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  • ARPA-H, A New Model for Innovative Health Research

    ARPA-H, A New Model for Innovative Health Research

    Ben White is a staff writer for Brief Policy Perspectives and a second-year MPP student. Biomedical research has traditionally been slow and incremental, but the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a rapid break from this standard. The cornerstones of health research funding — gradual change and risk aversion — went out the window as the global medical…

  • Removing the Criminal Justice Information Questions from Job and College Applications

    Removing the Criminal Justice Information Questions from Job and College Applications

    Emma Weiss is a staff writer for Brief Policy Perspectives and a first-year MPP student. The following is an op-ed and does not necessarily reflect the views of Policy Perspectives or the Trachtenberg school. The Benefits of College and Employment Perhaps one of the most universally accepted ideas in American culture is that college is…

  • GW WonkCast S6E1: How the Government Works – Power and the Three Branches Over Time

    Please welcome our new host, William Somes, to the WonkCast. William is a first year student in the Trachtenberg School, working on his MA in Environmental Resource Policy. This season of the WonkCast will be split into three parts: 1) How the Government Works, 2) The Environment, and 3) Social Justice. Episode 1 of Part…

  • An Impending Cancer Crisis?

    An Impending Cancer Crisis?

    Ben White is a staff writer for Brief Policy Perspectives and a first-year MPP student. Under most circumstances a 46% decrease in cancer diagnoses would be cause for great celebration, but in the era of COVID-19 this data is deeply concerning. These large decreases in cancer diagnoses are not the outcome of a new form…

  • Texas’ Winter Storm is Why We Need to Infrastructure Reform

    Texas’ Winter Storm is Why We Need to Infrastructure Reform

    Sean Parker is a staff writer for Brief Policy Perspectives and a second-year ENRP student. The following is an op-ed and does not necessarily reflect the views of Policy Perspectives or the Trachtenberg school. Houston, We Have a Problem On February 16th, 4.5 million Texan households lost power in the middle of one of the…