Research

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

New Releases

Biology Is in His DNA

Behind the Research with molecular biologist Ricardo Mallarino

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

New Releases

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

Going With the Flow to Make Cities More Sustainable

Behind the Research: Elie Bou-Zeid, civil and environmental engineering

Economics: Big Women on Campus

Having female department chairs may increase diversity and pay in academia

Designs for an Uncertain Future

Faculty Book: Guy Nordenson with Catherine Seavitt Nordenson *96 and Julia Chapman ’09 *14

Using Immigration Data to Chart Policy, Dispel Myths

Behind the Research: Leah Boustan ’00, economics

Civil and Environmental Engineering: Pipe Cleaners

A proposed pipeline could pump millions of tons of carbon dioxide underground