Research

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

Psychology and Public Affairs: Dress Codes

Imagining the Changing Shape of Architecture

Behind the Research: V. Mitch McEwen, architecture

Creative Writing: Apocalyptic Opera

A novelist brings her darkly humorous sensibility to an opera’s libretto

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

Crunching the Numbers Behind Nature’s Wonders

Behind the Research: Corina Tarnita, ecology and evolutionary biology

You, Uploaded: Michael Graziano ’89 *96 on Rethinking Consciousness

Academic Anxiety

Chinese scholars express uneasiness about the growing trend of federal scrutiny

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Computer Science: Troubling Online Shopping Habits? Vendors’ Practices Might Be to Blame

Imani Perry: ‘Like Many Others, I Try to Unravel the Fear’

The World, the Wonder Behind the Music

Behind the Research: Wendy Heller, music history

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

Q&A: Tracy K. Smith on Poetry in the Heartland

Former U.S. poet laureate reflects on what she learned from rural America

Advancing a Smarter and Safer Internet of Things

Behind the Research: Niraj Jha, electrical engineering

History: Trenton in the ’60s

A research and civic-engagement project delves into an uprising and its aftermath

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Biology Is in His DNA

Behind the Research with molecular biologist Ricardo Mallarino