Faculty & Research
An Original Magna Carta, Hidden in Plain Sight
A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment.
by Nina Pasquini
Economist Claudia Goldin Wins Nobel Prize in Economics
She identified key drivers of gender differences in the labor market.
by Jonathan Shaw
The GOP’s Return to Ideas?
Proposing a new Republican platform
by Max J. Krupnick
Black Students Speak
Jarvis Givens on two centuries of African American education
by Lydialyle Gibson
Polishing off Plastic Pollution?
Engineering microbes to metabolize plastic waste
by Colleen Walsh
Picking Team Players
A test can identify these productivity-boosting personnel.
by Max J. Krupnick
Irene Soto Marín
Ancient history professor studies coins, ceramics, and Zelda.
by Max J. Krupnick
The Return of History
Ukrainian scholar Serhii Plokhy on the war in his home country
by Lydialyle Gibson
What Makes Humans Smart?
The critical role of cultural intelligence
by Jonathan Shaw
Tracing the Enslaved to Modern Descendants
A new technique for connecting ancient DNA to living relatives may have implications for institutions with legacies of slavery.
by Jonathan Shaw
Not-So-Free Parking
New book discusses how free parking spoiled cities for walkers, drivers, and residents
by Max J. Krupnick