Faculty & Research
Research on Hold
Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.
by Nina Pasquini
“Hands On” with Fragile Glass Sea Creatures
Complementary imaging techniques combine to create 3-D models that virtual visitors can examine from any angle.
by Matteo Wong
At Home with Harvard: Library Treasures
Our coverage of Harvard’s libraries, more relevant than ever in an online world
The Care and Feeding of a Nation
A holistic approach to food safety and food law
by Erin O'Donnell
Did Milk Build the Mongol Empire?
Ancient dental plaque points to the historical significance of dairy culture on the Eurasian Steppe.
by Jonathan Shaw
Venkatesh Murthy
A brief look at what animals’ sense of smell reveals about the brain
by Lydialyle Gibson
Active Grandparenting, Costly Repair
A biological anthropologist explains why and how exercise works to combat senescence.
by Daniel E. Lieberman
Claudia Jones
Brief life of an intersectional activist: 1915-1964
by Clarissa Atkinson
A Science Is Born
The “yeasty” times” when computer research grew at Harvard
by Harry R. Lewis
Royall House and Slave Quarters
Preserving black history as “an act of liberation”
by Nell Porter-Brown
Could COVID-19 Transform U.S. Education?
A conversation on the crisis and its outcomes with the Graduate School of Education’s Paul Reville
by Marina N. Bolotnikova