Faculty & Research
Research on Hold
Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.
by Nina Pasquini
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
"Hard Problems" in the Social Sciences
Social scientists aim to name—and solve—their fields’ biggest questions.