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

Slide Show: The Women of Mburahati

Supporting each other in living with HIV

Slide Show: On the Front Lines

A look at the daily life of Harvard scholars and students fighting HIV in Africa

Social Sciences Dean Kosslyn Departs

The cognitive psychologist will become director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford.

New Study Finds Long-Lasting Influence of Early Education

Kindergarten teachers and class sizes can affect adult outcomes, researchers discover.

Innovator David Edwards’s New Book on “Artscience” Labs

The Lab: Creativity and Culture sets forth a vision of multidisciplinary innovation.

In Russia, Economic and Political Effects of the Holocaust Linger

The Russian regions that lost the most Jews have shown slower economic growth and resistance to political reform, a new study finds.

Real Fashion Police

Should U.S. fashion designers enjoy the same copyright protection as fellow creative artists—and their European counterparts?

by Craig Lambert

The Solid Fluid

Physicists find a better way to visualize molecular behavior in glass as it cools.

by Jonathan Shaw

Lost Sleep Is Hard to Find

A long night’s rest merely masks the effects of chronic sleep loss.

by Erin O'Donnell

After Our Bubble

Prospects for American economic recovery—and cautionary lessons from Japan

by Jonathan Shaw