Faculty & Research
Research on Hold
Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.
by Nina Pasquini
Retooling Tech Transfer
When physicist Eric Mazur’s research group created a new material called black silicon one day in 1998, he knew right away they were on to...
Science and Sleep on Line
The University’s Office of News and Public Affairs has debuted HarvardScience (https://harvardscience.harvard.edu), a website on...
Making a Case against the Courts
How will Americans know that their Supreme Court is truly dedicated to interpreting the Constitution as the Founding Fathers would wish?...
Global Gains
Photograph by Justin Ide/Harvard News Office Jorge I. Domínguez Harvard’s engagement with the world widened significantly during...
Teaching and Learning Abroad
Mollie wright ’09 expected to spend her summer in Costa Rica teaching English. She was, after all, a volunteer for WorldTeach, a...
The SARS Scare
The SARS coronavirus epidemic provides lessons in how to combat zoonoses such as Ebola, swine, and avian flu.
by Jonathan Shaw
Strangers in the Rangeland
Gilbert Gale uses all tools at his disposal to fight invasive plants in Western grasslands.
by Jonathan Shaw
Witness to Violence
Historian Jill Lepore explores the lives of slaves during an alleged eighteenth century uprising
by Jonathan Shaw
The Aging Enigma
Is aging necessary? Are the wrinkles and gray hair, weakening muscles, neurodegeneration, reduced cardiovascular function, and increased risk of...
by Jonathan Shaw
Thinking Small
From quantum materials design to “voodoo physics” in the nanoscientists’ weird world
by Jonathan Shaw