James Daughton, associate professor of history, expresses skepticism that soil can explain away all of today's economic inequalities.

Jennifer Eberhardt, associate professor of psychology, has won a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" for her examination of how racial biases on a small scale ultimately skew large-scale institutions such as the criminal justice system. 

All Things Considered's Robert Siegel interviews Dan Jurafsky about his book, “The Language of Food.”

Holly Herndon, a doctoral student in music, has created the mysterious, interactive website "Call."

Art Critic Kenneth Baker praises the Cantor Arts Center's new exhibition "Robert Frank in America" for offering a clearer understanding of Frank's editorial process. 

Stanford's Revs Digital Library, featuring a large collection of materials spanning most of the automobile's history, was recently published online.

Sam Wineburg, professor education and history, dicusses the "Big History Project," an approach to teaching high school history, supported by Bill Gates, that weaves history, biology, chemistry, astronomy and other disparate fields into conceptual narratives. 

The Cantor Arts Center's upcoming exhibition, "Robert Frank in America," is a collection of more than 100 of Frank's photographs that place the photographer’s work in a fresh context.