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Tag: Maya Shwayder
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Nation & World
Around the world in many ways
Historian Joyce Chaplin is completing her latest book, on the history and influence of circumnavigation. For her, globalization is an old story.
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Nation & World
Why the immigrants come
Sociology professor analyzes data, learns that groups slip across U.S. border for varied reasons.
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Nation & World
The influence of neighbors
Where we live and who we know can affect our voting patterns, Harvard researcher suggests.
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Nation & World
Debunking a myth
Studying dead women’s cut-up bodies was not what Katharine Park originally set out to do. But a trip to Florence opened a new chapter in the scholar’s life.
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Nation & World
Child prodigies, maybe
Study suggests our assumptions about natural talent can influence our judgments, overlooking and undervaluing the impact of hard work.
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Nation & World
To catch a killer
The field of genomics, after revolutionizing crime fighting through DNA testing, is likely to shake the political landscape, says Jennifer Hochschild, who is researching its implications in Washington, D.C.
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Nation & World
History in the making
When the Berlin Wall fell, student Mary Lewis knew she should study the past. Now a professor, she is an authority on how France evolved.
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Nation & World
Figuring out suicidal behavior
Matthew Nock is a new professor of psychology at Harvard who uses scientific research to try to determine which medical treatments help to prevent suicide.
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Nation & World
An education, not a job
An undergraduate explains why she majors in psychology, even though she expects her career paths will take her to other fields.
