Research
Research content overview
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: Ricardo Mallarino, molecular biology
Psychology: Bias, Quantified
New study explores how bias leads to more school punishments for black children
Stories of Lives Upended
Faculty Book: Aleksandar Hemon
Revealing the People Behind the Frameworks
Behind the Research: Ruha Benjamin, sociology
Sociology: Janet Vertesi on Fair Necessities
With training, a new generation of designers could reduce bias in machines
Sociology: Researchers Hit the Road to Reveal Factors Determining Economic Mobility
Essay: Good Enough Is Enough
The desire for greatness often eclipses the importance of a good-enough life
On Loss and Faith
Faculty Book: Elaine Pagels
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History: Rhae Lynn Barnes on an American Stain
A Princeton scholar explains the insidious and pervasive history of blackface
Paying Attention to Our Planet’s Parasites
Behind the Research: Andy Dobson, ecology and evolutionary biology
Essay: Serengeti Rules and the Complexity of Nature
Creative Writing: Phil Klay, Soldier-Scholar
A ‘quintessential storyteller’ of America’s war in Iraq
Sociology and Public Affairs: How Facts Are Distorted
New paper explains how scientific facts become skewed in the age of information