http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/political-science.html Political science headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/political-science.html 88 31 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bingaman-0429.html Boosting Washington's "anemic and unreliable support for basic science and engineering enterprise" is a critical step toward a viable energy future, U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., told an MIT audience on Friday, April 25. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bingaman-0429.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/poverty-edwards-0418.html The global problems of climate change, population growth and severe poverty are so enormous that no one country can solve them alone, John Edwards told attendees at a student-organized conference on global poverty at MIT. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/poverty-edwards-0418.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/menand-tt0416.html A memorial service is planned April 22 to celebrate the life of Louis Menand III, who died at age 85 of complications from cardiac surgery on Jan. 30. Menand was a senior lecturer in MIT's Political Science department. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/menand-tt0416.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/obit-menand-0205.html Louis Menand III, a celebrated teacher and political scientist who served three consecutive MIT administrations in senior leadership roles, died Jan. 30 of complications from cardiac surgery. Tue, 5 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/obit-menand-0205.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/iraq-cis-0118.html As the war in Iraq approaches its fifth anniversary, a new MIT web site aims to provide an accurate account of living conditions, as well as civilian injuries and deaths due to political violence, throughout the Middle Eastern state. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/iraq-cis-0118.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/surge-1105.html Michael Greenstone, 3M Professor of Economics, has applied statistical techniques he uses in measuring the economic impact of climate change to conduct the first quantitative analysis of the U.S. troop surge in Iraq. Mon, 5 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/surge-1105.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/kaplan-0829.html An MIT graduate student has received a fellowship from a U.S. Department of Homeland Security-funded research center to study the "jihad effect" - that is, how wars impact the trajectory of terrorist movements. Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/kaplan-0829.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/nuclear-public-0723.html Americans' icy attitudes toward nuclear power are beginning to thaw, according to a new survey from MIT. The report also found a U.S. public increasingly unhappy with oil and more willing to develop alternative energy sources like wind and solar. Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/nuclear-public-0723.html