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Sociology: You Are Who You Know
Who we become and why is more complicated than nature versus nurture
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Understanding the Dynamics of Urban Life
Behind the Research: Patrick Sharkey, sociology
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Psychology and Public Affairs: Dress Codes
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Imagining the Changing Shape of Architecture
Behind the Research: V. Mitch McEwen, architecture
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Creative Writing: Apocalyptic Opera
A novelist brings her darkly humorous sensibility to an opera’s libretto
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Examining How We Teach and Learn Languages
Behind the Research: Alberto Bruzos Moro, Spanish and Portuguese
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Environmental Engineering: Here Comes the Flood
A study predicts a future full of catastrophic flooding in the United States
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Crunching the Numbers Behind Nature’s Wonders
Behind the Research: Corina Tarnita, ecology and evolutionary biology
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You, Uploaded: Michael Graziano ’89 *96 on Rethinking Consciousness
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Academic Anxiety
Chinese scholars express uneasiness about the growing trend of federal scrutiny
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Imani Perry: ‘Like Many Others, I Try to Unravel the Fear’
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The World, the Wonder Behind the Music
Behind the Research: Wendy Heller, music history
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Faculty Book: Frederick Wherry *04 on Extending Credit
How one professor is working to balance the social ledger of creditworthiness
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The Human Side of Atomic Catastrophe
Behind the Research: Ryo Morimoto, anthropology
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Q&A: Tracy K. Smith on Poetry in the Heartland
Former U.S. poet laureate reflects on what she learned from rural America