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Environmental Science and Technology
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The Science of Climate Policy: Q&A with Benjamin Preston
Oct 22, 2019
Benjamin Preston, a senior policy researcher and director of RAND's Community Health and Environmental Policy Program, specializes in climate risk and adaptation, disaster recovery, and resilience. In this Q&A, he discusses common misperceptions about climate change and how to decarbonize the U.S. economy.
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Citizen Science
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How Citizen Scientists Are Protecting Their Communities
Aug 29, 2019
After Superstorm Sandy, residents of Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood cleaned up debris, pumped out basements, and teamed up with researchers to find out what was in the floodwater. They established safety protocols to help local businesses prevent their chemicals from escaping and wrote a guide to help other communities.
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Intelligence Analysis
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Intel, Ethics, and Emerging Tech: Q&A with Cortney Weinbaum
Aug 23, 2019
Cortney Weinbaum studies topics related to intelligence and cyber policy as a senior management scientist at RAND. In this interview, she discusses challenges facing the intelligence community, the risks of using AI as a solution, and ethics in scientific research.
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Wargaming
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A Wargame at RAND Puts Teen Girls in Command
Aug 20, 2019
RAND analysts developed and hosted a wargame to help young women learn firsthand about national security. It's a lesson in strategy, in the hard realities behind news headlines, but also in agility and resilience. In that, it's not so far removed from the daily life of a teenage girl.
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New Book by Arthur Brooks Tells Americans to Answer Hate with Love
Jul 8, 2019
Arthur Brooks spoke at a RAND event to discuss his new book, Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt. He stressed that we don't have to disagree less but that we have to disagree better.
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Principals
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Investing in Principals Helps Students Succeed
Jul 5, 2019
Hiring good principals is one of the most important things a district can do for its students, second only to hiring good teachers. Students whose schools participated in a principal pipeline initiative outperformed their peers by six percentage points on reading tests and nearly three points in math.
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Community Health and Well-Being
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How Pittsburgh Is Addressing Social and Economic Disparities
Jul 2, 2019
Pittsburgh has been taking a hard look at race, wealth, and opportunity. In partnership with RAND, the city has run and published its numbers on subjects ranging from police contacts to business ownership to graduation rates as part of a commitment to do better.
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Media Literacy
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Searching for Truth: Q&A with Jennifer Kavanagh
Jun 26, 2019
Senior political scientist Jennifer Kavanagh helps lead RAND's work on Truth Decay, the diminishing role of facts and analysis in American public life. In this interview, she discusses her latest research on how news presentation has changed over time and across platforms.
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Transportation Safety
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How to End U.S. Roadway Deaths by 2050
Jun 24, 2019
Tens of thousands of people die on American roads every year. Bringing that number down to zero by 2050 is possible. We would have to change how we think about road safety, stop accepting car crashes as accidents, and make smart investments in technology.
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Pharmaceutical Drugs
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Why Are Drug Prices So High in the United States?
May 3, 2019
Ezekiel J. Emanuel is vice provost for global initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania and chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy. In 2018, he delivered the Albert P. Williams Lecture on Health Policy at RAND, where he offered a framework for thinking about drug pricing.
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Patient Experience
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A New Way to Capture the Patient Experience
May 2, 2019
Researchers have developed a more effective and reliable way for patients to provide narrative feedback about the care they receive. When the right questions are asked, patients' answers can help health care providers better understand the patient experience and learn how they could improve.
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Child Welfare
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A Champion for Children and Practitioners: Q&A with Dionne Barnes-Proby
Apr 29, 2019
Dionne Barnes-Proby started her career as a child welfare social worker and is now a social policy researcher at RAND. She brings the voices of clients and practitioners to the conversation, so that policies will reflect an understanding of the needs of the populations they're intended to improve.
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Childhood Trauma
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Childhood Trauma Is More Common Than You Think. This School-Based Intervention Can Help
Apr 23, 2019
A program developed at RAND helps children exposed to trauma confront and subdue their stress and anxiety. The program grew out of the 1990s street violence of South Los Angeles and has since helped kids from Newtown to Fukushima. Researchers are tailoring this intervention for children in Puerto Rico whose lives were upended by hurricanes.
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Military Intelligence
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Roberta Wohlstetter: A Military Analyst Ahead of Her Time
Mar 7, 2019
RAND researcher Roberta Wohlstetter is known for her theory about why the attack on Pearl Harbor took the United States by surprise. Her book was later used as a lens for analyzing the Cuban Missile Crisis and the 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Emerging Technologies
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What the Speed of Life Means for Security and Society
Mar 6, 2019
Dozens of technologies with the power to transform human life, from 3D printing to cognitive implants, could become as ordinary as a cellphone by 2040. Society will have to adapt, on the fly, in ways it never has. The speed of life itself could pose a security challenge.
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Exploring Gaps in Arctic Governance

Deterring China in Space

Fintech's Role in Reducing Disparities and Financial Barriers to Health Care Access

Disrespecting Europe Could Cost Russia

Digital Technologies to Improve Health and Care

The Policy Currents Podcast

Developing Strategies for Summer Learning

Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Helping Coastal Communities Plan for Climate Change

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

RAND Review

The Science of Climate Policy: Q&A with Benjamin Preston

How Citizen Scientists Are Protecting Their Communities

Intel, Ethics, and Emerging Tech: Q&A with Cortney Weinbaum

A Wargame at RAND Puts Teen Girls in Command

New Book by Arthur Brooks Tells Americans to Answer Hate with Love

Investing in Principals Helps Students Succeed

How Pittsburgh Is Addressing Social and Economic Disparities

Searching for Truth: Q&A with Jennifer Kavanagh

How to End U.S. Roadway Deaths by 2050

Why Are Drug Prices So High in the United States?

A New Way to Capture the Patient Experience

A Champion for Children and Practitioners: Q&A with Dionne Barnes-Proby

Childhood Trauma Is More Common Than You Think. This School-Based Intervention Can Help

Roberta Wohlstetter: A Military Analyst Ahead of Her Time

What the Speed of Life Means for Security and Society

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