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The Centerpiece
About the Centerpiece
The Center's newsletter, Centerpiece, is produced twice a year and regularly features information on current and future Center events, scholarly developments of special note, as well as a column by the Center's director, Professor Beth A. Simmons. The newsletter also includes updates on the Center's programmatic initiatives, articles by faculty associates, and profiles of Center affiliates and their research. The Centerpiece aims to maintain an enduring network of both current members and Center alumni.
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Features
- Ethnic Tensions and Interculturalism in Québec
This brief account has three goals: a) to report on the ethnic tensions that arose recently in Québec; b) to recall the challenges that this society had to confront; and c) to outline the approach that was taken to defuse the tensions and to manage ethnic diversity in the future.
- Publish Date: Spring 2009More
- The Human Costs of Economic Crises: How Politics Can Make You Sick or Healthy
- The old saying "Penny-wise, pound-foolish" acquires more of a literal meaning when economic recessions hit—even in the wealthiest nations. Here in the United States, both obstetricians and primary care physicians are well aware that when times get tough, expectant women often cut their caloric consumption, eat less healthy foods, and visit physicians less often. But going beyond the anecdotal accounts, is it actually possible that economic crises cost human lives, even in the most advanced economies such as the United States?
- Publish Date: Spring 2009More
- From the Director
- This spring, the Weatherhead Center is facing some of the most significant challenges in living memory. They are financial in nature, and arise from circumstances that are not of our own making…
- Publish Date: Spring 2009More