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  1. A new Yale study investigates what types of public health messages are most effective at convincing people to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

  2. A new study suggests messages from trusted religious leaders can persuade people to welcome former members of the terrorist group back into their communities.

  3. Public health messaging that emphasizes protecting others’ health is also more effective at promoting the habit in the U.S., a new Yale co-authored study finds.

  4. New study shows presidents intentionally leave positions vacant or fill them with interim appointees, who help wield authority without Senate confirmation.

  5. A new study concludes that people switching their votes from Democrat to Republican better explains the GOP’s success in 2016 than did increased turnout.

  6. Political scientists Stephen Skowronek and John Dearborn discuss their new book, “Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic,” and the expansion of executive power.

  7. Political economist Kenneth Scheve has been named the Dean Acheson Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs.

  8. A Yale-led study found that the process states use to prune voter rolls incorrectly marks significant percentages of voters as having changed addresses.

  9. American opposition to increased government spending crosses partisan lines. A new Yale-led study shows that it also crosses racial lines.

  10. Yale political scientist Elizabeth Nugent discusses “After Repression,” her new book on the outcome of 2011’s Arab Spring in Tunisia and Egypt.