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
Mapping Africa
Africa Map, a project of Harvard’s Center for Geographic Analysis, brings GIS capabilities to research on the entire continent.
Decisionmaking, Measured
A new interdisciplinary decision-science lab will host experiments from psychology, economics, and beyond.
Helping Those Most in Need
With support from the Center on the Developing Child, Harvard scholars aim to help some of the most vulnerable groups of children.
Who Was Lincoln, Really?
Honoring the two-hundredth anniversary of his birth, Lincoln scholars attempt to cut through myth and legend to reveal the real man.
Obama's Daunting International Agenda
Journalist David E. Sanger's new book outlines the huge international security challenges facing the new administration.
Rx for the Books
McKay professor of applied biology Ralph Mitchell and postdoctoral fellow Nick Konkol work with preservation librarians to develop a test that can detect damaging mold in books before it becomes visible.
by Paul Gleason
Retirement Engine Rebuilt
Skeptical of both defined-benefit and defined-contribution retirement plans, Harvard Business School professor Robert Merton proposes a hybrid, SmartNest, to overcome the shortcomings of each.
by Paul Gleason
The Fit Fat
Harvard Medical School’s Bruce Spiegelman studies brown fat, a little-known type of tissue with health-promoting potential.
by Elizabeth Gudrais
Does Thinking Make It So?
In The Cure Within, historian of science Anne Harrington explores the medical history of the mind-body connection.
by Erin O'Donnell
The War and the Writ
In the fight against terrorists, habeas corpus has played a key role in efforts to balance civil liberties against national security.
by Jonathan Shaw