Faculty & Research


Safe Streets

Working to curb road deaths

by Max J. Krupnick

The Unfinished Recovery

Post-pandemic K-12 learning gaps remain—but some districts have found ways to close them. 

by Nina Pasquini

At Risk

Severe threats to Harvard’s finances—and academic mission—in the new political landscape

Bill Gates on AI and Innovation

At Harvard, the Microsoft co-founder discusses his biography—and artificial intelligence. 

by Olivia Farrar

Can Memory Be Related to Creative Cognition?

Harvard’s Daniel L. Schacter on how memory is linked to divergent thought

by Olivia Farrar

The Psychology of Virtual Reality

Harvard’s Steven Pinker on the psychology underlying the experience—and limitations—of VR

by Olivia Farrar

Antisemitism on Campuses

Jewish studies faculty react to a year of turmoil. 

by Max J. Krupnick

Can Multivitamins Reduce Cancer Risk and Slow Memory Loss?

The scientific evidence on vitamin supplements and age-related health decline

by Olivia Farrar

“He Found Himself at a Loss”

MGH program for caregivers began with a famed cardiologist’s firsthand experience.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Off the Shelf

Recent books about Iraq, academic writing, John Singer Sargent, “eldercide,” and more

A More Generous, Capacious America

The expansive literary scholarship of Werner Sollors

by Christoph Irmscher