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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
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Essay: Class on Campus
Two sociologists share their findings on the modern dilemmas of cross-class relations
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PAWcast: Ashoka Mody on the Euro’s Inherent Flaws
Why a common monetary policy is problematic for the E.U.’s diverse economies
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Astrophysical Sciences: Looking at the Sun
Pioneering solar experiments could reveal ‘secrets of the universe’
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In Short
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The Language of America
Behind the Research: Sarah Rivett, English & American studies
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Politics: Reckoning With Force
Why military tactics by local police might be counterproductive
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Setting the Scene: The History Behind American Performance
Behind the Research: Theater professor Brian Herrera
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Electrical Engineering: Attack of the Appliances
Engineers plan for the worst if the household Internet of Things is hacked