Faculty & Research
Research on Hold
Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.
by Nina Pasquini
Frontiers
A common plasticizer causes infertility, and fructose affects fat metabolism.
Upending U.S. Politics
Undergraduates contribute to a new book on grass-roots organizing at the center of American politics.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Healthy Plate, Healthy Planet
Frank Hu confronts the triple threats of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change.
by Jacob Sweet
The Authoritarian Reflex
Harvard political scientist Pippa Norris chronicles the rise of populist authoritarians in Western democracies.
by Lydialyle Gibson
History from Below
Vincent Brown writes war, empire, and slaves’ agency into the history of Atlantic slavery.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Passive Corporate Governance
Index funds cast a large proportion of proxy votes in U.S. companies, but take a hands-off approach with management.
by Erin O'Donnell
A Gut Renovation for U.S. Labor Law
A Harvard Law School initiative calls for rewriting labor law “to shift power from corporations to workers.”
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
New England’s Forest Primeval
Before Europeans arrived in New England, local ecology was driven by climate shifts, not by human interventions.
by Jonathan Shaw
An Interstellar Ribbon of Clouds in the Sun’s Backyard
The massive “Radcliffe Wave” traces a new map of the sky.
by Bennett McIntosh
Shawon Kinew
Connecting European Old Masters with the new landscape of art history
by Marina N. Bolotnikova