IPR in the News
Protess Fights for Rights of Student Reporters, Exoneration of Anthony McKinney
Several news outlets follow attempts by the Anita Alvarez, Cook County State's Attorney, to subpoena records from the Medill Innocence Project at Northwestern University run by IPR associate and journalism professor David Protess. In 2006, students working with the Innocence Project for their Investigative Journalism class found evidence that Anthony McKinney was wrongly convicted of a 1978 murder. The case was then taken up by the Center on Wrongful Convictions at the Northwestern School of Law in an effort to exonerate McKinney, but Alvarez, suspicious of bias from Protess and the students, has subpoenaed everything from class syllabi and students' grades to unpublished memos and e-mails. So far, Protess, the students, and the University have refused to hand over the documents.
November 10, The New York Times
Prosecutors Say Students Paid Witness to Aid Case
November 8, Associated Press
Ill. prosecutors seek journalism students' grades
November 6, CNN
Students who question murder convictions under investigation
November 4, The Nation
Stalling justice
November 4, Chicago Tribune
Justice and truth take a back seat in Chicago
November 1, The Washington Post
Quash the press
October 20, Chicago Tribune
Prosecutor defends subpoena of students' notes, grades
November 7, 2009
Property Tax Reforms Needed: Clarity, Relief
IPR Faculty Fellow Therese McGuire, professor of management and strategy, explains why keeping the Illinois property tax steady might actually help in the recession, but also why there is a growing need for greater transparency and accountability. In this Chicago Sun-Times article, she and colleagues Nathan Anderson and Joan Youngman also call for extending targeted tax relief--offered now only to senior citizens--to working families and younger homeowners.
November 2, 2009
An antitrust exemption for insurers? That's not the real problem
IPR Associate and health economist Leemore Dafny explains how "insufficient" competition in the insurance industry has led to rising healthcare costs.
October 28, 2009
'Culture Of We' Buffers Genetic Tendency To Depression
According to a study by IPR Faculty Assoicate Joan Chiao, a genetic tendency to depression is much less likely to be realized in a culture centered on collectivistic rather than individualistic values. The study coming out of the growing field of cultural neuroscience takes a global look at mental health across social groups and nations.
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October 28, 2009 - Discovery News
Culture (Not Just Genes) Drives Evolution
October 28, 2009 - USA TODAY
Eastern 'collectivist' culture may buffer against depression
October 22, 2009
Insurers Use 'Trigger List' To Deny Medical Plans
IPR Faculty Associate David Dranove shares his insights on health insurance policy denials. (Watch the video)
October 20, 2009
Senate Judiciary Hearing on Medical Bankruptcy
The broadcast references research on medical bankruptcies, co-authored by IPR Faculty Associate David Dranove and Research Assistant Professor Andrew Sfekas.
October 19, 2009
Social Status and online networking
Facebook vs. MySpace: Is there a difference in users? IPR Faculty Associate and communication studies researcher Eszter Hargittai explains why different people choose different social networking sites.
October 15, 2009
The Effects of Health on Wealth
People who are near retirement but lack insurance put up to 50 percent of their household assets at risk, according to IPR Faculty Associate David Dranove.
October 15, 2009
Democrats Fire Back at Health Industry (registration required)
IPR Faculty Associate David Dranove comments on the healthcare industry's antitrust exemption.
October 8, 2009
Served, Yes, But Well-Served?
IPR Faculty Fellow James Rosenbaum explains why for-profit schools are better at helping students get financial aid.
October 5, 2009
Text Messaging Shows Promise as a Survey Tool
Despite being short and "grammatically iffy," cell phone text messages hold promise for social science research, according to communication studies researcher and IPR Associate Eszter Hargittai.
The Phil Hendrie Show
September 29, 2009
IPR Faculty Associate Leemore Dafny discusses her research that found tort reform would have little effect on health care costs.
September 24, 2009
Bargain Homes in the Best School Districts
IPR Faculty Fellow David Figlio offers advice on how to find affordable communities with good public schools.
“Women Mean Business”
September 22, 2009
Through The Labyrinth: the Truth About How Women Become Leaders
IPR psychologist Alice Eagly talks about her latest book in Voice of America’s first ever “Women Mean Business” radio broadcast, hosted by Bonnie Marcus.
September 16, 2009
The Truth About Malpractice Lawsuits
The article features research on the impact of tort reform on employer-sponsored health plans, co-authored by IPR faculty Associate Leemore Dafny.
September 9, 2009
Obama's Push for Health Reform: What Are the Hurdles?
IPR Associate and healthcare expert Leemore Dafny addresses private sector competition in an article discussing President Obama's healthcare plans and addressing rising costs.
