Research

Sociology: The Most Fragile Families

A decades-long Princeton study gathers extensive data on unmarried parents

History: Evolution of Anne Frank

How the story of the famous diarist changed, depending on who told it

Stereotypes: Mind the Gender Gap

How the power of language may affect gender representation in academia

Faculty Books

Author to Author: Creative Writing — All In, In Vegas

Colson Whitehead makes a big bet on poker in The Noble Hustle

Engineering: A Car Without a Driver

The self-driving automobile could hit roads by 2020, says Kornhauser *71

Faculty Book: Philip Pettit

Falling Short When It Comes to Freedom

Engineering: Turning Waste Into Concrete

Economics: Follow That Cab!

A study of labor incentives may explain why it is hard to find a taxi in the rain

Politics: Training Africa’s Leaders

Leonard Wantchekon is building a university for economics in West Africa

In Short

Q&A: Miguel Centeno

We’re in This Together

In Short

Q&A: Denise Mauzerall, Clearing the Air

The health impacts of air pollution and climate change — and what to do about them

New Releases

Faculty Books

Loved in the Lab

Molecular Biology: What Does it Take to Build A Heart?

Geoscience: Creative Destruction

To learn from the past, Adam Maloof must destroy it

Psychology: You Be the Judge

We’re hopelessly biased, Professor Emily Pronin says, but we don’t realize it

Biology: Some Respect, Please, for the Glorious Drosophila

Hate those pesky fruit flies? Think again

Chemistry: Going Inside A Cell

Haw Yang is working to build a tiny lab that can travel into a cell, à la Fantastic Voyage

They Rely on the Fly

Faculty Book: Rachel Bowlby

Parenting Tales of Past Exhibit Modern Themes