Faculty & Research
Law Professor Rebecca Tushnet on Who Gets to Keep the Ring
Harvard law professor gets into the details of romantic legal reform.
by Olivia Farrar
The Homelessness Public Health Crisis
Homelessness has surged in the United States, with devastating effects on the public health system.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Private Equity and the Practice of Medicine
Hundreds of U.S. hospitals are owned by private equity firms—does monetizing medicine affect the quality of care?
by Colleen Walsh
Diversifying Diet
A little-known diet improves cardiovascular health through several distinct mechanisms.
by Nina Pasquini
Making the Public Record Public
Harvard legal database released
by Max J. Krupnick
Should AI Be Scaled Down?
The case for maximizing AI models’ efficiency—not size
by Nina Pasquini
How Air Pollution Affects Our Brains
An expert Harvard panel discusses the links between air pollution and dementia, learning, mental health, and mood.
by Jonathan Shaw
How Birds Lost Flight
Scott Edwards discovers evolution’s master switches.
by Veronique Greenwood
Reengineering Arts and Sciences
Spurring innovation, rethinking departments, tapping centers—and Ph.D. support
by John S. Rosenberg
George Sarrinikolaou
Provost for climate and sustainability’s journey from Athens to Harvard
by Nina Pasquini
Computational Control of a Living Brain?
How an AI agent learned to guide an animal to food—and what it might mean for Parkinson’s patients.
by Jonathan Shaw