Faculty & Research
Immersed in Africa
Students and service at a new frontier
by Elizabeth Gudrais
"Africa for Beginners"
At "slave castles" and the University of Ghana, Audrey White ’10 researches the slave trade.
by Elizabeth Gudrais
Taming Turbulence
Orchid bees in flight extend their hind legs for stability.
by Jonathan Shaw
The High-rise Ecotopia
An excerpt from Green Metropolis, by David Owen ’78
Professor Video
Visual, audio, and interactive media are transforming the college classroom
by Craig Lambert
Ayn Rand
Brief life of an iconoclastic individualist
by Jennifer Burns
Critical Mass, and World-Class
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences develops a 10-year strategic plan.
Vintage Vitality
Two Harvard-trained doctors launch a practice in the emerging field of age-management medicine.
by Craig Lambert
Evolution by Fire
A Harvard anthropologist argues that cooking, a cultural practice, crucially shaped human evolution.
by Jonathan Shaw
Learning by Degrees
With “spaced education,” a surgeon offers a better way to learn.
by Craig Lambert