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Business Professor Tom Lyon ’81 Tackles Corporate Accountability
Lyon studies how major companies disclose information to the public concerning their environmental footprints
Sociology Professor Argues American Economy Depends on Poverty
“Many of us are embroiled in these relationships of inequality that are not innocent,” says Matthew Desmond
Q&A: Geosciences Professor Gabriel Vecchi on Extreme Heat
"Exposure to heat can result in severe health impacts that cause damage to the body," Vecchi says
Grad Student Uses Balloons with Telescopes to Study the Cosmos
Even though dark matter can’t be imaged directly, Redmond explains, it distorts the light from galaxies behind it
Professor Emeritus Peter Brown Wrote the Journey of His Mind
In an autobiography, Brown tells of his childhood in Dublin, studies at Oxford in the ’50, and more
Q&A: Engineering Professor Yiguang Ju on Electric Vehicles
Ju says EVs are the future, but the technology’s not there yet
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab Takes on Sustainability Science
The PPPL has catalyzed its own change and decided to venture beyond fusion
Q&A: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab Director Steve Cowley *85 on Fusion and Climate
‘We really need fusion to achieve net zero carbon emissions’
Psychology Professor Erik Nook Studies Joy and Happiness
‘We maintain these myths that happiness should be the be-all and end-all of our lives,’ Nook says
Princeton Economics Lab Seeks to Reduce Global Poverty
J-PAL is addressing gender inequality, climate change, and more
Princeton Biologists Watch How Bees React to Isolation
Sarah Kocher’s lab set out to better understand social development
Mathematicians Tied to Princeton Prove Stability of Black Holes
‘In a sense you are proving that these things are real,’ says mathematics professor Sergiu Klainerman
Economist Leah Boustan ’00 Is Busting Myths About Immigrants
Boustan’s new book shows immigrants help grow the economy and spur new innovations
Faculty Book: Gene Andrew Jarrett ’97 on Paul Laurence Dunbar
Jarrett details the celebrations and struggles of the “poet laureate of his race”