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

A Cancer Pioneer

The New York Times profiles a Harvard Medical School lecturer's quest for a miracle drug that saves lives—and the lives lost along the way.

Complexity and the Wealth of Nations

The most prosperous countries have economies that produce a variety of goods.

by Jonathan Shaw

An Evolving Foe

Harvard scientists are using genomic tools to fight newly resurgent malaria.

by Courtney Humphries

Changing, Challenging China

A Harvard Magazine roundtable

Emma Dench

Meet a scholar enthralled by the Romans.

Pleasure by Proxy

Other people’s experience is a more accurate guide than your own imagination to what you will like.

by Craig Lambert

Many Lasers from One

Harvard researchers have developed multibeam, multiwavelength miniature lasers.

by Jonathan Shaw

The Power of Torture

Inflicting pain changes the perceptions of torturers, not necessarily their knowledge.

Harvard Headlines: Derek Bok, Ellen Langer, Lawrence Lessig

A review of Bok's new book, The Politics of Happiness; a profile of positive-psychology pioneer Langer; Lessig's suggestions for reforming Congress

China Hands: Meet the Experts

Background on the faculty members and alumni who discuss contemporary China's rising power—and persistent problems—in the magazine's probing roundtable