Research

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

From Nixon to Trump

Faculty Book: Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer

A Fresh Look at Black Thinkers

Behind the Research: Desmond Jagmohan, politics

Essay: Class on Campus

Two sociologists share their findings on the modern dilemmas of cross-class relations

A Radical, Radiant Life

Faculty Book: Imani Perry’s ‘Looking for Lorraine’

New Releases

Astrophysical Sciences: Looking at the Sun

Pioneering solar experiments could reveal ‘secrets of the universe’

In Short

The Language of America

Behind the Research: Sarah Rivett, English & American studies

Politics: Reckoning With Force

Why military tactics by local police might be counterproductive

Setting the Scene: The History Behind American Performance

Behind the Research: Theater professor Brian Herrera

A History of Exclusion

Faculty Book: Beth Lew-Williams

Electrical Engineering: Attack of the Appliances

Engineers plan for the worst if the household Internet of Things is hacked

Why We Go Green

Behind the Research: Psychologist Elke Weber

Two Faculty, One Fellow Awarded MacArthur Grants

Economics: State of the Unions

New data show that unions have been an effective check on income inequality

Gutenberg Bibles’ Paths Offer New Insights

Q&A: Eric Marshall White

Public Affairs: Abandoning Hope

A new study reveals a disparity in mental health along socioeconomic lines

In Short