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