Faculty & Research
An Original Magna Carta, Hidden in Plain Sight
A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment.
by Nina Pasquini
Attacking Gang Violence, One City at a Time
A professor with Kennedy School ties questions zero-tolerance policing policies.
Jefferson's Conundrum
Mathematician Lawren Smithline ’94 has decrypted an encoded message sent to Thomas Jefferson in 1801.
by Craig Lambert
Virtual Tumors
Modeling tumors may help scientists beat cancer.
by Mike Martin
How Depression Lingers
After depression patients recover, their brains still process criticism differently.
by Elizabeth Gudrais
Hello from Havana
Raúl Castro is changing Cuba. Will the United States respond?
Theobald Smith
A brief profile of the pioneering comparative pathologist
by Steven M. Niemi
Who Killed the Men of England?
Cutting-edge science helps historians push further and more fully into the past.
by Jonathan Shaw
Lessons from an Unexpected Life
One patient’s struggle with chronic illness highlights the complexities of modern medicine and the healthcare challenge.
On Cutting-Edge Cancer Research
Medical School professor George Demetri again leads cutting-edge cancer research, in an environment of timid funding for experimentation.
In This Mass Extinction, the Enemy Is Us
The New Yorker magazine quotes Fisher professor of natural history Andrew Knoll on the current mass extinction. The enemy is us.