Faculty & Research
Research on Hold
Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.
by Nina Pasquini
Harvard Anthropologist's Book Inspires Oscar-Nominated Film
Kimberly Theidon's book on female victims of Peruvian violence was the basis for The Milk of Sorrow, nominated for best foreign-language film.
Update: Help for Haiti
Evidence of Harvard maps in use; updates on the situation on the ground; a benefit concert featuring student performers and a memorial service.
Does Climate Change Promote Invasive Species?
This is what a new study by a team including Harvard scientists, using a Walden Woods dataset begun by Henry David Thoreau, suggests.
Young Blood: A Scientific Quest for a Fountain of Youth
Aged blood stem cells in mice act young again when exposed to the circulation of a young mouse.
Harvard Center's Maps Help Haiti Effort
The Center for Geographic Analysis has created an online portal and sent up-to-date high-resolution wall maps with a delegation traveling to the earthquake-stricken country.
Atul Gawande's New Book, Reviewed
The Checklist Manifesto explores checklists as a tool for preventing error in medicine, aviation, and elsewhere.
Grabbing Flu by the Neck
Researchers may have found the viruses' Achilles heel
by Jonathan Shaw
Genomic Architecture
Harvard and UMass researchers elucidate DNA's ability to file data and fit into the nucleus.
by Courtney Humphries
Family or Fortune
Research on work-life balance casts the financial sector in a harsh light.
by Elizabeth Gudrais
Easing Ills through Tai Chi
Researchers study the benefits of this mind-body exercise.
by Nell Porter-Brown