Pell Center

A multidisciplinary research center at @SalveRegina University that examines issues at the intersection of politics, policies, and ideas.

[Pell Center @PellCenter]

New from @OcnStateStories:

[Pell Center @PellCenter]

New from @OcnStateStories: Eleven years after the Sandy Hook tragedy. "On Dec. 14th this year, I hope you remember to be kind." https://t.co/sXvbd7spKt

[Rhode Island Current @RICurrent]

News burnout and media bias are turning off many news consumers. The most trustworthy news outlet? @weatherchannel!

New report from @SalveRegina @PellCenter finds more than 4 in 10 self-identifying as “news avoiders.” Story by @NancyKLavin

https://t.co/6xZllU88m6

[Pell Center @PellCenter]

Released today: Americans have become more distrusting of news media but trust sources that appeal to their political views, according to research released as part of the @PellCenter's "Polarization Index" at @SalveRegina University. Read the full report: https://t.co/VORFGrTd5Y

[McCain Institute @McCainInstitute]

ICYMI: McCain Institute Executive Director @EvelynNFarkas joined @PellCenter’s @pubstory with @JMLudes & @gwaynemiller to discuss the stories that shaped 2023 & to name the 2023 Story of the Year: the rise of #artificialintelligence. https://t.co/yd0QemJWhK

[Pell Center @PellCenter]

New from Nationhood Lab: Director @WoodardColin, researchers from @thisisUIC & @_HealthPartners found significant differences in the prevalence of disabilities across the American Nations in a new paper published in
@JCRPjrnl. https://t.co/5inscmcUin

[Colin Woodard @WoodardColin]

Even I was surprised the prevalence of disabilities in the U.S. clusters along the #AmericanNations pattern as my collaborators and I found in a recent paper. Latest on regional health disparities from @SalveRegina-@PellCenter's Nationhood Lab:

https://t.co/ptmEhseQ62

[Pell Center @PellCenter]

Check your local listings & join us for this week's "Story of the Year" episode of @pubstory with @McCainInstitute's @EvelynMFarkas, who joins @JMLudes & @gwaynemiller to break down the top stories of the last year. https://t.co/VCcN5y73cR

[Story Public Square @pubstory]

This week on @pubstory, @JMLudes & @gwaynemiller sit down w/@McCainInstitute Exec. Director @EvelynNFarkas to discuss the top stories that shaped #2023 and to name the 2023 Story of the Year: the rise of #artificialintelligence. Check your local listings! https://t.co/Rm4V6wXsGj

[Story Public Square @pubstory]

Join us for @pubstory as @JMLudes & @gwaynemiller sit down with Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom to break down the pressing threats to our democracy & their potential to impact on the #2024Election. Check your local listings for air times! @SalveRegina https://t.co/h0ww3gyuFC

[Pell Center @PellCenter]

Students, faculty & staff are invited to join us tomorrow at 11:45 a.m. in McKillop 116 to discuss #disinformation, #deepfakes & what we can do to protect the information ecosystem as we look ahead to the #2024election. RSVP to [email protected]!

[Pell Center @PellCenter]

Check out the latest from @PellCenter's #NationhoodLab: @Moreincommon_'s #HiddenTribes model on Americans' core underlying overlaps with @WoodardColin's #AmericanNations model, showing historic changes. https://t.co/Iaw1rdLvXd

[Colin Woodard @WoodardColin]

Ever wonder how @Moreincommon_'s #HiddenTribes are distributed across the #AmericanNations regional cultures? I sure have. Now, thanks to @MoreInCommon_US and their pollsters @YouGov I've got some answers up @SalveRegina-@PellCenter's Nationhood Lab: https://t.co/uC1tY79kvI

[Pell Center @PellCenter]

Our Associate Director Katie Langford Sonder joined @wpri12's @TimWhiteRI on Newsmakers to break down the findings of the recent #RI statewide survey she conducted at @SalveRegina's @PellCenter. https://t.co/EnW4TwZVru

[Tim White @TimWhiteRI]

WATCH: Katie Langford Sonder from the @PellCenter breaks down their latest survey taking Rhode Islanders' temperature on the outlook of American democracy, political polarization, news consumption, and more. https://t.co/kUaqfp0ksw

[Pell Center @PellCenter]

Today, we celebrate the life of Sen. Claiborne Pell who believed that politics is about translating ideas into action to help people. This idea animates our work that aims to foster civic engagement and participation to make the world a better place.

[Pell Center @PellCenter]

More on our statewide survey of #RhodeIslanders' perceptions of the health of U.S. democracy, perceptions of the top contributors to political polarization in the U.S., news consumption habits & more from @ProvBusNews: https://t.co/Y6yYNtX7LZ

[Jim Ludes @JMLudes]

Congratulations, Ned Blackhawk, winner of the National Book Award for his book "The Rediscovery of America." @gwaynemiller and I had the great privilege of interviewing him earlier this year for @pubstory @PellCenter @SalveRegina

Check it out!
https://t.co/U17dAf4MmZ

[Pell Center @PellCenter]

#Bookbanning & increased prevalence of #newsdeserts continue to underscore the importance of access to news & information. @OcnStateStories' @gwaynemiller discussed this issue that librarians & journalists are tackling together in a recent @nytimes panel. https://t.co/hRoGlb3MsZ

[Story Public Square @pubstory]

Join us for @pubstory this week as @JMLudes & @gwaynemiller host @TananariveDue to discuss her new book, “The Reformatory,” set in an ethereal world of her creation, to explore the violence of the Jim Crow South. Check your local public TV listings! https://t.co/qQwNdu2NCh

[Pell Center @PellCenter]

Today at 2PM: Visiting Sr. Fellow for Cybersecurity & Democracy @NellieGorbea will join a distinguished panel at @IssueOneReform to discuss #socialmedia, misinformation & what we can do to fortify it ahead of #election2024. Register for the webinar here: https://t.co/iNJvECtWN2

[Pell Center @PellCenter]

Tonight: former White House Chief Speechwriter @codykeenan joins us in @SalveRegina's Bazarsky Lecture Hall at 7:00 PM to discuss writing the words that brought us together when the character of our country was on the line. Register: https://t.co/5BuUxwHGSb

[Pell Center @PellCenter]

“Often, we are inundated with these narratives that are oversimplified. We want to really understand why these two sides are feeling farther and farther apart." Survey director Katie Sonder talks to @RICurrent's @NancyKLavin on our statewide poll: https://t.co/jRoKFq8t8L

[Pell Center @PellCenter]

REPORT RELEASED: The full results of our statewide survey finds #RhodeIslanders worried about the health of #American #democracy, but the source of their concern differs by political party affiliation. Read the full story & report data here: https://t.co/3PywnH2P3Z @SalveRegina