Faculty Fellow Roberto Suro and his work with Annenberg professor Jonathan Taplin was profiled in the MIT Sloan Review regarding the creation of the Annenberg Innovation Lab at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism. According to Suro, the lab "will create spaces, both virtual and physical, where…innovators can develop ideas and then eventually present them to the public." To watch a full video on Suro and Taplin's presentation during the "Dean's Series on Sustainable Innovation", please visit USC's YouTube page…….
Day: July 21, 2010
Obama So Far: Good Job!
Senior Fellow Richard Reeves latest article on RealClearPolitics examines the practices of President Barack Obama during his presidency thus far. "Sometimes good, sometimes bad. The guy drives me nuts at times," is his usual response to how he feels about the President's job performance. The article was written as a reply to Froma Harrop in the Providence Journal…….
Hollihan comments on ‘Climategate’
"The more you refute them, the more evidence those people see that the conspiracy is very pervasive," says Faculty Fellow Tom Hollihan to the San Francisco Chronicle. Hollihan was giving his insight on the recent developments in the 'Climategate' scandal including accusations that five different groups of researchers were manipulating data to show that the world was getting warmer…….
Shearer joins team of economists calling for urgent action against unemployment
Senior Fellow Derek Shearer has joined with sixteen notable economists in a consensus statement released to the website The Daily Beast. "We recognize the necessity of a program to cut the mid- and long-term federal deficit," the group stated in their release, "but the imperative requirement now…is to restore a full measure of economic activity." Shearer's economic team also included Joseph Stiglitz, Alan Blinder, Laura Tyson and Sir Harold Evans…….