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Poll Finds Support for Obama's Contraception Policy - Media Focuses on Voter Dissatisfaction with Cicilline, Chafee

Providence Journal front page, February 22, 2012:

A new statewide public opinion survey conducted by the Taubman Center at Brown University finds that the majority of voters in Rhode Island, one of the nation’s most Catholic states, supports the Obama administration’s new policy to offer contraception services to women who work for religiously affiliated organizations.

(Distributed February 27, 2012)

Ernest Almonte Joins Taubman Center Faculty

Ernest A. Almonte, Auditor General for the State of Rhode Island from 1994 to 2010, has joined the Taubman Center for Public Policy as an adjunct professor. This spring, he is teaching (PPAI 2700 S01), a graduate-level seminar that focuses on theories and practices in organizational and management strategies. Topics include organizational structure and design, communication, culture and diversity, change management, stakeholder relations, long-term strategic planning, as well as workforce development and

(Distributed January 31, 2012)

Kelly Rogers MPP ’12 Attends UN Conference on Climate Change in Durban

Kelly Rogers, MPP ’12, A. Alfred Taubman Scholar, attended the 17th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa. Rogers received a grant from the Taubman Center for Public Policy to attend the conference with students from the climate change research lab at Brown’s Center for Environmental Studies, which is led by Professor J. Timmons Roberts. Rogers, whose focus is energy policy, also attended the last two UN climate change conferences in Copenhagen and Cancun.