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Winter 2017

Neri Oxman’s Krebs Cycle of Creativity

People in Chelsea, Massachusetts, one of the communities hardest hit by the coronavirus, wait in line for food distributed by the National Guard in April 2020. Photo: Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty IMages

Fall 2020

Neighborhoods Under Pressure

Mariana Arcaya studies how housing stress increases health risks

Srikanth Bolla recently developed a computer-training center for visually challenged students in Hyderabad, India. Photo: Len Rubenstein

Spring 2011

Living His Dream

Summer 2015

Cheaper, Energy Efficient Ways to Desalinate Water

Jeffrey Grossman and Evelyn Wang are searching for ways to make clean water.

Fall 2017

How Are Poverty and Geography Linked?

Amy Glasmeier’s map of the country has a lot to say about economic opportunity

William Isaacs, a leader in the study of dialogue, says:

Winter 2001

The Art of Dialogue

Dialogue expert William Isaacs says that problems between people often stem from an inability to conduct a successful dialogue.

Assoc. Prof. Drazen Prelec, who studies the psychology of money, says credit cards are insidious because they disconnect the pleasure of buying from the pain of paying.
Photo: Ed Quinn

Winter 1999

The Psychology of Spending

Prof. Drazen Prelec, who studies the psychology of money, says credit cards are insidious because they disconnect the pleasure of buying from the pain of paying.