Faculty & Research


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

The Civil War’s Personal Histories

A Schlesinger Library exhibit reveals the domestic side of the war.

Propelling Public Health

A transformative endowment gift from Gerald L. Chan and family

University People

A National Medal of Technology for SEAS dean, National Humanities Medalists, MacArthur Fellows, and more

Harvard Portrait: Deborah Anker

A specialist on immigration at Harvard Law School

by Francesca Annic...

Governing in the Smartphone Era

Harnessing civic data makes governments more responsive to citizens.

by Stephanie Garlock

Making Organizations Moral

Max Bazerman wants leaders to take notice of ethical challenges.

by Sophia Nguyen

The New Histories

Scholars pursue sweeping new interpretations of the human past.

by Jonathan Shaw

Vita: John Muir

Brief life of a Scottish-American conservationist: 1838-1914

by Steven Pavlos Holmes

The Caribbean Zola

Orlando Patterson may be the last of Harvard sociology’s big thinkers.

by Craig Lambert

Mood and Magnetic Stimulation

Researchers at Mclean Hospital develop a magnet that treats depression and bipolar disorder

by Erin O'Donnell