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Q&A: Yu Xie: Knowing China
A new center increases understanding of a rapidly changing nation
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In Short
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Faculty Book: Sean Wilentz: Join the Party
An embrace of tradition as political outsiders are in vogue
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Geosciences: Cause for Hope From the North Pole
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In Short: Research
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Q&A: Wendy Belcher, on an Influential Woman
Biography of Ethiopian saint sheds light on distant era
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Q&A: Christina Lazaridi ’92
Words on Film: Thinking like a poet helps a screenwriter find the emotional core of a script
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Psychology: Money and Happiness
How the poor improve their lives — and mindset — when they receive financial help
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Update: Into the Cosmos
Teaming with NASA to explore the nature of our place in the universe
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Astrophysics: View of the Heavens
A new telescope aims to map the universe in stunning and unprecedented detail
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The Sun, The Moon, The Stars
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Q&A: Ali Valenzuela
A Force to Contend With: Hispanic voters have become a crucial factor in American elections
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Q&A: Jhumpa Lahiri on Loving Italian
Writing in Italian offers a meditation on Lahiri’s passion for the language
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Creative Writing: Big Sky Country
Montana holds the key to a family’s idiosyncrasies in Boris Fishman ’01’s novel Americans
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A Debut Novel Tackles Translation
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In Short
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Q&A: Jessica Metcalf on Herd Immunity
The importance of vaccination, and how its effects can be undermined