September 9, 2009
A Questionable Expert
IPR education economist David Figlio questions whether Florida’s school voucher program, put in place by former governor Jeb Bush, will show test-score gains.
September 5, 2009
Government Health Plan May Fall Short in Spurring Competition
IPR Associate and health economist Leemore Dafny explains how "insufficient" competition in the insurance industry has led to rising healthcare costs.
September 2009
Fast Moving Fronts
ScienceWatch.com interviews IPR political scientist James Druckman about his highly cited American Political Science Review paper “Political Preference Formation.”
September 1, 2009
Community College a Research Puzzle
IPR education and social policy professor James Rosenbaum suggests ways to boost grad rates at community colleges as Education Week looks at a new Obama initiative.
September 1, 2009
Call to Jury Duty Strikes Fear of Financial Ruin
IPR Associate and law professor Shari Seidman Diamond rebuts the public's notion of jury duty "hardship."
August 30, 2009
Cutting the Cord with Your Doctor
Dr. Philip Greenland, an IPR faculty associate and senior associate dean for clinical and translational research at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, gives his personal perspective on patients severing ties with unresponsive doctors.
August 25, 2009
Preserving the Chance at Motherhood
Chicago Public Radio’s Eight Forty-Eight profiles fertility specialist and IPR/C2S Associate Teresa Woodruff’s fertility lab for cancer patients.
August 18, 2009
Innovation As A Team Sport
The article references Kellogg Insight article, "Science as a Team Sport," which is based on research by IPR Faculty Associate Brian Uzzi.
August 8, 2009
Are the Glory Days Long Gone for I.T.?
Management and strategy professor and IPR Associate Shane Greenstein offers his take on the “glory days” of IT industry growth.
August 2, 2009
Do Women Make Better Bosses?
IPR psychologist Alice Eagly and other experts discuss the failure and success of women in managerial positions.
July 31, 2009
More Than Merit
IPR Associate and communication studies researcher Eszter Hargittai introduces her new column for Inside Higher Ed on how to build a successful career in academia.
July 30, 2009
Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg
IPR Faculty Fellow Alice Eagly speaks braodly on psychology during an on-air roundtable.
July 2009
Fiscal Attraction: Big Spenders Marry Big Savers
Today Show was one of many media outlets to cite a paper co-authored by psychologist and IPR Associate Eli Finkel on issues of financial compatability and marriage.
July 23, 2009
Teen Mother Hoping to Leave Drugs and Violence Behind with Help from CeaseFire Workers
A profile of the violence prevention program CeaseFire and its outreach to women and girls mentions a report by IPR political scientist Wesley G. Skogan, who led an evaluation of the program.
July 17, 2009
Commentary: What Parents Can Do for Their Kids
In a commentary, Harvard University education lecturer Ronald Ferguson cites education and social policy assistant professor and IPR Associate Jelani Mandara's study of how parenting styles can affect children's test scores.
July 14, 2009
A Fertility First: Human Egg Cells Grow Up in Lab
In an effort to help cancer patients who might face future infertility, IPR Faculty Associate Teresa Woodruff, chief of fertility preservation at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and her team show how they grow patient’s immature eggs.
July 13, 2009
Networking is Key for Entrepreneurial Women
IPR psychologist Alice Eagly finds women’s reluctance to network often makes them less successful than men.
July 13, 2009
Human Egg Cells Grow to Maturity in Lab
UPI and other media outlets report on the first human eggs cells that were grown to maturity in the Oncofertility Lab at Northwestern that is run by IPR/C2S Associate and fertility specialist Teresa Woodruff.
July 9, 2009
Does Social Networking Breed Social Division?
Do social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook mirror social and class divisions? Research by Eszter Hargittai, an IPR communications researcher, indicates that it does.
July 7, 2009
Testing Evolution's Role in Finding a Mate
Research by psychologist Eli Finkel and his colleague Paul Eastwick challenges the evolutionary theory that women are more selective than men when it comes to finding a mate.
July 6, 2009
Genius Grant Winner Details Her Rise from Being Lackluster Student
IPR Faculty Fellow Jennifer Richeson who won a "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation in 2006 talks about how she went from being a lackluster, mediocre student early on to one who would eventually earn a doctorate from Harvard.
July 4, 2009
Edward H. Bennett: Daniel Burnham's Stardom Overshadowed Essential Co-author of 1909 Plan of Chicago
IPR Faculty Associate Carl Smith comments on the work of Edward Bennett who co-authored the Plan of Chicago with the legendary Daniel Burnham.
July 1, 2009
Florida School Vouchers Flunk Test
In a recent study, IPR Faculty Fellow David Figlio found that students in Florida's Corporate Tax Credit Voucher program performed no better or worse academically than voucher-eligible students who chose to stay in public school.
