Nick Matej
Near-Perfect Communities
In the new book, Everyday Utopia: What 2,000 Years of Wild Experiments Can Teach Us About the Good Life, Kristen Ghodsee, Professor of Russian and East European Studies, explores utopian communities past and present.
AI-Guided Brain Stimulation, Memory, and Traumatic Brain Injury
A collaborative study shows that targeted electrical stimulation in the brains of epilepsy patients with TBI improved memory recall an average of 19 percent.
Talking With “Aliens”
Linguist Gareth Roberts uses ‘alien’ languages and interactive games to show how social pressures shape our communication.
OMNIA Q&A: 2,800 Years of Ideas
Sophia Rosenfeld, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, and Peter Struck, Professor of Classical Studies, discuss their new book series, A Cultural History of Ideas.
Cancer Cells Selectively Use ‘Drones’ to Keep T Cells From Infiltrating Tumors
Wei Guo, Class of 1965 Term Professor of Biology, identifies a new tool to help predict how a patient might respond to checkpoint inhibitor drugs.
Marrying Models With Experiments to Build More Efficient Solar Cells
Andrew M. Rappe, Blanchard Professor of Chemistry, and postdoctoral researcher Arvin Kakekhani lend their expertise to a study on solar cell efficiency.
Omnia Podcast: 2022 Midterm Elections (Audio)
Daniel Hopkins, Professor of Political Science, talks about why this year’s midterms were so different than historical trends, and what the next two years might look like in American political life.
Decoding a Material’s “Memory”
A new study details the relationship between particle structure and flow in disordered materials, insights that can be used to understand systems ranging from mudslides to biofilms.
Lost Caregivers
Dan Treglia, Associate Professor of Practice, identifies the number of children who have lost parents and caregivers to COVID-19 and how to support them.
Locked Down and Opening Up
In his new book, Guobin Yang, Grace Lee Boggs Professor of Communication and Sociology, highlights the online diaries shared by Wuhan residents early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hostility Among Friends
Sherelle Ferguson, GR’21, and Annette Lareau, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor in the Social Sciences, find that “hostile ignorance” can come from surprising places.
Omnia Podcast: In These Times (Audio)
A six-episode podcast series that explores the forces that have shaped events in 2020.
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