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
At Home with Harvard: The Climate Crisis
Highlights from our wide-ranging coverage of the environment
At Home with Harvard: Rewriting History
From race and colonization to genetics and paleohistory, our favorite stories about the people reshaping the study of history
The Federal Fisc
The politics, policymaking, and public consequences of mounting government debt—and how to cope with it
by Karen Dynan , Douglas Elmendorf
The World’s Costliest Health Care
Administrative costs, greed, overutilization—can these drivers of U.S. medical costs be curbed?
by David Cutler
Taking the Plunge
The Business School’s Rebecca Henderson reimagines capitalism to save the planet.
Butterfly Wings in a New Light
A study reveals new dimensions to their function and beauty.
by Bennett McIntosh
Linking Lifestyle to Stem Cells
Exercise attenuates stem cell production of pro-inflammatory white blood cells.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Risks of Homeschooling
Elizabeth Bartholet highlights risks when parents have 24/7 authoritarian control over their children.
by Erin O'Donnell
Frontiers...
Activity tracking to identify the at-risk elderly, and China’s offshore windfarm potential
by Jonathan Shaw
Susan Murphy
Portrait of a hockey-playing statistician—from Louisiana
by Lydialyle Gibson