george will headshot
November 26, 2018
Politics graduate alumnus George Will, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author, has been selected as the speaker for the University’s 2019 Baccalaureate ceremony.
Leonard Wantchekon
November 9, 2018
Congratulations to Professor Leonard Wantchekon, who was recently elected as a new Fellow of the Econometric Society for his contributions to economics.
Stephen Macedo
October 19, 2018
Professor Stephen Macedo, the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and the University Center for Human Values, was elected President of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, at
Image of three students in Emerging Scholars program
October 12, 2018
The Department of Politics created the Emerging Scholars in Political Science program to build bridges between undergraduate coursework and doctoral programs for promising young scholars from underrepresented backgrounds.
mummolo headshot
September 7, 2018
What I Learned by Studying Militarized Policing It doesn’t make the police or public any safer. But figuring that out exposed the dearth of useable data on law-enforcement practices.
amaney jamal by window
July 1, 2018
In 2005, Amaney Jamal, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics and director of the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, and Mark Tessler, a political science professor at
Prof. Tali Mendelberg
April 18, 2018
Mendelberg is among 213 leaders in scholarship, business, the arts and public affairs elected to the Academy in 2018 in recognition of their contributions to their respective fields.
March 26, 2018
Professor Anna Stilz's course “The Ethics of Borders and Migration” traveled to Buffalo, New York, to learn about the city’s refugee resettlement efforts.
Professor Whitting at a table with his book "Speak Freely"
February 7, 2018
President Christopher L. Eisgruber has selected “Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech” by professor Keith Whittington as the book for this year’s Pre-read.