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Politics Professor Warns of ‘Backsliding Democracy’ in U.S.
Mark Beissinger says undermining democratic norms can spur a shift toward autocracy
Psychologist Andrew Shtulman ’01 Finds Surprising Truths About Imagination
In his new book, Shtulman explains that imagination is a learned skill, not an inborn trait
Q&A: Andrew Houck ’00 on Princeton’s New Quantum Science Institute
‘We are hoping it will have an enormous impact,’ Houck says of quantum science
Research on Brain Injuries, Carbon Capture Among 2023 Award Winners
The 19 Research Day winners had to communicate their work for a general audience
Grad Student Uses Balloons with Telescopes to Study the Cosmos
Even though dark matter can’t be imaged directly, Redmond explains, it distorts the light from galaxies behind it
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab Takes on Sustainability Science
The PPPL has catalyzed its own change and decided to venture beyond fusion
Princeton Economics Lab Seeks to Reduce Global Poverty
J-PAL is addressing gender inequality, climate change, and more
Princeton Biologists Watch How Bees React to Isolation
Sarah Kocher’s lab set out to better understand social development
Mathematicians Tied to Princeton Prove Stability of Black Holes
‘In a sense you are proving that these things are real,’ says mathematics professor Sergiu Klainerman
Economist Leah Boustan ’00 Is Busting Myths About Immigrants
Boustan’s new book shows immigrants help grow the economy and spur new innovations
David Nirenberg *92 Is Leading the Institute for Advanced Study
Nirenberg wants to get people who might not be natural collaborators thinking and working together
Faculty Book: Gene Andrew Jarrett ’97 on Paul Laurence Dunbar
Jarrett details the celebrations and struggles of the “poet laureate of his race”
New Cancer Research Branch Examines Role of Diet in Treatment
Princeton is now home to the newest branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Long Ago and Far Away
Princeton astronomers say a new telescope could answer their deepest questions about the early universe