Faculty & Research
Research on Hold
Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.
by Nina Pasquini
Fighting Disease in Situ
A new technique aims to boost the body’s ability to seek out and destroy cancer cells.
"Dissing Evolution"
Energy is the key to understanding human evolution—and to saving ourselves and our planet, says Daniel Lieberman.
by Elizabeth Gudrais
On the Medicalization of Our Culture
In a Humanities Center symposium, scholars outlined how the concepts of disease and diagnosis pervade ever more facets of our lives.
Harvard Economists' Take on the Financial Crisis
A new webpage aggregates the views of professors including Martin Feldstein, Gregory Mankiw, Kenneth Rogoff, and many others.
Our Psychotropic Lives
History professor Daniel Lord Smail explores the role of psychotropic mechanisms in human evolution and history.
by Elizabeth Gudrais
Save Yourself
Harvard Business School’s Peter Tufano says simplifying savings-bond purchases for small savers will benefit citizens and government alike.
The Internet: Foe of Democracy?
The Internet, by allowing like-minded individuals to self-segregate, has had a polarizing effect on democracy, suggests Harvard Law School’s Cass Sunstein..
by Jonathan Shaw
The Harvard Center for Gastrophysics?
Harvard science labs and master chef Ferran Adrià confect a mutually beneficial partnership.
by Elizabeth Gudrais
The Developing Child
With a new interdisciplinary center, Harvard turns its focus to the earliest years of life.
by Elizabeth Gudrais
Mapping Africa
Africa Map, a project of Harvard’s Center for Geographic Analysis, brings GIS capabilities to research on the entire continent.