookings about financial aid for higher-ed students without financial need, Phillip Levine, economics professor, explains why colleges offer it.

  • Portrait of Kellie Carter Jackson in front of a bookshelf

    Kellie Carter Jackson, Africana studies professor, talks with the Boston Globe about fighting racism through writing history

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    In her book “We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance,” Africana studies professor Kellie Carter Jackson opens every chapter with a story from her family, starting with an incident in 1915.

  • New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani smiles as he signs a paper

    Economist Sari Pekkala Kerr weighs in on the possibility of a $30 minimum wage

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    Sari Pekkala Kerr, senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women, says it’s impossible to know the impact of a $30 minimum wage because it has never increased by that much.

  • Frida Kahlo, “Self-Portrait with Necklace,” 1933, from the Gelman Collection, which is scheduled to leave Mexico in July and not return until 2028

    James Oles, associate teaching professor in art, speaks to the New York Times about the value of keeping Frida Kahlo’s work in Mexico

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    Frida Kahlo’s work might be too costly for Mexico’s government, James Oles, who studies Mexican art, told the Times: “Should they spend money on one Frida? Or should they spend money on repairing museums?”

  • A thumb hovers over social media app avatars on the screen of a smartphone

    Senior research scientist Linda Charmaraman tells ABC’s KAAL-TV that teens can have positive and negative smartphone experiences

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    Linda Charmaraman, senior research scientist at Wellesley Centers for Women who specializes in the effects of social media among teens, says on average U.S. kids get a smartphone at around age 10.