June 29, 2009
Daniel Burnham Historian on Promotion of the Plan of Chicago
Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago was commissioned by the city's business elite in 1909, but despite their political and economic power, even the elite needed to convince common voters to agree to the multi-million bond issues to pay for the proposed city improvements. At that time and well into the 20th century, Chicago voters, not the city council, had final say over large bond issues. Here, Carl Smith, an IPR faculty association and professor, explains how the plan was rewritten and repackaged for different audiences, and how one version even made it into Chicago's public school system.
June 25, 2009
Why Didn't S.C. Paper Publish Sanford's Love Letters Sooner?
IPR Faculty Associate Jack Doppelt comments on why South Carolina premier watchdog newspaper sat on the story since receiving anonymous emails last December.
June 23, 2009
Paying Teachers for Performance: An Idea with Merit?
In a 2007 study, IPR education economist David Figlio and Lawrence Kenny found that among the 534 public and private schools to return their surveys, students in schools where teachers were awarded merit pay for better test scores earned a percentage point or two higher than students from schools that did not offer the financial incentive.
The White House
Office of the First Lady
June 16, 2009
White House Press Release
In a speech, First lady Michelle Obama mentions her work with Public Allies, a partner organization of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute, headed by IPR faculty associates John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann.
June 15, 2009
The Today Show
Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, assistant professor of political science and an IPR faculty fellow, comments on the impact of Hispanics in the United States.
June 10, 2009
Speed-Dating Roles Influence Attraction Perception
Psychologist and IPR Associate Eli Finkel discusses his study on speed dating.
June 10, 2009
Chronicle of Higher Education, The Chronicle Review
An assistant professor who attended IPR's Cells to Society Summer Biomarker Institute blogs about her experiences at the institute and what set her thinking about sleep and education outcomes.
June 4, 2009
"848" (WBEZ, Chicago)
Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, assistant professor of political science and an IPR faculty fellow, discusses what is the meaning of being a Latina.
June 3, 2009
"The Conversation," (KUOW, Seattle)
Ross Reynolds interviews IPR's Celeste Watkins-Hayes, assistant professor of sociology and African American studies, about her new book, The New Welfare Bureaucrats.
May 26, 2009
Antitrust Laws a Hurdle to Health Care Overhaul
IPR Faculty Associate, Leemore Dafny, discusses her study about the large domination of a few insurance companies.
May 7, 2009
Study: Facebook Not a Scholastic Detriment
IPR communication studies researcher and IPR Faculty Associate Eszter Hargittai examined the purported negative relationship between use of the online networking site Facebook and students’ academic achievement, refuting the findings of an earlier report that received widespread media coverage (also mentioned in USA Today, Chicago Sun-Times, Wall Street Journal, and Inside Higher Ed.).
April 28, 2009
Can Women Managers Reduce Your Business Risk?
IPR Faculty Felow Alice Eagly comments on greater gender balance in decision-making.
April 20, 2009
Family planning when cancer intrudes
IPR Faculty Associate Teresa Woodruff discusses her study to develop new strategies for fertility preservation for female cancer survivors (also mentioned in the Chicago Tribune).
February 7, 2009
Why there won't be a revolution
IPR Faculty Associate Benjamin Page's conducts a study on wealth disparity, which shows that for the first time since the Depression, Americans are in favor of taxing the rich.
Northwestern Research Newsletter
February 2009, Volume 1, Number 2
Honors Corner
IPR Faculty Fellow Jennifer Richeson was awarded The American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution.
Office of Research Annual Report 2008
(page 31)
The leadership styles of men and women,
IPR Faculty Fellow Alice Eagly's new study shows that woman are equal to, and in some ways even better, than men as leaders.
Office of Research Annual Report 2008
(page 35)
Evaluating whether after-school programs make the grade
IPR Faculty Fellow Larry Hedges and Faculty Associate Barton Hirsch take a look at whether after school programs are making the grade on a long-term basis.
Office of Research Annual Report 2008
(page 36)
Northwestern physician to head part of national children's study
IPR Faculty Associate Jane Holl was selected to lead a study on children's health from before birth to adulthood.
January 27, 2009
Study: When election polls fail, models may prevail
IPR Faculty Associate Daniel Diermeier works with a group of researchers to show how economic models can have a greater effect on voters' views than public opinion polls.
January 24, 2009
Left or right, red or blue, we all see a need to help the needy
IPR Faculty Associate Benjamin Page has conducted a new study showing that most Americans support the idea of the government helping those in need.
January 10, 2009
Burnham's Gift
IPR Faculty Associate Carl Smith discusses the 100-year anniversary of the Burnham Plan, a document that led to Chicago icons ranging from Wacker Drive to North Michigan Avenue.
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