Faculty & Research


Harvard Ramps Up Fundraising as Research Cuts Deepen

This week in the battle between Harvard and the Trump administration 

by Nina Pasquini

AI is Making Medical Decisions — But For Whom?

Doctors warn that without an ethical framework, patients could be left behind.

by Olivia Farrar

Plans for a Faculty Senate Move Forward

And annual awards for excellence in teaching, advising, mentoring, and scholarship

by Jonathan Shaw

An Original Magna Carta, Hidden in Plain Sight

A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment. 

by Nina Pasquini

Harvard Allocating Additional $250 Million to Research

University increasing its research funding by 50 percent after grant revocations

by Max J. Krupnick

FAS Dean Outlines Preparations for Loss of Federal Funding

“To preserve our mission, we must act now,” Hoekstra says at faculty meeting

by Jonathan Shaw

Research on Hold

Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.

by Nina Pasquini

Encouraging Harvard to Resist

Alumni and faculty letters urge Harvard to defend itself and academic freedom.

by Max J. Krupnick

Alice Hamilton

Brief life of a public-health pioneer and reformer: 1869-1970

by Daniel Stone

Quality of Care

Lisa Iezzoni explores the unmet needs of patients with disabilities.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Ben Franklin’s Project

Historian Joyce E. Chaplin reinterprets an early era of invention, industrialization, and climate challenge

by Joyce E. Chaplin