Life of the Mind
Psychology: Bias, Quantified
New study explores how bias leads to more school punishments for black children
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Revealing the People Behind the Frameworks
Behind the Research: Ruha Benjamin, sociology
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Sociology: Janet Vertesi on Fair Necessities
With training, a new generation of designers could reduce bias in machines
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Essay: Good Enough Is Enough
The desire for greatness often eclipses the importance of a good-enough life
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New Releases
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History: Rhae Lynn Barnes on an American Stain
A Princeton scholar explains the insidious and pervasive history of blackface
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Paying Attention to Our Planet’s Parasites
Behind the Research: Andy Dobson, ecology and evolutionary biology
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Essay: Serengeti Rules and the Complexity of Nature
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Creative Writing: Phil Klay, Soldier-Scholar
A ‘quintessential storyteller’ of America’s war in Iraq
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Sociology and Public Affairs: How Facts Are Distorted
New paper explains how scientific facts become skewed in the age of information
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Going With the Flow to Make Cities More Sustainable
Behind the Research: Elie Bou-Zeid, civil and environmental engineering
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Economics: Big Women on Campus
Having female department chairs may increase diversity and pay in academia
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Designs for an Uncertain Future
Faculty Book: Guy Nordenson with Catherine Seavitt Nordenson *96 and Julia Chapman ’09 *14
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Using Immigration Data to Chart Policy, Dispel Myths
Behind the Research: Leah Boustan ’00, economics
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Civil and Environmental Engineering: Pipe Cleaners
A proposed pipeline could pump millions of tons of carbon dioxide underground
