What's New
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November 25, 2019
This week's Washington Post highlighted NIRR affiliates' recent work on the value of a statistical dog's life. Read the Post article here and the full article in the Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis here!
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November 11, 2019
NIRR Director Dr. Hank Jenkins-Smith will be speaking December 10th at an NIRR co-sponsored panel event on science journalism, risk communication, and policymaking at the National Press Club. Dr. Jenkins-Smith will be joined by several prestigious scientists and journalists to speak on the topic “Science Reporting in a Changing Climate: How Can We Do Better?"
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November 11, 2019
NIRR Faculty Affiliate Dr. Deven Carlson has co-authored a paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research. In it, he analyzes how low-income college students’ educational outcomes are affected by need-based grant offers. Find the article here: https://www.nber.org/papers/w26419
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November 11, 2019
NIRR Faculty Affiliate Dr. Deven Carlson (University of Oklahoma) and Dr. Elizabeth Bell (Miami University) recently joined the Hunt Institute’s Intersection Webinar to discuss the effects of implementing socioeconomic integration policies in North Carolina’s largest school district. Find the webinar here: http://www.hunt-institute.org/resources/2019/10/intersection-webinar-recap-blog-socioeconomic-based-school-assignment-policy-and-racial-segregation-levels/
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November 11, 2019
NIRR Faculty Affiliate Dr. Deven Carlson will be speaking December 10th at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC. During the panel, Dr. Carlson will discuss the challenges that lie ahead for the inclusion of Social and Emotional Learning in K-12 education. For more information on the panel discussion, visit: https://www.aei.org/events/what-it-will-take-for-social-and-emotional-learning-to-succeed/
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September 13, 2019
Researchers at NIRR recently conducted a nationwide survey that measures public reception, understanding, and responsiveness to severe weather forecasts and warnings. Click the link below to see survey details, questions, and topline statistics.
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January 29, 2019
How Economists Can Slow Climate Change: NIRR Affiliate Dr. Kevin Simmons publishes Op-Ed in the Dallas Morning News
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January 23, 2019
Results from the most recent Severe Weather and Society Survey are in! Download the reference report for survey details, questions, and summary statistics.
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