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
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.
Resolving Inflammation
An HMS symposium highlights the immune system’s role in ending inflammation.
by Jonathan Shaw
How Deforestation Damages Even the Rainforests That Survive It
The world needs tropical forests—but rainforest destruction continues unabated, and it may be even worse than you thought.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Karen Dynan on the Coronavirus Recession
The severe economic fallout, in context
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
African and African-American Studies Celebrates 50 Years
Speakers discuss history, progress, hope, and home.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Cooperating to Combat Coronavirus
As the novel coronavirus begins spreading in populations outside China, Harvard announces a collaboration with Chinese researchers to develop diagnostics and therapies for treating SARS-CoV-2.
by Jonathan Shaw
Boston in Motion
An exhibition maps the making of a metropolis.
by Drew Pendergrass
Air Pollution’s Systemic Effects
Researchers studying 95 million Medicare records find new fine-particle impacts in the blood, gut, skin, kidneys, and other organs.
by Jonathan Shaw